Oct. 6, 2014
by Bob Farrell
The Way We Were
Hello to everyone. I”m back from my summer break, which got extended a bit due to work I’ve been doing recently for upcoming Saviour performances: one at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 25; and a tour of this oratorio sponsored by Compassion Int’l, Dec. 5-21. I’ll be posting tour schedule and ways you can help us promote the tour - and if you have any way to join us in NYC please don’t miss this gala event celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Saviour (I''ll be there with my tux on).
In an earlier blog installment concerning the song “In the Beginning” from Saviour (which tells the story of God’s pursuit of man through the ages), I set the stage to tell the next part of that story: God’s creation of man.
After God created the heavens and the earth, all the birds of the air and creatures of the oceans, all the flora and fawna of land and sea, all the creatures that inhabit the earth and the oceans - and saw that it was all good - He turned His handiwork to that of the very pinnacle of His creation: Adam. And from the rib of Adam He gave him a help-meet, so he would not be alone: Eve.
God made man and woman in His image - which is Spirit. He created them to be ones with whom He could have fellowship - as sentient beings whom He could know intimately - walk with - sing with.
I can think of no more passionate relationship than that which existed between God and man at that point - and no more intimate portrayal of that love and affinity than God and Adam singing to each other - the way we were in the Garden of Eden.
God:
Who will hear the music that I hear
Who will hear the sound that fills the air
Who will see a radiant beam of light
Dancing for a sun that warms a morning sky
Who will know the beauty of My earth
Sense the joy and wonder of its birth
Who will see the glory of the world that I have made
And who will walk beside Me in the garden
In the coolness of the day
Creation's glorious song that comes from My heart
Expresses strains of love but only in part
I long to say the words, the words that are true
Someone to hear My heart belongs to you
And who will feel the summer wind
That moves across the water as it flows
Who will enjoy the orchestrated mystery
That soars within My soul
Who will hear the glory of the music that I hear
I will create man to be in My own image
Form him from the dust of earth and breathe into him
My own breath of life
Man:
Lord, I hear You speak to me
How lovely are Your words
How beautiful the sound
God:
This wondrous paradise and all that you see
Man:
Could never match the joy when You're here with me
God:
The message of My song will always be true
Mi Corazon, My heart belongs to you
You will enjoy the orchestrated mystery
That soars within My soul
God and Man:
And we can feel the summer wind
that moves across the water as it flows
God:
This wondrous paradise and all that you see
Man (in answer): Creation's glorious song that comes from my heart
Man:
Could never match the joy when you're here with me
God (in answer): Expresses strains of love - but only in part
God:
The message of My song will always be true
Man (in answer): I long to say those words - the words that are true
God:
Mi Corazon, My heart...
Man (in answer): Someone to hear my heart...
God and Man: ...belongs to you
God and Man:
My life - my love - my heart belongs to you
And exactly what God would have you say to Him today:
I long to say the words - the words that are true
My life, my love - my heart belongs to You
(“My Heart Belongs To You” from Saviour - Music and Lyrics, Bob Farrell and Greg Nelson, circa 1994)
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