Labor of the Spirit

Verse 1

Molding red clay

Rough hands finding some kind of grace

Fingers pull the center thin

Soft earth breathes under the skin

Chorus

Creativity is love's work

Labor of the spirit

Love's work

Always worth the sweat

Creativity is love's work

Post-Chorus

Building up

Letting go

Growing slow

Verse 2

Sweeping sawdust off the porch

Bright flame catching on the torch

Deep in the fiber of a vine

Patterns move into a line

Carving out a piece of cedar

Every rhythm needs a leader

Sand falling through the glass

Chorus

Creativity is love's work

Labor of the spirit

Love's work

Always worth the sweat

Creativity is love's work

Bridge

Heavy ink on the page

Heavy iron in the cage

Heavy silence on the stage

I made it

I held it

I gave it

Chorus

Creativity is love's work

Labor of the spirit

Love's work

Always worth the sweat

Creativity is love's work

Outro

Found in the craft

Lost in the weave

Bound to the soul

Still here

Working it out

Moving home