From the recording Where the Light Lives
A dying bird, a searching friend, and a planet in peril called Joy to write of the importance of caring and protecting each other. A collective chorus adds their hopeful voices.
Lyrics
Keeping Vigil
Words & Music by Joy Zimmerman
From my window, I keep vigil
For a bird gasping for air
Helpless I marvel, her painted feathers
How far she traveled here
If I could hold her in my hand
Whisper the storm will soon be gone
In the morning, where the light lives
May peace return
Ohhhh ohhhh
Ohhhh, ohhhh
Friend, you’re searching, keeping vigil
For a life you cannot see
Follow those longings, staying steadfast
They will guide you free
If I could wrap you in my arms
Tell you some storms will fall away
Up ahead, where your home waits
May peace return
Ohhhh ohhhh
Ohhhh, ohhhh
From my window, I keep vigil
For a world gasping for air
Growing hotter, chasms deeper
We’re mired together here
If we could somehow turn the tide
Protect earth’s beauty wide
In the future, where our hope lives
May peace return
Ohhhh ohhhh ohhhh, ohhhh
Ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhhh