Lyrics: Everyday Bravery

GOLDEN WINGS

Source:
Words and music by Sarah Pirtle,
© 2006 Discovery Center Music, BMI

Lyrics:

1. I was lost in the darkness as the sunset turned to black.
A great wind took me off my feet and I could not get back.
I was carried and forgotten, and I cried out, Have I died?
The darkness turned to singing and instead I opened wide.

Chorus: All I know is someone took my hand.
All I know is I could finally stand.
It could have been golden wings. It could have been an angel band.
All I know is  someone took my hand.

2. I was tossed in a shipwreck. I was cast over the rail.
I kept swimming through dark water, and it looked like I would fail.
When I thought--I can’t make it -- all around me there was grace.
And the sands rose up to meet my feet and so I found my place.     

CHORUS

3. I was down in a dungeon in a place that time forgot.
When I faced each shadow, the light it did not stop. 
I am back from the ghost town. I am back from the grave.
I was shaken and forsaken. Now I guess you’d call me saved.

CHORUS

Background of the Song:

This song is dedicated to the friends in Franklin County who rallied to help when I got
kidney cancer. Great appreciation goes particularly to Leslie Fraser, Mary McClintock, Karen Brandow, Bill Chidsey who became a core support team and coordinated help
as well as Becca King.

For anyone in an extended illness, I recommend setting up an Internet bulletin board through www.carepages.com. Thank you to a wonderful community of friends. I had a rare form of kidney cancer that was self-contained and didn’t require chemo or radiation.

While I was going through the whole experience, I did prayers day by day, hour by hour, sometimes minute by minute and felt a support that was as palpable as gravity.

For Discussion:

What have been the golden wings in your life?
 

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