Girls in Trouble - I Was a Desert
Girls in Trouble - I Was a Desert
I Was a Desert tells the story of Tamar and the seduction by her alleged father-in-law Judah.
Tamar wasn’t getting what she needed by playing by the rules. So she disguised herself, waited by the crossroads, and made it happen. From that night comes the line of the Messiah.
Lyrics after the jump!
I was a desert before I learned
to make the sky rain down on me
And I was a barren field until
I planted myself with borrowed seed.
You, you’re a strong one
they say you ground lead into dust with your teeth
But even a strong one
gets lonely at night when he can’t sleep.
All night long I bit my tongue
to keep from calling out your name
Saying don’t you know the voice of the one
Who brought you tea in the early dawn
I’d watch you sleeping
Like a lion at rest, so gentle your breath
but when you’d awaken
your shouting would startle the birds from their nest
You did not know
You did not see