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Adam was livin' a care free life
Nothin' to do but hang out all night
God said to Adam "I think you'll agree
You need someone to run things" so He made Eve
(She said) I'm livin' proof God blessed His daughters
I got what you need
You've seen fire, wind and water
But you ain't seen nothin'
Oh no - you ain't seen nothin' like me
Samson was one of the lucky few
Strong as a bull and the coolest hairdo
Well, you all know that after Delila got sore
He was nothin' but a crumpled mass on the floor
CHORUS
She said "now don't you fret
No, don't you worry
I'll be the ghostwriter
Of the rest of HIStory"
God made woman on a beautiful day
But don't you cross her or she'll make you pay
He made her strong and he made her sweet
And if she weren't around we'd be dead in a week
Who is this who challenges the ruling of the crown?
Father we must crush him and he never will be found
We must find a way, the man will surely pay
And when there's nothing left to try ...
He must take it back, this is the only way
We can't be party to the lie
Party to the lie
Something burns inside of me that you don't understand
I'm under the authority of God and not of man
God will make a way, He will decide my fate
And whether or not I live or die
I won't take it back, this is the only way
I can't be party to the lie
Party to the lie
God will make a way, He will decide my fate
And whether or not I live or die
I won't take it back, this is the only way
I won't be party to the lie
God took the Promised Land and put it in my bloodstained hand
I can sell you grace for your soul or you'll burn in hell far below
I'm your Priest, I'm your King, I'm a Saint
This love your enemies thing's down the drain
Tell me, do you know my name?
Look I got two big horns like a lamb
Even though Peter was married I can't
Look I've got great big armies like a General
I may have a mistress but at least I'm a hetero
I'm your Priest, I'm your King, I'm a Saint
This love your enemies thing's down the drain
Tell me, do you know my name?
Tell me, do you know my name?
Tell me, do you know my name?
A bridge that can span a hundred miles
Can break without warning
You can put on your face, you can put on your smiles
The strain is still showing
You worked yourself sane right to the bone
And came up with nothing
But the thing you need most is about to be
Hold on it's coming now
Yeah
All of your life you've been waiting
For someone to touch you inside
With life passing by you were one rock shy of a landslide
You're on the brink of becoming
Strap in, get ready to ride
You don't have to try, you're just one rock shy of a landslide
If there is a word you've always said
It would have to be never
You thought you were through, you thought you were dead
The movie was over
There was nothing to do but wait 'til the end
Man bring on the credits
But a wild wind blew you right on the screen
Or it will if you'd let it
Yeah
All of your life you've been waiting
For someone to touch you inside
With your life passing by you're just one rock shy of a landslide
You're on the brink of becoming
Strap in, get ready to ride
You're like blue to the sky
You're one rock shy of a landslide
All of your life you've been waiting
For someone to touch you inside
With your life passing by you were one rock shy of a landslide
You're on the brink of becoming
Strap in, get ready to ride
You're like blue to the sky
You're one rock shy of a landslide
Shy of a landslide
A wild boar has entered in the vineyard
We'll burn his books and skin him alive
And we'll do him like all the rest
He never more will rise
You are Babylon the destroyer
You destroyed the truth with all of your lies
And you will go down to the grave
And never more will rise
A wild boar entered in the vineyard
We'll burn his books and skin him alive
And we'll do him like all the rest
[I. Introduction]
[Instrumental]
[II. Never Pass Away]
With the slip of hand and a boombox
I am the man with a plan and the drum drops
Going off to a place that I never knew
I don't mind doin' time goin' solo
All I know is there's so much I don’t know
I’m just lookin' for something to fall into
I’m in control of having no control
Drudgery days I had to let them go
And seek to find
Some peace in my mind
And not look behind..
[Chorus:]
But there’s a road in the blazing sun
There's a flow that I can’t outrun
I’ve got to find my life my way
To a world that will never pass away
In the heat of the day pushin’ midnight
I got nothing to say that’s a sound byte
Life's too short for a bottom line
I don't want a cliche or a peep show
Say what you gotta say and then let's go
The world is waiting on the other side
There was a way I lived in humble pride
Everyday in spiritual genocide
The desert sand
The days of the damned
Left holes in my hand..
[Chorus]
But there's a road in the blazing sun
There's a flow that I can't outrun
I've got to find the truth my way
To a world that will never pass away
Never pass away
The bottom drops out and you're nowhere
Nowhere to be found
Lost in the tide of the other side
In the city of the sound
It didn't take long to change you
Promised son to a re-run
But truth never dies so lift your eyes
Forward to the... forward to the sun
[III. Losing Your Soul]
Live like a face card hangin’ in the window
You’re a big band blastin’ on the 4th of July
You got the babe Nazi - got the paparazzi
You can tell them all to wait 'cause their rules don’t apply.. let’s fly!
Jesus you loved him once when you were little
But you can't play second fiddle for some pie in the sky
Now the nice kid’s cigar is gettin’ fatter
But it doesn’t really matter cause we're all gonna die
And you lie ־ while gain the world's control
You might be losing your soul
The Calendar kid and the thin Mad Hatter
They all keep getting fatter from the seeds that you sow
It's really all you; you tell them you’re a family
You’re a racer-embracer but it's all just a show
So you lie ־ you might hit the highest goal
But you’re still losing your soul
So you lie - while you gain the world's control
You might be losing your soul
You might be losing your soul
[IV. The Mystery]
Looking back you're reminded of the numerous losses
The losses that you knew from a previous plauge
In spite of the knowing and rather than growing
You come up with excuses intentionally vague
With obvious lack of heartfelt care
Stripped of all feeling emotionally bare
You find yourself just standing there
Trying to explain the mystery
Stagnant love of former generations
Built on pretense and conditional love
Your selfish soul feeds on past revelation
Holding the mystery in history’s glove
With obvious lack of heartfelt care
Stripped of all feeling emotionally bare
You find yourself just standing there
Trying to explain the mystery
[V. Some Kind Of Yesterday]
Timeline
Leaves you blind
No sense of depth or height
Beyond you
You step into
The raining rays of light
Some kind of yesterday
Is calling you from world’s away
And I've come to let you know
You can’t get in without letting go
Let this other life
Have
Control
Sunshine
Pours like wine
You’re standing at the door
A silhouette
It’s like you’ve met
But never known before
Some kind of yesterday
Is calling you from world’s away
And I've come to let you know
You can’t get in without letting go
Some kind of yesterday
Is calling you from world’s away
The one you believed it then
Whoever love for you will never end
He's calling you to rise
Rise Again!
[VI. Never Pass Away (Reprise)]
So the days in the desert sand
Makes the way for the happy man
By the blood of his greatest friend
Comes the one who has life again
'Cause there's a road in the blazing sun
There's a truth that I can't outrun
He led me out from the smoke and ash
With his love that'll never pass away
There's not much more I have to say
But that this place isn't far away
For all the ones lookin' for a place to stand
For everyone stranded in the cold dry land
There's a road in the blazing sun
There's a truth that I can’t outrun
He’ll raise us up from the smoke and ash
There’s a love that'll never pass away
There's a day that'll surely come
When we’ll rise like the blazing sun
And we'll stand glorious at last
In a world that'll never pass
It'll never pass
And at the designated time
At the usual venue
He went calling in the night
Children where are you?
Children where are you?
Why?
Why are you hiding?
You were ashamed
You fled my eyes
I gave you life
And all that I wanted
Was just one thing
What I feel I can't say
But my love is there for you anytime of day
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed
Tell me what is my life without your love?
Tell me who am I without you by my side?
What I know I can't do
If I give my loveness to everyone like you
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed
Tell me what is my life without your love?
Tell me who am I without you by my side?
What I feel I can't say
But my love is there for you anytime of day
But if it's not love that you need
Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed
Tell me what is my life without your love?
Out here pn a desert plain
I can't explain tho call of my soul
East looks bleak and west looks black
There's something here but the way I don't know
Weathering sky
I don't know why you call to me
Call to me again
Weathering sky
I don't know why you call to me
Let me be again
Like it would never end
High in the hills and far away
There's a land that flows with yesterday's rain
Where tomorrow waits with an open hand
And we live the plan of love beyond pain
I've swam the oceans and been dry
I've chased the mountains and been low
But now l see the sky
Turn me from the ways that hurt
Set my sights up to the sun
To the sun
Fill me with fire!
Weathering sky
I don't know why you call to me
Call to me again
Weathering sky
I don't know why you call to me
Let me be again
Hearts can turn away
And the roots of bitterness can carry the day
And I was done, it was over
I'd become
Just another heart without a home
And I was angry that God had left me alone
Since I had
No hope of living
I began
And started giving
My life, my shame
I gave it all to him
My heart, my strife
Can you change this wasted life?
Time took time away
But he was reaching when I was so far away
Through many years
Through death's valley
He knew my tears
I believe he allowed me
My life, my sin
Oh, I gave it all to him
My heart, my strife
Can you change this wasted life?
My life, my shame
Oh, I gave it all to him
My heart, my strife
Can you change this wasted life?
My love, my shame
Oh, I gave him all my pain
The truth inside
Can you change this wasted life?
My life, my shame
I gave it all to him
With tears in my eyes
What is there to say?
My face it may betray me
Thoughts have all escaped me
I'm not sure what to do
I know straight away
I never give a maybe
She looks like an actress
Waiting for her cue
Cuz now I don't think anything at all
So I'll say nothing and I hope you think I'm deep
She continues on and doesn't seem to notice
I'm the caring listener. “Tell me is that true?"
She pauses and says “Well?", expecting some great saying
Silently I'm praying; I haven't got a clue
But now I don't think anything at all
So I'll say nothing and I hope you think I'm deep
Now I don't think anything at all
So I'll say nothing and I hope that you don't think that I'm a creep
While I'm ever contemplating
Awkwardness is multiplied
Suddenly I'm eloquating
Something more has touched...my mind!
What is there to say?
My face it may betray me
Thoughts have all escaped me
I'm not sure what to do
I know straight away
I never give a maybe
She looks like an actress
Waiting for her cue
But now I don't think anything at all
The wind and the rain
Fiercely fall
Pounding on my roof and walls
Feeling nothing like
What I thought it might
When I felt the storm begin tonight
I knew it would
Eventually
Point it's cloudy finger at me
Making me drift behind
Sadly back in time
'Til I heard a voice from somewhere inside
CHORUS:
"Just let the wind and the rain roll off your back
You can do anything but you can't go back
So when you're feeling pain
It ain't no ball and chain
It's just the wind and the rain"
The wind and the rain
Let you know
You are always vulnerable
So if it starts to pour
And what's enough cries for more
Don't pull the shades and lock the door
Running from a destiny I wasn't sure was mine
I chose a life of obscurity and I left my dreams behind
I traded my ambitions for the safe and simple life
But lately I feel far away and inside I feel like I
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
And if I stay here too long now
I may never find that place where I feel like I belong
Can't find my way home
Seeking out fulfillment in a tiny plastic jar
There isn't much to go around when you don't know who you are
And I know that I'm a child of God but He seems so far away
And it doesn't seem to help me much when I kneel down to pray
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
And if I stay here too long now
I may never find that place where I feel like I belong
I know that when I find it I'll have known it all along
I feel like a dark cold night that's reaching for the dawn
Can't find my way home
Show me the way home
Cause if I stay here too long now
I may never find that place where I feel like I belong
Show me the way home
Show me the way home
Lord show me the way home
I know somehow I'll find that place where I feel like I belong
And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God.
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God
Suffer, trespass, stranger redeemed
Leviticus 21:18
The blind, the lame, the flat nosed,
Superfluous
Broken footed on burning sand
The Priest, the seed, the blood stained hand
The leper testifies and turns to dust
And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God
Oblation, vows, the promise of faith
Atonement, the wine, oil and cakes
The sheep, the goats, acceptable in his eyes
The maimed, the blemished, the scurvy scabbed
The creeping things, the firstborn lamb
Avail his presence in the house of sacrifice
And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
I can't let go, I can't let go
I want to let go, I want to let go
Help me!
Princes, Principalities, legals and legalities
They have no more power before us
There's a light that we can see
There's a new reality
Can't you feel he's reaching down for us
Come on in the water's fine
It's ok to take the dive
[I. I'm In A Cage]
As the dream floats by ('neath the towering sky)
There's a move to move me forward
But it only lasts 'til I fall on yesterday
With opinions thrown (like the crowd's first stone)
And the world of men is nowhere
I have a sense of freedom but it feels so far away
'Cause I'm in a cage (of my own making)
I never wanted to be this way
I'm in a cage (my heart is breaking)
But I'll tough it out today
I could move way in (I could move way out)
I could move all the way to Cairo
"But someone would be there; someone that I know too well"
I wanna change my mind (wanna change my heart)
I just need some relief but I know
That it just won't come, that is as long as I'm myself
'Cause I'm in a cage (of my own making)
I never wanted to be this way
I'm in a cage (my heart is breaking)
But I'll tough it out today
I'm in a cage (of my own making)
And now I forgot what the reason is
I'm in a cage (the toll's been taking)
But I guess that's all there is....
There's a reason why the storm is raging
There's a reason why you feel alone (the man's gone to make his way alone)
There's a reason why your soul's been caged in
Can't you feel your need to come back home? (the man's gone)
Feel your need to come back home (the man's gone)
Feel your need to come back home
[II. I Am The Man]
I can't see your throne
So I will build my own
I'll build it high and tall
The world will see I don't need YOU
At all
Look how far I've come
The poor abandoned son
My cities scrape to the sky
I believe in myself
I believe that I can fly....fly...
FLY HIGH!
I am what I say I am
I am the man
If I don't like the deal
I'll invent what's real
If this creates some confusion
I just need a bigger and better illusion
I am what I say I am
I am the man
One hope
One life
One eternal fact
You're a
Part of me
And I want you back
One hope
One life
One eternal soul
One hand
Reaching
All is ever whole
And you won't find me
By living
For the flesh
'Til you come home
I won't let you rest
[III. The Man's Gone (Reprise)]
The man's gone he doesn't need a thing
The man's gone to crown himself as king
The man's gone to make is way alone
The man's gone to make is way alone
The man's gone to turn his heart to stone
The man's gone to make is way alone
IV- Something Within Me Remembers
But something within me remembers
But something within me remembers
But something within me remembers
Deep within my heart
I remember the feeling together
When everything was part of my world
And I was part of everything
It's not too late to change your mind
The soul will lead you'll follow close behind
And your love will leap along
It's been asleep for so long
The drip becomes a gushing pour
You'll know it all at once what your life is for
Now it's open just a crack
When you get the chance....don't hold back
CHORUS:
It's not too late to change
It's not too late to be exchanged
Oh - it's not too late
The door is open wide
It's not too late to jump inside
You can twist your fate
It's not too late
There's nothing more that we can do
We chose it on our own as you will too
It can happen anytime
If you're twenty-one
Or ninety-nine
Chorus (to end)
Princes, principalities, legals and legalities
They have no more power before us
Dark is their reality
There's a light that we can see
Lighting up the pathway before us
There's so much that we can know
There's a godly way to go
Can't you feel he's reaching down for us
His is the best place to be
He's the truth that makes you free
Can't you feel he's keeping his promise
Princes, principalities, legals and legalities
They have no more power before us
There's a light that we can see
There's a new reality
Can't you feel he's keeping his promise now?
Princes, principalities, legals and legalities
They have no more power before us
There's a light that we can see
There's a new reality
Can't you feel he's keeping his promise, promise, promise now?
The prince of the power of the air
Was calling me back out there
The prince of the power of the air
Can lead you down, can lead you down
The prince of the power of the air
Can lead you down anywhere
The prince of the power of the air
With one hand retreating like one that would drink to forget
I sunk to the depths of the deepest black forest of death
I was under the Fatherly care
Of the prince of the power of the air
The prince of the power of the air
Was calling me back out there
The prince of the power of the air
Was taking me anywhere
It's the way of the movement that flies in the face of the son
Live what you feel and watch out for what you might become
It can seem like you're doing just fine
But the creep's creepin' into your mind
The prince of the power of the air
Was calling me back out there
The prince of the power of the air
Was taking me anywhere
The prince of the power of the air
Can bring you down anywhere
The prince of the power of the air
I am no one
I hide outside
I must stay in the darkness
'Cause the sun, it burns my eyes
The scapegoat leaves the people shout [Lev 16:22]
With songs of mercy ringing out
But I am lonely
And dead inside [Eph 2:1]
Clearly God doesn't love me
So I'll just wait outside
Watching the procession pass
The man's gone he doesn't need a thing
The man's gone to crown himself as king
The man's gone to make is way alone
The man's gone to make is way alone
The man's gone to turn his heart to stone
I am a stranger in a desert land
Wound up with nothing and I need a hand tonight
Can't you see where I'm going
A puppet on a string
Can't you see who I am
The man who would be king
I've got the talent, got the people skills
I'm in the moment but the thing that kills me now
No one sees were I'm going
No one sees a thing
No one knows who I am
The man who would be king
The man who would be king
I am a stranger in a desert land
A paraplegic looking for a hand tonight
No one knows were I'm goin'
No one knows a thing
No one sees who I am
The man who would be king
I wish there was a way to start again
Just blink and count to ten
In the land of beginning again
Where no one knows the bad things that you've done
The past is truly gone
In the land of beginning again
And I see a child returning to the sky
We'll all play simple games
And all the hard things there are soft as rain
I wish there was a way to start again
To wake up among friends
In the land of beginning again
And I love my brother more than my own life
And no one feels mean
All things are new
Behold the slate is clean ...
I wish there was
A way to start again
Just blink and count to ten
In the land of beginning again
And the glory (2 Chr 5:14)
And the glory of the Lord
Shall be face to face
And the glory
And the glory of the Lord
Shall dwell in this place
And the Spirit
And the Spirit of the Lord
Shall be like a cloud
Be ye holy
And the Spirit of the Lord
It shall fill the house
It shall fill the house
Sometimes comes a moment when there is no escape
A man by candlelight reads "The just shall live by faith"
And a rushing ray of light comes and hits him at the core
I will write my words upon the door
History is hinged on him playing out the role
The dawn is coming after the dark night of the soul
The simple act has changed our world for evermore
I will write my words upon the door
I will write my words upon the door
Martin saw the jailer with the woman in her bed
With simple words of life he struck the seventh head
The witness stands before the dragon and the whore
I will write my words upon the door
I will write my words upon the door
In the name of God you must pay your penance
If you don't well that's a crime
If you want to buy your way to heaven
We'll indulge you every time
Would you like to come
We'll eat in secret
My water's stolen but it's fine
If you want to know much more about me
Take a look in Proverbs 9
Mercy, mercy we're selling mercy
We are Christ and we'll bless you well
People crying Lord have mercy
But they've gone in through the gates of hell
It's true, look out we're comin' for you!
If you think the whore is only history
Are there those who teach her lies?
Wherever they believe what came out from her
The same spirit is still alive
Mercy, mercy we're selling mercy
We are Christ and we'll bless you well
People crying Lord have mercy
But they've gone in through the gates of hell
How can I keep silent when I know the truth?
How can I stand idly by with the privileged few?
There's criminals in power; the keepers of the lie
They say you've got salvation when they know you're gonna die
I don't wanna be the one to bring the curtain down
I'd much rather stay at home and keep what I have found
But Jesus didn't call me to do what I would do
So how can I keep silent when I know the truth?
What is it that binds me? What can keep me down?
In my very heart of hearts, who shall wear the crown?
But as I read and as I bleed, oh, my heart is fixed
And if I follow blind men, well, we'll fall in the ditch
[Chorus]
Oh Lord I can't justify what the ones above me do
Oh Lord I can testify nothing more or less will do
And I'll be your witness in the wild
The dragon stands in front of me
The virgin's been defiled, Oh God ...
How can I keep silent when I know the truth?
I ask myself one question: What would Jesus do?
Giving up the time we've got to live a life completely
Giving over to the lust that rages in the mind
The Captain fills his place with gold while all the ship is sinking
Calls himself the Bishop-Prince and blood's his favorite wine
Gardens grow as people know and sense the smell of slaughter
Every soul and Saxon senses something's gone awry
The woman in the wilderness - the beast has nearly got her
Men surround the Bishop-Prince and sing their bloody cry
In the name of God you must die
All that's not our truth is a lie
In the name of God you must die
In the name of God you must die
If you want some teeth, just ask why
In the name of God you must die
The pearl is trodden underfoot into the muck and mire
We'll take the Roman Gods except the names will all be changed
The woman's fed by ravens and her feet are in the fire
Cold and bare she's holding there 1260 days
In the name of God you must die
All that's not our truth is a lie
In the name of God you must die
In the name of God you must die
We won't let a sleeping dog lie
In the name of God you must die
And the Captain calls
If they won't pay they'll soon be scratching the dungeon walls
From the highest height to the tenement halls - it's true
Look out we're comin' for you!
In the name of God you must die
Free me - know me
Only you can make the morning mine
Lowly, humbly
As the sunlight lights the way
This is all I've asked for
This is all I've wanted to do
Is to live with you forever
And feel the beauty of your truth
This is all I've asked for
To live a life that's pleasing to you
And be there ever after
You know my heart; you know it's true
Bravely, strongly - You have left the veil of death behind
Something drawing me out into your way
This is all I've asked for
This is all I've wanted to do
Is to live with you forever
And feel the beauty of your truth
This is all I've asked for
To live a life that's pleasing to you
And to be there ever after
You know my heart; you know it's true
All I want is you
Oh God I seek the glory that's from you and from you only
Oh God I seek the glory that's from you
I seek your light through the veil of life
Please come and make me holy
Oh God I seek the glory that's from you
(This is all I ask for)
Oh God I seek the glory that's from you
(To live a life that's pleasing to you)
Oh God I seek the glory that's from you
[I. One Mind]
Long before these brave new modern times
The first madman received the breath of life
He and woman walked this wonderland
Talking daily with the great I am
It had begun....
We were of one mind
Fellowship divine
All creation came
We lived to praise his name
And we walked his way
In the cool of the day
All was made was one big everything
The Father gave the son life's golden ring
And all was rosy in their company
All creation in full diversity
Was only one...
[Chorus]
In the evening breezes they went walking towards the sun
God and his creations had a time when they were one
And they lived together and no other will was done
[II. In A Perfect Light]
Hand and hand and face to face they tarried
Living in one universal mind
In his garden home (day or night)
Man was not alone (in a perfect light)
Like Clark Kent to Superman he's leaping
The pres, the V.I.P. of the grand design
Sin was never known (day or night)
In their garden home (in a perfect light)
And he let him name the things that are
And asked his opinion
Just like the agent to the star
He gave him dominion
And he was made into two
And he gave them a job to do
And they were to care for every part
And love was the union
[III. Where Are You?]
And at the designated time
At the usual venue
He went calling in the night
Children where are you?
Children where are you?
Why?
Why are you hiding?
You were ashamed
You fled my eyes
I gave you life
And all that I wanted
Was just one thing
But you chose a lie
[IV. Reaching From The Heart]
We were of one mind
Once upon a time
But we turned away
We've got to find a way
To get back again
To where it all began
We were torn apart
Now we're reaching from the heart
Make us one we pray
In the cool of the day
Of the day
Sun turns as black as the day
Night turns a cold steel gray
I want to stay
Where the sun cannot be found
Friends cover me in the night
In a castle of warm colored light
Here I will stay tucked away
I'm underground
I thought I was coming to die
And that's what they're thinking outside
But I will stay lost
'Til it's safe there to be found
Writing the book in the day
In words that my people can say
Here I will stay, tucked away
The woman's found a place to go
Where she's gone to nobody know
But Martin's words are like wild fire
Spreading fast as pine on the pyre
Two down, one to go
Columbo sailed in '92
Guttenberg did his thing too
And Calvin came on right away
The human clock reads a whole nother day
Two down, one to go
The woman fled into the dark
From the darkness of man's heart
But she's coming from her hideaway
And I believe she still is today
Two down, one to go
Two down, one to go
I stand accused I'm beaten used and tired
They took all my words and threw them in the fire
As they cast me down there's somethin' found within me
They can grind me dust but life is just beginning
There is a truth that I'm feeling; love full of healing
Somewhere I've never known
As I surrender completely; pure and it's easy
Like I'm already home
I'm already home
Take me away I want to stay by the water
If I pass on won't you tell my sons and daughters
When I am gone you all must go on believing
Lay down your life 'cause love is what gives it meaning
There is a truth that I'm feeling; love full of healing
Somewhere I've never known
As I surrender completely; pure and it's easy
Like I'm already home
There is place full of knowing; like it was snowing
Waking me up at last
And as the pages keep turning; yielding and yearning
Washing away the past
You can know
You can know the truth
He has come
He has come for you
There is a truth that I'm feeling; love full of healing
Somewhere I've never known (Already Home)
As I surrender completely; pure and it's easy
Like I'm already home (I'm already home)
There's a place full of knowing; like it was snowing
Waking me up at last (Already Home)
And as the pages keep turning; yielding and yearning
Washing away the past (I'm already home)
Oh God
I seek the glory that's from you and from you only
Oh God
I seek the glory that's from you
Come out of her my people ...
I saw the light of a thousand angels taking it on the chin
I saw a hundred demons raging suffering blights upon their skin
Just as the woman lay deep in quicksand ready to take the dive
I saw some men with tattooed foreheads
I saw them laying down their lives
But before she disappeared I heard them cry
They set her on a wing bound for the sky
It was a long night's journey
A long night's journey into day
Such a long night's journey
A long night's journey into day
I saw an angel come down from heaven glorious as the sky
Crying that 'Babylon has fallen and every nation has drunk her wine'
My children will not be stooped within her tricked by her sorcery
It's time to come out of her my people
It's time set the captives free"
And then I saw a woman bright and clear
The marriage of the lamb is almost here
God can change the world with just one willing soul
Who will stand up for the truth and give him starring role
So come in to the fullness and open up the door
Maybe it is you he's looking for
Giving up the life we had now Jesus is around us
Filled up with the Holy Ghost we're ready now to fly
But spiritual captivity it still is all around us
I believe the time has come to stand up and to cry
Come out of her - There's a place where your spirit can fly
Come out of her my people
MY PEOPLE!
Not just from the mother but the daughters of the harlot
Everything that comes from her it must be left behind
Her rituals and teaching smells of death and bloody scarlet
Like Martin did before us let the scripture be our guide
Come out of her - There's a place where your spirit can fly
Come out of her my people
Come out of her - The angel will suddenly cry
Come out of her my people
Bravely, strongly
Watch the woman step into the light
Gleaming, leaning
On the arms of the one she loves
This is all I ask for, this is all I've wanted to do
Is to live with you forever
And feel the beauty of your truth
This is all I ask for
To live a life that's pleasing to you
And to be there ever after
You know my heart you know it's true
She's clothed with the sun
My beloved is only one
And her glory has just begun
Can you see her with your eyes?
She's prepared herself just for him
(By the grace of God she's alive!)
She has overcome all her sin
(By the grace of God she's alive!)
Let the day of the lamb begin
(By the grace of God she's alive!)
Calling all people wherever you are
Get ready for the changing that's not very far and you know.....
You know....yes, you know......you know
It's about changing time
It's about peace of mind
It's about falling in love for the very first time
It's about dreams and flight
Going beyond wrong and right
When the change comes everything'll be alright
Calling all people - gather around
Get ready for the changing that's got to come down and you know...
You know....yes, you know......you know
It's about changing time
It's about peace of mind
It's about falling in love like the very first time
It's about losing face
So we can win the real race
When the change comes you're gonna find your place
When the time will come - we don't know when
When the last is done we'll meet again
When the hour is here look to the sky
When the answer comes we'll all know why
Calling all people wherever you are
Get ready for the changing that's not very far
It's about changing time
It's about peace of mind
It's about falling in love like the very first time
It's about dreams and flight
Going beyond wrong and right
When the change comes everything'll be alright
It's about coming home
It's about children grown
It's about falling in love like you've never known
It's about losing face
So we can win the real race
When the change comes you're gonna find your place
Gone - that moment just passed by
It's written in the sky out there
I hope it's somewhere
Pictures - the remnants of our lives
No camera can see quite that far
It can't see how we are
CHORUS:
I hope when I die
I can somehow still be with you
And re-live right now
That's all I really want to do
If time forgets when we were together
I hope the angels will remember
Smiles a million lifetimes wide
And all the tears we've cried can't be
Like drops in the sea
The big screen
That flashes at the end
I hope it lifts us high and then I will get
To see you again
CHORUS
Take a picture of this with your heart and keep it safe forever
Take a picture of us with your heart and we will be together
CHORUS
I once had the luck of a four-leaf clover
I once was a king with a golden crown
But you couldn't climb up without tryin' to kick me down
For the longest time I had no idea
For three long years I had no clue
But I can trace all my misery back to you
Everytime I felt like Steve Segal
You made me feel three feet small
That which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
That which doesn't kill me, man it makes you feel so good
When I'm down and hurting you only wish it would last longer
'Cause that which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
You wanted to fly but the sky was crowded
You wanted to swim but you needed a wave
You wanted to dance so you danced on my ego's grave
There's room in this world for a billion people
There's room in this house for a mom and dad
But there ain't room in your heart for no one to feel bad
'Cause when I go up, you go down
And when I go down, you look so very proud of yourself
That which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
That which doesn't kill me, Lord it makes you feel so good
When I'm down and hurting you only wish it would last longer
'Cause that which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
I think that I just figured out
You're a downer
That which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
That which doesn't kill me, man it makes you feel so good
When I'm down and hurting you only wish it would last longer
'Cause that which doesn't kill me makes you stronger
It makes you stronger
Sweet elation
Come down, come down
And bring a new sensation
All around, all around
A cloud of secrets fills the air [Ex 40:38]
As the lines are blurred
between here and there [Heb 9:24]
Mercy, mercy
Look on, look on
He's gone behind the curtain [2 Sam 7:2]
Where no one's ever gone
His face is shining like the sun [Ex 34:29]
But something within me remembers
But something within me remembers
But something within me remembers
Deep within my heart
I remember the feeling together
When everything was part of my world
And I was part of everything
Sharon's waiting for the other shoe to drop
Sitting there inside her empty house she walks the floor
Turns the T.V. on but she don't care
She's pretty sure she won't become a millionaire today
CHORUS:
She feels like something borrowed, something blue
Something pretty but ugly too
Just like something borrowed, something blue
She's like Cinderella without a shoe
Treasure Island without a clue
Just like something borrowed, something blue
Sharon's thinking "man, I've got alot to do
I'll vacuum again and maybe check for mail that no one's sent me"
She's a raging flower with the world to give
But somehow no one sees her as she really is....
Breath blew right out of me
Like wind across a window ledge
My old forgotten ways
Came rushing back on me
The world that held no interest
Gave way to somber days
So many somber days I felt so all alone
(In my suffering I was home)
So many somber days I was so unaware
Of almost anything but my suffering
How can our sight become so severely limited
We cannot see beyond
The step we're about to take, the love that we did not make
The years so swiftly gone
So many somber days I felt so all alone
(In my suffering I was home)
So many somber days I was so unaware
Of almost anything but my suffering
And I felt unsure under a winter sky
And I would waste away
Coldest sun seemed so far away
Who can heal a heart that's made of clay?
If you're feeling down today
If you're dreading your next breath
You hurt down to the bone
There is someone here with us
God is close as your next breath
He won't leave you alone
Through your somber days when you feel all alone
(All your suffering he has known)
Through your somber days
When you feel like no one cares
(Touch your memory: he is there)
Through these somber days
All these somber days
(He will walk with you all the way)
No matter how it hurts please stay here one more day
Help is on the way
A million people in the sun
A million people waiting for the one [Lev 16:34]
One solid reason to go on
One star that's solid as the Sun
One pillar burning in the night [Num 9:16]
One man steps into the light
One went in with a mighty shout
All wait to see if he'll come out [Ex 28:35]
It's a sacrificial sojourn [Psa 50:5]
It's the bomb, it's all the rage
As the cloud fills the temple [1 Kings 8:10]
The wonder of the age
In a world filled with people
There was only One
Who could stand in the presence
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
A stranger had no place to stay [John 1:11]
A stranger made it all the way
Not once a year but every day
Now we can go – he made the way [Eph 2:6]
But it's a sacrificial sojourn [Psa 48:9]
With our God at center stage
As the cloud fills the temple
With the wonder of the age
In a world filled with people
There is only One
The High Priest of the kingdom [Heb 9:11]
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
It's a sacrificial sojourn
With God center stage
As the Spirit fills the people
The wonder of the age
In a world filled with temples
We can all be one [1 Cor 12:13]
As we stand in the presence
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
But before you enter in
Nothing more can begin
All the darkness that we choose
Lay it down it can't be used
Burn it in the fire
I came to a place in my life
When I looked out at many roads
There must be a way that'll deliver
I looked for the one that was right
Stood frozen in my soul
Show me the way of the believer
Lord, show me the way of the believer
[I. So Many Roads]
Kind of feel like I'm reaching forward
Like a wave on the ocean tide
But there's so many roads to nowhere
So many places I could try
But I feel there is one that will go there
One for me is really right
And I know that my family loves me
But I gotta go and take this ride
Cause there's so many roads to nowhere
So many places I could try
But I feel there is one that will go there
One for me is really right
I've waited so long in maybe
Maybe it's time for me to fly
And search for the one that will save me
That will lead me in the light
Roads to nowhere taking everything I have
They say, "come on now", you won't ever feel bad
Come and you'll be glad
And I feel like I have a calling
But is it only in my mind?
So many roads before me
So many places I could hide
But still there is one that is calling
Maybe one I haven't tried
I've waited so long in maybe
Maybe it's time for me to fly
And search for the one that will save me
That will lead me in the light
So many roads, so many roads,
so many roads to nowhere
So many roads, so many roads,
so many roads to nowhere
So many roads
[II. Star for a Day]
Come on in son our works all fun
You gotta getcha some California sun
If you're not sure, who you are
No personality?
Well we'll invent you one
We'll make you a star for a day
You'll get so high that you can fly away
In a semi-perpetual way
You'll be living the life
out on the king's highway
Hey, be a star for a day
The stadium cheers for Britney Spears
Let's forget about the wounded tender years
Convertible car, a house on the coast
Just take the gig that will pay for the most
We'll make you a star for a day
You'll get so high that you can fly away
In a semi-perpetual way
You'll be living the life out on the king's highway
Hey, be a star for a day
We'll make you a star for a day
You'll get so high that you can fly away
Why don't you put yourself into the play
I'm telling you son this is the only way
Be a star for a day
So many roads, so many roads to nowhere
So many roads, so many ways to fly
If God would just show
Show me the way I'd follow
Surely I'd go, but there's so many roads
So many roads
[III. The Humdrum Life]
Ho ho the humdrum life, here is your security
Make sure that you survive, a wonderful destiny
Have kids and raise them up,
take a picture of the family
And once in awhile you show up, to let them see
you're happy while you work your life away
Ho ho take it slow, check it all thoroughly
Make sure you don't stand out,
this is not the way to be!
Give up your silly dreams, living life fully
Come down the surest road, you can be happy
While you work your life away
Work your life away
Give up your silly dreams, living life fully
Come down the surest road, fulfilling is a fantasy
Dreams won't pay your bills,
you better come and be like me
This is the best way to be
So many roads, so many roads to nowhere
So many roads, so many roads to nowhere
So many roads, so many roads to nowhere
So many roads, so many roads to nowhere
[IV. All the Way to the Grave]
Get a load of him, he's so insane
Here's some stuff that'll set fire to your brain
Forget it all you can party everyday... Hey hey
Live it up! You can be stoned all the way
All the way to the grave
It's the only thing I really like
I can do what I want with my own life
Forget it all you can party everyday... Hey hey
Live it up! You can be stoned all the way
All the way to the grave
Forget it all you can party everyday... Hey hey
Live it up! You can be stoned all the way
All the way to the grave
So many roads, so many roads,
So many roads, so many roads
[V. The Eyes of the Savior]
Behind door number two there is another life
One that will satisfy more than you'll ever know
Now it may not appear beautiful in your eyes
But there's a place where the spirit flies
That'll lead right up to the throne
Before your time is almost gone
Look in the eyes of the Savior
Turn your darkness into dawn
Look in the eyes of the Savior
If love is the greatest and God's love is greater still
Come whosoever will and let Jesus fill your heart
Cause your time is almost gone
Look in the eyes of the Savior
Turn your darkness into dawn
Look in the eyes of the Savior
Cause your time is almost gone
Look in the eyes of the Savior
Turn your darkness into dawn
Look in the eyes of the Savior
Look in the eyes of the Savior
Look in His eyes
[VI. So Many Roads Reprise]
As I look to the grand horizon
Gazing out at the auburn sky
There's so many roads before me
So many ways that I could try
But I'm seeking the One who will guide me
How else can I know what's right?
If I trust in the one who loves me
He will lead me into paths of light
And there's so many roads before me
Don't let me go down the road of pride
I know if I only trust in Jesus
He will lead me to the other side
I came to a place in my life
When I looked out at many roads
Wednesday
I was yesterday's news
Caught in the old
So long goodbye blues
Waiting for summer's light on my door
But summertime dreams don't live here no more
CHORUS:
Seems like that's all there is
So long goodbye
No matter what I wish
Or how hard I try
And me I can't lose those
So long goodbye blues
Sometimes I go out
With friends that I know
And I see the smiling people all in a row
And I wonder why they don't feel like I do
Do their lovers believe?
Do their wishes come true?
CHORUS
I was yesterday's news
Caught in the old
So long goodbye blues
Waiting for summer's light on my door
Fantasy worlds and barren lands
Made for unknown Gods by trembling human hands
Deceived from birth
Conceived to die
Misleading lives without a reason why
Disillusioned souls causing bloody tears
The truth masquerading with Smoke and Mirrors
Disillusioned souls causing bloody tears
The truth masquerading with Smoke, Smoke and Mirrors
Born into bondage as slaves to sin
Inspired to run races that we cannot win
Cleansing water
In a bowl of brass
Remains in obscurity behind darkened glass
Disillusioned souls causing bloody tears
The truth masquerading with Smoke and Mirrors
Disillusioned souls causing bloody tears
The truth masquerading with Smoke and Mirrors
Now we are here among the blind
We seek to know the one beyond all space and time
Reality is sweet for sure
For all of this confusion there is only one cure
He's planted in our souls
Life beyond the years
We will not be victims of Smoke and Mirrors
He's planted in our souls
Life beyond these tears
And we shall be like Him beyond
But during that time
Of darkness and doubt
I began to search for something
Looked up and down
But I barely knew the difference
Between the sky and the ground
Sleeping Jesus
Awaken in the man
Send your spirit
Touch him with your hand
He can't feel you
He cannot see the sky
Sleeping Jesus
Awaken in his mind
The veil of tears
Was wearing quite thin
The weight of wasted years
Left no way to win
But I began to feel his guidance
While I was deep in my sin
Sleeping Jesus
Awaken in the man
Send your spirit
Touch him with your hand
He can't feel you
He cannot reason why
Sleeping Jesus
He's reaching for the sky
Sleeping Jesus
Awaken in the man
Send your spirit
And touch him with your hand
He can't feel you
He cannot see the sky
Sleeping Jesus
Can somebody shout Hallelujah?
Can somebody give an amen?
The church sang and danced
And the band cranked up to ten
They talked about living water
Oh, they sang about Jordan wide
I never felt so out of place in all my life
Sing it high, sing it low
Sing it everywhere you go
Jesus will deliver you from suffering
He's the way, he's the goal
He's the song in your soul
Listen with your spirit and you'll hear it ring
Can't you hear it ring now?
Somethin' kept calling me back there
Oh, the love of the people so strong
Soon I was dancing and clapping and singing along, yes I was
Sing it high, sing it low
Sing it everywhere you go
Jesus will deliver you from suffering
He's the way, he's the goal
He's the song in your soul
Listen with your spirit and you'll hear it ring
Oh, you'll hear it ring
Come on, wooh, come on
Woo hoo, wooh
Sing it high, sing it low
Sing it everywhere you go
Jesus will deliver you from suffering
He's the way, he's the goal
He's the song in your soul
Listen with your spirit and you'll hear it ring
Sing it high, sing it low
Sing it everywhere you go
Jesus will deliver you from suffering
He's the way, he's the goal
He's the song in your soul
Listen with your spirit and you'll hear it ring
[I. No Separation]
Now there is no separation
Standing in the culmination
Of the very love we've never known
Now that we are back together
Striving to be one forever
Let this be the time we call our own
One mind learning one, two, three
One voice singing ecstasy
One heart changing full and free
One love forging unity
Now the way is open for us
A sacrifice made to restore us
To be bring us back the way we used to be
As we once were in the garden
Through his son he gave the pardon
Now we can come back as priests and kings!
[Chorus]
One mind learning one, two, three
One voice singing ecstasy
One heart changing full and free
One love forging unity
It will be......oh my God...
[II. Grand Finale]
[III. Make Us One]
One heart
One voice
One love
One spirit
On our knees with open arms with worship in one spirit
Make us one
Precious Father
Make us one
Make us one
Rejoice
For the king is here
Yes he's with us now
Whispering in your ear
The seed of sight, the birth of sound
The God of heaven to earth come down
Rejoice
For the king has come
Let the spirit move now
And his will be done
Reflections of God's window pane
The dew of heaven fall like rain
The seed of sight, the birth of sound
The God of heaven to earth come down
I drove out to Nashville in the pouring rain
With revolution in the air
With just my guitar, my dog and my tape machine
I thought I might have some luck out there
'Cause I was ready to try anything
Maybe my life was somewhere waiting
I had nothing to lose and less to bring
I was ready to try almost anything
I spent my first night there with a friend of mine
She was from that old party set
I unpacked my bags and all I couldn't leave behind
As it turned out I never left
And I was ready to try anything
Maybe my life was somewhere waiting
I had nothing to lose and less to bring
I was ready to try almost anything
She's a good girl
Loves Jesus like the song says
And through my madness
My heart began to say yes, yes
One day she brought me to her childhood church
Old time religion filled the air
The preacher said you're saved by faith and not by works
I thought "that's good 'cause I haven't worked in a year"
But I was ready to try anything
Maybe my life is right here waiting
I've got nothing to lose and less to bring
I was ready to try almost anything
I was ready to try anything
(Don't want to be a lock to the door)
Maybe my life is right here waiting
(Don't want to be a latch to the window)
I've got nothing to lose and less to bring
We were of one mind
Once upon a time
But we turned away
We've got to find a way
To get back again
To where it all began
We were torn apart
Now we're reaching from the heart
Make us one we pray
In the cool of the day
Somewhere down inside me there's a new sensation
Out there on the edge there is no turning back
I began to feel aware
Of a different kind of power in the air
Like a key in the door, like an opening window
Something had begun
Like a key in the door, like an opening window
I found something new under the sun
God began to deal with me in different circles
I began to hear him like I never had
While I was playing Rock 'n' Roll
He began to fill the silence in my soul
Like a key in the door, like an opening window
Something had begun
Like a key in the door, like an opening window
I found something new under the sun
Though the seeds of happiness
Had been planted in my bones
The soil had too much emptiness
To ever have a home
And when things didn't go my way
I went right back to yesterday
And no one seemed to know the way back home
I'll just find my way alone
I'll just find my way alone
I'll just find my way alone
So the key in the door, like an opening window
At some point I lost the glory
Like a key in the door, like an opening window
I went back into my story
Like a key in the door, like an opening window
Open just a crack
Like a key in the door, like an opening window
Here I am more or less a man
Second rate, the last in line
One of life's little twists of fate
But here I stand
the unaccepted man [Neh 1:9]
At the temple gate...
Sometimes I sit and wonder why
I was born
When everything that I touch
Seems to turn out wrong
Though I'm a mistake
There must be a place I belong
But I'm outside looking in [Luke 15:14]
(Life looks so easy, they all seem so happy)
Yes, I'm outside looking in
(And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
I'm all alone without a friend
'Cause I'm outside looking in
The plan was laid
I guess I was made this way [Psa 51:5]
I've tried before
but I just can't seem to change
Still my heart longs to belong
I wish there was a way
But I'm outside looking in
(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Eph 2:21]
Yes, I'm outside looking in
(And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
The celebration will begin
While I'm still outside looking in
Oh, I'm outside looking in [Gal 4:26]
(They make it look easy to love and be happy)
Yes, I'm outside looking in
(I'm cast out and ugly and nobody loves me)
Oh, nobody knows me now I'm outside looking in
(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Num 24:5]
Oh, nobody sees the ones outside looking in
(And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
Oh, nobody knows me now
As life goes on for them
I will stay here in my sin
Long before these brave new modern times
The first madman received the breath of life
He and woman walked this wonderland
Talking daily with the great I am
It had begun....
We were of one mind
Fellowship divine
All creation came
We lived to praise his name
And we walked his way
In the cool of the day
All was made was one big everything
The Father gave the son life's golden ring
And all was rosy in their company
All creation in full diversity
Was only one...
Chorus
In the evening breezes they went walking towards the sun
God and his creations had a time when they were one
In quiet solitude
I lift my heart to the sky
To the mountain so high
My life is on the altar
With music all around
His spirit enters my soul
Like nothing I've ever known
Like stillness on the water
And I knew it was him
I knew it was Jesus
The beauty of his love inside
Letting all my pain be crucified
And I knew it was him
I knew this was Jesus
There my heart was cleansed of sin
I could have the world but oh, to feel him
In a moment lost in time
My life in front of me lay
From my birth to that day
I caught a glimpse of freedom
And there I stayed
While the people prayed
Until he came in at last
I waved goodbye to my past
And walked into the kingdom
And I knew it was him
I knew it was Jesus
Like the wind you cannot see
I felt his spirit touching me
And oh, to feel, to feel him
I knew this was Jesus
There my heart was cleansed of sin
I could have the world but oh, to feel him
To feel him
Oh, to feel him, I can feel Jesus
Like the day of Pentecost
His love poured out to all the lost
And oh, to feel him, oh to feel Jesus
The power of his love inside
Letting all my pain be crucified
Oh, to feel him, oh, to feel Jesus
There my heart was cleansed of sin
I could have the world but oh, to feel him
(To feel him)
Oh Lord, my God
You were there when things were hard
Oh Lord, my God
Hear the words I say
You will not break
If my ways are mine that's my mistake
Oh Lord, my God
Come and breathe on me
(And you are) You are the tongues of angels
(You are) You are the winds of time
(That's what you are) The sould that feeds my freedom
(And you are) The dream that never dies
Oh Lord, my God
You walked this worldly boulevard
So a joke like me
Might ascend one day
(And you are) The realm above all nations
(You are) The oceans open wide
(That's what you are) The ultimate musician
(And you are) The life within my eyes
(That's what you are) You are the tongues of angels
(And you are) The voice that guides my soul
(That's what you are) The pain alleviated
(And you are) You are the only goal
(And you are)
Light the lights of man
Count the grains of sand
Form a deeper connection
Shift to day from night
Making fresh the trite
There's no greater affection
('Cause you are) You are the tongues of angels
(And you are) You are the winds of time
(That's what you are) The soul that feeds my freedom
(And you are) You are so magnified
(That's what you are) You are the wealth of wisdom
(And you are) The voice that guides my soul
(That's what you are) The pain alleviated
(And you are) Your love is my only goal
It could have been good
We could have been the lucky ones
But everything's changed
Man, we made it such a mess
And now you're back
Back to see if you can hurt me some more
CHORUS:
Oh Angie
You left me broken and now you want to come back to me
Oh Angie
My heart has spoken and I know we'll never be happy
Oh Angie
I've got no time
No time left for suffering
'Cause that's what we are
Somehow it's just that way
Now you're coming on
Just when I got out from your spell
CHORUS
Oh Angie
Oh Angie
There is this girl I know
She hates my guts I love her so
But I've got a simple mind
It thinks just this: she will be mine
I tell her "I like your dress"
She says I'm sick, disturbed, obsessed
Well I don't know what that's about
She won't say why she won't go out with me
She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need a reason
And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed
But I just got to be her first or at least her last
And I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I had a shirt designed, it has her face pressed into mine
I never wear it, I keep it new
She says she'll kill me if I do
I'm puzzled and perplexed, I'm overwhelmed and under-sexed
And I still can't figure why she says she'd rather die than be with me
She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need reasons
And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed
But I just got to be her first or at least her last
And I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
She'd like to see me drown in my own tears
Well that's all right
Even if it takes a hundred years
Well that's all right
Yeah that's all right
She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need reasons
And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed
But I just got to be her first or at least her last
And I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
I'm getting nowhere fast
Getting nowhere
I'm getting nowhere fast
Getting nowhere
Now there is no separation
Standing in the culmination
Of the very love we've never known
Now that we are back together
Striving to be one forever
Let this be the time we call our own
One mind learning one, two, three
One voice singing ecstasy
One heart changing full and free
One love forging unity
Now the way is open for us
A sacrifice made to restore us
To be bring us back the way we used to be
As we once were in the garden
Through his son he gave the pardon
Now we can come back as priests and kings!
Chorus
One mind learning one, two, three
One voice singing ecstasy
One heart changing full and free
One love forging unity
I got freedom, I got everything
I got ten telephones that will not ring
But there mine now
Yeah, their mine
You can serve me but you better be quick
Serve me well and I'll do my trick
And I'm on now
Yeah, I'm on
I'm hot or cold, I'm sky or ground
Call me Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
I am funky, I'm a funky man
Got the world by the second hand
And I'm down now
Yeah, I'm down
Bring it on in sense of round
Call me Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
Say goodbye to Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
Mr. Upside Down
Cherie and I got married
In my bass player's old back yard
My Mom and Dad tried
But they took my moving hard
We still didn't have much money
And soon kids were on the way
But more and more
I would go to church and pray
Like an opening door
Like a breeze through a window
Prying me apart
Like an opening door
Like a breeze through a window
Something started moving in my heart
The band started doing better
Back in 1998
I started to think
Well maybe it's not too late
That big round ball of death inside
Something that I'd always had
I woke up one day
And realized I wasn't sad anymore
And the opening door
Like a breeze through a window
Prying me apart
Like an opening door
Like a breeze through a window
Something started moving in my heart
Oh Lord, my God are you calling me now?
The pedestrian auto walkway
Rushes on and it's crowded today
See the jets as they jump behind you
And the light from the street it blinds you now
Neon buzz and the smell of Bombay
There's a lady who stopped; she's so afraid
And the business men fall into her
With black cases flying she goes down
You've got some new momentum
You better keep on going
Tomorrow soon will be your yesterday
You've got some new momentum
You better keep on going
You've got to move to make it all the way
So you feel like you crashed God's party
And it's winding down to doomsday
How he used to call upon you
Now the wind is gone and it's got you down
But He is still in the midst of your mayday
Crying out don't stop, don't be afraid
Keep on pressing through the changes
The momentum that's moved you will not stop now
You've got some new momentum
You better keep on going
Tomorrow soon will be your yesterday
You've got some new momentum
You better keep on going
There's one who's going to take you all the way
You've got some new momentum
You better keep on going
Tomorrow soon will be your yesterday
You've got some new momentum
Move forward always knowing
One heart
One voice
One love
One spirit
On our knees with open arms with worship in one spirit
Make us one
Precious Father
Make us one
Make us one
Emma was the lawman and I was the brave
We got in trouble, we'd never behave
And we'd run around all morning and rest in the shade
I remember where I stood telling Emma
We were best friends for good
We started school the inseparable pair
And I'd chase the boys who were pulling her hair
And she climbed up the tower accepting my dare
At the early age of eight I told Emma if she fell I'd be there
In time I would carry her books, that's when it began
I started to notice her looks and the sweat in my hand
Then there was a totally new game to play
We both gave our promise to never betray
And I was so sure we'd be married one day
At the early age of ten I loved Emma and I would 'til the end
One day she climbed up the tower, she kept looking down
The split-second lasted for hours 'til she lay on the ground
And right then I grew up in every way
I buried the child in me that day
But I guess not completely or I wouldn't say
That part of me believes that sweet Emma will come back someday
I used to be a poor man
But now I'm really broke
Used to be a lemon
Now I'm an artichoke
I used to be resourceful
Used to really care
I used to be on the fast track
Now I'm goin' nowhere
'Cause I'm a loser, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
I'm a dark cloud passing over
I guess you just don't care about breakin' laws
When you're a lost cause
I used to be a stranger
But now I'm really strange
They won't get me now or later
'cause I'm outta their range
I'm sick, I got a fever
Or maybe I'm just sick
Go ahead and cut me
But just make it quick
'Cause I'm a loser, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
If you got one passing over
Then I don't ever hear too much applause
'Cause I'm a lost cause
Mirror mirror inside my mind
Blow these bad thoughts away
I sure would like to feel mostly blind today
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey
I used to be a poor man
But now I'm really broke
I used to be the punchline
Now I'm everyone's joke
The truth is I've outcasted myself all along
But that's all right at least I get to sing this song
I'm a loser, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
I'm a dark cloud passing over
I'm a lost cause, I'm a failure
I've sunk lower than a thief
I'm a dark cloud passing over
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
I'm a lost cause
To make this story even longer
Life began to cut me down to size
Down to size
Things got tough and they got tougher
The California sun had burned me blind
Made me blind, so blind, yeah
Some of us are hard of hearing
There I was nearing 35, 35
All the clubs that used to pay me
Now began to say they got no time
How would I survive? Oh
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
With a host of weekend warriors dancing in the underground
Someone stole my guitar and made it out of tinsel town
Surrounded by rejecters and bill collectors circling all around
The girl I loved went off and got married to a millionaire
For fifty dollars I'd play five hours in the desert air
You can't always see when you're right
And some people think you're a waste of life
And the feeling is bad at home
And you just can't go back where you came from
And you can't always see through your mind
And sometimes you feel like your flying blind
But it's your life you're living
Don't let 'em put you down
It's alright to be living out loud
You give some real good advice
That you don't ever take in your own life
But it really is no big deal
What you do is what counts, not what you feel
And you ain't exactly quiet and shy
And some people think you get way too high
But it's your life you're living
It's all clear to me now
It's alright to be living, living out loud
When you're small nothing can hurt you at all
They can't criticize what you say
If you don't move they can't block your way
Hey, hey
And you can't always see through your mind
And sometimes you feel like your flying blind
But it's your life you're living
Don't let 'em put you down
It's alright to be living out loud
But it's your life you're living
It's all clear to me now
Maker of the sun and shade
The plans were made before the morning
At a time when no one knew
He left a clue and sent us a lifeline... It's fine
Then along came a man like me
With everything laid out before him
Then it all came crashing down
A man can drown from thoughts in his own mind
Like something deep inside my soul
Was sinking fast; I was the hole
When I was almost out of time
He gave me a lifeline right down to my soul
He gave me a lifeline that I might grab a hold
Suffering was nothing new
My days were few without a let down
Something down there deep inside
Dissatisfied with everything I'd find
And in the clouds he sent the sky
Into a desert running dry
He sent a river full of life
He gave me a lifeline right down to my soul
He gave me a lifeline that I might grab a hold
He gave me a lifeline when I was cast away
He gave me a lifeline right up from the grave
He sent me a lifeline when I was on my own
Far from the borders he came brought me home
He sent me a lifeline when I was down the hole
My world was like an ocean raging out of control
Send me a lifeline
Send me a lifeline
Once upon another time
He made my mind a different color
Painted on my destiny away between
The black and lonely sky... Let's fly!
He gave me a lifeline right down to my soul
He gave me a lifeline that I might grab a hold
He gave me a lifeline when I was cast away
He gave me a lifeline and I'm alive today
He gave me a lifeline
He gave me a lifeline and I'm alive today
He gave me a lifeline
Praise ye the Lord from the earth ya sea monsters
Stretch out your necks let us see ya breathe fire
Out of the depths of the sea comes Leviathan
How many heads will there be on Leviathan?
The serpent was small but swiftly uncoiling
From Pharaoh to Caesar he grew his blood boiling
Out of the depths of the sea comes Leviathan
How many heads will there be on Leviathan?
From his mouth a blazing torch
With sparks of fire leaping forth
And form his nostrils smoke comes dank as death
He sneezes and bright light comes out
He's king of the sons of pride, no doubt
And when he turns on you
YOU BETTER LOOK OUT!
In the day of the Lord He will slay the sea monster
He will punish the dragon that rose from the water
Out of the depths of the sea comes Leviathan
There will be no place to flee for Leviathan
Leah's mother and me were quite a pair
So we looked in the paper for a dog and a house to share
Her and her little girl came
Suddenly I had to explain
Things like lightning - why is it so mad at the rain?
Leah's mother left one morning in an April fog
Leaving me the saddest little girl and a nasty dog
Leaving me to answer why
When Leah asks as she cries
"Why did she leave me this way?"
And softly I say...
CHORUS:
"Leah - mothers love their daughters
I'm sure that she still cares for you now
And Leah - lay upon my shoulders
I'll be taking care of you now"
Leah's mother's been gone for a very long time
And Leah and me are sorta like the blind leading the blind
But when she asks about the fallen Queen
Sometimes I want to say somethin' so mean
But I hold my pain inside
And softly I say......
Come on summer, you're wasting your time
Don't be gone
Come on winter get back in the line
And bring the sun
Keep it comin'
It's all right to be warm
It's all right to be strange
It's okay just to be here
It's all right
It's all right to be sad
It's all right to be wrong
It's okay to feel small
It's all right
Come on maybe you should change your mind
And be seen
Falling forward or lagging behind
Or in between
Be yourself, man
It's all right to be strong
It's all right to be loved
It's okay to belong here
It's all right
It's all right to let go
It's all right to hold on
It's okay just to be here
It's all right
(What was all the madness about
We live from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out in the end)
It's all right to be great
It's all right to fall down
It's okay to be living
It's all right
(What was all the struggle about
We end from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out in the end)
It's all right to be warm
It's all right to be cold
It's okay just to be here
It's all right
What was all the madness about
We end from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out in the end
What was all the struggle about
We end from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It really doesn't matter 'cause it all works out
What was all the suffering about
We live from the beginning 'til our time runs out
It's all I can do to get up in the mornin'
And get through another day
It's all I can do to just get off to work
And not hurt anyone today
It's all I can do to get by in this world
There's so many dues to pay
I used to believe I had so much to give
But now all I have to say
Is this is all I can do
It's all I can do to come home at night
And get myself undressed
It's all I can do to sleep with the zombies
and give my mind a rest
I used to believe I could be anything
And make it a big success
My dreams got smaller and smaller until they were gone
And now I guess
This is all I can do
Oh God, why have you forsaken me?
Please don't leave me now
Please don't leave me now
Oh God, why are you so far from me?
Can you save me now?
Can you save me now
From this world of tears?
It's all I can do to get up in the mornin'
And get through another day
It's all I can do to sell all my junk
Pack up and leave L.A.
There's no future that I can see here
The dream has gone away
Don't cry for me mother, don't shed a tear
I'll probably be back someday
And in this place of gold [1 Kings 7:50]
The ancients walked this road
There is no death [2 Tim 1:10]
There is no time [Ecc 3:15]
There is a love unknown [1 Pet 1:8]
There is a scent of home
A rainbow wreath [Rev 4:3]
A blazing throne
From a grave of stone
to a world unknown
From the smoke and ash
comes true life at last [Isa 61:3]
Among earth and sod
the very life of God is here [Rom 8:11]
From a list of laws
seeing all our flaws [Rom 8:3]
To the blind, the lame,
we are all the same [Acts 10:34, 35]
Our High Priest has come
to make us all as one in Him [Gal 3:28, Heb 4:15]
The temple of his throne [Acts 7:48]
Is now not made with stone
Your very heart is now his home [1 Cor 3:16]
He will come and live if you'll only give [John 14:23]
Him a place inside that the world can't buy
And the Holy Place is now face to face in Christ [Heb 9:24]
When he died and was born
the temple walls were torn [Mat 27:51]
And God's Spirit poured out to all the ones without
Now the temple of the living God is you [Eph 2:21, 22]
In the middle of the breaking through
There was still more that I was clinging to
That fear you feel like when you're almost gone
When you want to jump but you're still hanging on
Come on!
And as I stood there praying in my mind
I saw the things I couldn't leave behind
The heart conceals what we cannot know
As he revealed I cried out, "Let it go."
But before you enter in nothing more can begin
All the darkness that we choose, lay it down it can't be used
Burn it in the fire
You can't offer up your guest you can't get by with second best
If you try to sneak away, the list is long the price you'll pay
Burn it in the fire
Burn it in the fire
Burn it down
Long before I came this way I thought the world would see my way
But I didn't see all the danger signs
Long ago and far away I missed the boat I went my way
And I turned into the other kind
Peter says don't wonder why when these fires come to life
Don't look down and don't think twice
You are now the sacrifice
Burning in the fire
Hand and hand and face to face they tarried
Living in one universal mind
In his garden home (day or night)
Man was not alone (in a perfect light)
Like Clark Kent to Superman he's leaping
The pres, the V.I.P. of the grand design
Sin was never known (day or night)
In their garden home (in a perfect light)
And he let him name the things that are
And asked his opinion
Just like the agent to the star
He gave him dominion
And he was made into two
And he gave them a job to do
And they were to care for every part
As the dream floats by ('neath the towering sky)
There's a move to move me forward
But it only lasts 'til I fall on yesterday
With opinions thrown (like the crowd's first stone)
And the world of men is nowhere
I have a sense of freedom but it feels so far away
'Cause I'm in a cage (of my own making)
I never wanted to be this way
I'm in a cage (my heart is breaking)
But I'll tough it out today
I could move way in (I could move way out)
I could move all the way to Cairo
"But someone would be there; someone that I know too well"
I wanna change my mind (wanna change my heart)
I just need some relief but I know
That it just won't come, that is as long as I'm myself
'Cause I'm in a cage (of my own making)
I never wanted to be this way
I'm in a cage (my heart is breaking)
But I'll tough it out today
I'm in a cage (of my own making)
And now I forgot what the reason is
I'm in a cage (the toll's been taking)
But I guess that's all there is....
There's a reason why the storm is raging
There's a reason why you feel alone (the man's gone to make his way alone)
There's a reason why your soul's been caged in
Can't you feel your need to come back home? (the man's gone)
Feel your need to come back home (the man's gone)
Sensitive boy, military father
Both of them needing something very badly from the other
They had no choice; they could not reach eachother
Now the boy's an angry man; he holds it in no longer
(He says) I could never win anything 'cause I already felt beaten
And you have always hated me so I guess now we're even
So look at me now - I'm not afraid to fight you man to man
And the old man says
I am your father
I am not another
Of your schoolboy classmates
I am your father
And you will not forget me
I will stay part of you forever
Listen to my side
Looking back I wonder
Why I couldn't feel for you the way I felt about your brothers
And there were times
I'm sure you still remember
When I tried to talk to you and you left me an outsider
I avoid painful things so you were avoided
And I never really hated you, just sometimes dissappointed
So look at me now
Am I the same as the man you love to hate?
No matter what....
I am your father
I am your father
And you can mess up my face - go ahead
But I'll still be your father
And you cannot forget me
I will stay part of you forever
I could never look at you and say I love you
I was taught that real men never broke down
I feel like a victim I know you do too
Like father like son
I'm so sorry for the things I've done
I am your father
I am your father
Come what may
Jesus, is it true what they're saying
You know in my heart I've been praying
'Cause I feel something, is it you that I feel?
Hold me and show me you're real
For I am willing and I am broken
All I want is the life you have spoken
Oh Father
If I give you my life
Will you come turn the night to day?
For I am willing, you don't have to break me
I don't know why you'd die just to save me
Oh Father
Come and take me now
Take me now
Jesus spirit deep as an ocean
I need you and not just emotion
If you can truly live here within me
Let this be our great beginning
For I am willing and I am broken
All I want is the life you have spoken
Oh Father
If I give you my life
Will you come turn the night to day?
For I am willing
You don't have to break me
Take all that I am don't forsake me
Oh Father
Come and take me now
Take me now
I am willing and I am broken
All I want is the life you have spoken
Let the sleeper. let the sleeper be awoken now
(I am willing and I am broken)
(I am willing and I am broken)
All I want is you, all I want is you
Oh Father
Come and take me now
All I want is you, all I want is you
Oh Father
I can't see your throne
So I will build my own
I'll build it high and tall
The world will see I don't need YOU
At all
Look how far I've come
The poor abandoned son
My cities scrape to the sky
I believe in myself
I believe that I can fly....fly...
FLY HIGH!
I am what I say I am
I am the man
If I don't like the deal
I'll invent what's real
If this creates some confusion
I just need a bigger and better illusion
I am what I say I am
I am the man
One hope
One life
One eternal fact
You're a
Part of me
And I want you back
One hope
One life
One eternal soul
One hand
Reaching
All is ever whole
And you won't find me
By living
For the flesh
'Til you come home
Help me I have fallen
And I can't get up
Help me I've used razors
To heal me where I'm cut
Help me I've used chemicals
To ease the pain
What was pink is now purple
What was clean is now stained
Help me I'm in danger
I just know I am
I've become a stranger
In my own homeland
Fear has crept upon me
Like a shadow from the grave
What I thought was freedom
Has now chained me like a slave
Help me I have fallen and I can't get up
But I believe that you can lift me up
If you're real God please lift me up
Help me I'm in trouble
I can hear the lions roar
Being drawn closer
To the threshing floor
I invented my own wisdom
Like a counterfeiter's stash
But I couldn't create my own heaven
Just a lot of worthless trash
[Chorus]
Please lift me up
Help me
Help me
Help me....
I have heard you crying in the night
I have heard your prayers at the morning light
I have loved you since before your birth
Now I'll dwell among you on the earth
I'll send my son...
He will raise the dead
The starving shall be fed
He will take your pain
Your suffering and shame
He will span the crest
Between the spirit and the flesh
He will raise the dead
Jesus came to lift us from the mud
God in dwelling in real flesh and blood
"Don't be angry; he just loves you so"
Let his spirit come and take control
It has begun....
Jesus understands
The heart of every man
He can feel your pain
Your suffering and shame
He has spanned the crest
Between the spirit and the flesh
He has raised the dead
Jesus understands
The heart of every man
He will take your pain
Your suffering and shame
Though the soul had died
It can be made alive
The holy place was closed
'Til Jesus rose!
When he spanned the crest
All of me is down and the waiting days are over
I must face the crowd on a dark and dreary day
But there's something burning inside me
There's something deep within my heart
Telling me go on through
I am here with you, no matter where you are
So in my hour of pain and sorrow
Jesus will walk me through the dark
'Cause if I die with him I will rise again
With heaven in my heart
Oh God help me to have heaven in my heart
My God he has a plan and I can do no other
God help me, here I stand, this is the only way
But there's something burning inside me
There's something deep within my heart
Telling me go on through
I am here with you, no matter where you are
So in my hour of pain and sorrow
Jesus will walk me through the dark
'Cause if I die with him I will rise again
With heaven in my heart
When he comes to find me I'll have my hand to the plow
Like he said his kingdom lives inside us here and now
Something's burning inside of me
There's something deep within my heart
'Cause when my Savior died
I was crucified with Him on that cross
So they may come and they may kill me
But they cannot kill what's in my heart
'Cause when I died with Him
I surely rose again
With heaven in my heart
I've got heaven in my heart
Heaven in my heart
And the world can't take it away
Oh God, help me
Try as you might, you can't understand it all
And you were living the life,
but then came your tragic fall
And if God's love was real; why the suffering?
But if you ask him to heal on a desert plain
He'll send the rain
The storms may weather, but He will never
God's love won't let you down
When you've fallen under
You don't have to wonder
God's love won't let you down
God's love won't fail
He'll never let you down
You promised yourself
you never would love again
And you tried hiding out,
but your heart just can't stay shut in
But there's a love that is real
that won't turn on you
Just reach out and you'll feel
what He said is true
It's all for you
The storms may weather, but He will never
God's love won't let you down
When you've fallen under
You don't have to wonder
God's love won't let you down
God's love won't fail
He'll never let you down
Let those asleep be awoken
Come to the city of light
He is life, life
He is life
The storms may weather, but He will never
God's love won't let you down
When you've fallen under
You don't have to wonder
God's love won't let you down
God's love won't fail
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer; I've got so much to say
I'm not schizophrenic I just haven't had my medicine today
People they act like they've never seen a king before
But when I just am that I am they tell me “there's the door"
Cause I am a freak
A riddle
The kind you love too little
I am the one you call "the other"
You can't take home to mother
I am the angst
Provider
The ultimate outsider
And I’m not welcome where the work is
Not in your homes or in your churches...
My tongue is the pen and I feel inspired unusually today
My bed at the bridge kept me warm all night til the sky turned cold and
Gray
At noon on the corner I shout out words they can't ignore
But nobody sees they're too busy making money, kids and war
But I am a freak
A riddle
The kind you trust too little I am the one you call “the other"
You can't take home to mother
I am the angst
Provider
The ultimate outsider
And I'm not welcome where the work is
Not in your homes or in your churches...
Cry me a river
With an ocean all around
So many strangers live right among you now
There right here right now
But I am a freak
A riddle
I may have just a little
But I might be a savior or a brother
A someone's long lost mother
Maybe I'm not like the scriptures
And I don’t fit your pictures
But maybe an angel’s come between us
Who knows?
I might be Jesus...
I am a freak
A riddle
The kind you love too little
I am the one you call "the other"
You can’t take home to mother
I am the angst
Provider
The ultimate outsider
But maybe an angel's come between us
Who knows?
Life like a razor can shave you clean
Or it cuts in a moment and leaves you to bleed
And in fear you have settled for what you have found
You're safe, you're comfortable, but you're stuck on the ground
Fly high, fly straight through the open sky
Give up everything you have for what you could never buy
It's time, if you seek you can't help but find
What you give up you'll gain, you will be lifted high
What is holding you, is holding you down
You might have to take off that rock-and-roll crown
But what you think is your identity is not really you
Let it go keep breaking till we break on through
And fly high, fly straight through the open sky
Give up everything you have for what you could never buy
It's time, if you seek you can't help but find
What you give up you'll gain, Jesus will lift you high
Fly high
Fly high, fly straight through the open sky
Give up everything you know for what you could never buy
It's time, if you seek you can't help but find
And what you give up you'll gain, Jesus will lift you high
Fly high, fly straight through the open sky
Give up everything that you have for what you could never buy
It's time, if you seek you can't help but find
Just give it all up and you'll gain, Jesus will lift you high
Fly high
Who's that up the road?
The man who went his own way
Who wasted all his winnings
Has he come home to stay?
The son who'd lost his way
Is back among the living
Let's take it back to the beginning...
Oh, Father I've returned
I'm sorry I was wrong
I feel so undeserving
After all I've done
But I see your open eyes
And I feel your spirit rising in my chest
You're the Father of forgiveness (I've come home)
You're the Father of forgiveness
Now that we are here
And after all the tears
Father what do you want from me?
All I have is yours
I don't have much to give
But a heart that needs forgiving
The flesh is tired but the spirit's willing
Oh, Father I've returned
The one who left alone
And you give me your kingdom
And tell me it's my own
And I see your open arms
And I know that I have found my place of rest (the man's home)
In the Father of forgiveness (I've come home)
You're the Father of forgiveness
No need to run
Under the son
You are a brother
Answer the call
He loves us all
Just as the other
Just take the fall in total trust
Like a child trust it's mother
Let's reach up to the Father (in Jesus Christ)
Let's reach up to the Father (in Jesus Christ)
Let's reach up to the Father (in Jesus Christ)
Let's reach up to the Father!
Oh, Father I've returned
I'm sorry I was wrong
I feel so undeserving
After all I've done
And I see your open arms
And I know that I have found my place of rest (the man's home)
In the Father of forgiveness (the man's home -I've come home - the man's home)
All the world's a stage
And all can play their part
Words to live by, that's what she said
Things were good then
She was like money in the bank
That's exactly the words that she used
And she was talented
Dying for her art
She was a number two
Who never got the part
And now everything
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
He painted for years
And then he painted her
World alive, colors living
And when she left
He snuck over and painted her apartment
The morning light is so unforgiving
And he was the next Van Gogh
Cutting of his ear
He wanted to show up
But could only disappear
And now everything
Everything is wrong
Everything is wrong
And he was the next Van Gogh
Cutting of his ear
He wanted to show up
But could only disappear
And now everything
Everything is wrong
Oh yeah, everything
Everything is wrong
Oh yes, everything
Everything is wrong
I see a man with hair as white as wool [Rev 1:14]
Whose tongue's a sharp-edged tool [Rev 1:16]
With feet like burning brass [Rev 1:15]
"Come", he says,
"I'll be your guide of sorts [Psa 43:3]
Into the outer courts
I have made a way [John 14:6]
For the unclean ones
to come into the gate [Heb 9:24]
To the weakest ones
I will give my strength [Isa 40:29]
And the lowest ones,
they will be brought higher [Isa 40:4]
Let the unclean ones
be washed in the fire" [Mal 3:3]
I am afraid I'll stay where I am
But the Spirit takes my hand
and gently leads me in [Rev 4:2]
There is the laver; He drops me in the bath
It's like a sweet heart attack [Rom 8:11]
And I hear his voice again...
Let the unclean ones come into the gate
To the weakest ones I will give my strength
And the lowest ones, they will be brought higher
Let the unclean ones be washed in the fire
Sweet elation come on, come on
I'm part of the Holy Nation [1 Pet 2:9]
And the past is forever gone
Wash and see the looking glass [Ex 38:8]
Second heaven's coming fast
Seven candles so bright, so right [Rev 1:13]
The incense burns on the mantle [Rev 8:3]
As we eat the bread of life [Num 4:7, John 6:35]
And in third heaven's Holy Grail [2 Cor 12:2]
Awaits behind the final veil [Ex 26:33]
After all with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
After all with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
Sometimes I don't understand
Why I was born at all
When all that I do leaves me empty
Aching and longing for more
Sometimes I feel I could stand
Man, I feel like I'm ten feet tall
But then it's like I'm on trial and I'm guilty
I don't know exactly what for
How I wish
I could be relieved
Fall on God's doorstep
And be received
But it seems he doesn't
Care for me anymore
So I'll be on my way
Live from the cradle to the grave
On my own
Son you must understand
Why I would let you fall
It isn't because I don't love you
It's not that I want you to crawl
But the silence between us has grown
And your towers have grown so tall
"I let you choose; you have chosen"
You don't seem to want me at all
How I wish
To be reconciled
That you would just love me
With the heart of a child
But it seems you never
Want me around anymore
So you can have your way
Live from the cradle to the grave
Far from home
How I wish (Child how I love you)
I could be relieved (but you're so far away)
Fall on God's doorstep (Won't you come home to me?)
And be received (I will give you my robe)
But it seems he doesn't (Clothe you in linen)
Care for me anymore (Son I want you to stay)
So I'll be on my way (I'll set you free)
Live from the cradle to the grave (How I long to be home)
How I wish (I've been alone)
To be reconciled (so very long)
That you would just love me (with a heart made of stone)
With the heart of a child (Can you dry all the tears)
But it seems you never (I've held in my heart?)
Want me around anymore
So you can have your way (I'll be on my way)
Live from the cradle to the grave
Grace kept rolling off
Like so much rain into a broken cup
It stayed a while but soon was on its way
Just like a prize fighter
Who can hear the count but can't get up
I'll sleep a while and fight another day
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
Closed to everyone
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
I was growing colder in the sun
Mirror, mirror, in the sky I look to you
But you can't hear me cry
Sometimes you seem so far away
Why give me this ocean
That nobody wants to get too near
And why, oh God can I not seize the day?
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
Closed to everyone
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
I was growing colder in the sun
Years kept blowing by
like so much rain into my heart
Dreaming of the day
When I might get that major part
And when things didn't go my way
I did what I did yesterday
There wasn't any way to change my heart
Like a lock to the door
Like a latch to the window
I was growing colder in the sun
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
(Just enduring my life in silence)
Closed to everyone
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
(I kept living my life inside)
I was growing colder in the sun
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
(Just enduring my life in silence)
Closed to everyone
Like a lock to the door, like a latch to the window
(I kept living my life inside)
Come inside the coast is clear
Watch all your troubles disappear
God is love and all is free
won't you come inside and see
You'll have all you ever want or ever need
We are sunlight, we are golden
We're the children of the chosen
We are sunlight, we are golden
See us dancing in the sun
We're the children of the Chosen Holy One
Aren't you tired of the rules they made
The bondage on your backs they laid
Shake it off you've got liberty
there is more than we can see
God loves you and He wants you to be free
We are sunlight, we are golden
We're the children of the chosen
We are sunlight, we are golden
See us dancing in the sun
We're the children of the Holy One
We are sunlight, we are golden
We're the children of the chosen
We are sunlight, we are golden
See us dancing in the sun
Let me take you back to where it all began
Out there on the fast track
Where the mountains stand
Against the sand... in L.A.
Music every night
Hung-over everyday
I was gonna make the big time
I could feel it in my fingers when I'd play
I woke up in motel rooms under western skies
Living for the summer moon and the party life
There's nothing worse than L.A. days
But those California nights
They barely kept me alive
As the years rolled on
The humor got really dry
If I played that terrible Eagle's song
One more time I thought I was gonna die
The one man good night
Longing to seize the day
That big record deal in the sky
Surely was just a heart beat away
I woke up in motel rooms under western skies (wester skies)
Living for the summer moon and the party life
There's nothing worse than L.A. days
But those California nights
Oh, they barely kept me alive
I woke up in motel rooms under western skies
When I think of the things I did
On those party nights
It's only by the Grace of God that I'm still alive
Little Tommy's waitin' for someone to see
That he's left his light on
His Mamma cries herself to sleep in front of the old T.V.
Since the man of the house is gone
And Tommy sits and dreams about how happy they will be
When Daddy comes back home
He doesn't know he never will come home
And he'll be one more child fathered on the phone
One more child growin' up half alone in a broken home
You see Tommy's Mom got married when she was seventeen
To a boy who was dark and tall
She was young and she was willin' and she kept the house clean
So he married her in the fall
They stuck it out five years before he finally went his way
Leavin' Tommy all confused
Daddy said he'd never go away
And now Tommy's gettin' more angry every day
Tell me who's gonna pay the defaulted loans on our broken homes
With so many of us giving up
When it's hard to give we just give up
And the kids wind up like prisoners of war
Well, I'm not saying I know how
But we've got to set it right somehow
Before we wind up paying even more
'Cause some of us get more than just alone
We get broken in our broken homes
Now Tommy's all grown up or at least he looks that way
The very image of his dear old Dad
He's got kids of his own - he's gonna raise them the right way
Be the father he never had
But somehow at year five his eyes keep lookin' towards the door
He's got to get out now
Or live and die in a domestic war
Soon he's one more father callin' on the phone
One more man more than less alone in a broken home
Now little Tommy's waitin' for someone to see
Long before he came to claim me
Things had started changing in my life (in my life)
I began the day by praying
God help me to lay myself aside (lay aside)
Show me your will for my life
Dreams pass away - Dreams pass away
Longing for the break of day
Dreams pass away - Dreams pass away
Longing for the break of day
Long before he came to hold me
I looked up to heaven and I cried (yes I cried)
Why it was I didn't know;
My heart and soul just had to apologize
And my eyes looked up to the Father of Lights
Dreams pass away - Dreams pass away
Longing for the break of day
Night falls away - night falls away
Longing for the break of day
Unlock the door and walk inside
And find the truth you seek to hide
He chased you down and brought you low
To work the change no one can know
But to go on you must let go
Dreams pass away - Dreams pass away
Longing for the break of day
Night falls away - night falls away
Longing for the break of day
Dreams pass away - Dreams pass away
This used to be mine you know
Plenty of time and kindness overflowed
It was all right, then overnight
I was grown out of my happy home
Oh yeah
Transferred from school to school
Special enrollment, gifted programs suck
I was the one, the prodigal son who got stuck
My parents were out of luck
Give the human mind some extra time
Get a dark cloud down the road
Give a genius son nowhere to run
Get a bomb that can't explode
A bomb that can't explode
Out of the blue to black
One day my dad had a massive heart attack
It wasn't my fault
He ate too much salt all his life
He's survived by his charming wife
And son
Give the human mind some extra time
Get a dark cloud down the road
Give a genius son nowhere to run
Get a bomb that can't explode
A bomb that can't explode
Give the human mind some extra time
Get a dark cloud down the road
Give a genius son nowhere to run
Get a bomb that can't explode
A bomb that can't explode
Now that you're out on your own
Will you make it your own way home
Now you can stand on two feet
Will you give up the dreams you've known
Author of confusion you play inside my mind and I want to run
But where can I hide?
Author of confusion your aim is to confound 'til I do not know
Which is up or down?
Author of confusion you play inside my mind and I want to run
But where can I hide?
"Author of confusion you start an endless chase; thoughts start running 'round"
Never find their place
Author of confusion your aim is to confound 'til I do not know
Which is up or down?
Low or high
The truth is I don't know
Author of confusion you play inside my mind and I want to run
But where can I hide?
"Author of confusion you start an endless chase; thoughts start running 'round"
But never find their place
Author of confusion your aim is to confound 'til I do not know
Which is up or down?
Day or night
Who knows right from wrong?
How long will stay tied to the mast?
How long 'til you reach for me at last?
Aren't you tired of living in the cold?
How long 'til you come to claim the gold?
You are like a raven in the night
You fly high but you're sleeping in the light
The waves will crash and the mighty winds will roar
Why can't we be the way we were before?
Author of confusion you play inside my mind
Author of confusion you live to make me blind
Author of confusion you play inside my mind and I want to run
But where can I hide?
"Author of confusion you start an endless chase; thoughts start running 'round"
Never find their place
Author of confusion your aim is to confound 'til I do not know
The tent of meeting at the center and the tribes are camped around
With the banners of the living creatures sticking right out of the ground
The brazen alter and the laver are before the Holy Place
Like Moses did upon the mountain he will meet them face to face
So sanctify every boy and girl as we step into
Step into, into another world.
As you enter in the courtyard there�fs a smell of sacrifice
Reminding all the holy people they must pay the highest price.
It�fs like I�fm staring out a window into another world
Where the lamb is sitting with the lion
And the beast protects the girl
My soul projection is flying now
She was seventeen years, three months and seven days when she met THE ONE
The novel that was her life had just begun
But after six weeks it was already A. D. meanin' after death
And chapter two was all just remorse and regrets
Chorus:
Now it's so much for believing
So much for the lie
But that's alright - all the young girls cry
Kiss him for the last time
Kiss your heart goodbye
But that's alright - all the young girls cry
She always thought if she could color her world she'd color it in blue
She always felt she felt too much - that much is true
But inside she was clean and pure; insecure as the driven snow
But that's before he made his tracks and let her go
CHORUS
And she won't be the same
At least not for the rest of today......
Twelve groups of stars [Rev 12:1]
Surrounding God's heaven
Same as the tribes
The twelve tribes of Israel [Gen 49:28]
Each hold a sign [Num 2:2]
Surrounding God's presence
Blurring the lines [Heb 9:24]
'tween here and his residence
Twelve makes a day
Twelve tones in music
Twelve months a year
Do you think it's an accident?
Christ as the Sun [Heb 1:3]
Pictures the Father
Sorrounded by twelve [Mat 23:8]
That he calls his brothers
Twelve precious stones [Ex 39:7]
Upon the Priests Ephod
Twelve were the sons [Gen 35:22]
The twelve sons of Jacob
Twelve oxen held [2 Chr 4:4,5]
In Solomon's temple
Three thousand baths
To cleanse all the Levites
Christ built his church [Eph 2:20]
Upon twelve apostles
And three thousand souls [Acts 2:41]
Were added at Pentecost
Christ built His church
Upon twelve apostles
And three thousand souls
Were added at Pentecost
And then after all,
with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
