Another track from my upcoming album, "Sojourner".

"How Far" tells the story of Job, a man afflicted, but who is ever faithful.  In his talks with God during his tribulation, he continually asks how far this test is going to go on for, and even bargains with the Almighty in order to satisfy the test. 

This song talks about the type, tone and timbre of someone who keeps getting blow after blow in their lives and is representative of those conversations between the afflicted faithful and the divine power that holds those answers.

Lyrics:

VERSE 
Ashes on the wind, I kneel and I remember
Children gone like whispers fading in the flame
The earth shakes beneath me, silence answers thunder
Still I call Your name — still I call Your name

VERSE 
Friends around me speak with voices cold and hollow
Measure out my guilt in scales I cannot see
Yet my heart won’t break, though the night will swallow
Every prayer in me — every prayer in me

PRE-CHORUS
I reach through ruin, through dust and bone
Searching the shadow for a spark unknown

CHORUS 
How far must a soul descend
Before the light will bend?
How deep must the river run
Before it finds the sea again?

VERSE 
Flesh turns to dust, my bones are thin and trembling
Dreams dissolve like rain upon the stone
Yet I find You there — in the pain assembling
All I’ve ever known — all I’ve ever known

PRE-CHORUS 
The stars are silent, but I still believe
That even the dark has something to leave

CHORUS 
How far must a soul descend
Before the light will bend?
How deep must the river run
Before it finds the sea again?


VERSE 
Morning breaks — the ashes turn to silver
Wounds still ache, but the sky begins to clear
I have nothing left, but a faith that shivers
Still I feel You near — still I feel You near

PRE-CHORUS (REPRISE)
Through fire and famine, through the breaking dawn
Faith is the thread I keep holding on

CHORUS
How far must a heart endure
Before its faith is pure?
How deep must the silence fall
Before I hear Your call again?

CHORUS (REPRISE)
How far must the heavens reach
To find the soul they teach?
How deep must the spirit dive
To know it’s still alive again?

Ashes on the wind… still I call Your name.

How Far?

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Duncan Sheik is a Grammy Award and two-time Tony Award winning singer-songwriter and composer. As a solo artist, Duncan's ubiquitous hit "Barely Breathing" spent 55 weeks on the Billboard's Hot 100 Chart and propelled the sales of his Atlantic Records debut to 750,000 copies. As a composer, Sheik again found success with his musical, Spring Awakening, which earned 8 Tony Awards, including "Best Musical" and garnered accolades and A+ reviews. Spring Awakening proved influential on Broadway and the New York Times predicted "Broadway, with its often puerile sophistication and its sterile romanticism, may never be the same". Sheik is currently working on stage productions of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. Sheik has released two new tracks, “Photograph” and “Circling” from from his forthcoming album, Legerdemain, scheduled for a spring 2015 release. 
