The Pain That Plagues Creation

How could I have forgotten this song on Earth Day. What a great environmental song this could be: Mark Heard's The Pain That Plagues Creation. But Al Gore has presented a new opportunity to post it in honor of his Earth Concert.

I don't think that Mark's song, which is found on the the rare Eye of the Storm CD, was meant primarily to be a environmental song. ("The Pain," I think it's clear, was meant to refer to the fallen nature of mankind in the Christian context.) But it certainly could have a secondary environmental meaning.

The Pain That Plagues Creation

As this planet falls around the sun
Trapping us in the orbit
Creation groans in unison
Like a race of frightened orphans

The darkness of this raging storm
Is covering up our portals
But a yearning for the light
Is bourne in the heart of every mortal

Day to day we ache
With the pain that plagues Creation
Night to night we lie awake
And await its restoration

Heaven knows our lonely ways
Heaven knows our sorrows
And Heaven knows things that we don't know
And the joy of eternal tomorrows

But through this glass we dimly see
This world as it was made
Oh and the good we know
Must surely flow
From the heart of a kind Creator

Day to day we ache
With the pain that plagues Creation
Night to night we lie awake
And await its restoration

So hold on in this restless age
And do not fear your shadow
Your alternating tears and praise
Are prayers that surely will matter

Day to day we ache
With the pain that plagues Creation
Night to night we lie awake
And await its restoration

Written by Mark Heard
© 1983 Bug ´n Bear Music