I wrote this song when I was standing at a crossroads. I'd been feeling a bit of a spectator in my own life and had to make some choices and decisions. It's taken me time and a few leaps of my own to come to my spiritual home. Special thanks to Charles de Lint for the image of "midnight at a crossroads." I had forgotten wyhich of his many works contained the words, but I recently re-read "the Ivory and the Horn" and it is in his story: Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black. Listen to the partial mp3 on the sounds page.

Leap of Faith

Days went by, I let them
Spent time simply playing at happiness
Haunted by the ghosts of paths not taken
Ignoring the knowledge that something was amiss


Unftil I found myself at midnight at a crossroads
With the moon guarding my back
I faced a thousand demons of uncertainty
And knew I had to jump into the fray


I had to take a ...
Leap of faith
In the birth of a flower
Leap of faith
In the dawn of the day
Leap of faith
In the cry of an eagle
Leap of faith
In the song of the earth

The heroes in old legends
Saved the day on a silver horse
but now the knights are gone to another land
And I'm left here to chart my own true course


I ride the horse of premonition
On a quest for a sense of spirit
And I wield the sword of intuition
To help me cross the chasm of my doubt


I had to take a ...
Leap of faith
In the laugh of a baby
Leap of faith
In the whisper of wind
Leap of faith
In the dance of the tall grass
Leap of faith
In the eye of the storm


Leap of faith
In earth and water
Leap of faith
In air and fire
Leap of faith
In shining spirit
Leap of faith


First Chorus