Name: Signal to Noise
Duration: P00H10M24S
Description: A prayer for those of us who struggle with whether or not prayer works. Because sometimes you’ve just got to question it. If that runs contrary to your own experience, be grateful. Also, this is an experiment in silence and noise and pushing how long I can just let a song breathe. It’s by far the longest and possibly most pretentious song I’ve ever written.

Signal to Noise

from Something to Look Forward to... by Derek Brink

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A prayer for those of us who struggle with whether or not prayer works. Because sometimes you’ve just got to question it. If that runs contrary to your own experience, be grateful. Also, this is an experiment in silence and noise and pushing how long I can just let a song breathe. It’s by far the longest and possibly most pretentious song I’ve ever written.

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You don't seem to want to talk anymore.
It's been so long since I've felt you near.
I know you're a voice in the stillness,
but I wish you would say something I can hear.

Do you listen when I speak?
Do you listen when I scream?
I'm used to watching the hours tick past.
But I'm just asking for one dream.

Who am I to expect an answer?
I know who I am. I know my place.
But reminding me that I am no one
does not convince me of your grace.

I don't lack faith that you're out there.
But in the echo I hear only my voice.
And I'm afraid of why I can't hear you.
Are my prayers fading from signal to noise?

I don't mean to bother you...
But how can you have nothing to say?
I've tried so hard, but feel like I'm failing.
I'm only praying out of habit to pray.

Do I dare to call you "savior"
when it feels like my own strength is what got me here?
You can calm a storm, raise the dead,
wash away Hell, my daily bread.
I'm just asking that you draw me near.
I'm afraid of why I can't hear you.
I'm afraid that my voice
is fading from signal to noise.

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from Something to Look Forward to..., released October 16, 2014

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