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Although no one person can claim authorship of this instrumental piece, the idea first came from Mannie. The rhythm section was having a hard time breaking into the right feel for the song that follows, You Are God, and Mannie suggested we just jam a bit to loosen up. Staying on one chord the whole time, we just let it go for a while and felt like there was something to it. We layered some falsetto vocals and then later added some percussion, piano, and violin parts. In fact, Alan Kilpatrick put down the percussion stuff the day before he left the country to head back to England with his family. Thanks Alan—and Jan!

Mannie messed with it some more later and it seemed like the perfect intro to Emily’s song, so we titled it The Dark and Cold of Night after the first line of her song. To us, this piece is like the pursuit of the Lover for the Beloved who is lost and frightened. It brings to mind the portion of the Song of Songs where the Beloved is too comfortable to get off her couch when the Lover is at the door. She finally makes the effort, but He is gone. Turning the table on the metaphor, she pursues Him in the night. Even though she is longing and looking for Him, He is surely still pursuing her.

Hopefully, you know what it is like for Him to find you and you to find your peace in His arms. He will never let you go.