Pilgrim
Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
-1 Peter 2:11 (NIV)
ABOUT PILGRIM
Pilgrim was written in New York, weeks before we ultimately left the city due to COVID. I was frustrated with God, my head was wrapped up in the state of the world (scrambling in the wake of the pandemic), and I was so angry that He was calling us out of the place that I love so much.
In the midst of all that, Holy Spirit whispered, “Life is but a glimpse in the scheme of eternity.”
I knew He was trying to say something, and sat down at the piano to write.
Pilgrim is the story of the tug of war on our heart— the fight between the pattern of this world and the reality of heaven. My prayer is that it would point us back to heaven over, and over, and over again.
Heaven— our true home.
Heaven— where our worthy King, Love embodied waits for us.
Heaven— it won’t be too long.
Scripture References: 1 Peter 2:11, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Mark 8:34-37, Ephesians 2:1-2, Matthew 6:19-21
Recorded Key — Db | 6/8
Written by Steph Andrews
INTRO
| 6m | 5 | 4 | |
VERSE 1
6m 5 4
Hold on to hope
6m 5 4
It won’t be too long
4 5 6m 5 4
I can hear heaven calling from the other side
6m 5 4
Hold on to hope
6m 5 4
Hold on to Love
6m 5 4
He is still enough
4 5
You can build your treasure here
6m 5 4
but it will crumble to the ground
6m 5 4
Hold on to Love
CHORUS
5 6m 4
Keep your sails up
5 6m 4
Anchor from the waves
5 6m 4
Always moving onward
5 6m 4
Heaven must be your gaze
VERSE 2
Breathe the world from your lungs
Exhale a reverent song
For the kingdom of air must bow to the skies
Breathe the world from your lungs
BRIDGE
6m 4 1
Dear, dear pilgrim
6m 4 1
I know it is hard to wait
6m 5 6m 5 4
But life is but a glimpse in the scheme of e- ternity
6m 5 4
And heaven is where you’ll stay
BRIDGE 2
Dear, dear pilgrim
I know it is tempting to cave
You could seek the whole world and chase everything you crave
But Heaven is your true home
Heaven is your true home
Heaven is your true home
CHORUS
TAG
6m 4 1
Dear, dear pilgrim
6m 4 1
Dear, dear pilgrim
6m 4 5/1
Dear, dear pilgrim