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
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