A song about seeking God in different places, drawing on imagery from the Psalms and set on the Cornish coast.
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Rock – Song Lyrics by Lizzie Pridmore
It was not the sea that called her,
It’s playful welcome, smooth and gold,
Then angry breaking rollers,
The hissing sand, the smashing cold,
She couldn’t take, she couldn’t take the change.
She couldn’t take, she couldn’t take the change.
She saw the surfers worship
In rushing wind and snarling sea,
But still her heart was searching
Until a quiet voice said ‘Come to me’,
Said ‘Come to me.’
She cried,
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,
Hide me where your mercy falls.
From the depths of time, from the roots of the earth,
Unchanging love - through the darkest storm.
She looked up to the mountains,
Her back was set against the tide,
She stepped inside the footprints
That led the way up to the mountain-side.
And as she climbed the quiet hill,
The world below her, calm and still,
The solid, granite mountain peak,
The rock of ages, firm beneath her feet.
She said,
I have found the rock that is higher than I,
Hide me where your mercy falls.
From sea to sea, to the ends of the earth
Unchanging love.
Lizzie Pridmore, 2015