Sunday, January 22, 2006

I went out walking with a Bible and a gun

Have you ever taken a walk after midnight? There's something moving about it, almost spiritual. The streets around here are virtually empty. It came seem like you're the only person in the world. The landscape is familiar, the steps the same; but, the dark, barren city of the night is foreign. I can put things together when I go walking after midnight. Maybe it's the night, the moon, the silence, the darkness, the serenity of the commonly filled streets; but whatever it is, it's a breath of fresh air in the same old place.

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I went out walking
Through streets paved with gold
Lifted some stones
Saw the skin and bones
Of a city without a soul
I went out walking
Under an atomic sky
Where the ground won't turn
And the rain it burns
Like the tears when I said goodbye

Yeah I went with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you
I went wandering

I went drifting
Through the capitals of tin
Where men can't walk
Or freely talk
And sons turn their fathers in
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the kingdom
But they don't want God in it

I went out riding
Down that old eight lane
I passed by a thousand signs
Looking for my own name

I went with nothing
But the thought you'd be there too
Looking for you

I went out there
In search of experience
To taste and to touch
And to feel as much
As a man can
Before he repents

I went out searching
Looking for one good man
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who would sit at his father's right hand
I went out walking
With a bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the one
Now Jesus, don't you wait up
Jesus, I'll be home soon
Yeah I went out for the papers
Told her I'd be back by noon

Yeah I left with nothing
But the thought you'd be there too
Looking for you

Yeah I left with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you
I went wandering
-->The Wanderer by U2

5 Comments:

At 3:47 PM, Blogger Marisa of the Sea said...

Being alone really helps to clear you mind. And as you pointed out hardly anyone is out at midnight. It's the best time for me to think too. Too bad we have school so early or I would spend more time outside thinking late at night.

 
At 10:24 PM, Blogger wheatable said...

I have a zit on my chin. I was picking at it as I was reading this and wondering to myself, "Hm... should I go on a walk tonight after midnight? I definately need something spiritual."

 
At 7:28 PM, Blogger wheatable said...

Yeah. The walk was good. Snowing. Midnight. Mmmmm... thought of you. Missing you.

 
At 7:56 PM, Blogger Whitney Lynn said...

4:25 in the morning i found myself trudging through four feet of snow in the mountains thinking to myself

is this my life
is this how it's supposed to be the rest my life

is this really all there is or is there something better

i tripped face first
in four feet of snow

i think it was a sign

 
At 5:48 PM, Blogger Cayenne said...

All the time Sousa. I have a spot I drive to, a big tree with fields around it. It's my sanctuary.

 

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