There's a light shining from another shore
Rolling through the fog
There's a cold wind blowing through my back door
and the firewood's almost gone
The snowfall bent the ceiling beams
and melted through the cracks
so I'm gonna shoot these windows out
and paint these mirrors black
I've got no place I can run
I've left no sin left undone

Out of the wilderness
Out of the wilderness
Tell me how does it feel
when you come out of the wilderness

I got lost on the way to town
The winter froze my feet
I went to grab my compass
but my compass would not read
so I stumbled through the forest
and I thought that I was cursed
I've been abandoned and I've been saved
and I don't know which is worse
I'm gonna shed this crown of thorns
feel like a baby being born

Out of the wilderness...

Tell me how far am I from the kingdom
Tell me how far am I from the kingdom
from the kingdom

I'm gonna sleep down on that shore
and I won't feel troubled no more

Out of the wilderness...

COLIN LINDEN/ JIM WEIDER/ RICHARD BELL -- 1995
Colin Linden Publishing -- SOCAN
Moon Haw Music -- ASCAP
Raven Hill Music -- ASCAP
Warner-Chappell Music Canada -- SOCAN

Gary Craig: Drums, Percussion
John Dymond: Bass
Richard Bell: Accordion, Organ
Jim Weider: Acoustic Guitar
Michel Pouliot: Cocktail Drum
Ken Whiteley: Harmony Vocal
CL: Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Vocal

Artist's Note

I made up "Out of the Wilderness" with my friend, Jimmy Weider (the guitarist for The Band) and Richard Bell (who plays with both me and The Band). There's an old traditional gospel song that asks the question, "How did you feel when you come out of the wilderness?" It doesn't really matter what kind of wilderness you're coming out of.