Golden Wings
Support through the storms.
Words and music by Sarah Pirtle, © 2006 Discovery Center Music, BMI
Lyrics
1. I was lost in the darkness as the sunset turned to black.
A great wind took me off my feet and I could not get back.
I was carried and forgotten, and I cried out, Have I died?
The darkness turned to singing and instead I opened wide.
Chorus:
All I know is someone took my hand.
All I know is I could finally stand.
It could have been golden wings. It could have been an angel band.
All I know is someone took my hand.
2. I was tossed in a shipwreck. I was cast over the rail.
I kept swimming through dark water, and it looked like I would fail.
When I thought--I can’t make it -- all around me there was grace.
And the sands rose up to meet my feet and so I found my place.
Chorus
3. I was down in a dungeon in a place that time forgot.
When I faced each shadow, the light it did not stop.
I am back from the ghost town. I am back from the grave.
I was shaken and forsaken. Now I guess you’d call me saved.
Chorus
Production: Engineered by Joe Podlesney, www.joepodmusic.com. Harmonies by Lui Collins.
The Story of the Song
This song describes a time that I did prayers day by day, hour by hour, and felt palpable support as real as gravity. I had an operation to remove a kidney, and at first it was predicted that I had cancer, but I didn’t. Instead I emerged healthier and buoyant.
Workshop idea for discussion: What have been the golden wings in your life?