Look Above the Weeds

[Intro – Fingerpicked Acoustic, soft vinyl crackle] (Spoken, close-mic) My dad hated weeds… Said they’d steal the life from a good yard. [Verse 1] My dad pulled weeds in a patch of dirt Behind a fence on a quiet street Said “Son, you tend what you want to grow” Down on his hands and knees Mama hates those dandelions But the woodchuck don’t agree He eats the tops like a Sunday meal Like grace grows wild and free Grandma used to can those greens Said they kept a body strong Funny how what one calls a weed Another calls home [Pre-Chorus] In the shed there’s jars and bottles Kill and feed side by side I stood there thinking ‘bout the mystery Of what we choose alive [Chorus] If I could take a pill for the broken parts Wash away the wrong in me Keep the good and let the rest fall off Like leaves from a dying tree But grace don’t work like chemicals It meets you where you are You don’t kill the dark with poison You let in a little light from God [Verse 2] We try to cure what’s deep inside With things that numb the pain But healing ain’t a simple fix It don’t come that way I’ve seen the fight in fragile bones Where the cure cuts both sides down What saves you can still shake you Till you barely stand your ground [Pre-Chorus] Wouldn’t it be easy, Lord Just to swallow and be new? But You gave me something better A living, breathing truth [Chorus] No, I can’t take a pill for the restless heart Or silence every fear But I’ve got a voice that calls my name Says “Child, I’m right here” Through every doubt and shadowed place I’m never left alone You don’t kill the dark with distance You let His presence lead you home [Bridge – Warm piano, organ pads swell] If You were sitting in my living room Would I change the words I say? Would I turn the channel off Or ask You just to stay? Would I hide the things I’m holding Or the habits I defend? Or would I finally see myself The way You always have been? I used to think I could shut the door When I walked my own way But You were there in the silence Never turning away [Break – Pedal steel swell] [Verse 3] Like a woman weeping in a garden Eyes fixed on the ground Looking for what she thought was gone While You were standing around Till You called her by her name And the world turned right-side-up All it took was one look higher To finally wake her up [Chorus – Lift] So I’ll look above the weeds and dust Past the worry and the pain There’s a mercy falling soft as light Like a quiet summer rain And the things that used to hold me down Don’t shine the way they did When I turn my eyes toward heaven Even sorrow starts to lift [Outro – stripped down, intimate] (Spoken) No… there ain’t no magic cure But I’ve got His Word… His Spirit… and His love And that’s enough (Sung) I’ll keep looking up… Yeah, I’ll keep looking up… Till the weeds don’t feel so strong And I remember where I belong