THE SONG OF JOB

THE SONG OF JOB

What I Want Is You

I don’t want the motion
I don’t need the action
the fleeting taste of accomplishment
Oh, I don’t really need
all that pleasure and comfort
that can so easily be turned to addiction
What I want is simply You

Long ago, back when I was so much younger
I lost it; I lost the feeling of You
I lost the courage and the contentment
the peace of mind: 
I lost that romance humming in my soul
ever since the music within, the dance the flourish
the lofting of my mind into the air all about me
is gone
is gone..is gone... is gone

G-O-OD GOD !
God, what I long for is You
is you inside me
flowing like a river
like the mighty Mississippi
overwhelming every last doubt and fear
crushing my happy soul with joy

God, is this the way things are going to be
If they are I will still love You
You are my whole existence
The sorrow You lead me through
sifts my lifeless soul
But if You want to know what I long for
What I long for is You

Those moments of closeness
of perfect oneness
the gushing of glorious You through me
When did we lose our self
this something with meaning
this something beloved and pleasing to You

This longing, like this suffering
will not last forever
I am being remade by You
this death I now feel
this dying to all of my pride
has always in the pas led to something new
Life always follows death in the hands of love
Love always comes to fill up the void of fear
Like light erases even the memory of darkness
So I will with with You
God, even in this place of shadows

You are here
You are here


Words, music, audio recording, & video
© John Brusseau, 7/27/2025