Bruce Cockburn Messenger Wind Lyrics

Messenger Wind Lyrics

In a horse-powered sleigh at the top of the town

sun coming up paints the
snow all around 

with rose light

In front of the house where Im
supposed to be born

I dont think Im ready to walk through that door

just yet

To be one more voice in the human choir

rising like
smoke from the mystical fire 

of the heart 



The wind that
blows through everything

sweeps out the halls of my heart when I sing 

to you

It carries the moon and the stars and the rain

Carries the
seagulls ad carries my shame

away

Spins me around, stops me running
away

from all of the things Im waiting to say

But dont 



Here

is bigger than you can imagine

Now

is forever 



Sun coming up paints the snow all around

Rose on the roofs and
the trees and the ground

And the stream

In my dream

Messenger
wind swooping out of the sky

lights each tiny speck in the human
Kaleidoscope

With hope