The song “I Am Hidden Away In The Bosom of Christ” began with Rebecca Reynolds’s poignant lyrics that speak of having peace and assurance in troubled times. She sent them to me in an email, and one day I was up at Jeff’s studio and we skyped with Rebecca as we came up with the melody.
Jeff and I recorded this at Wildwood Studio on their big Yamaha grand piano, and I used a 1937 Martin D-28. We had Barry Bales play bass, Lisa Forbes and Suzanne Cox did a stellar job on the harmonies, and Tim Crouch’s strings round everything out perfectly.
[This song is available in the Rabbit Room Store both on In the Round Vol. 1.]
I Am Hidden Away In The Bosom of Christ
Music: Jeff Taylor/Seek 1st/ASCAP and Ron Block/Moonlight Canyon Publishing/BMI Lyrics: Rebecca Reynolds/Wynken Owl/BMI
When the bright hope of youth,
Heaves a lonely grey sigh,
I am hidden away,
in the bosom of Christ.
When a brother betrays,
When the black rumor flies,
I am hidden away
in the bosom of Christ
CHORUS
When I’m lost in the breaking
When I break from the loss
When the chaos unfurls
And the low waters toss
When He giveth and taketh
Away in the night
I am hidden away
In the bosom of Christ
When darkness prevails
When reason betrays
When faith is eclipsed
When answers give way
Through tremor, and echo,
and censure, and blight,
I am hidden away,
in the bosom of Christ.
CHORUS
When I’m lost in the breaking
When I break from the loss
When the chaos unfurls
And the low waters toss
When He giveth and taketh
Away in the night
I am hidden away
In the bosom of Christ
[This song is available in the Rabbit Room Store both on In the Round Vol. 1.]