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This song is inspired by this passage from the Old Testament:
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
lyrics
The skin on my knuckles is cracking and bleeding;
this winter is foreign, it's dry and it's cold.
I fell down the stairs holding plates and glasses;
my hands will not heal, though two months have passed,
and it's hard to be patient with the wounds that last.
I pick and I scratch; I can't leave them alone.
The skin starts its stitching, but I keep on complaining,
though, I call it prayer. A voice is there, saying,
"See, I am doing a new thing!
Do you not perceive it springing up?
I am making a way in the desert!
I am making a stream in the wasteland!
Forget all of the former things!
Do not dwell on the past;
I am doing a new thing!"
Your love is an illness that's growing inside you,
as murderous as the love of the Lord.
The wrath in your heart can flare up in a moment.
Your jealousy's righteous, but you gotta learn how to hold it!
The God of Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac
once nursed his hate like a lonely man:
(Spare us, Lord...)
he'd burn to the ground whole cities of lovers
(please stay your hand...)
who lusted for others. Now he stays his hand, saying,
"See, I am doing a new thing!
Do you not perceive it springing up?
I am making a way in the desert!
I am making a stream in the wasteland!
Forget all of the former things!
Do not dwell on the past;
I am doing a new thing!"
credits
from Cameron DeWhitt,
released April 11, 2014
Banjo, Lead vocals: Cameron DeWhitt
Cornet: Jonathan Roberts
String Bass: Nolan Staples
Drums: Luke Bonham
Background Vocals: Erik Bay, Paulina Jaeger, Jonathan Roberts, Grace Roberts, Joseph Rourke IV
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