Dear Friends and Family,
I am writing to you while sitting at a Mediterranean restaurant in Conway, Arkansas, with my dad. This is what the 37 Days of Christmas is all about: a couple of American guys enjoying something that first took place in another part of the world, and then telling everybody they know about it.
Last night, we were at The Lamb Burners Guild for the second night of our 37 Days of Christmas Tour. We are officially underway, ladies and gentlemen. I played one of my favorite songs I’ve written for some new and old friends. It’s called “Sophia,” and it was inspired by Proverbs chapters 8 and 9, where Lady Wisdom is personified in human form.
It’s also a song about saying thank you to my father for the wisdom he gave me.
So thank you, Dad, for picking this Mediterranean restaurant.
And thank you, Father, for sending us your Son in human form.
— Trailand
Sophia | Lyrics
I knew I’d heard that voice before
And when she looked in my direction
I remembered what my father said
“Son, one day you’ll see wisdom”
We shared a glass of her greatest truth
And I watched as her mouth became
A simple gift of love
She said her name
Sophia
Abide with me
Sophia
Walked into the room
Taught we wisdom
I lost her name after the day we met
I couldn’t find her in my phone for year
And when I tired to look her up online
Oh, I wasted a lot of time
When I found her, she was on my shelf
In a book from an age gone by
When I held her on the very first page
I prayed her name
Sophia
Abide with me
Sophia
Walked into the room
Never left me
I can tell you where she is today
She is here in this very place
I can tell you about her gentle ways
As she teaches me of my many mistakes
I have tried to call her a thousand words
And each time they never sounded quite right
But I remember what my father said
How he sang her name
Sophia
Abide with me
Sophia
Walked into the room
Taught me wisdom
37 Days of Christmas 