The Rabbit Room

Wow. Thank you from the depths of a heart trying to admit that she hears those voices, too.

This was the first song on the album that stopped me in my tracks. Eric, your transparency here will be a blessing to many.

LOVE this one. It’s so beautiful.

This may be my favorite song on Birds. The lines by turns evoke memories of things told me by the unholy trinity (the world, the flesh, and the devil), and then decisively refute those things. The song hardly sounds like a victory march — but it’s an epic win.

Thanks for calling it Voices instead of voice… cuz on my worst day there is a GIANT committee shouting to me! LOL it certainly isn’t ust one… satan tries to take me out in a variety of voices that try to produce guilt, remorse and shame in addition to unworthiness!
Peace to you friend!

I love this song, especially the chorus. “Everything about my weakness that is strong” reminds me of how I like to think about my weakness at some moments as “the anointing of weakness.”… Realizing that even the part where the Lord does not seem to bail us out can be part of the story He is writing.

Jud, this one stopped me too. There are little things that make this song particularly great. The use of “shroud” and “disguise” in that second line. The bit of weariness expressed in the vocal on the first chorus. The lovely piano and the production that let it shine.

I love it when the dark voices are silenced! So proud of your courage and your gift my friend. So proud!

Anne Lamott wrote this about writing and reading, “Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again.”

This song has had the same effect on me. I read what its about just before I listened and cringed at the ‘almost my exact words’ story you tell. Voices, isolation, counseling. Thanks for being so brave and honest. I’m at the beginning of being vulnerable in opening my self up to others. As a minister I sometimes feel, probably by my own doing, like I have to have my stuff together. However, God is strong in our weakness. This song helps me, and I’m sure others, know we’re not alone battling the voices.

Thanks Eric.

Thanks for helping this pilgrim silence the voices and listen to the truth.

Thank you. Often what we feel has nothing to do with the Truth.

Thanks for reminding me to love the right Voice. And hate those voices that hate me.

That is so true.