Webb, Derek Filmography

• Self-Sabotage (2011)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• In God We Trust - Derek Webb
• Black Eye - Derek Webb
• Nobody Loves Me - Derek Webb
• We Come To You - Derek Webb
• This World - Derek Webb
• Zeroes And Ones - Derek Webb
• Take To The World - Derek Webb
• What You Give Up To Get It - Derek Webb
• What Matters More - Derek Webb
• What Is Not Love - Derek Webb
• This Too Shall Be Made Right - Derek Webb
• The Very End - Derek Webb
• The Strong The Tempted & The Weak - Derek Webb
• The State - Derek Webb
• The Spirit Vs. The Kickdrum - Derek Webb
• The Proverbial Gun - Derek Webb
• The End - Derek Webb
• The Church - Derek Webb
• Table For Two - Derek Webb
• T-shirts (what We Should Be Known For) - Derek Webb
• SAINT AND SINNER - Derek Webb
• Rich Young Ruler - Derek Webb
• Reputation - Derek Webb
• Please Before I Go - Derek Webb
• Nothing Is Ever Enough - Derek Webb
• NAME - Derek Webb
• My Enemies Are Men Like Me - Derek Webb
• Mockingbird - Derek Webb
• Medication - Derek Webb
• Marvelous Light - Derek Webb
• Lover Part 2 - Derek Webb
• Love Is Not Against The Law - Derek Webb
• Jena And Jimmy - Derek Webb
• I Want A Broken Heart - Derek Webb
• I Wanna Marry You All Over Again - Derek Webb
• I Repent - Derek Webb
• I Love Hate You - Derek Webb
• I Hate Everything (but You) - Derek Webb
• I For An I - Derek Webb
• I Don't Want To Fight - Derek Webb
• Heaven - Derek Webb
• Freddie Please - Derek Webb
• Faith My Eyes - Derek Webb
• Dance - Derek Webb
• Crooked Deep Down - Derek Webb
• Cobra Con - Derek Webb
• Can't Be Without You - Derek Webb
• Better Than Wine - Derek Webb
• Beloved - Derek Webb
• Becoming A Slave - Derek Webb
• Ballad In Plain Red - Derek Webb
• Awake My Soul - Derek Webb
• American Flag Umbrella - Derek Webb
• A Savior On Capitol Hill - Derek Webb
• A New Law - Derek Webb
• A Love That's Stronger Than Our Fear - Derek Webb
• A King And A Kingdom - Derek Webb

In God we trust
And the government is on His shoulders
In God we trust
Through democracy and tyranny alike
In God we trust
He uses both good and evil men
In God we trust
So we fight for peace and He fights for us
In God we trust
Even when He fights us for someone else
In God we trust
Even when He looks like the enemy
In God we trust
Even though our hearts are bankrupt
In God we trust
For more than just the value of our dollar bills
In God we trust
But there's no gold behind these notes of reserve
In God we trust
Even through our great presumption
In God we trust
Even though He favors no nation-state
In God we trust

black eye from staring through a keyhole at my lover
i swear it’s not from his fists
when stockholm syndrome
comes to where they’re keeping you
you never know what time it is
black eye is all it’s gonna take for me to love you
it’s written in my constitution
if you go, you know i’m coming with you
blind, bound by love
(chorus)
time is no friend to the ones who wait
for daylight to come
time looks the same at the ones who hate
and the ones that do nothing
black eye is what i’m gonna paint for your protection
to cover the tracks that you’re leaving
i misplace my face so we can be together
red lips change how you’re perceiving

I can always tell a liar
And i always know a thief
I know them like my family
Because brother im the chief
Im a dangerous crusader
Because i need to tell the truth
So im turning over tables
Im my own living room
Then i might nail indictments up
On every door in town
Because it's not right or safe to let my conscience down
So i don't care if...
(chorus)
Nobody loves me, nobody loves me
Nobody loves me but you
The truth is never sexy
So it's not an easy sell
You can dress her like the culture
But shell shock em just as well
Because she don't need an apology for being who she is
And she don't need your help making enemies
So i don't care if...
(chorus)
Ill do whatever it takes to squeeze us into this wedding gown
Ill say the words that rattle your nerves

As you came to us so we come to you
Fragile as a baby hopeful and new
But learning fast that to walk is to fall
Soon weve done it all
Chorus
We come broken and we come undone
We come trying hard to love everyone
But we come up short in all that we do
Because we do
So we come to you
As you came to us so we come to you
Dirty and hurting then dead in the tomb
But raised redeemed to show off the scars
Cause youve brought us this far
Chorus
You came to show the way not around but through

There's tarnish on the golden rule
And I wanna jump from this ship of fools
Show me a place where hope is young
And a people who are not afraid to love
This world has nothing for me and this world has
everything
All that I could want and nothing that I need
This world is making me drunk on the spirit of fear.
So when you say who will go, I am nowhere near.
'Cuz this world has nothing for me and this world has
everything
All that I could wanted and nothing that I need
But the least of these look like criminals to me
So I leave Christ on the street
This world has held my hand and has led me into
intolerance
So now I'm breaking up, now I'm waking up
I'm making up for lost time
This world has nothing for me and this world has
everything

This was real
Oh this was what you've all come to see and feel
But I'm starting to doubt my reality
'Cause it does not last long
Once the cash is gone
Eventually all of this must become zeros and ones
Everything, everywhere, everyone, zeros and ones
I'm in love
Oh I love what I can convince you of
'Cause I'm a prophet by trade
And a salesman by blood
Now I'm dying just to be
A filtered, sub-cultural version of me
My blood is red
Dripping on a page
If I'm brave enough to cut myself
But the more it sells

Go in peace to love and to serve
Let your ears ring long with what youve heard
And may the bread on your tongue
Leave a trail of crumbs
To lead the hungry back to the place that you are from
(chorus)
And take to the world this love, hope and faith
Take to the world this rare, relentless grace
And like the three in one
Know you must become what you want to save
Cause that's still the way
He takes to the world
Go, and go far
Take light deep in the dark
Believe what's true
He uses all, even you

like sex when you’re too young
like youth when you’ve got none
like home when you’re too drunk
like getting every you wanted with a line of bad credit
it’s never quite worth what you give up to get it
like style made by slaves
like bribes to throw the race
like women who know their place
like an indian casino or a tank of unleaded
it’s never quite worth what you give up to get it
stand back
you love it now but it’s too much
like fame for what you’re not
like joy that you bought
like please that never hits the spot
like security for liberty, you gotta admit it
it’s never quite worth what you give up to get it
stand back

you say always treat people like you’d like to be
i guess you love being hated for your sexuality
you love when people put words in your mouth
about what you believe
make you sound like a freak
‘cause if you really believed
what you say you believe
you wouldn’t be so damned reckless
with the words you speak
you wouldn’t silently consent
when the liars speak
denying all the dying of the remedy
(chorus)
tell me, brother what matters more to you
tell me, sister what matters more to you
if i can see what’s in your heart
by what comes out of your mouth
then it sure looks to me like being straight
is all it’s about
it looks like being hated
for all the wrong things
like chasing the wind
while the pendulum swings
‘cause we can talk and debate
till we’re blue in the face
about the language and tradition
that He’s coming to save
and meanwhile we sit
just like we don’t have give a shit about
fifty thousand people who are dying today

What looks like failure is success
And what looks like poverty is riches
When what is true looks more like a knife
It looks like you're killing me
But you're saving my life
But I give myself to what looks like love
And I sell myself for what feels like love
And I pay to get what is not love
And all just because I see things upside down
What looks like weakness can do anything
And what looks like foolishness is understanding
When what is powerful has not come to fight
It looks like you're going to war
But you lay down your life
What looks like torture is a time to rejoice
What sounds like thunder is a comforting voice
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
And I say I don't know you
But you say it's finished
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
And I say I don't know you

people love you the most for the things you hate
and hate you for loving the things that you cannot keep
straight
people judge you on a curve
and tell you you’re getting what you deserve
this too shall be made right
children cannot learn when children cannot eat
stack them like lumber when children cannot sleep
children dream of wishing wells
whose waters quench all the fires of Hell
this too shall be made right
the earth and the sky and the sea are all holding their
breath
wars and abuses have nature groaning with death
we say we’re just trying to stay alive
but it looks so much more like a way to die
this too shall be made right
there’s a time for peace and there is a time for war
a time to forgive and a time to settle the score
a time for babies to lose their lives
a time for hunger and genocide
this too shall be made right
I don’t know the suffering of people outside my front
door
I join the oppressors of those who i choose to ignore
I’m trading comfort for human life
and that’s not just murder it’s suicide

this is my murder trial
I’m going to testify
and I’ll love you to the very end
the very end
the very end
cross my heart, hope to die
you are my firefly
and I’ll love you to the very end
the very end
the very end
you are the anti-curse
death going in reverse
and I’ll love you to the very end
the very end

In union with thte Lamb
From condemnation free
The saints from everlasting were
And shall fo ever be
In covenant of old
The sons of God they were
The feeblest lamb in Jesus' fold
Was blessed in Jesus there
It's bonds shall never break
Though earth's old columns bow
The strong, the tempted, & the weak
Are one in Jesus now
When stroms or tempests rise
Or sins your peace assail
Your hope in Jesus never dies
'tis cast within the veil
Here let the weary rest
Who love the Savior's name
Though with no sweet enjoyments blessed
This covenant stands the same
Its bonds shall never break
Though earth's old columns bow
The strong, the tempted, & the weak
Are on in Jesus now
When stroms or tempests rise
Or sins your peace assail
Your hpe in Jesus never dies

i was free to live and love
and kill as i saw fit
i was at peace, there really was
no one i was at war with
the only common good
was that we understood
that laws unjust
were only good for breaking
that difference legalized instead of sameness
left nobody free
that was the day before
i married my conscience to the state
my taxes paid, these roads were laid
to places of my choosing
there were no eyes up in the skies
looking down into my bed
there was no government without our consent
keys were made for anyone who just claimed it
glass was all of every wall that framed it
from sea to shining sea
that was the day before
i married my conscience to the state
right and wrong were written on my heart
and not just in the laws that condemn me
now with caesar satisfied i can even do the things

i don’t want the Spirit, i want the kick drum
i don’t want the Spirit, i want the kick drum
i know how it works, oh i’m not dumb
i don’t want the Spirit, i want the kick drum
like sex without love
like peace without the dove
like a crime scene without the blood
i don’t want the Spirit, you know i want the kick drum
i don’t want the Son, i want a jury of peers
i don’t want the Son, i want a jury of peers
mascara’s gonna run when you see my tears
i don’t want the Son, i want a jury of peers
like lies without the truth
like wine without the fruit
like a skydive without the chute
i don’t want the Son, you know i want a jury of peers
i don’t want the Spirit, you know i want the kick drum
i don’t want the Father, want a vending machine
i don’t want the Father, want a vending machine
i know what i want if you know what i mean
i don’t want the Father, want a vending machine
like heaven without gates
like hell without flames
like life without pain
i don’t want the Father, you know i want a vending machine
i don’t want the Son, you know i want a jury of peers

now i can buy the proverbial gun
and shoot the proverbial child
while my uncle looks me in the eye
and speaks of freedom
and my conscience goes up on trial
in the courtrooms of the mind
where the judges all have sons
and all the lawyers are wounded
and the backs are all broke
and the bailiff is my brother
and the witness is my sister
and i’m guilty as hell
but by the afternoon i’m out
out on the pavement walking
wreaking of salt and blood
no hat upon my head
no shoes upon my feet
picking your body
from my teeth
no stars above me
no stripes upon me

here’s another story about the invisible knives
the elephant in the room trumpeting these lies
the slow hate, the hesitating voices in the dark
here’s another story about the invisible wives
we’ve really got to stop talking and meeting like this
there’s a better way coming and we both know what it is
but it’s a hard sell, the ringing bell and you’re licking
your lips
we’ve really got to stop talking and thinking like kids
this is the end
this is the end

I have come with one purpose
To capture for myself a bride
By my life she is lovely
By my death she's justified
I have always been her husband
Though many lovers she has known
So with water i will wash her
And by my word alone
So when you hear the sound of the water
You will know you're not alone
(chorus)
Cause i haven't come for only you
But for my people to pursue
You cannot care for me with no regard for her
If you love me you will love the church
I have long pursued her
As a harlot and a whore
But she will feast upon me
She will drink and thirst no more
So when you taste my flesh and my blood
You will know you're not alone
(chorus)
There is none that can replace her
Though there are many who will try
And though some may be her bridesmaids
They can never be my bride

Danny and I
Spent another late night over pancakes
Talkin' 'bout soccer
And how every man's just the same.
We made speculation
On the who's and the when's of our futures
And how everyone's lonely
But still we just couldn't complain.
And how we just hate being alone.
Could I have missed my only chance,
And now I'm just wasting my time
By lookin' around
But ya know I know better,
I'm not gonna worry 'bout nothin'.
Cause if the birds and the flowers survive,
Then I'll make it okay.
I'm given a chance and a rock;
see which one breaks a window.
See which one keeps me up all night and into the day.
Because I'm so scared of being alone
That I forget what house i live in.
But it's not my job to wait by the phone
For her to call.
Well this day's been crazy
But everything's happened on schedule,
from the rain and the cold
To the drink that I spilled on my shirt.
'Cause You knew how You'd save me
before I fell dead in the garden,
And You knew this day
long before You made me out of dirt.
And You know the plans that You have for me
And You can't plan the end and not plan the means
And so I suppose I just need some peace,

They'll know us by the t-shirts that we wear
They'll know us by the way we point and stare
At anyone whose sin looks worse than ours
Who cannot hide the scars of this curse that we all bare
They'll know us by our picket lines and signs
They'll know us by the pride we hide behind
Like anyone on earth is living right
And isn't that why Jesus died
Not to make us think were right
Chorus
When love, love, love
Is what we should be known for
Love, love, love
Its the how and it's the why
We live and breathe and we die
They'll know us by reasons we divide
And how we can't seem to unify
Because weve gotta sing songs a certain style
Or well walk right down that aisle
And just leave em all behind
They'll know us by the billboards that we make
Just turning Gods words to cheap clichs
Says what part of murder don't you understand?
But we hate our fellow man
And point a finger at his grave
Chorus
They'll know us by the t-shirts that we wear
They'll know us by the way we point and stare
Telling em their sins are worse than ours
Thinking we can hide our scars

If you want my glory you gotta take my sin
If you want my future you gotta take my skin
If you want my heart you gotta take my blood
If you want my bed you gotta take my lust
(chorus)
Cause im not a half a man
Im not a half a man
Lord knows i love you now
But a saint and a sinner is what i am
If you want my spirit you gotta take my booze
If you want my mystery you gotta take my clues
If you want my child you gotta take my kin
If you want my money you gotta take my rent
(chorus)
(bridge)
And i doesnt't't get better once you see the light
You wake to find that the fight has just begun
I used to be a damn mess but now i look just fine
Cause you dressed me up and we drank the finest wine

Poverty is so hard to see
When it's only on your tv and twenty miles across town
Where we're all living so good
That we moved out of Jesus' neighborhood
Where he's hungry and not feeling so good
From going through our trash
He says, more than just your cash and coin
I want your time, I want your voice
I want the things you just can't give me
So what must we do
Here in the west we want to follow you
We speak the language and we keep all the rules
Even a few we made up
Come on and follow me
But sell your house, sell your suv
Sell your stocks, sell your security
And give it to the poor
What is this, hey what's the deal
I don't sleep around and I don't steal
I want the things you just can't give me
Because what you do to the least of these
My brother's, you have done it to me

I know i always let everybody down
I know i've got a bad name in this town
'cause my last friend stopped calling months ago
I know i always make you wait around
I know the way my promises must sound
And even though you've heard it all before
Darlin' could you listen just once more
I've got a reputation with everyone
But i don't want one with you
I know you know me well enough by now
And you're loving me as well as you know how
But i need one more chance to let you down
'cause no one else will give it to me now
I've got a reputation with everyone
But i don't want one with you
I know you know me well enough by now
And you're loving me as well as you know how
But i need one more chance to let you down
'cause no one else will give it to me now
With you, i'm so glad to get into a bad situation
'cause nothing makes us close, nothing like a little incarceration
I've got a reputation with everyone
But i don't want one with you
I know you know me well enough by now
And you're loving me as well as you know how
But i need one more chance to let you down

Kiss me once more, please, before I go
Kiss me sweetheart, and I won't go no more
'Cause I feel a little drunk
Like a man who just can't get enough
And there's just one thing that can cool my head
Like an addict to his fix
So am I to your sweet lips

Shes not real, she's the spokes on a wheel
But the way she moves will take you where you wanna go
And you're the one that she steals from
But if not you she's gonna find somebody else
Cause nothing is ever enough
Chorus
And you love her but you know youve got to leave her
Cause she's leaving you with no way out
Shes a jewel in the nose of a fool
Shes beautiful but she don't know who she is
And you're a wreck because you suspect
That shell never be who she was years ago
Cause nothing is ever enough
Chorus
Bridge
Maybe you don't see it
But she's waiting everywhere you're gonna go
In the faces of the people who look at you
Like someone that they know

oh my darlin’, you’ve must be a moving target just like
they’ll call you right, they’ll call you left
they’ll call you names of all your friends
you never know
what you’ll have to do
baby don’t let ‘em
don’t let ‘em put a name on you
there’s no categories just long stories waiting to be
heard
(if there’s love in your heart)
don’t be satisfied when someone sums you up with just
one word
(if there’s love in your heart)
blindfold your heart
and feel for a clue
baby don’t let ‘em
don’t let ‘em put a name on you
[Bridge]
you say you wanna know the people I know
you say you wanna come in and crack my code, uh huh
catch me if you think you can
but count on me for nothing man, uh huh
it’s gonna take more than hearing you say the only
words you think I know
the truth may be with you today but may be gone
tomorrow
baby don’t let ‘em

I have come to give you life
And to show you how to live it
I have come to make things right
To heal their ears and show you how to forgive them
Because I would rather die
I would rather die
I would rather die
Than to take your life
How can I kill the ones I'm supposed to love
My enemies are men like me
I will protest the sword if it's not wielded well
My enemies are men like me
Peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
It's like telling someone murder is wrong
And then showing them by way of execution
When justice is bought and sold just like weapons of war

There are days I don't believe the words I say
Like a life that I'm not living
A song that I'm not singing but to you
There are times that I believe I'm satisfied
Like an intimate connection
Despite this bad reception with you
Because I can't afford to pay
For most of what I say
So it's a lucky thing
That the truth's public domain
And I am like a mockingbird
I've got no new song to sing
And I am like an amplifier
I just tell you what I've heard
Oh, I'm like a mockingbird
And yes, it's true that I need this more than you
Like one whose name is many
Have mercy, please don't send me away
And I'll do all I can
To be a better man
Oh I'll clean up this act

Don't lie to me
Tell me something true
'cause i'm only free
When i look at you
And you look so good it hurts
And love, i come undone
Chorus
But i don't want medication
Just give me liberation
Even if it cuts my legs right out from underneath
Don't give me medication
I want the real sensation
Even when living feels just like death to me
Don't paint my face
I need to see the scars
So i don't forget
The back of my tutor's arm
'cause i just can't keep it straight
Which kills and which one saves
Chorus
Bridge
Cause the truth is i need you just like the air i breathe
Just like a freight train needs the tracks beneath
So I'd rather suffer my whole life and be this rich mans wife
If loving you means suffering

Lead us out of darkness and into your marvelous
light
When we wander into valleys far from home
Where shadows hover over our souls
Find us in your mercy
Savior of the world
You are the light of the world
(Jesus is the light)
You are the way, the truth and the life
(you are the life)
You are the light of the world
(Jesus is the light)
Lead us out of darkness
And into your marvelous light
Sanctify our spirits
Purify our minds
As we look to you, eyes open wide
Give us understanding
Set our hearts on fire
Give us understanding
Set our hearts on fire
Fill us with desire

Im living in a car graveyard
My heart is up on blocks
Im dying on a sail torn ship
Im wrecking on your rocks
Ive got a promise breaking foolish heart
That's broken into three
You took it Father, Son, and Ghost
And i have been set free
Im dressed up like it's halloween
Im greedy at your door
Im naked as a crime scene
Youre murdered on my floor
Though im cornered by the words i say
Youre telling me to speak
You teach me how to kill and be killed
And how you set me free
I am my beloveds and my beloveds mine
And i am as surprised as any man born blind
But it's still coming in blurry
The images i see
But someday it will all come clear

Politics or love
Can make you blind or make you see
Make you a slave or make you free
But only one does it all
And it's giving up your life
For the ones you hate the most
It's giving them your gown
When they've taken your clothes
It's learning to admit
When you've had a hand in setting them up
In knocking them down
Love is not against the law
Love is not against the law
Are we defending life
When we just pick and choose
Lives acceptable to lose
And which ones to defend
'Cause you cannot choose your friends
But you choose your enemies
And what if they were one
One and the same
Could you find a way
To love them both the same

jena & jimmy they met at a party
to bring our boys back from the war
jimmy was dancing, he was dancing like crazy
showing no mercy to the dance floor
jena was minding, she was minding her business
she did not want no company
till jimmy spotted her
like a lamb to the slaughter
and he coaxed her over with a martini
and jena said ‘ooh’
she could feel it hitting her bloodstream
before she knew it she was
up on his chopping block
and he was flagging down a taxi
(chorus)
if you give me your love
i’ll give you my love, give you my love
gonna take one kiss to shut you up
and that’ll be enough
if you give me your love
i’ll give you my love, give you my love
gonna kiss your lips to shut you up
she told him stories of
social injustices and constitutional rights
he smirked and turned his head
‘just lighten up’ he said, ‘baby we got all night’
jena was beautiful and spoke convincingly
he listened just like a priest
his best shot at stopping her
was if he co-opted her
so he got two more rounds of drinks
and jena said ‘ooh’
jimmy held her like an enemy
then toasted global peace
and dovetailing interests
as he threw his shot back with a wink

I've got faith in the bank and money in my heart
I've got a calloused place where your ring used to be, my love
I've traded naked and unashamed
For a better place to hide
For a righteous mask, a suit of fig leaves and lies
I thought the cattle on a thousand hills
Was not enough to pay my bills
And i fell in love with those who proved me wrong
And now i want a broken heart
Now there's a great pad lock
On the place where i was free
And i'm feeling bad from swallowing that key
Now i work real hard but i mostly call in sick
Of a broken back from the ground fighting back at me
I cannot look you in the eye
So i check the knots on my disguise
'cause i fell in love with fashio in the dark
And now i want a broken heart
I've got alibis for every crime
A sbustitute to do my time
'cause Your heart breaks enough on both our parts
Nso now i want a broken heart
Now i want a broken heart

I wanna marry you all over again
I wanna meet you and I wanna be friends
I wanna chase you all the way to Tennessee
I’ll meet your parents at the airport bar
I’ll take you out in my rental car
I wanna court you on the record label’s dime
[Chorus]
come on baby let’s go back to the start
take it back sugar then gimme your heart
don’t you know baby I would do it all over again
I wanna buy you an old upright
I wanna accidentally stay all night
I wanna read the Bible and I wanna make out
I wanna marry you all over again
I wanna fall in love and say we’re just friends
I wanna race you all the way to Kansas City
[Chorus]
I wanna give you a diamond ring
and then we’ll run into my ex-girlfriend

I repent, I repent of my pursuit of america's dream
I repent, I repent of living like I deserve anything
Of my house, my fence, my kids, my wife
In our suburb where we're safe and white
I am wrong and of these things I repent
I repent, I repent of parading my liberty
I repent. I repent of paying for what I get for free
For the way I believe that I am living right
By trading sins for others that are easier to hide
I am wrong and of these things I repent
Bridge
I repent judging by a law that even I can't keep
Of wearing righteousness like a disguise
Just to see through the planks in my own eyes
I repent, I repent of trading truth for false unity
I repent, I repent of confusing peace and idolatry
Of caring more of what they think than what I know of what we need
Of domesticating you until you look just like me

baby when i put my hands on you
i feel like i’m touching the earth
i’m breaking ground and the soil is wet,
slipping through my hands
baby when i put my eyes on you
i follow the curves of the moon
the oceans rise and come crashing down
onto the shore
(chorus)
but your love is a noose around my neck
i give up and i know i will regret it
your love is a weight around my legs
but i don’t know who i am unless you’re holding me
baby when i listen to your words
they whisper to me like the wind
but they’re strong enough to blow me down
and destroy my house
(chorus)
baby when listen to your words
baby when i put my eyes on you
baby when i put my hands on you

Baby don't give up
We're the kind of folks who will always live
Right around the corner from something big
Yeah, yeah, yeah
So baby come on home
You can be the girl on my telephone
And will be your lion made of stone
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Come on home
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's been one of those kinds of days
And I feel so out of place
And I hate everything, everything
I hate everything but you
Baby when we're right
I don't mind the sun, I don't mind the rain
Or businessmen who think they know everything
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Everything
Yeah, yeah, yeah
No one really understands my baby, if you don't
Let's not fight, just turn the lights off, baby you're all I want
It's been one of those kinds of days
And the whole world is on my case
And I hate everything, everything

it’s the desire of my heart
it’s the anthem of my birth
I love you till you cross the line
then watch my faith turn into works
here’s to hoping we evolve
here’s believing that we will
blessed are those who seek for peace
in control are those who kill
[Chorus]
an I for an I
will never satisfy till there’s nothing left to see
I was born to go to war
it comes so natural to me
sure as a hammer finds a nail
death is the only way to peace
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I’ve got a killer instinct bringing out all of my best
I’ve got a poison conscience telling me to go with that
this may not work and I don’t guarantee that it will
but I’ve got no choice unless you tell me who Jesus would

I don’t want to be right anymore
I don’t want to be good
I don’t want to change your mind
to feel it like I do
I don’t wanna sell graves
peddle them door to door
a little something to ease your mind
and prepare you for what’s in store
[Chorus]
I don’t want to fight
brother I’m not joking about peace
we can have it here tonight
it all comes down to you and me
you never asked me to save anyone
not in whole or in part
like I was some kind of Holy Ghost
come to change their hearts
[Chorus]
you know the tree by the fruit
but just between me and you
I never do what I want
I do what I’m taught
and I’ve been learning a lot
about the violence I’m capable of
so I’m walking away from this
before I hurt someone
‘cause I’m facing enemies

i was killed in a shopping cart
turned upside down and left for dead
i saw a clown try to speak to me
as i floated overhead
i found my way to a familiar place
i swear i’d been sometime before
i would’ve thought it was the marketplace
but i could not find the door
(chorus)
oh i have been to heaven
and i have walked the streets
but i couldn’t find a hand to hold
to keep me on my feet
paradise is a parking lot
a spot up front is your reward
and all the rest walk down streets of gold
to the house they could afford
i got lost in the swelling crowd
i could not afford to eat
you only have what you came in with
so i’m living on the street
(chorus)
oh i have been to heaven
and i found no relief
‘cause i couldn’t find a hand to hold
to keep me on my feet
i heard Jesus Christ was there
he had a car that’s bulletproof
that way everyone is safe
from the man who tells the truth

(chorus)
freddie, please
how could you do this to me
how could you tell me you love me when you hate me
freddie, please
you know i love you honey
but i’ll bleed you dry with money
i’ll talk where i know you can hear
‘cause freddie can’t you see
brother, you’re the one who’s queer
(chorus)
the stone’s been rolled away
and you’re picketing my grave for loving the things you hate
but why do you seek the living among the dead
(chorus)
freddie, please
how could you do this to me
how could you tell them you love me when you hate me

As I survey the ground for ants
Looking for a place to sit and read
I'm reminded of the streets of my hometown
How they're much like this concrete that's warm beneath
my feet
And how I'm all wrapped up in my mother's face
With a touch of my father just up around the eyes
And the sound of my brother's laugh
But more wrapped up in what binds our ever distant
lives
But if I must go
Things I trust will be better off without me
But I don't want to know
Life is better off a mystery
So keep'em coming these lines on the road
And keep me responsible be it a light or heavy load
And keep me guessing with these blessings in disguise
And I'll walk with grace my feet and faith my eyes
Hometown weather is on TV
I imagine the lives of the people living there
And I'm curious if they imagine me
Cause they just wanna leave; I wish that I could stay
And to visit places from my past
But only for an hour or so
Which is long enough to smell the air
To tell the tale and find the door
But I get turned around
I mistake some happiness for blessing
But I'm blessed as the poor
Still I judge success by how I'm dressing
So I'll sing a song of my hometown
I'll breathe the air and walk the streets
Maybe find a place to sit and read
And the ants are welcome company
And I'll walk with grace my feet and faith my eyes.

My name is Mary and I'm from Greenville, Mississippi
But this is where I live here in this old folks'
dormitory
Every Sunday night Sarah comes to see us
And she plays that old upright
But Sarah always seems to leave us
When she plays something comes over me
Goes from my head all the way to my feet
And I wanna dance
I wanna snap my fingers all night long and dance
I wanna move around the room just like a woman in a
trance
All night, I wanna dance
I wanna wrap my arms around your neck and dance
I wanna listen to the music that's been ringing in my
ears
And one day I'm gonna dance my way right outta here
I had three girls and a boy but now one's gone up to
Heaven
She's with her papa now 'cause he left for lack of
penicillin
The older that I get I figure everyone is dying
They're all dying for a change
I know I'm dying for some action
But days like these Sunday seems so far away
So until then I'm gonna sit right here and here I'll
stay
I wanna dance
I wanna snap my fingers all night long and dance
I wanna move around the room just like a woman in a
trance
All night, I wanna dance
I wanna wrap my arms around your neck and dance
I wanna listen to the music that's been ringing in my
ears
And one day I'm gonna dance my way right outta here
I'd marry you, if you could dance, that's what I said

My life looks good i do confess, you can ask anyone
Just don't ask my real good friends
Because they will lie to you
Or worse, they'll tell the truth
Because there are things you would not believe
That travel into my mind
I swear i try and capture them
But always set em free
It seems bad things comfort me
(chorus)
Good lord i am crooked deep down
Everyone is crooked deep down
But good lord i am crooked deep down
Everyone is crooked deep down
Everyone is crooked deep down
There is this girl she was made for me
But she stood me up our wedding day
And now that girl runs around on me
And she's drunk all the time
But I'd die to make her mine
(chorus)
Im not water but im not wine
You could say im just here for the party
With one thing on my mind
Squeezing me and my camel through that needles eye

you wanna rock with the cops on the front line
you wanna kick it with the people in the back
you strike a match and you throw back a cocktail
there’s got to be a better way
(chorus)
it is harder to stay
it is harder to wait
to out-love, to out-suffer them
i wanna dream up a world i wanna live in
i wanna spray it on a building downtown
i wanna protest with patience and a paycheck
‘cause there’s got to be a better way
(chorus)
don’t wanna wait
no drugs or sleep
i wanna hold your hand grenade
God bless these bombs
baptize this rope
lie with us in the bed we’ve made

I’m not scared to look into your eyes
even with him standing right beside you
love is hard, especially when you’re not mine
so here’s to you, you can take my heart ‘cause I’ve lost
my mind
[Chorus]
I can’t be with you but I can’t be without you
there’s not a doubt in my mind
I can’t be with you but I can’t be without you
wherever I go you’re always close behind
I’m not ashamed to tell you how I feel
that’s not a crime even in Nashville
it’s dangerous to keep it all behind your eyes
‘cause we both know the truth is stronger than the lies
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
behind the words I say to you

You ravished me with yone look of your eyes
You, you are fair, you're so fair, oh my love
Better than wine is your love
If you can't find me it's alright, oh my love
Stay with your friends, i will come speak to you
'cause you are mine, oh my love
And better than wine is your love
Better than wine is your love, is your love
Better than wine is your love, is your love
You are beautiful, eyes like doeves, oh my love
You have lips like jewels, hair of gold, oh my love
Wild as a vine is your love
But btter than wine is your love
I tell you, my beloved
You cannot be replaced with my left hand beneath your head
And my right arm around your waist
So take a deep breath
Because i feel a little drunk
But i'm in my right mind babe
And i know your love is much...
Better than wine is your love, is your love
Better than wine is your love, is your love
You are beautiful, eyes like doeves, oh my love
You have lips like jewels, hair of gold, oh my love
Wild as a vine is your love

Beloved these are dangerous times
Because you are weightless like a leaf from the vine
And the wind has blown you all over town
Because there is nothing holding you to the ground
So now you would rather be
A slave again than free from the law
(chorus)
Beloved listen to me
Don't believe all that you see
And don't you ever let anyone tell you
That there's anything that you need
But me
Beloved these are perilous days
When your culture is so set in it's ways
That you will listen to salesmen and thieves
Preaching other than the truth youve received
Because they are telling lies
For they cannot circumcise your hearts
(chorus)
Beloved there is nothing more
No more blessings and no more rewards
Than the treasure of my body and blood

i admire these men
brave and beautiful
grabbing the blade from all the wrong sides
like children
they bring skins and smoke
we bring shackles and guns
we’ll trade with them and then we’ll take them home
it’s simple
it’s so simple
they’re not like us
(chorus)
becoming a slave is easier than you think
there’s always a price to pay
it’s gotta hit somebody’s back
trust me, new worlds don’t just build themselves
progress has more than one face
evil isn’t always itself
there’s nothing you can change without changing
everything else
it’s simple
it’s so simple
if they’re not like us
(chorus)
talk from every head
a product in every word
it’s under out feet and you know it’s over our heads
and everyone’s telling the truth
in languages that nobody speaks
till you listen close and hear what you believe
television
teleaction

Im robbing peter, im paying paul
Im changing my name back to saul
I got to them and you know I'll get to you
Im turning shepherds into sheep
And leaders into celebrities
Its holy sabotage, just look around you
Chorus
Cause everythings for sale in the 21st century
And the check is in the mail from the 21st century
Don't want the song i want a jingle
I love you Lord but don't hear a single
And the truth is nearly impossible to rhyme
But i know the songs with all the hooks
And i know some lies that will sell some books
So grab em fast, im running outta time
Just keep selling truth in candy bars
On billboards and backs of cars
Truth without context, my favorite of all my crimes
Chorus
Bridge
What works verses what's right
Hey what's the difference tonight?
Take out the sign, forget the meal
Weve got a gym and a farris wheel
I swear it's just like the country club down the block
Cause you can make your life look good
You can do what Jesus would
But you'd be surprised what you can do with a hard heart
Chorus
I think youve got trouble in the 21st century
So welcome to the struggle, it's the 21st century
I never thought I'd make it to the 21st century
Lord, i love the 21st century
I write these words from the grave
Cause it's the only place that im safe

The image of God invisible
The firstborn of all life
Before and within, He holds it all in
One name, one faith, one Christ
(chorus)
No one is good enough to save himself
Awake my soul tonight to boast nothing else
I trust no other source or name
Nowhere else can i hide
This grace gives me fear, and this grace draws me near
And all that it asks it provides
(chorus)
(bridge)
No seam in this garment
All my rags to hide
No less than your love for Jesus is mine
When i stand on the edges of jordan
With the saints and the angels beside
When my body is healed and the glory revealed
Still i can boast only Christ

i’m building a house on the limb
i need something that could stop a war
but i’m beset on all sides
by extremists with eyes on my heart
so i lie to everyone
i’ve lied to so many lovers
i’ve gotten away with it too
but if God is against us
then who can be for us my friends
there’s justice for everyone
please take your hands off my brother
please take your laws off my lover
the agents of law
should always be blind and on time
till there’s freedom for everyone
where are your american brothers
american before they were named
they’re a huddling mass
with no oceans to cross for our shores
where there’s fortune for everyone
oppression is always oppression
no matter the reasons or means
for skin or for sex,
by stares or by fists it’s the same
there are blinders on everyone
i’ve looked through the eyes of my father
i’ve walked through lincoln’s backyard
and there’s still a backseat
when you ride on the bus through this town
there’s color on everyone
so we lie beneath a tree of no color
like an american flag umbrella
it keeps the elements out
and it’s stuck to the ground in this place
but there’s room for everyone
i know a way out of hell
we raise all our enemies’ children
after they’ve murdered ours
we affix all their scars to our walls
so there’s heartbreak for everyone
in the end it will all be ok
that’s what the wise men tell us
so if it’s not ok then it’s not the end, oh my friends

I’m so tired of these mortal men
with their hands on their wallets and their hearts full
of sin
scared of their enemies, scared of their friends
and always running for re-election
so come to DC if it be thy will
because we’ve never had a savior on Capitol Hill
you can always trust the devil or a politician
to be the devil or a politician
but beyond that friends you’d best beware
‘cause at the Pentagon bar they’re an inseparable pair
and as long as the lobbyists are paying their bills
we’ll never have a savior on Capitol Hill
[Bridge]
all of our problems gonna disappear
when we can whisper right in that President’s ear
he could walk right across the reflection pool
in his combat boots and ten thousand dollar suit
you can render unto Caesar everything that’s his
you can trust in his power to come to your defense
it’s the way of the world, the way of the gun
it’s the trading of an evil for a lesser one
so don’t hold your breath or your vote until
you think you’ve finally found a savior up on Capitol

Don't teach me about politics and government
Just tell me who to vote for
Don't teach me about truth and beauty
Just label my music
Don't teach me how to live like a free man
Just give me a new law
I don't wanna know if the answers aren't easy
So just bring it down from the mountain to me
I want a new law
I want a new law
Gimme that new law
Don't teach me about moderation and liberty
I prefer a shot of grape juice
Don't teach me about loving my enemies
Don't teach me how to listen to the Spirit
Just give me a new law
What's the use in trading a law you can never keep
For one you can that cannot get you anything

what would you do
if someone put a gun to your head
and ask you to tell them a lie
what would you say
if you were pushed that way
to betray yourself to keep yourself alive
is life worth so much
[Chorus]
there’s got to be a love that’s stronger than our fear
of everything being out of control
everything being out of control
what would you do
if someone would tell you the truth
but only if you torture them half to death
tell me since when do the means justify the ends
and you build the kingdom using the devil’s tools
can time be so short
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
there is a day that’s been inaugurated but has not yet
come

Who's your brother, who's your sister
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we're all migrating to the place where our father lives
'Cause we married in to a family of immigrants
My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a king & a kingdom
There are two great lies that I've heard:
"the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die"
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him
But nothing unifies like a common enemy
And we've got one, sure as hell
But he may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife