Looking East

<br>Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west<br>Like a fire in the cavernous darkness at the heart of the beast<br>With my beliefs and possessions, stopped at the frontier in my chest<br>At the edge of my country, my back to the sea, looking east<br>Where the search for the truth is conducted with a wink and a nod<br>And where power and position are equated with the grace of God<br>These times are famine for the soul while for the senses it`s a feast<br>From the edge of my country, as far as you see, looking east<br>Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon<br>Hunger in the mansion, hunger in the rented room<br>Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page<br>And there`s a God-sized hunger underneath the laughing and the rage<br>In the absence of light<br>And the deepening night<br>Where I wait for the sun<br>Looking east<br>How long have I left my mind to the powers that be?<br>How long will it take to find the higher power moving in me?<br>Power in the insect<br>Power in the sea<br>Power in the snow falling silently<br>Power in the blossom<br>Power in the stone<br>Power in the song being sung alone<br>Power in the wheatfield<br>Power in the rain<br>Power in the sunlight and the hurricane<br>Power in the silence<br>Power in the flame<br>Power in the sound of the lover`s name<br>The power of the sunrise and the power of a prayer released<br>On the edge of my country, I pray for the ones with the least<br>Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon<br>Hunger in the mansion, hunger in the rented room<br>Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page<br>And there`s a God-sized hunger underneath the questions of the age<br>And an absence of light<br>In the deepening night<br>Where I wait for the sun<br>Looking east<br>(c) 1996, Swallow Turn Music/Glad Brad Music, Inc./Eye Cue Music, adm. by Almo Music<br>Corp./Bateria Music/Irague Music, ASCAP/Neurp Songs/Faux<br>Music/Longitude Music Co., all rights on behalf of Faux Music, adm. by Longitude Music<br>Co., BMI.