Lamu

Lamu - Michael W. Smith

Here we are on a boat out on the sea

Off the coast of Africa

Heading for peaceful shores

With a cast of strangers to an island hideaway

Ooh I hear you tellin' me of the place we soon will be

A rebirth from life's demise

Where the world is still it's ideal

Anything you dream is real it's Hotel Paradise

And you say it's nice when you run to Lamu far away

Leave the pain far behind you hoping it won't find you

In Lamu far away you say it's there that you can run

From the one inside of you

So here we are on an island in the sea

Near the coast of Africa

And when it's right Lamu nights

They can be so inviting Heaven here on Earth

But I hear you telling me this is everything you need

Well I don't think it's true

'Cause the way you feel isn't real

You attempt to try and fill the void that's digging through

And it's killing you when you run to Lamu far away

Though that pain was behind you it can even find you

In Lamu far away because you never can run

From the one inside of you

I hear you tellin' me of the place we soon will be

A rebirth from life's demise

Where the world is still it's a ideal

Anything you dream is real it's Hotel Paradise

And you say it's nice when you run to Lamu far away

Leave the pain far behind you hoping it won't find you

In Lamu far away though that pain was behind you

It can even find you in Lamu far away

Because you never can run from the one inside of you