Leesha Harvey: Music

• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)
• MP3 short clip, lo-fi play (modem)

I listen to the music of the wind chimes
on my front porch
It’s blowing again
Is it the winds of change,
or just another storm about to rip the roof, flood the floors,
and blow my house in
The sand is slipping away

I pull off all the shutters
and I open all the windows
So the breeze can blow through
It’s strong but silent
As it clears out all the cobwebs
and all long-held illusions I’ve assumed to be true
The scales are falling away…. Away

(Chorus)
Beautiful destruction
You’re tearing me apart
Melting the cold logic of my heart
All these years I’ve known You
And sat with You to dine
Could it be I’m seeing You for the first time?

Windblown, drenched by all the rain,
I stand here shocked and quite ashamed
It made so much sense
I chose the obvious
Forgetting You’re mysterious and love to work in ways that seem both foolish and weak
I lost sight of Your love…. Your love…

(Chorus)

I lie here restless on my bed
And contemplate letters in red
And wonder if You really meant all the things You said
I took Your words and qualified them
Till I practically denied them
And presumed to speak as one who knew You well…

(Chorus)

© 2007 Leesha Harvey