A while back I said I was inspired to write a song based on Hosea 2. It got back-burnered for a time, but here is the lyrical framework. Now for a melody and accompaniment that is inspired in the spiritual sense - theopneustos "God breathed".
Verse 1
I have wandered, I have squandered
Abandoned vows countless times
Bowed to idols in disguise
Feigning harmless and benign
Verse 2
And you have repossessed my vineyards
You’ve exposed my harlotry
You’ve confounded all my plans
And blocked my path with thorny weeds
Chorus
And you allure me to
the valley
And to the wilderness
you call
And though this
valley’s name is trouble
In the valley there’s
a door
Verse 3
The door is playing
hide and seek
Through the darkness
and the fog
Achor is not known to
be
A very pleasant place
to lodge
Chorus
And you allure me to
the valley
And to the wilderness
you call
And though this
valley’s name is trouble
In the valley there’s
a door
Bridge
And the door is named
Hope
'Cause Your Kingdom’s
upside down
For you led me to
the darkest place
To turn my heart
around
Chorus
And you allure me to
the valley
And to the wilderness
you call
And though this
valley’s name is trouble
In the valley there’s
a door
Ending
Oh can you feel the
father’s love
To allure in spite of
fraud?
How poetic how
profound
In the valley, to
find God
