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Heading for the Shore

Verse

I gave up sailing solo...sailing on my own
Felt the call to risk it all..
Started heading… for the shore
For the shore

Chorus

Sailing on a stormy ocean
The wind's a howling and the sea's a roaring
Trying to get my ship to shore
Heading for the Shore

Verse

The Lord he says you’ll never find an easy-flowing tide
They'll be trouble on the way
Old beliefs shaken by those stormy winds of life....but
That won’t keep....that won’t keep....that won't keep me
Heading for the shore.

Middle

Ride the rolling oceans
Tame the running tides
Keep the raging forces on your side

Verse

Felt a new direction guiding me at last

A love to keep me steady to the shore
Reached my destination
Deeper day by day
I touched the open haven of my soul

End

Sailing on the ocean
I can touch the shore


Behind the song
I wrote ‘Heading for the Shore’ was I was 19. It’s the song I identify closest with and it communicates my vision of life. Life as an invigorating and inspiring journey. An ocean voyage where we are heading for the ‘shore’. The shore is the goal or destination in our life but at the same time it has the meaning of ‘sure’. Heading for the ‘sure’ is the knowledge that we are on a boat of faith and we aren’t lost on a ‘stormy ocean’. We are heading deeper into faith and security as we travel across the ocean.

It is a pilgrim’s song about travelling across the waters of life. A journey on ‘a stormy ocean’ where we often struggle but are never alone. We give up ‘sailing solo’ and journey with a new ‘sure’ guide. With a new belief in a stronger force greater than ourselves. We start a new journey in the company of this ‘sure-shore’ Guide. The Lord. For others this may the force that sustains them on their journey through life. It is a belief in something bigger and deeper than ourselves. A force that is true, secure and permanent and not false and fleeting. A map or guide to rely on in times of trouble. A compass point of reference in a storm.

On the open seas we can find help and inspiration. In the words of the song: ‘sailing on the ocean ….I can touch the shore’. We touch the ‘sure’ in the form of guidance and inspiration while in our boat. We are always ‘heading’ to our destination but in some way never reach it. The final point or port isn’t in fact the real goal. It’s what we learn on the way and what we gain in faith and strength and courage for the next part of the voyage. We are on a journey that passes many peninsulas and we meet many different coastlines on the way. However, we have the comfort of being able to ‘touch’ the surety of a Guiding Spirit as we cross these waters. This song has accompanied me on the twists and turns of my life and is the title of the forthcoming EP ‘Heading for the Shore’ due for release in December 2009.
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