i think you’d like sara groves too.

Jo told me to listen to Sara Groves.

“I think you’ll like her,” she told me.

She was right.

I do like her.

And now I’ve been texting her lyrics to friends because I think they are so good – so solid and so true.

How many hours have I spent
Watching this shining TV?
Living adventure in proxy
In another person’s dream?
How many miles have I traveled
Looking at far away lights?
Listening for trains in the distance
In some brilliant other life?

This cup, this cup.
I wanna drink it up,
To be right here in the middle of it.
Right here, right here.
This challenging reality
Is better than fear or fantasy.

So take up what we’ve been given –
Welcome the edge of our days.
Hemmed in by sunrise and sunset,
By our youth and by our age.
Thank God for our dependence.
Here’s to our chasm of need
And how it binds us together
In faith and vulnerability.

This cup, this cup.
I wanna drink it up.
To be right here in the middle of it.
Right here, right here.
This challenging reality
Is better than fear or fantasy.

What if my whole world falls apart?
What if my life could be different?
What if I sat right here and took you in
Without the fear and loved you whole
Without the flight and didn’t try to pass

This cup, this cup?
I wanna drink it up.
To be right here in the middle of it.
Right here, right here.
This challenging reality
Is better than fear or fantasy.

 

• This Cup by Sara Groves