Shalsheles/Shalsheles Junior/The Search

Track: 8

Running Length: 5:39

Lyrics
I search and I wander, lost and alone

My friend's but a shadow, and no place my home

The sun shines so strongly, but I cannot see

The road is too steep with no passage for me

I'm merely a child, but inside I've grown old

The world cannot touch me, for each touch is cold

The warmth that I search for is nowhere in sight

I see only sorrow, I see only night

A voice came to greet me, extending its heart

A voice pleading softly, "do not stand apart"

A voice giving warmth I'd not known before

A voice casting light as it opened the door

I followed that voice, and soon I could see

A room filled with children all welcoming me

The beauty of Torah was drawing me near

A light in the darkness, so pure and so clear

That voice is still with me, it hovers above

It echoes my feelings, it fills me with love

The sounds all around me awaken my soul

My heart is so youthful, though I have grown old

I still cannot rest, my work is not done

I dream of young voices resounding as one

So much yet to ponder, so much I must do

The voice I have followed must reach every Jew

I'll follow that voice and soon I will see

A room full of children all listening to me

I'll speak of the Torah drawing them near

A light in the darkness, so pure and so clear

The voice that I heard from so long long ago

Is my inspiration to learn and to grow

I'll whisper its message, so simple and true

and if you just listen, it will speak to you

We'll follow that voice and soon there will be

A world where our children can live peacefully

The study of Torah, we hope and we pray

Will shatter the darkness turn night into day.

I'll whisper its message, so simple and true

and if you just listen, that voice speaks to you