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Take Me Away April 26/23
Take me away
to a place that is hidden.
I long for those days
when we were one
to be far away
from the swirl of these
problems
in a deep embrace
like when I was young
There’s safety in your arms
a peace that can't be explained
and I find myself centered here
Oh this cruel harsh world
can't break me down.
When I curl up
you wrap around
with my buried face
my vision's clear
as a hideaway
in the safety here
You sweep me away,
I feel the gentle movement
the whispering winds
carry secret that you share
You speak of mysteries
in the place that is hidden
and my stress fades away
and I'm no longer scared.
The Story Behind the Song
...Open your grace-fountain for me, for you are my soul’s true shelter. I will hide beneath the shadow of your embrace, under the wings of your cherubim, until this terrible trouble is past.~ Ps 57:1 (TPT)
I was standing in the mall in front of the bay, and the crowds were milling about everywhere. I was so overwhelmed; I was stressed. I was anxious, and I could not calm myself down. All of a sudden, a man I respect comes walking out of the crowds towards me, and he comes up to me. He wraps his arms around me. I bury my face into the lapels of his jacket, and I'm just sitting there. I can feel my anxiety start to fade away. And as I'm standing there, I can feel my feet moving as if I'm being slid backwards across the floor. And as he slides me, I can see everything that's going on around me. I can see the people. I can see where he's moving me, even though my face is in his chest. And as he slides me into this quieter space, I can feel he just longs to be with me and to tell me some secrets and to tell me what has been going on in his heart, as much as he wants to hear what's going on in my heart. I'm overcome by this non-verbal communication that he's giving me. And as he goes into this quiet space, he's whispering secrets to me; the whispers I can feel on my face.
And then I wake up, and it's a dream.
And as I lay there, a song comes flooding to my mind, and I start to hear the words and the music and the melody. And so, I get up. It's early, early in the morning. I write it down, I record it.
Thank you Father that you want us to be drawn away by the stresses in our lives to just be with you in that secret space, to give us peace, to give us comport and protection.