Written by: Randall Goodgame
Appears on: Back Home, Chronicles
Lyrics:
Lord if i’m the clay
Then i’ve been left out in the sun
Cracked and dry, like the mud from the sty
Still clinging to the prodigal son
But I’m on my way back home
Yes I’m on my way back home
Into the hands (into the hands)
That made wine (wine) from the water
Into the hands (into the hands)
The hands of the potter
Lord if i’m the clay then
Let your living water flow
Soften up my edges, lord,
So everyone will know
But i’m on my way back home
Yes i’m on my way back home
And Lord, when you listen for the song of my life
Let it be, let it be, a song so sweet
Let it be, let it be, a song so sweet
Let it be…
Lord, if i’m the clay then lay me down
On your spinning wheel
Shape me into something you can fill
With something real
And I’ll be on my way back home
Yes i’m on my way back home
See also: MusicBrainz, iTunes.
From the Author:
“This song was born out of the first line. I was thinking about what it means to be ‘the clay’, and the line just came to me. Everything else just followed along. It’s really just a song about coming home to the Father in Heaven. We are strangers in a strange land, and when we confuse this place with our real home, that seems to cause us some problems. ‘Till we make it to heaven, we will be most at home when we find ourselves in ‘the hands of The Potter’.”