Painting Pictures Of Egypt

Sara Groves

Verse 1:

I don't want to leave here

I don't want to stay

It feels like pinching to me

Either way

And the places I long for the most

Are the places where I've been

They are calling out to me

Like a long lost friend



Verse 2:

It's not about losing faith

It's not about trust

It's all about comfortable

When you move so much

And the place I was wasn't perfect

But I had found a way to live

And it wasn't milk or honey

But then neither is this

Chorus: I've been painting pictures of Egypt

Leaving out what it lacks

And the future feels so hard

And I want to go back

But the places they used to fit me

Cannot hold the things I've learned

Those roads were closed off to me

While my back was turned



Verse 3:

The past is so tangible

I know it by heart

Familiar things are never easy

To discard

I was dying for some freedom

But now I hesitate to go

I am caught between the Promise

And the things I know

Chorus

Bridge: If it comes to quick

I may not appreciate it

Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?

And if it comes to quick

I may not recognise it

Is that the reason behind all this time and sand?