I’m labelling songs I have written “Collab Project” to make them easier to me to search for in my blog, even if there isn’t much need for further collaboration in this song at least.
This was the other collaboration with Pam Bowen, and is in a completely different style. The text reminds me of the Buddhist concept of the Monkey Mind in the Mindfulness course I’m currently doing.
1 A cracked vessel is the mind
What goes in leaks out in time:
People’s names and people’s faces,
What took place in certain places,
All the science, all the math,
Memories of the distant past.CHORUS
YOU CAN’T ADD MORE TO A FILLED-UP CUP,
YOU NEED TO LET SOME OUT.
THAT CRACK IS A BLESSING
YOU CAN BE GLAD ABOUT.
2 A cracked vessel is the heart:
Passions, fashions all depart,
Tastes change, love grows cold,
Old obsessions lose their hold.
Why cling to the overrated?
What you treasured gets donated.CHORUS, REPEAT
3 But when God’s love rains, it pours.
If some seeps out, there’s always more.
Mind and heart and soul fill up;
A holy torrent floods your cup.
Overflowing, leaking too,
That’s how much your God loves you.CHORUS:
YOU CAN’T FIT GOD IN A FILLED-UP HEART;
YOU NEED TO LET SIN OUT.
THAT CRACK IS A BLESSING
YOU CAN BE GLAD ABOUT.
lyrics © 2014 Pamella Bowen (BMI)
I have no memory of this, but it looks like I rewrote the lyrics and made a rough demo. I can’t even find any sheet music for this, but I obviously spent some time with the rearrangement:
1 A cracked vessel is the mind
What goes in leaks out in time:
People’s names and people’s faces,
Memories and distant places.Chorus
But God’s love rains – a pure downpour.
If some seeps out there’s always more.
Mind and heart and soul fill up,
A holy torrent floods our cups, overflowing we can trust,
That’s how much our God loves us.2 A cracked vessel is the heart:
Passions, fashions all depart,
Tastes change, love grows cold,
Old obsessions lose their hold.
Chorus
Bridge
Each leaks a blessing in disguise
We need to make some space
For God to come and live inside
And fill us with his grace.
No room for fear and doubt
Let that all run out and give a joyful shout
Chorus