Story Behind The Song

Why do we live the way we live? Looking at the state of the world and facing a crossroads in my own life, and questioning what faith, devotion and purpose in this world are.

Song Description

Pop-alternative with Christian undertones. Inspired and thoughtful with some edginess, cross-over potential.

Lyrics

When we still believed our world was all,
we looked out at the ocean as a boundary
We trusted that we knew all life could mean
But one man he left us standing there with certainty in hand
He went crossing the water and he found something
What made him willing to dream?

I'm so confused about
What makes us stop when we should be living?
We cling to the cross
Without crossing over second thoughts in what we're thinking
Just out of reach
we were stuck on the shore, unaware of living
While he was crossing to teach...

When the waters came and took our homes
We were caught in a river of mortality
Most headed with their last possessions for the beach
But one woman she left us standing there with rubble in our hands
She went crossing the water and she found someone
I stood and watched in disbelief... (I don't know what to do...
Don't hold your heart back any longer...)

I'm so confused about
What makes us stop when we should be giving?
We cling to the cross
Without crossing over second thoughts in what we're thinking
Just out of reach
we were stuck on the shore, unaware of living
While she was crossing to teach...

It's the ones who seem to still find faith
When their walls are crumbling and the earth is shaking
They count their loss with relief

I'm so confused.... (Chorus)

I will be crossing to teach...

"The Cross" by Kasaan Hammon, Rigsi Productions (BMI)