FIRELIGHT

(Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes, Hank Bentley)

One of my favorite stories of someone who struggled and had a very dark side was Mother
Teresa. She went through extensive effort to start a religious order. She became a nun, started
her own order of nuns and then moved to India; and immediately the presence of God
disappeared from her life, and she didn't feel anything. She started writing letters to her spiritual
director, confessing all of her internal struggles. At the same time, her ministry blew up and next
thing you know, everyone is finding out about this nun from Calcutta, and everyone loves her. All
the while, she was having these moments where she struggled and felt so weak and God felt so
distant. She offered a quote that says, 'If I ever do become a saint, I will surely be one of
darkness. For I will not be content to roam the streets of heaven while there's one soul who still
longs for God.' Her quote captures that hunger of a person, who in the midst of struggle, still
loves the marginalized and still loves the oppressed. 'Firelight' is a song about disillusionment
and that very frail prayer of asking God to burn and shine in the midst of that and to continue to
light the way through darkness.

Dear Jesus where are you tonight

I bear a sadness deep inside

Im aching for a faith in things I strain to feel

I need to know that you are real

Oh Savior open up my eyes

I wanna see You like a child

There is a haze on the horizons of my heart

Dear Jesus show me where you are

Be my firelight, be my firelight

Burning fierce and bright, be my firelight

How do I move on and be free

From all these things that I have seen

All of my memories are turning into scars

Oh my God put back whats been torn apart

If anyone remembers my name

If Im ever known for anything

Let it be I ran into the night

Running with a firelight, firelight

Cause I dont wanna stroll the streets of gold

While theres still a soul to love

Let me run into the night

Running with a firelight, firelight

Burning with a firelight, firelight

2015 Sony/ATV Tree Publishing / I Am A Pilgrim Songs (BMI) / Sony/ATV Tree Publishing /
Upside Down Under (BMI) / Hank Bentley designee