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This Tiny Place

from Work in Progress by Pete Brazier

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This tiny place

Need to find salvation in every word
Need to find God in all the absurd
Need to find the stillness at the centre of the wheel
Need to understand the way that I feel

Just the end of another incomplete day
And all of these things were not put away
The papers not sorted and the wound it never healed
The gravy on the unwashed plate has congealed

There is an island, and all the ships that pass
Stop to rest awhile in its port
And there is a mountain, that’s higher than the rest
And you cans see the world from its peak

Need to play again like I did as a child
Need to climb the hill to look over the bay
See the places where men walked in days gone by
Pray that I may learn from the marks they left

Yet another inconclusive search
All the answers locked in the pictures we see
But the key is not found and all our lives remain unhealed
May this unwashed soul someday be clean

There is a house and all the walls are white
Shining in the glory of your love
And there is a shop, and all the things they sell
Are labelled with the price they’re really worth

This is the world, and everything that’s in it
If we build heaven here, in this tiny place
This is the future, and all that we can make of it
If we build heaven here in our open hearts
These are the choices, and every time we get it wrong
There is another chance, but not forever
These are our lives, these lands the spirit’s hiding place
Will we hold it dear, or let it fall away?

Need to put the lid back on the pen
Need to call my old friends now and then
Need to remind myself of the reasons why I’m here
When all the world seems so unclear

Yet another disaster on the news
And every fool wants to hare their views
And all we needed was humility and grace
Reach out our empty hands and greet them face to face

And there was a man, who walked there long ago
And everything he said seemed to make sense
Wouldn’t it be great if we could call on him right now
To see if he could shed a little light

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from Work in Progress, released January 16, 2012

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Pete Brazier Leeds, UK

Pete Brazier is a singer/songwriter, music producer, artist and Fractal Theologian. He has been writing songs since the age of 4 and recording since the age of 16. He is also a minister in the British Methodist Church.

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