From the recording Miracle Of Forgetting (2003)
(DGCFAD)
An old Ridgely song that we never recorded together. For some reason I’ve still held onto this one although it feels a tad too preachy for my tastes nowadays. I can’t seem to escape from writing about nautical settings although I myself am terrified by the sea, its depths, its inhabitants, its sheer volume, and its ruthlessness.
Lyrics
Vessel
a quarter of a century and I still have my hope
we sail as one but my ship has run into the sea of mutiny
it’s not the winds that churn the seas and shake my meager vessel
it’s the endless unknown
shore up the leaks and fill in all the holes
I’m plugging up the pride of that which I must swallow
seal up the seams and guide this vessel through the journey
feel these, seal these, heal these holes
I daily scan for a greater plan that the horizon will be the future
your sovereignty is the life of me and it keeps this vessel floating
the captain guards what his sailors give that hope may be their sustenance
I set my course for providence
shore up the leaks and fill in all the holes
I’m plugging up the pride of that which I must swallow
seal up the seams and guide this vessel through the journey
and can it be that your sovereignty is greater than I ever believed it?
can it be true that the stubborn fool that I’ve passed over a thousand times
is really me? it’s really me
shore up the leaks and fill in all the holes
I’m plugging up the pride of that which I must swallow
seal up the seams and guide this vessel through the journey
feel these, seal these, heal these holes