Words & Music by Shimshai with passages from the Gospels of the Essenes

With the coming of day I embrace my Mother
With the coming of night I join my Father
With the outgoing of evening & morning I shall breathe their law
& I will not interrupt these communions until the end of time
No I will not interrupt these communions until the end of time

Oh that my words were graven with an iron pen on the rock forever
& I know that my Creator liveth & He shall stand at the edge of time apon the earth & the stars
Yes I know that my Creator liveth & She shall stand at the edge of time apon the earth & the stars
& Though worms may destroy this body, yet shall I see Jah
Yeah though worms may destroy this body, yet shall I see Jah

For shall I see Jah (see Jah) until the end of time
& Shall I love Jah (love Jah) until the end of time
& Shall I know Jah (know Jah) until the end of time
& Shall I seek Jah (seek Jah) so Jah I shall find

Oh that my words were graven with an iron pen on the rock forever
& I know that my Creator liveth & He shall stand at the edge of time apon the earth & the stars
Yes I know that my Creator liveth & She shall stand at the edge of time apon the earth & the stars
The earth & the stars, apon the earth and the stars, the earth & the stars, apon the earth & the stars

Mercy & truth shall be met together
Righteousness and peace shall kiss each other
Truth shall spring out of the earth
& Glory shall dwell in our land

For I know that my Creator liveth and he shall stand at the edge of time apon the earth & the stars
Yes I know my my Creator liveth & She shall stand at the edge of time apon the earth & the stars
& With the outgoing of evening and morning I shall breathe their law
& though worms may destroy this body, yet shall I see Jah

Yet shall I see Jah (see Jah) yes shall I see Jah
& shall I love Jah (love Jah) yes shall I love Jah
& shall I know Jah (know Jah) yes shall I know Jah
& shall I seek Jah (seek Jah) so shall I find Jah

Yet shall I seek Jah Rastafari, you are I salvation, you help I realize
The love surrounding us all, in every situation here with I and I

This is the very first song where I put the words of the Essene Gospels to music. I was reading some passages in one of the books while holding a guitar and its sort of as is the words just jumped off the page and went right into the music. It was all very automatic, even the parts I added had a peculiar mystical flow to the way it came about. Its nice to think words and prayers as ancient as these can still be shared and sung today!