This is such a sweet song…I can’t stop listening to it!
A Bird Without Wings
Celtic Thunder-Damian McGinty, soloist
Chorus:
Like a bird without wings
That longs to be flying,
Like a motherless child
Left lonely and crying.
Like a song without words,
Like a world without music,
I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me.
Verse 1:
I get so lonely, when you’re away
I count every moment, I wait every day,
Until you’re home again
And hug me so tight
That’s when I know
Everything is alright.
Chorus:
Like a bird without wings
That longs to be flying,
Like a motherless child
Left lonely and crying.
Like a song without words
Like a world without music,
I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me.
Verse 2:
You’re my guardian angel
My light and my guide
Your hand on my shoulder
And you by my side.
You make everything beautiful,
You make me complete.
Everything in my world
I lay at your feet..
Bridge:
Like a church with no steeple,
Where a bell never rings.
In a town without people,
Where no voice in the choir ever sings.
If a boat on the ocean
Would be lost with no sail,
Then without your devotion
Surely all that I dreamed of would fail.
Chorus:
Like a song without words
Like a world without music,
I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me
I wouldn’t know what to do
I’d be lost without you
Watchin’ over me
). I love the imagery in the chorus: even if no one says anything, no words are exchanged, just the sound of God’s breathing is enough. Just His immanence, His nearness is enough. The ordinary–breathing, respiration, something we all do–is made beautiful by love. Hanging on every word that’s spoken, then the breaths when there are no words…completely comfortable in His presence…this is the image of God as our Lover!