Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Waiting Song

This is bigger than nations.
Something too big for borders is happening here.
This is more than relations.
Something thicker than blood is pulling us near.

Somewhere there is a hand that needs another to hold,
And here I am with my hand empty.
Across an ocean a cheek needs a good-night kiss,
And these words are the kiss I’m sending.

I am waiting for you, you are waiting for me,
there is nothing but time between us.
I’ve never met you but you are all I can see.
I’m just praying that you can feel this.

A tiny heart beats inside your little chest
and every beat is in step with mine.
If I could open my heart like a locket,
a tiny picture of you is what we would find.

Every morning I pray for your safety,
And every night I ask for your peaceful sleep.
And every morning when you wake wherever you are
is another day closer to me.

I am waiting for you, you are waiting for me,
there is nothing but time between us.
I’ve never met you but you are all I can see.
I’m just praying that you can feel this, too…

Everybody around the world sing “I need somebody to love”…
From me to you, wherever you are, I am coming for you, I am coming with love…

I am praying for you there waiting for me.
Ten thousand miles is only a day.
When the sun sets on you it rises on me.
One day closer that you’ll come home to stay.

I am waiting for you, you are waiting for me,
there is nothing but time between us.
I’ve never met you but you are all I can see.
I’m just praying that you can feel this.

©2007 Thomas Hicks - All Rights Reserved

Posted here with permission.
Please check out this artist's site at:
http://adoptionsong.com/theSong.html

2 comments:

Ange said...

What beautiful lyrics!

Miki said...

Thank you so much for posting the lyrics to our "waiting" song! We truly appreciate all the kind people we have met through the song and hope that the lyrics touch your hearts as much as they have ours. Just a little note, we sent a CD of this song to our daughter in Ethiopia before we arrived. We weren't sure if she'd be able to listen to it at the orphanage or not, but took a chance. When we arrived to pick her up, she had the CD in hand and couldn't wait for us to play it for her. She's been home for 5 months now and still listens to the song just about every day. She has phonetically learned the words and sings along at the top of her lungs. To this day it chokes me up to hear her sing it- in all the times we played the song while we were waiting, I never imagined what it would sound like to hear our own little girl sing the words. Takes your breath away!