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Hoseas Wife Tab

by Brooke Fraser


Kia Ora Peopl

"Hosea's Wife"
                
I just spoke silence with the seeker next to me
           
She had a heart with hesitant, halting speech
                
That turned to mine and asked belligerently
          
"What do I live for?"

            
I see the scars of searches everywhere I go
                
From hearts to wars to literature to radio
              
There's a question like a shame no one will show
          
"What do I live for?"

          
We are Hosea's wife
               
We are squandering this life
                                        
Using people like ladders and words like knives

[CHORUS]
                  
If we've eyes to see
                  
If we've ears to hear
                    
To find it in our hearts and mouths
                        
The word that saves is near
                    
Shed that shallow skin
                   
Come and live again
                      
Leave all you were before
                      
To believe is to begin
 
Vs 2:
            
There is truth in little corners of our lives
                   
There are hints of it in songs and children's eyes
              
It's familiar, like an ancient lullaby
                
What do I live for?

        
          
We are Hosea's wife
               
We are squandering this life
                                        
Using people like ladders and words like knives


[CHORUS]

[Bridge]
                
We are more than dust
    
That means something
      
That means something
                
We are more than just
              
Blood and emotions
          
Inklings and notions
            
Atoms on oceans

[Chorus x2]