The Maker

Daniel Lanois

Oh, Oh Deep water


Black, and cold like the night


I stand with arms wide open


I've run a twisted mile


I'm a stranger


in the eyes of the maker





I could not see


for fog in my eyes


I could not feel


for the fear in my life


From across the great divide


In the distance i saw a light


Jean baptiste


walking to me with the maker





My body is bent and broken


by long and dangerous sleep


I can work the fields of abraham


and turn my head away


I'm not a stranger


in the eyes of the maker





Brother john


Have you seen the homeless daughters


standing there


with broken dreams


I have seen the flaming swords


there over east of eden


burning in the eyes of the maker


burning in the eyes of the maker


burning in the eyes of the maker


burning in the eyes of the maker





oh river rise from your sleep....