TITLE: I Heard Her at the Gates [INTRO — SOLO, DISTANT / BREATHED] At the edge of morning Before the city wakes A voice moves through the silence And waits beside the gates [VERSE 1 — INTIMATE ALTO] She does not hide in secret rooms Or whisper only to the wise She stands where roads are crossing Beneath the open sky She calls the ones still learning The certain and unsure Bring everything you think you know And leave your heart unbarred [PRE-CHORUS] Come with your questions Come without disguise Wisdom is not frightened By an honest mind [CHORUS — WIDENING HARMONIES] I heard her at the gates Not calling me above But deeper into mercy And further into love Where wisdom becomes justice And knowledge learns to kneel I heard her at the gates Calling us to make love real [VERSE 2 — WARMER, STRINGS ENTER] There is a place already set A table wide and long A chair beside the stranger A welcome for the wronged If wisdom leaves the hungry Still waiting at the door Then all our shining arguments Have taught us nothing more Tell truth when truth is costly Give freely what you hold Protect the ones made vulnerable Do not mistake pride for bold [PRE-CHORUS] Come and be corrected Come and learn again Let your clever answers Become the hands of friends [CHORUS — FULLER] I heard her at the gates Not calling me above But deeper into mercy And further into love Where wisdom becomes justice And knowledge learns to kneel I heard her at the gates Calling us to make love real [INTERLUDE — WORDLESS SOLO / SEVEN-NOTE FIGURE] Ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ah-ah Ah-ah-ah [VERSE 3 — NEAR WHISPER] She does not ask for worship She does not take His throne A creature formed in wisdom Still points beyond her own Her beauty is a window Her counsel is a road And every faithful lesson Leads toward the living God [BRIDGE — CHOIR GRADUALLY ENTERS] Teach me to listen Before I reply Teach me to notice Who stands pushed aside Teach me generosity Teach me to repair Teach me that wisdom Must become care [BUILD — SOLO RISING] If I speak of heaven But cannot tell the truth If I praise understanding But will not shelter you Then let the gates remind me What wisdom came to say: [FINAL CHORUS — FULL CHORAL BLOOM] I heard her at the gates Not calling me above But deeper into mercy And further into love Where wisdom becomes justice And knowledge learns to kneel I heard her at the gates Calling us to make love real I heard her at the gates Where every road begins Calling us to courage Calling us from within To truth without cruelty To strength that does not steal I heard her at the gates Calling us to make love real [OUTRO — STRINGS FALL AWAY] Wisdom, lead me faithfully Along the path I see [SOLO, CLEAR / UNACCOMPANIED] But God alone, my praise to Thee. [SILENCE]
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