So much hurt and preservation Like a tendril round my soul So much painful information No clear way on how to hold it When everything in me is tightening Curling in around this ache I will lay my heart wide open Like the surface of a lake Wide open like a lake Standing at this
Man in a silk tie heads downtown Setting up the pins for knocking em down People in cars all rushing around Setting up the pins Let’s get rich find a way around Setting up the pins for knocking em down We’ll get gadget with a whirring sound For setting up the pins Everyone everywhere some
Weather came and caught us off our guard We were just laughing and feelin’ alright Had such a great time just last night We walked into a minefield undetected You took a tone and i took offense Anger replacing all common sense Oh run for you life All tenderness is gone In the blink of
Great is thy faithfulness, lord, unto me Morning by morning i wake up to find The power and comfort of god’s hand in mine Season by season i watch him, amazed In awe of the mystery of his perfect ways All i have need of, his hand will provide He’s always been faithful to me
I was about to give up and that’s no lie Cardinal landed outside my window Threw his head back and sang a song So beautiful it made me cry Took me back to a childhood tree Full of birds and dreams From this one place i can’t see very far In this one moment i’m
Open up your eyes Awake, arise Love like a hand reaches down And pulls us up from the dirty ground Now is the time To step from the dark into the light Cause you can’t change what you’ve done But you can choose who you’ll become (chorus) Every moment is a second chance At starting
I have traveled Many moonless nights Cold and weary With a babe inside And i wonder What i’ve done Holy father You have come And chosen me now To carry your son I am waiting In a silent prayer I am frightened By the load i bear In a world as cold as stone Must
Do you wonder why you have to feel the things that hurt you? If there’s a God Who loves you where is He now? Or maybe there are things you can’t see And all those things are happening to bring a better ending Someday, somehow you’ll see, you’ll see Would you dare, would you dare
Day turns to night, and i turn into bed. Can’t get to sleep; something’s in my head. Pacing the floor, i try to force a rhyme. Why do i fear this time? It’s not a song till it touches your heart. It’s not a song till it tears you apart. After what’s left of what’s
He sees his life just pass by Just another number in a suit and tie No purpose here nothing to give Is this what it means to really live? His feet never touch the ground His days fly by, he can’t slow down Casualties of the american dream Have we lost our vision Drifting off
I didn’t think this could happen to me I wanted the easy road I had my parade, but it started to rain And now it looks out of control Why do i feel like your hiding? Oh remind me again I am loved I am yours I have someone beside me, i can’t deny I
Thank you for being such a friend to me Oh I pray a friend for life And have I ever told you how much you mean to me Oh you mean so much to me I’m thinking of a time to tell you what I feel I’m contemplating phrases I’m gazing on eternity I am