The Sound of Silence

Gladstone, my gargoyle puppet, turns out to be quite the singer.  He performed the following yesterday, to a very well-known tune originally by Simon and Gar...goyle?

(We've been going through the life of Elijah in our Old Testament readings.)

Hello Yahweh, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again

Because a sadness set me weeping, and despair has stopped me sleeping

And the mission that you gave me is too tough, I've had enough

And all I've found is silence

Near desert streams I walked alone, laid my head upon a stone

Drought had put me in a bad mood, I turned to calling out to you for food

Then surprise! There's bread, in a flash of a raven's flight, every night

Falls to the ground in silence

You made the widow's oil jar pour, and every day there was some more,

We were living without starving, but her son died without reason,

I was righting wrongs and praying that you cared, and so I dared

To raise the dead from silence

Fools, said I, aren't you aware, idols cannot answer prayer

Hear my words and I might teach you, here's a sign that God might reach you

With the fire, at last the raindrops fell, and filled up all the wells in silence

And the people bowed and prayed, for my God had won the day

But the king sent out his warning, so I fled here in the morning

And I sought a word for your prophet in the earthquake, wind and fire

But they passed by, and you whispered in the sounds of silence.