Jay Wilson

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Questions about (Christian) life, with an acknowledgement that the answers are beyond our understanding.

I was in Tanzania working with a Christian charity organisation. I remember sitting in the jeep one day with the team, travelling along these dirt roads thinking about why we were out there, when the first line came into my head, 'what is it about this w

What is it about this way that makes me want to go?
What is it about this truth that makes me want to know?
What is it about your eyes that makes me want to see?
What is it about your tears that makes me want to weep?

You make my day in ways I can't imagine
You demonstrate your grace in ways that I can't fathom

What is it about this life that makes me want to live?
What is it about this gift that makes me want to give?
What is it about your face that makes me want to hide?
What is it about your voice that lets me recognise...

You make my day etc.

What is this spirit that makes me want to grow?
What is this water that washes white as snow?
What is this race that makes me want to run?
Who is this father who calls me as his son?

You make my day etc.

104

This song's groovy riff hides quite a frustrated lyric which lists some of the little things in life which might pass us by if we're not careful.

I wrote this while undertaking a solo road trip along the N17 to Galway to see The Divine Comedy play. I had written the riff already and was just singing away to myself in the car when these lyrics started to come out. I actually used to wear glasses w

I want to be a man
I want to grow up
I want to take a stand
I want a messy life
I want dirty hands
I want a peace that I don't understand

In this myopic world we're just havin' a good time

I want to love God
I want to love my friends
I want to love my wife and my children
I want to eat real food
I want to take the bus
I want to give
I want to laugh
I want to trust

In this myopic world etc.

73

A nice groovy verse with a big, yearning chorus and a lovely middle eight which arrests the whole song before letting the groove take over to finish. Basically about redemption.

I wrote this song on the back of my ticket while waiting for St Germain to come on stage at the Olympia in Dublin. A very personal song for me, it marked a new beginning; in songwriting, in life, in my relationship with God. I had betrayed some very dea

There's nothing in this world that I want any more
Feed me with your spiritual food
This body and this soul are old
Old before their time
Weary from chasing the wind

I would love to hear your music in my ear
I would do anything to catch your eye

There's nothing in this world...

I would love to hear...

Hold me in your gaze
I stand afresh, precious, amazed
I am born again

Hold me in your gaze...