(Verse 1)
(Music starts. Just you and an acoustic guitar.)
Weeping willow...
There's tears on my pillow
I'm overwhelmed with joy
And yet filled with sadness.
I don't know how
I got to this place
This place of serenity
Where I'm alone with my thoughts...
(Pre-Chorus)
(Music begins to build... a soft string pad comes in.)
I keep trying to live
With the doubts and insecurities
But I settle...
I wait...
And I listen...
(Chorus - The "Hitmaker" Hook)
(The "heartbeat" drum and bass come in. Warm and full.)
And the presence of things unseen
But understood
Protects me from despair
And I feel right at home
Like I'm blanketed in a warm light
That darkness cannot penetrate.
My tears dry on my pillow...
And I see a swaying willow
In its place.
(Verse 2)
(The groove continues. Gentle and steady.)
I think of the Parable
Of the farmer who sowed seeds
I remember that I
Have been on "rocky ground."
But I'm not the same
That I used to be
He's given me new roots
And I shall not stray.
(Pre-Chorus)
(Music swells a little.)
I can't give up
On living in his grace
So I settle...
I wait...
And I listen...
(Chorus - The "Hitmaker" Hook)
(Fuller vocals, more strings.)
And the presence of things unseen
But understood
Protects me from despair
And I feel right at home
Like I'm blanketed in a warm light
That darkness cannot penetrate.
My tears dry on my pillow...
And I see a swaying willow
In its place.
(Bridge - The "Hitmaker" Declaration)
(Music drops to just guitar/strings... then builds.)
'Cause I am His child!
Strengthened by my pain!
I am not afraid!
'Cause I haven't lost hope!
I am blessed! I am loved!
I am forgiven! I am redeemed!
And the presence who fills me...
Is the great Holy Ghost!
(Final Chorus - The Climax)
(Full band! Drums, strings, backing vocals!)
And the presence of things unseen
But understood
Protects me from despair
And I feel right at home
Like I'm blanketed in a warm light
That darkness cannot penetrate!
My tears dry on my pillow...
And I see a swaying willow
In its place!
(Outro)
(Music fades... back to the solo acoustic guitar.)
A swaying willow...
He is Omnipresent...
He is in me.
(Song ends.)
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