Story Behind The Song

Based on the true story of a 14 yr old girl who was disillusioned with her church and eventually found her connection with God through nature.

Song Description

A 14 year old girl becomes disillusioned with the church she grew up in, wanting to be a part of it and blaming herself for not feeling a connection to God. She finds her connection through nature when she meets a native American in a dream. She realize

Lyrics

I grew up in the church, the house made for God.
I prayed and felt nothing, thought it was my fault.
I waited for answers, but did not hear a sound.
I was afraid God didn't want to be found.

When I was 14, I strayed from the fold.
Got lost in the Badlands, day and night in the cold.
A medicine woman came to me in a dream.
I swear, I was awake when she said to me -

The land is a prayer, our church is the sky,
An open cathedral, a natural choir.
The wind in my face, the twilight at dusk,
The earth is the house God made for us.

I jumped to my feet, I gave thanks to the skies,
Gave thanks to the ground where I slept, to the tears in my eyes.
In one holy moment I saw everything new and said
"There you are God, I've been looking for you."

The land is a prayer, our church is the sky.
An open cathedral, a natural choir.
The wind in my face, the twilight at dusk.
The earth is the house God made for us.

Back in the city my troubled mind is calm.
God must have been here in my heart all along
And in colors of nature from
Heaven's own brush
In the house made for us.

The land is a prayer, our church is the sky.
An open cathedral, a natural choir.
The wind in my face, the twilight at dusk.
The earth is the house God made for us.
The wind in my face, the twilight at dusk.
The earth is the house God made for us.

The wind in my face, the twilight at dusk.
The earth is the house God made for us.

2008 Johnson/Tomhave/Stephenson/Manochi