Hymn

Lyrics

[Verse 1] My heart is aching, my God, in the western light, You paint a rainbow burning, vivid and bright. Across the azure waters, before my eyes, You let a crimson star fall softly from the skies. To strangers I wear a quiet, ordinary face, A little piece of blue, suspended in its place. Though You turn the heavens golden over me, And gild the endless waves that stretch into the sea. Still my heart is aching, my God, Still my heart is aching. But before You, I will open Every depth my heart has hidden. [Chorus] My heart is aching, my heart is aching, my God, Though the road is dark and the journey feels so long. You know every wound, You know every scar, You know how far I’ve wandered, how lost I am. My heart is aching, my heart is aching, my God, Yet somewhere in the darkness, I still carry on. For even when the night has taken all my sight, I know another dawn will rise with morning light. [Verse 2] I watch the dying sunlight scatter on the sea, Its final golden sparks returning back to me. A hundred miles from shore, a hundred miles away, I drift between two worlds with nowhere left to stay. And there above the water, white doves crossed the sky, A long and distant procession passing by. For just a fleeting moment, I could almost see A road that might have led me home, a road that might have led to thee. My heart is aching, my heart is aching, my God, Though tomorrow brings a dawn I’ve never known. The night may hold me underneath its coldest blue, But somewhere past the darkness, light will break through. [Verse 3] I’ve dreamed beside the graves of those who came before, Yet hardly knew the warmth of any home or door. I’ve wandered like a pilgrim underneath the storm, With lightning as my lantern, with thunder keeping warm. And one day You may find my pale and silent bones, Forgotten in the earth, unclaimed by marble stones. And still I am like someone who envies ash and dust, For even they have somewhere to lie, somewhere to rest in trust. So if You have prepared for me a bed beyond my sight, A place I cannot name, a place beyond the light— If I must leave this world without knowing where I’ll lie, Then hold me in Your memory when I say goodbye. My heart is aching, my heart is aching, my God, My heart is aching, but I still carry on. [Bridge] And that great rainbow of Your light across the sky, Your angels spread it wide beneath the endless night. A hundred years from now, new faces will appear, And stand beneath the same great heavens that I once held dear. They’ll watch the golden sunlight trembling on the sea, They’ll breathe the same blue air, but never think of me. The rainbow will keep burning, the ocean will remain, And no one will remember that I once knew its name. [Final Chorus] My heart is aching, my heart is aching, my God, Though tomorrow brings another golden dawn. Tonight I have no shelter, no place to call my own, Yet somewhere in Your heaven, perhaps I won’t be alone. My heart is aching, my heart is aching, my God, But before You, I can finally let it show. You alone can see how far I’ve had to roam, How much I’ve lost, how deeply I long for home. My heart is aching, my heart is aching, my God, But I will meet the morning when the night is gone. And if my road must end beneath another sky, Let me leave this world knowing I was alive. [Outro] A hundred years from now, the rainbow still will burn, The sea will still be blue, the seasons still will turn. And somewhere underneath that vast and endless dome, I’ll be a quiet piece of earth, At last, perhaps, at home. My heart is aching, my God— But I am still here.