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By request from an old friend. I wrote this song in a 20th century philosophy class while my mind wandered into theological topics. 1996. Originally recorded with my band IF in 1998. This version w/Misses and Mystery (that's my wife Eshinee singing the parts) in 2002. My friend Marco Klaue rode his bike down from Vancouver (to Seattle) to play flute. You can hear us teasing him in the background at the beginning and ending of the song.
Lyrics:
I have seen the sunset
flash green through sunset sea.
I have seen the spinning atom
and the galaxy.
I’ve walked barefoot through the Amazon,
touched a rainbow centipede.
Seen the work of a God who sees us
in ancient stone cathedrals,
and stained glass in the sand,
in monuments and pedestals
and what man has made of man;
every documentary
and every book I understand
brings me back to a God who receives us.
Chorus
So I keep coming back, keep coming back
I keep coming back to Jesus.
I keep coming back, keep coming back
I keep coming back to Jesus.
I don’t know how Jesus wept
or understand why he prayed,
I don’t know the why of angels
or how a death can save,
I don’t know why I want
or I give what I gave,
but I don’t believe a God who deceives us.
I can ask the why of church
when philosophers disagree
on the puzzle of the parables;
they make vain degrees,
say the psychologists tell us
it’s a numbing fantasy,
but I keep coming back,
I keep coming back
(chorus)
I’m feeling I’m finding future shock,
wisdom out of babes,
with a joystick science,
shooting down the aged,
seeing only simple words
flying across the page,
and all this is supposed to free us.
The medium is the message,
divine communication cool,
something about eternity
and a golden rule;
the medium is the message—
at a throne they say he’ll rule,
so I keep coming back, I keep coming back
(chorus x2)
Hardware:
Tacoma Jumbo Koa guitar, Eshinee's voice, some crappy microphones
Software:
Logic Pro
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Good production &mdash 11/27/05 - 03:15:24 AM
A good production. Sounds also like very interesing lyrics which I would
want to be able to read. Even if the singers are pronouncing the lyrics
quite clear here, there are lots that I can't hear because I am not a native
english speaker, (I may even have to look up some terms in a dictionary).
It would be interesting to be able to read the lyrics and then I would be
able to also comment that part of the song. [ Reply to This ]
Ahhhh &mdash 11/28/05 - 07:44:28 AM
realy fine i like very much the intro and the voice is wow....great song [ Reply to This ]
Enjoyable &mdash 01/09/06 - 08:24:48 AM
I really enjoyed this song. It has a nice swing to it. It has that going
back in time feel when life seemed simpler. Yet, trying to sort out life's
big questions were complicated by all the voices of the age. Very clever
phrasing. The flute was lovely, too. [ Reply to This ]
fresh and clear &mdash 02/17/06 - 10:09:58 AM
Larry Norman &mdash 04/01/06 - 09:04:51 AM
Larry Norman &mdash 04/20/07 - 01:08:03 PM
I just saw Larry perform again recently. His voice was in terrible shape. Like Tom Waits, only with worse intonation. He was performing mostly Christmas songs, giving them a kind of light-jazz treatment. In any one else, this would be the death knell of a career. But I think everyone in the room was like, "We are in the presence of a bona fide living legend. How cool is that?" Larry has such a great Spirit about him. He could have done anything he wanted. [ Reply to This ]
your songwriting is creative and smart &mdash 04/01/06 - 09:09:54 AM
Just what I want to hear... this software sometimes makes us forget
that it is about the song... you've told the story in a way I've never quite
heard it... and it is powerful because of your perticulare twist
(original)...
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.. ( : &mdash 05/06/08 - 11:49:19 AM
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want to be able to read. Even if the singers are pronouncing the lyrics
quite clear here, there are lots that I can't hear because I am not a native
english speaker, (I may even have to look up some terms in a dictionary).
It would be interesting to be able to read the lyrics and then I would be
able to also comment that part of the song.
[ Reply to This ]