Ruth Wu
Verse
Ab
At a distance
Db Eb
Everything makes sense
Ab
The sky is up
Fm
The earth is down
Db Eb
The ocean looks like solid ground
Ab
From afar
Db Eb
Nothing stirs the heart
Ab
The world is big
Fm
The creatures small
Db Eb Ab
What difference could a person make at all?
Pre-Chorus
Fm
But from up close
Db Ab
Complex flavors fill your nose
Fm
The burn of sunlight
Db Eb
The potholes on the road
Bbm
From up close
Fm Ab
Ants make patterns on your toes
Db Eb
The world is full of things that we don’t know
Chorus
Ab Eb Db
The lake is not a picture
Ab Fm Eb
The ripples are alive
Ab Eb Fm
The land’s not made of acres
F# Eb
It’s a multitude of prayers to realize
Db Ab
We are drops in a river
Fm Eb
A whisper in the breeze
Db Ab
A blade of grass in the prairie
Fm Eb
A grain of sand on the beach
Db Ab
We are made of each other
Fm Eb
A web of tapestries
Db Ab
A brushstroke in a picture
Fm Eb
All part of a story
Verse 2
Ab
The sky is up
Db
But also down
Eb
Mysteries roam the underground
Ab
When you look
Db Eb
There’s still more to be found
Db
When you look
Eb Ab
There’s still more to be found
Photo by Jeremy Perkins
Ruth is a Servant Partners intern in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.