He Came To Meet Me

HEM played this song at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle in 2005.

He came to meet me On some July morning He said he'd missed me He came without warning We walked for half the day Got lost in my neighborhood Came back another way Just like I knew we would When he came to meet me He had some stories He knew a few of mine I had not heard his voice For such a long time My mind would race a bit Come back to where we stood I could not keep hold of it Although I knew I should When he came to meet me I'd seen this whole day Like it was drawing near Sometimes I'd pray for it Sometimes I'd shake with fear Sometimes the only thought That kept me in the night Was one that I forgot In summer's blinding light When he came to meet me I wrote myself a song I could not speak what I'd done He could have been here all along He could have been anyone But there is no one who Could wake my heart like this Could break my world in two I felt a suddenness I felt a suddenness The day fell completely still The dream was a lot like this But I never knew until He came to meet me