This reflective song written by James Maher msc, is number 86 in As One Voice: The Next Generation. The version of “Let Me Know Your Love” on the AOV NG CD is sung by by Phil Simmons with rather too much echo on his voice, but is pleasant enough for all that. It is a very special meditation on spiritual dryness and waiting upon the Lord. It has a dramatic bridge and some tasteful triplets in the chorus. I’d like to hear it down in a much more stripped back version. I don’t think my backing is that version unfortunately.
Verse 1
In the darkness of the desert,
In the hollow of my soul.
Tempted by life’s grand illusions,
And empty promises well known.
In the silence of the wilderness
In this sacred empty space,
Standing on the edge of mystery
And on the edge of faith.
Refrain
Let me know your love,
Let me see your face.
Let me find within my heart,
Your Spirit’s touch, the gift of faith.
O hidden God help me believe.
Speak to my heart, Silent One.
Let me hear in the hunger, your voice.
Verse 2
Lost and weary without water,
Stumbling over endless sands,
Cast adrift from all security,
And the power to understand.
But held within this womb of darkness,
there are silent words to hear,
Words of wonder, words of courage,
Words of freedom beyond fear.
Refrain
Bridge
Long in exile from the garden,
Lured to the wilderness.
Speak to me that I might live anew!
Refrain
© James Maher msc 2007.