Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce says of this song – “It’s a song of faith and frustration,”…Tired of looking in from the outside. My MO has always been to be aware of the divine…that dimension…always dealing with being stuck in a kind of observer’s position with respect to all that. I know it’s there. I don’t really see as f...
[Chorus]
Looking and waiting—it's what I do
Scanning the skies for a beacon from you
Shapes on the curtain, but no clear view
Of you
[Verse 1]
You're a warm bright window lighting up the rain
I catch a glimpse of the glow but I still remain
Outside where the shadows pool and bleed
Chimney silhouettes semaphore in a code I cannot read
[Chorus]
Looking and waiting—it's what I do
Scanning the skies for a beacon from you
Shapes on the curtain, but no clear view
Of you
[Verse 2]
You're like the leaves that come down from the trees
A suggestion of a springtime to be
Crunching underfoot outlined in frost
Full of promise for the return of something lost
[Chorus]
Looking and waiting—it's what I do
Scanning the skies for a beacon from you
Shapes on the curtain, but no clear view
Of you
[Outro]
Looking and waiting—it's what I do
Looking and Waiting was written by Bruce Cockburn.
Looking and Waiting was produced by Colin Linden.
Bruce Cockburn released Looking and Waiting on Fri Sep 15 2017.