Pinocchio (IT: [piˈnɔkkjo]; UK: /pɪˈnəʊkiəʊ/;US: /pɪˈnoʊkioʊ/) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the 1883 children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and has since appeared in many adaptations of that story and others. Carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, he was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamed of becoming a real boy. Pinocchio is often a term used to describe an individual who is prone to telling lies, fabricating stories and exaggerating or creating tall tales for various reasons.
Pinocchio is known for having a short nose that becomes longer when he is under stress (chapter 3), especially while telling a lie. His clothes are made of flowered paper, his shoes are made of wood and his hat is made of bread (page 16 of Collodi's Le Avventure di Pinocchio).
Gideon, what have you told us at all?
Make a sound, come down off the wall
Religion should appeal to the hearts of the young
Who are you? What have you become?
Animal, come on, what does this remind you of?
Truly, truly we have become
Hated and feared for something we don't want
Listen, listen
Most of us believe that this is wrong
Animal, come on, what does this remind you of?
Looking at the world today
what so you see
People like you and I
waiting to be free
do we even have a chance
it is hard to tell
with all this fighting and killing
this could be hell
(Chorus)
Have you been discouraged
hard times bringing you down
Fight on! I know you can make it
prove it to yourself
Working hard just to survive
can it be done?
We`re only trying to make life better for our son
all I want is to serve my purpose
can`t get past today
will there always be someone
trying to take it away
(Chorus)
Listen now to what I say
to all that have dared
you got to change your ways
I know that you`re scared
fear not the Lord is with us
he can save us all
my hope lies in his hands
please hear his call
(Chorus)
The spirit of Gideon
lives in the hearts
of any determined band
that refuses to be discouraged
by hopeless odds
and fights on to victory
I don't have the power
I don't even have a clue
I don't know all the answers
I don't even know a few
And if I were really honest
And the truth were known of me
It may sound a little funny
But this is what My prayer would be
I don't know what to do
But my eyes are on you
I don't know what to do
But my eyes are on you, My Lord
I lift my eyes toward the heavens
I tune my ear to your command
Help me boast in my condition
He always heard that family comes first
But walk a mile in his shoes you'll see that family hurts
Just an innocent boy full of life but that coward left him with nothing
You were never family
Now I'm leaving you behind
You took me for granted I'm letting go
You can save your goodbyes
Years go by three kids and a wife
But it's still eating him alive
A life of struggle and strife
But he won't give up this fight
He always heard that family comes first
And this time he'll make sure of it
He tries to hide the pain
Thinks back to that time and place
Stares that coward in the face and he screams
You'll never know what you put me through
Now I'm leaving you behind
I can only hope that one day
Everyone will see you for what you really are
So quick to judge everyone's actions
But so quick to forget your own
When you know nothing of my situation
Who do you make your opinion known
I'll never know what made you this way
Or why you say the things you say
Nothing good comes from it
Nothing good comes from any of it
Before you speak take a step back and think
Is it all worth it to you
Stop spewing your lies
I am no better than you
What happened to the friend I used to know that you outgrew
I am no better than you
Self proclaimed king of this city
And talks would never be like this
I reminisce and think about the times
When you were once my good friend
Now you're a parasite
Only furthering yourself
You will receive your own
No longer will I sit by and watch you
Destroy what took so long to build
Overthrow
This city has been here long before you
And it will be here long after
This foundation you stand on is paper-thin, budging with the wind.
I see you running – running from the truth. I hear the anger – anger in your shaking voice.
You are running in the dark. Stare me in the face and say there is nothing to live for, to die for.
This foundation you stand on is paper-thin, budging with the wind.
Look into my eyes and say there is nothing to live for, to die for.
Wasted life, wasted time, faithless living as this time rolls by.
The pride you carry makes you so weary. Stand on something stronger than yourself.
Stand on something stronger than yourself.
This foundation you stand on is paper-thin, budging with the wind.
Look into my eyes and say there is nothing to live for, to die for.
Wasted life, wasted time, faithless living as this time rolls by.
Coward, gutless child
Coward, gutless child
Coward, gutless child
Coward, gutless excuse for a man
Too many times I've watched you raise your hand against my family
Too many hours hiding in my closet praying for the strength to do something
To put an end to this
Woman why are you still there?
The fear of leaving should not outweigh the fear of staying
You don't deserve this
My diamond in the rough
You deserve the world my diamond in the rough
Don't let anyone tell you different
Don't let anyone ever tell you different
I will never understand what she saw in you
All the pain and suffering you put this family through
You are nothing to me but a gutless child, you're nothing to me
Woman why are you still there?
The fear of leaving should not outweigh the fear of staying
You don't deserve this
My diamond in the rough
Show me a man who abuses the bottle
I'll show you a broken family
You don't have to put up with this, there is a way out
There is always a way out
There is always a way out
Giving up myself
All my faith is in You
This is our offering
This is our cry
Giving up myself
I was a hopeless child
determined to make it on my own,
"This is my life to live,
I'll go at it alone"
I was drowning, hopeless,
I couldn't see the light
Stranded in the darkness
From this shipwreck I called life
Reality sets in
I'm getting closer to the shore
Reality sets in
You put me back on dry land
I thought I was alone,
But you were always there
You need a gutcheck. Got me on my knees praying for you.
You did this for me, now I'm doing this for you.
Your lack of faith is making me sick.
The only thing left is dealing with it. (dealing with it)
They said question everything, but I still believe.
When all my friends have picked up and gone, I still believe.
Spit you out... Spit you out. I spit you out my mouth.
You need a gutcheck. Got me on my knees praying for you.
You did this for me, now I'm doing this for you.
Your lack of faith is making me sick.
The only thing left is dealing with it. (dealing with it)
They said question everything, but I still believe.
When all my friends have picked up and gone, I still believe.
Towers fall, mountains shake, the earth quakes.
Towers fall, mountains shake, the earth quakes.
You haven't done what I've done
You haven't seen what I've seen
What will we do with life
What will we do with it
Were only here for a moment
One glance a blink of the eye
One chance it's your only try
What will we do with it
Were only here for a moment.
I don't live twice
Cause I refuse to step back and watch my life go by
Kingdom Minded
I am Kingdom Minded
Living in light of the Kingdom
Living in light of eternity
You haven't done what I've done
You haven't been where I've been
What will we do with life?
This is no game
How could this place go from being so welcoming,
to shutting doors in everyone's face?
This used to be the only place
That I could go to get away from all of my problems
Now it's the source
What happened to the love that was left
From the leaders set before us?
All we need is the will to change
The will to make an effort
To accept anyone no matter the situation
To have our doors open to anyone
that is wanting to know what it's like to have a home
To have someone listen to them
To have someone relate to them
You have no idea the amount of impact you could make
We can be the change
It's like you got it in your mind
That we should stay the same
Selfishness is not the way
Deliver us from our prideful waste
We can be the change
You gotta get it out of your mind
We can change
Throw your egos away, you won't be needing them anymore
You're just leading them astray from what they need
A sense of family, the feeling of hope
We need to get back to the love we used to know
We can be the change
It's like you got it in your mind
That we should stay the same
Selfishness is not the way
Deliver us from our prideful waste
We can be the change
You gotta get it out of your mind
We can change
They can try and stop us
But we will not back down
We will be the change
They will not stop us
They will not slow us down
We will be the change
We'll make our voices heard
And we'll let them know
In my twenty-one years of living
I have never felt so helpless
Your agony is leaving me restless
I don't know how much more I can take
I can feel you slipping away
Growing farther and farther apart
Your absence is leaving me in the dark
It's been years since I've even seen you
The only thing I've heard is about the hell that you've been through
The demons that you fight are the ones I fight too
I've done all I could just to bring her back
Mother I've done all I could to bring you back
We're growing older as the years they pass
Just bring her home God bring her home
You've got it in you
I'm living proof
It's been five long years since I've danced with the devil
I want the same for you but you have to want it too
And I'll always be proud to be your son
But my sole intent is to see that His will is done
Faceless you remain to me but your actions did not go unseen
Do you think I'll ever forget that night when you took my mother away from me
The only woman I could trust
The only woman who understood who I really was
But I'm growing older and with each passing day I learn the world gets colder and
I learn everything that happens has a meaning has a purpose
God it's taken me years and years and years
To finally be able to say that I am over this
I've lived for far too long in the shadows of my own hatred
How can you forgive me if I can't even forgive myself
I can only hope
That I will get the chance
To tell you all of this
Face to face
I can only imagine the pain that you are going through
Knowing of the grief and emptiness you put this family through
How could I be so selfish to think that I was the only one affected
We crossed the big blue pond in search of religious freedom. Our gluttony is enslaving our own.
Pretty packaged garbage we sell to the innocent. Our hearts are filled with discontent.
Don't you think it's strange? Things weren't set out this way.
Don't you think it's strange? Things just work out this way.
I'm just a man seeking truth. Brave new world. I'm just a man seeking truth. Brave new world.
I'm just a man seeking truth. Brave new world. I'm just a man seeking truth. Brave new world.
We crossed the big blue pond in search of religious freedom. Our gluttony is enslaving our own.
Pretty packaged garbage we sell to the innocent. Our hearts are filled with discontent.
We stumbled upon America. I'm tired of all these lies wrapped up in suits and ties.
We've stumbled upon America. Empty mouths are not filled with brick and mortar.
With friends like you (like you) who needs enemies?
With friends like you (like you) who needs enemies?
I'm so tired of all these sanctuary police. I'm so tired of all these sanctuary police.
I'm just a man seeking truth. Brave new world. I'm just a man seeking truth. Brave new world.
MY GOD IS LOVE!!!!
Pour out your Grace
Rain down your love
You are the Joy,
That floods my heart
NEVER AGAIN!!
This ship is sinking
With everything you hate,
Hate to be
We will not conform
My sin is cast into the sea
No paradise in sight for me
Throw me a lifeline
My Father,
Where are you now?
Wrap me in your arms
Cant go back,
to the way I was.
No one was there,
to lift me up.
Jesus, I'm sorry. So sorry.
Take you pride,
Take your sorrow
Throw it all away
Stop living for tomorrow,
You could be gone today.
All this world,
That you cant leave
Your life's a prison,
Your enemies roar inside your meeting place
Holding up your signs
Mocking your name
Saying to themselves,
"We will crush them"
Oh God, how long will you let this last?
Oh God, How long will your enemies insult us?
They despise your name forever
Why do you hold back your hand, even your right?
Take your hands out of your pockets and Fight!
Destroy them!
My God of Old!
Let's go back a few years and look on all the lies
That you fed to me and yourself
The standards you held so highly
The book you followed so closely
Was it all nothing to you?
Was it all nothing to you?
Just a phase you were going through
Just a chance to call yourself one of the few?
Your words gave me something more
Something real to me, but it wasn't you
But it wasn't you
Oh God forgive me for turning my back on you
(my back on you)
For letting others influence the belief that I have in you
If I walk away with one thing from all of this
It's to never again put my faith in man
Put my faith in man
Maybe one day you will see the mistake in your decision
The flaws in your revision
I can't believe it was nothing to you
Was it all nothing to you?
Just a phase you were going through
Or just a chance to call yourself one of the few?
Oh God forgive me for turning my back on you
(my back on you)
For letting others influence the belief that I have in you
You'll never give up on me
You never stop letting me know that you're right here beside me
You never give up
You never give up
God, show me the way
God, show me my way
Tell me, tell me, tell me that I'm going nowhere. Tell me this isn't enough.
I see what they go through. I guess you never had to feel that pain.
I've counted the cost. This is where I belong.
So many questions run through my head. Time for us to leave again.
My whole life packed in this van and the road is calling.
Remind me what you said again. How I'm on the road to nowhere land.
Well, this is what I'm made for. If only you could understand.
This is what I'm made for. This is what I'm made for.
I've counted the cost, nothing to lose because He gave me everything I've lost.
This is what I'm made for.
Miles and miles away from home thinking 'bout the things I can't let go.
But as sure as the breath inside of me I know that this is where I belong.
I see the hurt, I feel the pain. This is what I'm made for. Maybe now you'll understand.
Tell me, tell me, tell me that I'm going nowhere. Tell me this isn't enough.
I see what they go through. I guess you never had to feel that pain.
I've counted the cost. This is where I belong. This is where I belong.
I have counted the cost, nothing to lose because He gave me everything I've lost.
Tell me, tell me, tell me that I'm going nowhere. Tell me this isn't enough.
I see what they go through. I guess you never had to feel that pain.
There is nothing that you can say to me
That will take me from the place that I am meant to be
So-called friends turn their backs and run
Convenience is the only thing they do not shun
Is this just another smile
Is this just another mask you wear
The friendly faces in every day new places
Who is real and why is it so rare
The gratitude that I hold so closely
Is for the ones who always see the truth and trust it solely
A companion a closest friend
If money makes the world go round, feed them lies to put them in the ground.
Tell them exactly what they want to hear because they all have itching ears.
You are the one that I despise. Instead of love you spread your lies. Again. Again. Again. Again.
So go ahead and prophesy and let the money satisfy.
How can you live your life knowing it's just a lie?
Here I stand, I can do no other. Truth at all costs.
Here I stand, I can do no other. Truth at all costs.
If money keeps you satisfied, feed them lies as long as you get by.
Hide behind the name of Christ. You are the one I despise.
Instead of life... Instead of love you spread your lies. Again. Again. Again. Again.
Here I stand, I can do no other. Truth at all costs.
Here I stand, I can do no other. Truth at all costs.
I will stand 'til my last breath. I will stand against the lies.
I will stand against the lies, against the pain that you've caused inside so many lives.
You are the one I despise.
Your words, they seem as though they're knives,
sunk deep into their backs and I can hear their cries.
I will defend the truth.
All life lay ahead and every road led home,
You stood by me shoulder to shoulder
Looking back
All of it has happened so fast
It's all a blur
I'll always stay thankful for the past
And look forward to the future
This life has thrown us curves
But it's worth every lesson we've learned
Thick or thin
Through good or bad
I will stand up for you in the end
I will stand up for you in the end
Is this the last real taste of innocence?
Of the first real taste of life?
The memories we hold
Are helping us survive
The memories we hold on to
Are keeping us alive
All life lay ahead and every road led home,
You stood by me shoulder to shoulder
Years go by, I'm getting older
But we'll stand together, shoulder to shoulder
My brother
My friend
My brother
Remember how simple life used to be?
Nothing could stop us from who we wanted to be
Stay young
Stay free
Stay young
Stay free
All life lay ahead and every road led home,
You stood by me shoulder to shoulder
Years go by, I'm getting older
But we'll stand together, shoulder to shoulder
Filthy hands.
Worn and dirty feet. I walk the path of persecution.
Death unfolds before me as I see through tear-filled eyes.
Memories of past regrets all quickly become nothing.
Arms open wide I scream at the sky.
Let this fire burn. Let this fire burn and never die.
For the sake of something I won't see with my own eyes. Let this fire burn.
Filthy hands raised to the sky. Your pain will not be in vain. Your pain will not be in vain.
The peace you found, the truth you sought; unworthy is still your claim.
Unworthy is still my claim. Walking with death could never compare to the pain.
Hopeless, my head to the ground, I lift my eyes to the earth with the sound of a steady pound.
Arms open wide I pray my goodbye. Arms open wide I pray my goodbye.
Filthy hands raised to the sky. Your pain will not be in vain. Your pain will not be in vain.
The peace you found, the truth you sought; unworthy is still your claim.
Unworthy is still your claim... Unworthy...
Let this fire burn. Let this fire burn and never die.
I am weak from the weight I carry
I am sick from the poison I've been fed
Go ahead judge my ways
You don't know right from wrong
I will over power this doubt
That you've lodged into my soul
I will be myself
When everyone
Tells me to be someone else
Save your words
They fall on deaf ears
Save your words
For the weak
Go ahead and keep pouring this doubt
Into my mind Into my soul
Your words are nothing more
Than the dreams you've left unfollowed
Judge my ways
I am sick
I am weak
Save your words
They fall on deaf ears
Save your words
Save your words, they fall on deaf ears. Save your words for the weak who will listen to you.
Restoration
This is the last time
I will choose to run from the ones that I love
A young man that was full of pride
That was full of self regard
Forgiveness you still show
A prideful youth that I'll never get back
You carried my weight
Forgiveness you still show
This is the last time that I'll run from the ones that I love
I am the Prodigal Son I will no longer run
Now I'm older and I can see the truth
The sacrifices you made for the life that you would struggle through
A prideful youth that I'll never get back
You carried my weight
Forgiveness you still show
I never knew how much you mean to me
And now I'm taking it back
I used to count down the days that I'd leave with my selfish ways
I'm taking it back
With the love that you have shown me
And the man that you have molded me to be
I'm taking it back