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Sarah traded her laughter for guilt
There's no hope left in her eyes
And the sentence for the wrong she's done
Is a lonely life
And we ask what has she done
As if that could make it ok
It's amazing what comfort we find in distance
Put yourself in her place
[CHORUS]:
We all need forgiveness
We all need a second chance
We all need to be giv'n grace
Well Deacon's got it all figured out
At least that's the way it seems
And he proudly wears his victories around
On his sleeve
He's the first to point his finger
When others don't measure up
God forbid he ever has to drink
From this bitter cup
[BRIDGE]:
I've messed up so many times
It's my past that I'm haunted by
If I'm ever going to truly live
Grace I must accept, grace I must give
Grace I must give
[CHORUS]:
We all need forgiveness
We all need just one more chance
We all need to be giv'n grace
Yeah, are you giv'n
Forgiveness
We all need just one more chance
We all need to be giv'n grace
Yeah, are you giv'n grace
Are you receivi'n grace
Are you giv'n grace
I think I met you on the seventeenth floor
When I stood on Margot's window sill
Or maybe it was in the Crimean war
When I lost my middle finger
I really don't love you
It just looks that way
Radio lover meets serial killer
He says it's inevitable
She says call me Grace
I think I met you on the mental ward
You watched me juggle my life
Or maybe it was in some naphthalene story
Roman candles and wine
I think I met you on death row
Somewhere in Louisiana
Or maybe it was at Heathrow
You were flying to Cancun
I think I met you at Graceland National
I was the one torching the bike
Or maybe it was at the abattoir
I was the one with the knife
Written by Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon
";A song about thanksgiving - not the holiday, just the act of giving thanks."; KB
Bobby's lyin' round like the wakin' dead
He's got a big black cloud hangin' over his head
I want to get him up, get him out the door
I'd like to get him drunk, but he don't drink no more
He says, ";Oh, buddy, I really thought she was the one
Tell me what happened, 'cause we were havin' so much fun.";
Some of us will live in love, and some will watch love die
There but for the grace of you, go I
Girl but for the grace of you, go I
Teddy married Betty, when they were still in school
And he never was her first choice, she never was his fool
50 years together, that was somethin' less than bliss
Rarely did they tell the truth and rarely did they kiss
Pass the fish sticks, and tell me what you did today
And the clock ticks, they're runnin' out of things to say
I've seen ashes in the wind, and I've never seen him cry
There but for the grace of you, go I
Girl but for the grace of you, go I
Off we go in a cloud of dust, let the chips fall where they must
Girl you turned my life around, in the time it takes a heart to pound
Some of us will live in love, and some will watch love die
There but for the grace of you, go I
Girl but for the grace of you, go I
i'm big, and small
it hurts to crawl
this velvet aisle again
and their eyes feast
on my deceased
they hold the cherry of my pit
come please and fel my deceased
i know you walk aside your child
and her eyes closed, soul rose
earth will patch the cracks within
i dig a hole for all my sins
big, small
a pain inside you all
will touch your spine when i give in
and grace falls
13 years to tall
i once walked aside my child
There's the moon asking to stay
Long enough for the clouds to fly me away
Well it's my time coming, i'm not afraid to die
My fading voice sings of love,
But she cries to the clicking of time
Oh, time
Wait in the fire...
And she weeps on my arm
Walking to the bright lights in sorrow
Oh drink a bit of wine we both might go tomorrow
Oh my love
And the rain is falling and i believe
My time has come
It reminds me of the pain
I might leave
Leave behind
Wait in the fire...
And i feel them drown my name
So easy to know and forget with this kiss
The sky is grey and the light is far
The sea is a rage within my heart
I turn my sight to the crashing waves
I cry in the night just to be saved
Cause I need eyes to be my guide
I need a voice that's louder than mine
I need hope and I need You
Cause I can't do this alone
Grace I call Your name
Oh won't Your smile fall over me
I'm cracked and dry on hands and knees
Oh sweet grace rain down on me I need You grace
I pray for dawn a new day to live
I pray for mercy only Jesus gives
Though darkness falls and a million cry
Once you were an angel
Jesse honey is it hard to take
Does it feel so bad to be 28 you were 23
And you could do anything now you open your mouth
And spit the gutter out
I was walking down by the river thames
I decided that I should throw me in
Because you broke my heart and you made me weep
In the name of your sensitivity
Still once you were an angel
Did nobody tell you jesse honey oh you look so pale
And old and so very I'll at ease these days
So you tell yourself that you'll never win
And you drown your sins in amphetamine
Do you weary so of that bitter taste
So you spit in my face just to keep you entertained
Still I can only love you I have no option but to
Is hard to take is it is it hard to swallow
Is it is it hard to take from grace
Once you were an angel
Did nobody tell you jesse honey is it hard to take
Does it feel so bad to be 28 you were 23
And you could do anything
Now you open your mouth and you spit the gutter out
Out in the summer rain
You will begin again
Out in the summer rain
I'm on my knees
Only memories
Are left for me to hold
Don't know how
But I'll get by
Slowly pull myself together
There's no escape
So keep me safe
This feels so unreal
Nothing comes easily
Fill this empty space
Nothing is like it seems
Turn my grief to grace
I feel the cold
Loneliness unfold
Like from another world
Come what may
I won't fade away
But I know I might change
Nothing comes easily
Fill this empty space
Nothing is like it was
Turn my grief to grace
Nothing comes easily
Where do I begin?
Nothing can bring me peace
I've lost everything
Broken, broken in will
Your past is leaving, disappearing misery saves
Choking, pain is a thrill, rage is instilled
Compassion's a cage
Forgiving the father
Read the story of my skin
I'll be the martyr
Falling from his grace again
Stronger, sooner or later we crawl our way back
Into our favorite hole
Troubles swallow the savior
A violent way to his highest goal
Forgiving the father
Read the story of my skin
Tell me more about the man I should have been
I'll be the martyr
Falling from his grace again
Falling from his grace again
This is where the end begins
The end begins
Falling from his grace again
Falling from his grace again
(Grace, grace)
Reaching out, looking for some way to escape the crowd
You whispered words that I've been searching for
Somehow you answered my call
Reaching out I feel I'm rising up
You give me (grace)
In a world that doesn't sleep at all
You give me (grace)
It's a place I've never been before
You give me (grace)
And in all of the confusion you're the peace in my soul
That's why I will never really be alone
Suddenly, I'm up on the surface now where I can see
And picture the person who I need to be
And I know, yes I know I can make it
See me now, I'm slowly rising up
Well yeah, these are difficult times
These are difficult days
But I know we can face it
Ours are difficult lives
In a difficult place
Oh you give me grace to say when I got it wrong
The grace that wills me to carry on
Can't say I have ever been faithful
Except to God
Never felt I could call anywhere home
Till I fell asleep here in your arms
I never thought I'd fall in love
Your love is my only saving grace
You caress my heart
Kiss my face
Your love is my only saving grace
Sometimes God calls out to me to come home
'Cause I feel so alone
Then I taste your kiss
Your touch your sweet love
I never thought I'd fall in love
Your love is my only saving grace
You caress my heart
Kiss my face
Your love is my only saving grace
I never thought I'd fall in love
I never thought I'd fall in love with you
Your love is my only saving grace
You caress my heart
Kiss my face
Your love is my only saving grace your love.
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I would walk away, today if you decide
It's just a waste of time I would take the pain
I'm so lost in you Although it feels the same that
You've been gone I still held on (to you)
Help me understand why we can't amend
A little more than just good friends
That's all I wanted us to be
So tell me now then why we're here
Confused and drunk on a few beers
Never fear a million years may pass and I would still be
I would still be here
I would still be here
So if you(ve) decided to change your mind
I'll be waiting here for you without exception
Don't it bother you at all you've been acting like a wall
And I've been crashing into you with good intention
I would give a day
A week a month a life a year if it would mean you would stay
I'm so lost in you
Although it feels the same that
You've been gone I still held on (to you)
Help me understand why we can't amend
A little more than just good friends
That's all I wanted us to be
So tell me now then why we're here
Confused and drunk on a few beers
Never fear a million years may pass and I would still be
So if you've decided to change your mind
I'll be waiting here for you without exception
Don't it bother you at all you've been acting like a wall
God, I admit I haven't changed
Playing card houses still covering my landscape
I never expected You to stay
When I'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change
I feel Your grace come running over every road
I love the way You're calling overflow
I feel Your grace come running over every road
You break the floodgates down and carry all
God, I admit that I've loved these chains
And crawling around this cage sometimes has its advantages
I know someday this could get old
Hello sun.
Hello bird.
Hello my lady.
Hello breakfast. May I
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[a phrase - spoken]
If I was the lone ranger
Hiding behind a mask
Wouldn't be any danger
To the questions I ask
What ya say pocahontas
Trade in your feathers and beads
For an electric blanket
And a packet of cigs
You bet
That's what she said
If I had me a needle
For every bubble that popped
Bind them all up like one
You would hear that pin drop
Like a gun shot
Like a shot
And if I was a world leader
Would not mislead the world
I would not miss anything
Miss america knows
That it's only a pageant
That it's only a show
Isn't even film in the camera
These aren't even my clothes
No no no no
Miss america knows
Ah ooh ooh
You remember houdini
Who not a shackle could hold
Carved a trap door into heaven
To escape growin' old
Guess he just couldn't hack it
Bundled up for the cold
Double-breasted straightjacket
French handcuffs of gold
No no no no
He escaped growin' old
The growing old
Shaking my teeth loose on your table
The dullest white squares I'll never be
Now that you've picked each one apart you can't look at me
I'll probably lose you now
But at least the ones I have still sparkle
Putting on your makeup everyday before he wakes up
So he could stomach your face now easier than he could without
Yeah this is love
This is all that you could want
Open equals heavier
Hold your hand out palm side up
Open, empty, light enough
Minutes all turn to months
This is one thing we have all learned
Equations always make up a sum
But it doesn't add up
Signing up for that second semester
Because you won't marry me without the degree
Once I fix things up right you wont be so embarrassed of me
But I'll never make it now
But at least looking in the mirror wont feel like lying
Posing for your still visions
Acedemic postcard prisons
Raise your chin, love
Purged a poem I swore was finished
Heaping lines half chewed unconscious
Settle on a plot, chalk another loss
Stage set for
Breathing and choking on swallowed conversations
Clutching and crawling for constant validation
Still nailed in the ruins of corporate co-dependence
Still stuck on the thought that you're the one exception
All the while the same
I'm worried that the purpose is
How I look, not how I lived
Let's get dolled up and play pretend
Cause nothing stays honest when
Every thought is cursed with intent
A pulse covered in skin and words covered in lips
The taste of regret as it leaves your stomach
Coating your tongue with every noun
Watery eyes the only thing that makes sense now
Spitting your insides out
Start over
Start over
Start over
Start over
Start over
Well we jumped all night
On your trampoline
When you kissed the sky
Made your sister scream
You ate our chips
And you drank our Coke
Then you showed me Mars
Through your telescope
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money, save your money girl
Well you sang your songs
And you made us laugh
So we captured you
In a photograph
And when the stars came out
Your Momma called your name
When the morning comes
We'll get together again
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
Save your money, save your money girl
Save your money
Save your money for the
Save your money for the children
Save your money for the children
(One more time)
Oh Grace
Save your money for the children
Oh Grace
When you were young
You thought that maybe you could be the north star
You didn't know better
By age fourteen they had your feet firmly planted on the ground
Some day you'll find out
What it is
That you wanted to be
Someday you'll find
What it is
That you wanted to be
All of the things you were supposed to be will lead the way to what you are
All of the things you were supposed to be will lead the way to what you are
When do you feel the most alone you've ever felt
Only filling empty space
There's something still I see in you
Sure to me you radiate
Still to me the truest form of grace
Some day you'll find out
What it is
That you wanted to be
Someday you'll find
What it is
That you wanted to be
All of the things you were supposed to be will lead the way to what you are
All of the things you were supposed to be will lead the way to what you are
Please don't go
I cannot breathe you in
Your air is too thick for me
And it makes my lungs sting
Please don't go
I cannot walk beside
Think I'll stay behind a mile
'Cause I don't need you crampin' my style
And do you still have grace
And mercy, mercy
To keep on kissin' my face
Even though I am wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong
Please don't go
Without you I am weak
I find myself drinkin' and sinkin' and seekin'
Please don't go
Sometimes it gets so cold
That I'd rather grab for a blanket instead
Of getting into your comfort zone
Do you still have grace
And mercy, sweet mercy
To keep on kissin' my face
Even though I am wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong
Ooh ... Oooh ...
Oh oh oh ...
Oh ...
I know I've wronged you
I know I've hurt you so many times
I hope I haven't scarred you
You still have grace
And you still have this mercy
To keep on kissin' my face
Even though I am wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong
You still have grace
And mercy, mercy
To keep kissin' my face
Even though I am wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong
If you keep kissin' my face
Cold are the bones of thy soldiers
Longing for home, their little paradise
I don't feel redemption on their side
Fallen from grace, help me rise again
Fallen from grace, help me through
Fallen from grace, help me through
Fallen from grace
Feel these hands, the pressure,
the cold, tremble
Do you hear these words
Do you feel the wounds
I'll never help you through
Cold are thy souls
I feel the resentment
They feel betraid
They hate the cold
Can't say I have ever been faithful
Except to God
Never felt I could call anywhere home
Till I fell asleep here in your arms
I never thought I'd fall in love
Your love is my only saving grace
You caress my heart
Kiss my face
Your love is my only saving grace
Sometimes God calls out to me to come home
'Cause I feel so alone
Then I taste your kiss
Your touch your sweet love
I never thought I'd fall in love
Your love is my only saving grace
You caress my heart
Kiss my face
Your love is my only saving grace
I never thought I'd fall in love
I never thought I'd fall in love with you
Your love is my only saving grace
You caress my heart
Kiss my face
Feeling so strange I'm seeing you clearly now
Your beauty's deadlier everyday
All these people am I the only one
Who found you out
Is no one willing to say, willing to say, willing to say
Why don't you slow down
Turn your head round
Been treading on hearts
That are giving in with a little
Grace - you're getting away with it
Words - but nothing to say with it
You smile and take what you need in any way that you please
Isn't it a shame
You've nothing to show from these
Lies - I told you you'd pay for it
Lonely are the days of your life
You spoke in rhymes and rhythms
The sweetest sounds
They drew me in like a moth to a flame
Oh, all these people you hurt along the way
Will haunt you now
¡®Cos things are going to change, going to change, going to change
Why don't you slow down
Turn your head around
Been treading on hearts
That are giving in with a little
Grace - you're getting away with it
Words - but nothing to say with it
You smile and take what you need in any way that you please
Isn't it a shame
You've nothing to show from these
Lies - I told you you'd pay for it
Lonely are the days of your life
You're beginning to lose
Things are fading in front of your eyes
You've a long way to fall
Before you even realise
That this loneliness hurts
Lonely will be the days of your life
Grace - you're getting away with it
Words and nothing to say with it
You blame but you're not ashamed of it
Hurt - you don't feel the pain of it
Lie - straight in the face of it
Your mind - you should be afraid of it
Your grace - you're getting away with it
Nothing to get in my way
With a little grace - you're getting away with it
Words and nothing to say with it
Lonely are the days of your life
Lonely are the days
You lie - straight in the face of it
Your mind, your mind - you should be afraid
forget the matches that they sold to you
they were used
stick with your golden hue
now I’m glowing too
hoping having a hold on you doesn’t mean I grow dependent
Grace was just hoping for heaven
you can say anything you want to me
they’ll use words you’ve never heard
it makes you unsure
Grace got caught in the melting pot but fights it like a
dream
in all the lying and the screams, she stays quiet and
serene
the adult life’s a bonfire burning
you’ve got to keep a couple feet away to keep from
hurting
wasn’t at first but she’s learning
well you can say anything you want to me
they’ll use words you’ve never heard
it makes you unsure
we’ll let old homes, old bones, all down
we’ll let old homes, old bones, all down
we’ll let old homes, old bones, all down
let em all down
I was lost when You found me here
You pulled me close and held me near
And I'm a fool but still You love
I'll be Your fool for the king of love
He gave me wings so I could fly
And gave me a song to color the sky
And all I have is all from You
And all I want is all of You
It's grace, grace
I'm nothing without You
Grace, Your grace
Shines on me
And there've been days when I've walked away
Too much to carry, nothing left to say
Forgive me Lord when I'm weak and lost
You traded heaven for a wooden cross
And all these years You've carried me
You've been my eyes when I could not see
And beauty grows in the driving rain
Your ode of gladness in the times of pain
It's grace, grace
I'm nothing without You
Grace, Your grace
Shines on me
You're grace, Your grace
I'm nothing without You
Grace, Your grace
Shines on me, oh yeah
Shines on me, shines on me
I'm everything with you
Shines on me, shines on me
It's Your grace
Shines on me, Your grace, oh
Your grace it shines on me
Your grace, Your grace
Shines on me, shines on me
Your grace it shines on me
Lookin' in the papers makes me sorry to be human
A little ray of hope won't hurt at all
A price on every head and it's cheaper when you're dead
The quality of life may have to fall
Muffled voices, world in action
Stir the peaceful, need for longing
I, I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I, hereby do swear to live my life in accordance with grace
Guess, it's human nature to be cruel and to be heartless
That's no excuse to shoot him when he's down
Crawl in on your knees and then bite the hand that feeds
The cages throw their shadows 'cross the ground
Where's the sense in senseless violence?
Hear the silence too forgiving
I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I, hereby do swear to live my life in accordance with grace
Praise, praise
Press your hands in to the pavement
Bathed in glory, here's your moment
I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I, hereby do swear to live my life in accordance with grace
Her grace, her love I adore
For her I do no wrong
Her wings I thought I saw
She's so strong
With you forever let me stay
I won't break your heart don't be afraid
The two of us in my dream
You're my star
This place we'll never leave
We're in love
With you forever let me stay
I won't break your heart don't be afraid
With you forever let me stay
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Gaol,
I think about these past few weeks, oh, will they say
we've failed?
From our school days, they have told us we must yearn
for liberty,
Yet, all I want in this dark place is to have you here
with me.
Oh, Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this
moment linger,
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die.
With all my love, I place this wedding ring upon your
finger,
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
good-bye.
Now, I know it's hard for you, my love, to ever
understand,
The love I bear for these brave men, my love for this
dear land,
But when Pádhraic called me to his side down in the
G.P.O.,
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go.
Oh, Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this
moment linger,
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die.
With all my love, I place this wedding ring upon your
finger,
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
good-bye.
Now, as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking,
too,
On this May morn, as I walk out, my thoughts will be of
you,
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone
will know,
I love so much that I could see his blood upon the
rose.
Oh, Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this
moment linger,
They'll take me out at dawn now I must die.
With all my love, I place this wedding ring upon your
finger,
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
Grace, she takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name
Grace...
It's a name for a girl
It's also a thought that, changed the world
And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness in everything
Grace, she's got the walk
Not on a ramp or on chalk
She's got the time to talk
She travels outside of karma, karma
She travels outside... of karma
When she goes to work, you can hear the strings
Grace finds beauty in everything
Grace...
She carries a world on her hips
No champagne flute for her lips
No twirls or skips between her fingertips
She carries a pearl in perfect condition
What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings...
Because Grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things
Locked in a kiss, outsiders cease to exist
We'll shut it out (of the fist)
Outsiders cease to exist
We'll shut it out
Eight o'clock, the lights are on at Shea
Phone turned down, we've nothing much to say
Dozing off the TV drones
House key makes them turn and glance for home
Locked in a kiss, outsiders cease to exist
Flayed of the fist
Outsiders cease to exist
I don't wanna see, I don't wanna see anything
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be lost again
I don't wanna walk, I don't wanna walk far from You
I just wanna live, I just wanna live like You do
As I stumble to the light of grace
You said You'd always have a place for me
Got a little scared, got a little scared in the woods
And everywhere I turn, everywhere I turn nothing's good
Then I saw a little light, saw a little light shine for me
And I found a little path, found a little path at my feet
As I fumble with the gift of my free will
He says hush now, listen to my voice, be still
My refuge, my Father
The only Living Water
I'm weary, I'm broken
I've cracked my heart wide open
Unholy, unworthy
And still You reassure me
You knew me
Before I new myself
Grace
She takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name
Grace
It's a name for a girl
It's also a thought that
Changed the world
And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness
In everything
Grace
She's got the walk
Not on a wrapper on chalk
She's got the time to talk
She travels outside
Of karma, karma
She travels outside
Of karma
When she goes to work
You can hear the strings
Grace finds beauty
In everything
Grace
She carries a world on her hips
No champagne flute for her lips
No twirls or skips
Between her fingertips
She carries a pearl
In perfect condition
What once was hers
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stains
Because grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things
Grace finds beauty
In everything
Grace finds goodness
Baby comes one time and in his touch
I feel a grace that only he can bring
And with his kiss, I feel a grace
That only he can bring, only he can bring
Baby comes two times and with his touch
I feel warmth and peace that wholeness brings
And with his kiss, deliciousness
And peace that wholeness brings
That only he can bring
And it feels like butter, runnin' over me
Butter, and I'm won over, yeah
Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, butter, that only he can bring
Baby comes three times and with his touch
The electrifying spark is he and me
And with his kiss, a quiet bliss
That only he can bring, only he can bring
And if I taste his grace, his gift
That he gives only to me
Then I can taste desire, delicious fire
That only he can bring, only he can bring
And it tastes like
Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, and I'm won over, yeah
Butter, runnin' over me
Butter, butter, that only he can bring
In the quiet, warm, and fragrant dark
The electrifying spark is he and me
Sometimes I feel like I am
Sailing on a sunken dream
I try to read the signs
But I don't know what they mean
I know when I'm with you
I'm a rich man baby
Grace, I'm not yet born
Come embrace
A soul that's torn
I have got so much to give you
My heart is starved of love
In these radio days
I try to listen hard
To what my conscience says
I know I've sold my soul
I'm going to earn it back now
Grace, I'm not yet born
Come embrace
A soul that's torn
I have got so much to give you
Now that you believe in me
We can fly away
Somewhere safe
I know that you will always be
Giving more than you take
I know when I'm with you
I'm a rich man baby
Grace, I'm not yet born
Come embrace
A soul that's torn
Grace, it can mend if you make my heart your friend
Grace
Grace
Grace
Will you come down off there?
It's a heavenly height
For someone so fragile and haunted at night
And I cannot save you
Try as I might
I'm wasting myself but I want to take flight
Oh kid, if I could, I would try
So they gave you the Bible
But the good book just lied
'Cause nobody said life would be such a trial
And now there are tears in your eyes
It's a long way down
Don't look down, don't look down
And it's hard holding on
But grace will come, so kid hold on
'Cause I just want to love you
I just want to try
'Cause life is so short and we're both gonna die
So put your head on my shoulder
Lift your eyes to the sky
You're my blood and my baby and we're gonna fly
As long as we're here we must try
It's a long way down
Don't look down, don't look down
And it's hard holding on
But grace will come, so kid hold on
I just want to love you
I just want to try
'Cause life is so short and we're both gonna die
Arms outstretched, looking for any chance to take flight.
Chance always favors a prepared mind.
Don't judge the man that I am by the boy that I was back then;
time has changed the circumstance, and left behind my innocence.
Even if the beat slows down.
Even if the love starts fading out, don't go and give it away.
Surface my lack of depth for your lack of grace.
I always knew that I was never good enough for you.
I just never thought you'd find out so soon.
They read better than they can speak.
They speak better than they could ever lead.
Even if the beat slows down.
Even if the love starts fading out, don't go and give it away.
Surface my lack of depth for your lack of grace.
There's a place on the planet
Where I can lean, where I can rest
It's in your arms, on your chest
I am out of balance, in a state of Grace...
State of Grace...
I am scared of taking too much space
For us it was always the case
I am on the way to find my place
Here and now in a taste of Grace...
Taste of Grace...
I hear a sound I hear the bass
Like a fist in my face
I am a new born out of the nest
I was touched by Grace...
Touched by Grace...
I hear the bass, I hear the bass
In my face, in my face
My heart is so proud. My mind is so unfocused.
I see the things You do through me as great things I
have done. And now You gently break me, then lovingly
You take me and hold me as my father and mold me as my
maker.
Chorus:
I ask you: "How many times will you pick me up, when I
keep on letting you down?
And each time I will fall short of Your glory, how far
will forgiveness abound?"
And you answer: " My child, I love you.
And as long as you're seeking My face, You'll walk in
the pow'r of My daily sufficient grace."
At times I may grow weak and feel a bit discouraged,
knowing that someone, somewhere could do a better job.
For who am I to serve You?I know I don't deserve You.
And that's the part that burns in my heart and keeps me
hanging on.
Chorus*
I ask you: "How many times will you pick me up, when I
keep on letting you down?
And each time I will fall short of Your glory, how far
will forgiveness abounds?"
And you answer: " My child, I love you.
And as long as you're seeking My face, You'll walk in
the pow'r of My daily sufficient grace."
You are so patient with me, Lord.
As I walk with You, I'm learning what Your grace really
means. The price that I could never pay was paid at
Calvary. So, instead of trying to repay You, I'm
learning to simply obey You
by giving up my life to you For all that You've given
to me.
Chorus:
I ask you: "How many times will you pick me up, when I
keep on letting you down?
And each time I will fall short of Your glory, how far
will forgiveness abounds?"
And you answer: " My child, I love you.
And as long as you're seeking My face, You'll walk in
The yellow leaves fly with the wind
Covering the graves below the willow
The old man stands in the doorway
Wiping his eyes with soiled sleeve
He kneels at the foot of the graves
And touches the time-worn epitaph
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God
The grief of loss claws at his bleak soul
The wind carries the first freezing rain
With the rain appears a light
The bright ray of the cold autumn day
It illuminates the cliffs beyond the field
And casts vast shades upon the soaked grass
The man recoils from his distant thoughts
The rain flows along his furrowed cheeks
He stares at the warmth of caressing light
And weeps the unseen tears with the rain
He touches the grass with the palm of his hand
And lets the wind sway him towards the past
He follows the path of forgotten oblivion
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail
I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say
we've failed?
From our school days they have told us we must yearn
for liberty
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here
with me
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment
linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your
finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
goodbye
Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
The love I bare for these brave men, the love for my
dear land
But when Pádraic called me to his side down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go
Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment
linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your
finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
goodbye
Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too
On this May morn as I walk out, my thoughts will be of
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone
will know
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the
rose.
Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment
linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your
finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
goodbye
In the innocence fires and silent voices
Parading in your head
Yeah, some you'll fight and some you're kissing up
So you can be a better man
Grace, she calls you by your name
She whispers of a place where living waters flow
Your fears have sown such desperation
I can see it in your thirsty eyes
In the valley of your own decision
Let go fall and try
Grace, you've got to listen for the sound
Calling out your name, spring up through the underground
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail
I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say
we've failed?
From our school days they have told us we must yearn
for liberty
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here
with me
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment
linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your
finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
goodbye
Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
The love I bare for these brave men, the love for my
dear land
But when Pádraic called me to his side down in the GPO
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go
Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment
linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your
finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
goodbye
Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too
On this May morn as I walk out, my thoughts will be of
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone
will know
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the
rose.
Oh, Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment
linger
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die
With all my love I'll place this wedding ring upon your
finger
There won't be time to share our love for we must say
goodbye
There's the moon asking to stay
Long enough for the clouds to fly me away
Oh, it's my time coming, I'm not afraid, afraid to die
My fading voice sings of love
But she cries to the clicking of time
Of time
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Fire
And she weeps on my arm
Walking to the bright lights in sorrow
Oh drink a bit of wine we both might go tomorrow
Oh my love
And the rain is falling and I believe
My time has come
It reminds me of the pain I might leave
Leave behind
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Fire
It reminds me of the pain I might leave
Leave behind
And I feel them drown my name
So easy to know and forget with this kiss
I'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow, ohh
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wa-wa-wait in the fire
Your head is a temple, I walk with the lamb
At your fountain I wash the blood from my hands
I pray deep inside you, where no one can see
Except for the spirit that binds you and me
If there's a reason that I'm quiet when I'm with you
It's because I feel at ease
I wouldn't want to spoil this moment by just talking
When my soul has been released
You bring me grace
You bring me grace
Your heart is an altar , I kneel in disgrace
Awaiting redemption, my sin on my face
When I am weak, I feast on your love
For there's on one below you and no-one above
If there's a moment that I have to be without you
I know you will wait for me
To take a second and remember that I love you
And that we will always be
You bring me grace
You bring me grace
If I am weak, I will be blessed
If I am tempted, I will confess
Your love is a sacrifice, for I am the blade
By your little death are both of us saved
You bring me grace
You bring me grace
Into the heart of me, to every part of me
You make an art of me
You bring me grace
You bring me grace
Into the heart of me, to every part of me
Heaven knows I’ve done wrong; mercy helped me see I’ve been living a lie.
And while writing this song, thinking ‘bout Your goodness I started to cry.
Yes, oh oh oh grace; what would I do without grace (do without grace)
Hide behind a painted smile; you lash out and sing while you’re spiritually down, yeah
There’s no need to sit in denial; He knows all about it and understands why (yes He does)
Oh oh oh grace (oh grace oh grace); what would I do without grace
Oh oh oh grace; where would I be, where would I be without grace
How can you love me still when I’ve done wrong (grace)
And how can I make it through this angry storm (oh grace)
Say oh oh oh grace; what would I do without Your grace
Oh oh oh grace; where would I be without grace (where would I be without grace)
What can make me whole in my soul (grace grace)
What can wash my sin (grace)
Say grace; what would I do without Your grace (couldn’t make it)
Tell you what lately I’ve learned; He picks me up whenever I’m down
(Have you ever been down? I’ve been down.)
Nothin’ I’ve done or can do can take away this love, this love that I’ve found
Oh oh oh grace (grace); what would I do, what would I do without grace
Oh oh oh grace; where would I be without grace
Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I’m found, I was blind but now I see
That’s why we say amazing; that’s why we sing amazing grace (I can’t move without it)
Shaking my teeth loose on your table
The dullest white squares I'll never be
Now that you've picked each one apart you can't look at me
I'll probably lose you now
But at least the ones I have still sparkle
Putting on your makeup everyday before he wakes up
So he could stomach your face now easier than he could without
Yeah this is love
This is all that you could want
Open equals heavier
Hold your hand out palm side up
Open, empty, light enough
Minutes all turn to months
This is one thing we have all learned
Equations always make up a sum
But it doesn't add up
Signing up for that second semester
Because you won't marry me without the degree
Once I fix things up right you wont be so embarrassed of me
But I'll never make it now
But at least looking in the mirror wont feel like lying
Posing for your still visions
Acedemic postcard prisons
Raise your chin, love
Purged a poem I swore was finished
Heaping lines half chewed unconscious
Settle on a plot, chalk another loss
Stage set for
Breathing and choking on swallowed conversations
Clutching and crawling for constant validation
Still nailed in the ruins of corporate co-dependence
Still stuck on the thought that you're the one exception
All the while the same
I'm worried that the purpose is
How I look, not how I lived
Let's get dolled up and play pretend
Cause nothing stays honest when
Every thought is cursed with intent
A pulse covered in skin and words covered in lips
The taste of regret as it leaves your stomach
Coating your tongue with every noun
Watery eyes the only thing that makes sense now
Spitting your insides out
Start over
Start over
Start over
Start over
Hey Grace, you're beautiful
Your face so meaningful
I embrace the thought of you
Hey Grace, I lost you
Hey Grace, I lost you
I'm sure we've met before
In a dream, down by the shore
Where thoughts were readable
Hey Grace, I lost you
Hey Grace, I lost you
So how will I find all the pieces you left behind?
And how will I find all the traces you left behind?
Hey Grace, you're beautiful
Your face so meaningful
I will chase the dream of you
Hey Grace, I lost you
Hey Grace, I lost you
So how will I find all the pieces you left behind?
And how will I find all the traces you left behind?
Hey Grace
Hey Grace
Hey Grace
One, two, three, four.
Cold rain to splash water diamonds colored green and
Flash the sun to paint green her hair.
Cold rain to splash water diamonds colored green and
Flash the sun to paint green her hair.
Your silver streak flash
Your silver streak flash
Your silver streak flash
Across the tiny door of my eye
Across the tiny door of my eye.
Warm wind to touch the trees colored blue and
Flash the moon to paint blue my heart.
Warm wind to touch the trees colored blue and
Flash the moon to paint blue my heart.
Your silver streak flash
Your silver streak flash
Your silver streak flash
Across the tiny door of my eye
Across the tiny door of my eye.
Soft skin to spend the every day colored gold and
Flash the sea to paint gold our love.
Soft skin to spend the every day colored gold and
Flash the sea to paint gold our love.
Your silver streak flash
Your silver streak flash
Your silver streak flash
Across the tiny door of my eye
Across the tiny door of my eye.
I love you
I love you
Every time you touch my face
Every time you touch my face
I feel your soul's amazing grace
Every time
Every time you touch my face
I'll try to love you tenderly
I'll try to love you tenderly
Loving you comes easily
I'll try to love
I try to love you tenderly
Take my hand and don't look back
Take my hand and don't look back
We'll take a ride on the railroad track
Take my hand
Take my hand and don't look back
We'll sing a song to the cities beat
Where the white sheets hang above the dusty streets
The songs we sing sound so sweet
We'll sing a song to the city's beat
I can tell that you need your sleep
I can tell that you need your sleep
We've been running round these lonley street
I can tell
I can tell that you need your sleep
How much time do you think we got
How much time do you think we got
We had a little now we hope for lots
Tell me
How much time do you think we got
Lets raise a glass to the ones we love
Raise a glass to the ones we love
And spare a thought for the ones above
Raise a glass
Raise a glass to the ones we love
Lets raise a glass to the ones we love
Raise a glass to the ones we love
And spare a thought for the ones above
Raise a glass
