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you draw your fingers through a flame when you get burned you’ll shift the blame you won’t admit you’re in need of being saved careening towards apathy, a facade of ease can’t you see that it’s all about the subtleties the more you taste, the more you crave I will bring you back again you’re walking on a road that’s been condemned this isn’t healthy for a man in your condition won’t you take hold of this conviction your way of life is a series of gestures you know your motives are up for conjecture I think it’s envy not respect you’re looking for if the people on t.v. watched you for a change would you have the same things to say? have you forgotten who paid your way at the door? This conviction will turn you back around I know you’re wishing to set your feet upon the ground will you listen to reason? you change your look-you’re still the same the feeling’s not mutual and yes, I know your name king of this world but not of the other you might say I’m playing with fire but justice rolls down from someone higher when He comes, you’ll be running for cover |
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she walks softly through the broken glass of his whole life she pulls his heartstrings, he runs headlong thinking this could be the last, falling prey to love’s enticing...a woman a look of longing and a warm touch of her hand they danced all night until morning dark waves fill the footprints they’re leaving in the sand kiss her now without any warning all the lemming march into the sea victims of a blinding travesty they march without knowing where they are going and fall into the sea so in love and in love with the thought of it connected at the lip and drooling like a Pavlov canine they spend their hours keeping the fire lit oblivious in love they don’t know that it’s raining then the firework fade and the cool of the shade encompasses the two they grow apart, guarding their hearts. The fairytale is through he’s mad, she’s sad, and the love that they had is put into a jar so they walk their ways and pass their days thinking that they are...just lemmings |
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Janie's walking down and is walking down a waterfall, she’s thinking she might like to fall she’s waiting for a sign...for a sign cause Jane lives in nowhere Ville, a town full of scarecrows who seem to know what’s best for her they tie her hands she cannot stand she’s waiting for the tie but the tide never comes waiting for the light, the light of the sun waiting for her sailor to some home Janie’s waiting to become Jane broke it off with Jim she said she’d had enough of him she was leaving for the place where the wind set he down on solid ground so she went on down to where the world seemed to turn a little faster, but it didn’t last her when she realized what they had compromised you’ve got a heart full of passions and dreams but the world doesn’t want to notice it seems so you’re watching, waiting, holding on to nothing trying to prove that you’re alive...you don’t have to fight Jane’s going out with jack and she just took a hit of crack she’s trying to escape and find the piece to the hole that’s in her soul now she’s walking down the street she’s wondering how she’s ‘sposed to meet her shadow and whatever’s the matter with the world she’s still a girl |
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you’ll remember me when moonlight upon the ocean forms a shimmering road to the sky I remember you now with you hear bowed as we sat together and cried building castles in the sand, in our imaginary land, I’m the kind and you’re the queen we’d have dances in the ballroom then at the window I would call you and we’d sail until the dawn well maybe I’ve got these pictures on my wall, but it doesn’t really feel the same at all these memories are getting rather dusty...the pictures are fading This retro fade makes me say I just want to hold this day forever but I know I can’t so let’s take up our crosses, count our losses and live from now on in the light of eternity driving through the fields at last we made our camp upon the grass, a circle of friends telling stories by the fire, watching stars until we’re tired I don’t want this to end now this leaves me with one question: what will these pictures mean in a hundred years the only way to beat time eat its own game is to live up every moment to the Lord...of eternity you’ll remember me when you see the horizon melt into the sea I remember you now as a face in the crowd...the only one that mattered to me |
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we’re walking down a winding stair that doesn’t take us anywhere trying to find our hope in something passing but we live inside another’s ream, shadows on the wall it seems, will you put your faith in something lasting? Remember who brought you here and carried you in the rain remember who draws you near and takes away your pain He’s saying can you forget the sky? can you escape the wind in the trees? can you deny the light in you eyes? then how could you ever forget me? I am the one who will always be the serpent leads us all astray, we fall upon the rocks each day I long to taste the fruit convenience is the word of choice, living life without a voice but will you whole life just be an excuse? So can you take along the track a cross that you will not give back and wear it as you go? I trust you’ll find you won’t regret a truth that you can know and yet you’ll have to stand against the river’s flow |
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sitting in the sun, looking at my day watching the waves go by, wash it all away remembering who I am, what I want to be thinking of where I’m at and what I hope to see wondering about you now since I’m all alone like a ship on an endless sea, I’m still so far from home times keeps slipping by, the you get old so fast if my hand falls from the wheel, I think we’re gonna crash taken by surprise this time could it be we’ve found the end of the line? Is that the way it’s supposed to be? These eyes are open now to what I didn’t see I can’t see the end, it can’t be far away you don’t understand so you wait another day let the words I want to hear fall down to the floor given all I’ve got am I left here wanting more? Take a look around, night turns into day the veil’s been torn in two and we don’t know who to blame through all my wanderings, I didn’t know I was wrong but I see it now, you were here all along |
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I am remembering a world less jaded I am recognizing three kinds of people in the world I am concealing my heart from your faces to prevent its being trod upon contemplating on a wall of cinder concentrating on a world of fallen-ness can you build the fire in winter of my discontent? You’ve got to find the reason why you’re living, cause you’re living strange revolving doors to nowhere is getting kind of old you say you want to be happy, but the things you do only make you sad so you’ve got to choose your side you plan to write a list of things to do, but you cannot seem to find the time you plan to be impulsive...that’s so compulsive like a patient on a table to see or not to see surrounded by a world of choices but indecision’s killing me you idealize the future then idealize the past while the moments pass you by it’s time to choose you side drawn by a trembling light of longing so much to feel but nothing to say a sidelong laugh and soft eyelashes are all I need tonight |
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I wonder what they’re thinking, what have I forgotten, did I leave the oven on? Am I late? I’m always late for something. Is my bank account overdrawn? Is there something in my teeth? Will I have a job tomorrow? What will the diagnosis be? Did I return the movie I borrowed? I give you all of these things that spin around my head cause the peace that I find in you is all I ever wanted the more of You, the less of me the better does this make me look fat? Where did I put my keys? Will I always be alone? Won’t someone save the trees? I wonder if she still thinks about me. Did I forget to file my taxes? Should I circle a or c? Can’t seem to choose but I know what the fact is I’m not gonna waste my time worrying things will turn out fine I put my head into Your hands now I understand I sit back in my favorite chair and watch the world go by cause I know that You know I know the reason why the more of You the less of me the better |
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autumn rolls around. The leaves are changing, I feel the same so consumed by the day now the weeks pass by life trees on a highway once again I’m trying to do it my way I clamor in the dirt looking for a penny while you stand there offering me gold sometimes I run from you sometimes you’re all I breathe sometimes I wait for you to come and rescue me it always makes me sad to put out a fire all we want to do it burn...for someone, or something are we burning for nothing? So I climb this ladder of Jacob, hoping to get a better view I only want to be close to you the shadows long for the sun’s return as it sinks below the ocean so my soul longs for you , my God my arms are open |
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he’s drowning in a bottle, no place to go decisions left him blind and his heart so cold when did this start, when will it end? he’s running from God once again he remembers years ago in his mind so clear mom brought him to church several times each year hiding from the truth, seeking his own way promise of tomorrow traded for today waves of guilt and regret, but still doing his own thing bottle to his lips while promising to come clean needing to start over he won’t even try his wife and kids are gone, now, he just wants to die but his nephew’s on his knees praying please Lord, have mercy on him touch his heat and touch his mind and his soul and lead him into you arms again sitting on the hard floor of his prison cell cried so much his soul is a dried up well he wrings his hands, nothing to numb his pain the numbers on his shirt bring him to shame |
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fall into the world feel and taste the captivating motion I’m just a dog with some extra rope in my pocket who strayed away but not too far, not too far away Lord, you know my heart buy You also know how hard it is to start these things but after all that I have seen I have found it can’t compare to You no way to find peace of mind in a would like the an so I come to consecrate myself to You eyes of elusive iridescence are looking at me... They’re looking through me I found myself in another then I found myself lost from You when will I learn? when will I trust I You? take my life and let me be your vessel, your instrument, your hand of grace all my life seems to be a circle I try, I fall, I try, then fall again but patiently You wait for me in the midst of my philosophy You call I hear Your voice, I hear Your voice |
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I come to you, you are waiting clarity is what I am seeking like coming out of the night into the lamplight of you you’re drawing me close, drawing me close to you I want to see me the way you do I want to stop taking what you give for granted I am compelled by you grace to look upon your face I see nothing but gentleness(2. faithfulness 3. holiness) and love, mercy, kindness, and comfort your love, mercy, kindness, and comfort this comfort I wait for you, you come to me you show me you were here all the while like walking through a crowed room with a friend you keeping me close, keeping me close you your spirit fills me heart, oh God as Your love falls upon me upon me now, oh Jesus, upon me now, my Jesus |