Wedding Dress

By Derek Webb

if you could love me as a wife
and for my wedding gift, your life
should that be all i’ll ever need
or is there more i’m looking for

and should i read between the lines
and look for blessings in disguise
to make me handsome, rich, and wise
is that really what you want

i am a whore i do confess
but i put you on just like a wedding dress
and i run down the aisle, i run down the aisle
i’m a prodigal with no way home
but i put you on just like a ring of gold
and i run down the aisle, i run down the aisle to you

so could you love this bastard child
though i don’t trust you to provide
with one hand in a pot of gold
and with the other in your side
i am so easily satisfied
by the call of lovers less wild
that i would take a little cash
over your very flesh and blood

i am a whore i do confess
but i put you on just like a wedding dress
and i run down the aisle, i run down the aisle
i’m a prodigal with no way home
but i put you on just like a ring of gold
and i run down the aisle, i run down the aisle to you


because money cannot buy
a husband’s jealous eye
when you have knowingly deceived his wife


i am a whore i do confess
but i put you on just like a wedding dress
and i run down the aisle, i run down the aisle
i’m a prodigal with no way home
but i put you on just like a ring of gold
and i run down the aisle, i run down the aisle to you

Welll,

You know, I absolutely love it when people update their blogs. I find it so fasinating getting inside peoples brains, even if it is just for a minute while reading their blog. People tend to blog about what they are passionate about, whether it be their kids, their missions, whatever. And honestly, what is more intriguing than listening to someone talk about their passion? Maybe it's just me, but anyways, I have decided to try and blog more. No, I do not have crazy kids, and funny stories and exciting adventures for you to read about, but what I do have is a lot of thoughts. So, if ever you wanted to get inside my head for a bit, here's the way to do it. And of course, I would love to know your thoughts.

After moving 582 miles away from everything that I knew as normal, I have come to so many realizations. Such as, I really am a very independent person. I never realized how okay I am with being by myself. I can sit in my room and read, journal, listen to music, and watch movies by myself without getting bored. Sure, I like to get out of the house, but I even enjoy just driving around by myself. I don't know. Something about it is just nice. I can think and think and think without having to explain my thoughts to anyone. In Oklahoma, I was crazy busy, I had no alone time, I had no time to sit down and really just be. Now that's all I have and I can't tell you how grateful I am for it. Because of it, I have come to such a deeper knowledge and appriciation and overall love for my Savior. He has been conforming my heart to care about the things He cares about. I have fallen in love with Him on a whole new level. I have realized that the things that are important to Him, should be a number one priority to me. His heart's desire is so obvious throughout the whole Bible. He passionately desires each and every one of His children to know Him on a personal level and to know the love that surpasses all understanding. And He has given me the responsibility to help share that. He has opened my eyes to the broken world before me and He has said "Whom shall I send?"

I said, "Here I am, Send me." And He did.