Sign of the Times
By Trulah
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Lyrics & Music by Trulah
Right in the middle of this, couldn't be coincidence
We're here now, dividing plots and raging wars
Heard there's only talk of more, are you looking around
As sturdy places, kissed by waves
Make their way to the ground
The earth quakes to caution, to warn all the watchmen
To go tell the town
But some stay fast and fast asleep
While the world around them screams
It's a sign of the times
Many never will awake
Oh they dream themselves away
It's a sign of the times
Lulled by songs of peace, tainted views increase
What is true to us now, shepherds herd their flocks
Right off cliffs hitting rocks, many follow them down
Like the stage underneath their feet, hearts are walked on and deceived
By the great and renowned
But the truth that we need, it calls for you and calls for me
Will you follow it out?
Cause some stay fast and fast asleep
While the world around them screams
It's a sign of the times
Many never will awake
Oh they dream themselves away
It's a sign of the times
[Straight is the gate, narrow is the way which leadeth to life and few there be that find it]
Do you hear Him as He's calling
Are you near Him cause He's drawing
Do you hear Him as He's calling out
Do you hear Him as He's calling
Are you near Him cause He's drawing
Do you hear Him as He's calling out
When the tides rise know I'm near, changing skylines lend an ear
Come be shaken from your slumber, wake your sister and your brother
When the sun turns into night, let My light within you shine
Don't you waste another day, see I'm surely on My way
While some stay fast and fast asleep
The world around them screams
Please don't stay asleep, awaken from this dream
Can't you see, the world around you screams
As a sign of the times
Behind the Song
This release was just that for me...a release. A grip so tightly held, so deeply felt, finally let go to whomever would listen.
I wrote Sign of the Times January 01, 2019 into the early morning hours of the day that followed. Not sure that I’ve felt as much anguish & grief between pen & paper as I did that night. The world I saw outside was fading fast & in desperate need of a Savior. I quickly moved towards making a demo, as I knew this song & message was for more ears than just mine. After making the demo, I heard my Lord say, “wait.”
So I put out my EP, Prologue without it while listening & waiting. Soon thereafter, there was a cry that seemed to be heard around the world, a cry for a Savior, as none could predict what 2020 would hold.
In July of 2020, I re-recorded it with full band, as the times had finally come to release it. There’s something about a world that knows it’s need; a world that can no longer shy away from tough realities. A bare and naked world lays before us, but oh, the harvest is ripe.
I pray in these uncertain times, this song would continue the stirring & push listeners towards an earnest & urgent seeking of Christ. May we long for, live for, and await with hope, the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.