I really like most of the songs from Nicky Chiswell’s Resurrection album.
Thoughtful lyrics and flowing melodies.
And accessible to congregational voices.
Where Else Have We To Go? is not one of her most popular, but demonstrates Chiswell’s art in taking biblical material and weaving poetry and biblical theological motifs into songs that speak of Christian experience and response.
The lyrics:
1.
We have come to see,
To know and understand
Things the very angels long to see.
God, who owed us nothing,
Has spoken to us all.
Christ the word of God himself has been.
Chorus
Where else have we to go,
When you alone have words of eternal life?
Where else have we to go,
When you alone have words of eternal life?
2.
Words of truth passed down
To those entrusted few
Who witnessed and proclaimed him,
‘Christ the Lord’.
We are their descendants
On us the light has dawned,
Standing in the gospel we first heard.
Chorus.
3.
Come all you who labour,
You who are weighed down,
You who thirst and hunger for the right
There is truth and meaning,
Mercy, rest and hope.
True salvation comes through Jesus Christ.
Chorus.
© 1998 Nicky Chiswell
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