1. A Briefing for the Ascent
2. Somewhere to Elsewhere
3. Beyond the Wall of Sleep
4. The Wood Between the Worlds
5. Changeless
6. My Love, My Love
7. Wars of the Heart
8. Capture Me
9. Where Dreams Come True
10. Long, Long, Long
11. Prelude
12. Going Home

Take a burning spear [1]
And the Savior's promise
Ride a horse of air [1]
Through the burning forest

With our Father's faith
And a child's wonder
Down the halls of grace
By His mercy go under

It will seem so sudden
Yes, but through God's will
The season will dream and
Time will stand still (for)

Hearts in waiting
Ascending
Hearts in waiting

Beneath a crimson sea
Is a buried treasure
You will find {a} [the] key
That unlocks forever

Does it seem so sudden
This sad sweet goodbye? [2]
This is what you have lived for
Now for this you must die

Hearts in waiting
Ascending
Hearts in waiting

Prayer:
Close your eyes
And rest secure
Your soul is safe
Your body sure
He that loves you
Is He that keeps
{He} [The One] that guards you
Never slumbers, never sleeps

Take the greatest care
To hold onto your vision
Climb the golden stair
To the courts of Heaven
It will seem so sudden
But you will laugh as you run
You will wash in the river
You will shine in the Son [3]

Hearts in waiting
Ascending
Hearts in waiting
Ascending. . .

[1] From an anonymous song entitled "Thomas a Bedlam":

With a host of furious fancies
Whereof I am commander.
With a burning spear and a horse of air
To the wilderness I wander.

[2] Compare to the "sad/sweet music" from One More Time.

[3] From Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper"

And by came an Angel who had a bright key,
And he open'd the coffins and set them all free;
Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run,
And wash in a river, and shine in the sun.

(Instrumental)

Hold my hand
I'm here, my old friend
'Til you have gone
Beyond the wildwood's [1] end
Far enough
To join the One you love

Beyond the wall of sleep
You will shine again

In your eyes
Grow the shadows long
The season's ending
And your work is done

Your heart has known
A world to call your home

Beyond the wall of sleep
You will shine again

Beyond the wall of sleep
Beyond the wall of sleep
Beyond the wall of sleep
You will SHINE AGAIN

Kiss me once, and may God be with you.

[1] For notes on the "wild wood" see "The Wood Between the Worlds."

I  have lost some familiar faces
Some were taken and some departed
I can't go back to the familiar places
I die a little every day I live

I'm in a world I don't belong
I've got a home in the world to come

(Chorus)
I cross the wild wood [1] to my ever after
(Here in the wood between the worlds) [2]
Between the night and the endless day
(Here in the wood between the worlds)

I'm on the lookout for the hidden dangers
The test and trials of this shadow land [3]
To tears and heartache I have been no stranger
I die a little every day I live

I'm in a place called "Here and There"
On the border of far and near

The smiles, the tears
Of boyhood years
The cheerful hearts now broken
The eyes that shone
Now dimmed and gone
How long?
How long?

[1] The old Gospel hymn "The Church in the Wildwood" addresses the Believer's passing from this world to the next. Here is an excerpt:

[3] C. S. Lewis coined the term "Shadowlands" as a description of life in this world as compared to real life in Heaven.

Once upon a lonely hilltop
Where my heart could find no sleep
Rest came down and filled my soul up
From the everlasting deep

Changeless are the stars that shine
Changeless morn' succeeds to even
Still the everlasting hill
Changeless watch the changeless heaven

(Chorus)
I need your love
Your changeless love
I need you

I have climbed some lonely hilltops
I have touched the fleeting soul
Dreamt I saw a billion teardrops
Falling down like ice and snow

Changeless breaks the tide to shore
Changeless are the times and seasons
You are the same forever more
I will keep these changeless reasons
(why)

No shadow of turning falls
No promise is broken
No nothing can turn my heart
From the words You have spoken
Changeless Your love
Deep as an ocean

You took my heart in hand
My love, my love
Please let me fall
Or let me stand [1]

My broken heart's in your hand [2]
My love, my love
I give it all
All that I am

Let me fall, let me stand
Let me love you
Let me tell you again that I need you

My hopes were written on sand [2]
My love, my love
It's all very clear
Part of the plan

Only you understand
My love, my love
It's time to go on
Believing again

(Chorus)
Oooh, when this dream comes true
I know deep inside
It will last forever

You hold my life in your hand
My love, my love
You won't let me fall
You let me stand

My hopes and dreams in your hand
My love, my love
Now, I'm standing here
Believing again

(Chorus)

My love, my love

[1] From an 1864 poem by Cristina Rosetti, entitled "Twice." Here is an excerpt:

I took my heart in my hand
(O my love, O my love),
I said: Let me fall or stand,
Let me live or die,
But this once hear me speak --
(O my love, O my love)--
Yet a woman's words are weak;
You should speak, not I.

[2] Later in the same poem:

I take my heart in my hand,
O my God, O my God,
My broken heart in my hand:
Thou hast seen, judge Thou.
My hope was written on sand,
O my God, O my God;
Now let Thy judgment stand--
Yea, judge me now.

(Instrumental)

Wild horses run
Wild fire in their eyes and slaves to none
Wild winds rage on
Tear the leaves
From the trees
Where the frame of God is hung

Through dark nights alone I run
Through a hole in a hand
Where the crimson-stained river flows
Forever serving a means to an end

(Chorus)
'Til You capture me
I surrender to Your sanctity
Then You capture me
I win the freedom of this slavery
Embracing all that you impart
Hear the crying in my heart
And capture me

Wild river runs
To a bottomless sea, deep thunder rolls
Down the forest halls
Tired earth quakes
Lightning breaks
And the vault of heaven falls

In wild woods [1] I call Your name
I am the turbulent air
I am a whirlwind of ice and fire
I flood the world with my fathomless tears

[1] For notes on the "wild wood" see "The Wood Between the Worlds."