Woven  

A very good friend and fellow musician and I were discussing women in our lives who have been incredible examples of strength and fortitude in the face of extreme challenges.  Imagining the desperate circumstance of women in different cultures around the world, the mind staggers.  The main character in Woven is a combination of these women reflecting one powerful common element - that is the will to withstand overwhelming challenges and continually sacrifice to survive.  However, the will alone can falter and break, sometimes not only to the detriment of the individual, but to their children as well.  Salvation is available through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ to all of us, even when we will not see it before us.  I join my friend, Shawn Bacote, in praying for the peace of our Savior to find all of those who are unaware that it awaits them.

Lyrics

(Lyrics by Curt W. Sauer & Shawn Bacote)

She sits and cries,

Another day passes by,

Reliving again

The day her innocence bled,

Told to hush as she died.

Now years gone by,

Still she clutches to that stain.

No cure born of man can erase the pain.

Eventually, it returns.  For when again re-sewn, the pieces of her life this too was also

Woven.

Woven.

Woven.

Her children’s eyes

Reflect a pleading uncertainty.

“Mama, will this one stay and finally be our Daddy”?

The more she’s moving,

The faster she seems to sink.

But she can’t stop searching the mist

For that ghost called serenity.

She’s got to find it someday.

It always seems just not too far away,

Just out of reach of her bonds,

Into which her destiny seems to be eternally

Woven.

Woven.

Woven.

She serves so many masters.

Sought answers from pimps and pastors.

Bruised and scarred from jibes and laughter,

Not truly sure just what it is she’s after.

She’s seen all the signs, and yet she seeks,

Passing sanctuary to meet deceit.

What will you say when she you meet?

One who knows not truly to whom her soul’s peace waits to be

Woven.

Woven.

Woven.

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