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Between Two Worlds

from No Lasting City by Fr. Joseph Gill

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I was at a friend’s house in the summer of 2010 and he was trying to persuade me to watch Saturday Night Live, which up until that point I had never seen in my life. Reluctantly I watched it – and boy, that episode was one of the filthiest TV shows I had ever seen. I felt dirty as I drove home, and I lamented how often my friend – and I – say that we’re Christian, say that we’re living for Heaven alone, and then we go out and wallow in the filth and mire of pop culture and the petty trivialities of daily life. This song is a lament that, as much as I want to love God, I feel weighed down by the weight of my own humanity and the temptations to love this world more than Heaven.

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track 06 – between two worlds (2 Peter 3:13)

one foot in heaven, one foot on the earth
I have the best pearl, yet I still search
God is my beloved, yet I find much to my shame
that I am still unfinished for a peace I cannot name.

‘cause I’m between two worlds but a citizen of none
I long for heaven but love this dust and sand,
I stand divided now, praying let Your will be done
but then I do my own, Lord reconcile this man.

I want to stay here, yet I want to leave
the joy that You promised is so hard to believe
all that I possess is nothing more than straw
yet my human frailty makes it hard to leave it all

to live in this world, but not to be a worldly man
to traverse across my country as in a strange and foreign land
to love but not to cling, to use but not to own
to dwell amongst my people but to never find my home

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from No Lasting City, released April 20, 2014

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Fr. Joseph Gill Stamford, Connecticut

Born in 1984, Joseph Gill grew up in a musical family. His father taught him piano from a young age, and his mother often sang in the church choir. He began writing songs very young, honing his skill further when he received his first guitar. After his conversion, he dedicated his life and his songwriting to the Lord. Fr. Joseph Gill was ordained a Catholic priest in May, 2013. ... more

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