Thanks for the Nickel Creek tune

A reader (I have at least one:) of one of a recent post sent me this song. Some of its lines speak with an honesty that rang true and I loved the music. That said, I find that I am considerably more hopeful than most of this song. Unlike this tune I have no sense of dread about what comes beyond this life. The hope of the resurrection seems firmly planted within me. While Nickel Creek lyrics use the line "I took a promise". I find that "the promise has taken me". I have by now held many a hand of a dying man (and woman), And find my self filled with the hope of life beyond the grave.

NICKEL CREEK LYRICS
Doubting Thomas

What will be left when I've drawn my last breath
Besides the folks I've met and the folks who've known me
Will I discover a soul-saving love
Or just the dirt above and below me

I'm a doubting Thomas
I took a promise
But I do not feel safe
Oh me of little faith

Sometimes I pray for a slap in the face
Then I beg to be spared cause I'm a coward
If there's a master of death
I bet he's holding his breath
As I show the blind and tell the deaf about his power

I'm a doubting Thomas
I can't keep my promises
Cause I don't know what's safe
Oh me of little faith

Can I be used to help others find truth
When I'm scared I'll find proof that it's a lie
Can I be led down a trail dropping bread crumbs
That prove I'm not ready to die

Please give me time to decipher the signs
Please forgive me for time that I've wasted

I'm a doubting Thomas
I'll take your promise
Though I know nothin's safe
Oh me of little faith

So there you have it
My rewrite of their refrain follows

I'm a doubting Thomas
I've seized your promise
and I'm taking it on faith
I’m taking it on faith

Thanks again D.W. for the tune
Others might want to check out the bands website at www.nickelcreek.com