Monday, December 21, 2009

Let Love Grow

by Paul Coleman Trio

You know that you're such a lonely child
Did you ever let me know?
You say our love was an oversight
And now that you're gone you can grow

And there you go

Love is emotion and wanderlust
And feelings too deep for a song
But love is decision and sacrifice
And without them love can't go on

But there you go
There you go

Bring back the flowers of spring in this heart
Heal up the wounds that have torn us apart
Fall like the rain in the midst of a drought
And wherever you go

Let love grow

Time to pick up these pieces and start again
And draw a new map of the world
The regeneration of all of creation
Begins with a soul that will turn

So here I go
Here we go

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Where should I Go?

by the W's
I don't know where I should go
Around the corner or through the door
Some days, some how, some way, it just won't show
To the top and down again or all the way back home
Where oh where should I go?

So the time has come for me to think about
How it's gonna be this time next week
Should I care or should I stare at the wall in front of me?
Let it stop, or let me see

Which way to go, how will I know, I don't think this is the way
No words to use, no one should know, just exactly what to say
All I know is I don't want to stay where I'm at today
Where oh where should I go?

I don't seem to know where I should really go
Some days, some how, some way, just won't show
To the top and down again or all the way back home
Where oh where should I go?

Which way to go, how will I know, I don't think this is the way
No words to use, no one should know, just exactly what to say
All I know is I don't want to stay where I'm at today
Where oh where should I go?

Which way to go, how will I know, I don't think this is the way
No words to use, no one should know, just exactly what to say
All I know is I don't want to stay where I'm at today
Where oh where...

Which way to go, how will I know, I don't think this is the way
No words to use, no one should know, just exactly what to say
All I know is I don't want to stay where I'm at today
Where oh where...
Should I go?

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Start Again

Caedmon's Call

I have a constant need for motion
I need to leave the past behind
to see all the good things I left dying
come to life
for so long I let the lies deceive me
and I let them take their toll
but I’m growing tired of the illusion
I am in contro
l

you are there in all my histories
my victories and pains
you are there in all my shadows
with forgiveness you are waiting

when I need a place to hide
when I need a place to hide

I need hope to start again
I need hope to start again
you give me hope, and I need hope to start again

into my own hands I take matters
cause deep in my heart I stole the throne
where you have always led so faithfully
I know
doesn’t it seem I’m always running
and most of the time it’s not to you
(all other ground is sinking sand)
give me faith to know
your promises are true

here is the place where I face my secrets
and where I lay them down

Friday, August 07, 2009

Breaking

By Anberlin

Do you memorize theatrical lines
That seem to lead them in
Play the role with a good girl heart
Hide the tangled webs within

Who was it that led you on
And makes you want to hurt me so
Who do you want to forget
Who forgot you long ago

Do you still feel him
Calling in the air tonight
Do you still feel it
Seems like you've done this before

You make breaking hearts look so easy
Seems like you've done this before
You’ve got breaking hearts all but down
Have you done this you’ve done this before

You make stealing hearts look so easy
Where is that girl I adore
You’ve got breaking up all but down
And I can’t love a thief anymore

Do you collect the souls you’ve lost
In the top of your dresser drawer
Count the number of tears displaced
On lonely bedroom floors

A machine where your heart once was
Slowly takes the place of you
Only hold the memories now
Of a love I thought I knew

Do you still feel him
Calling in the air tonight
Do you still feel it
Seems like you've done this before

You make breaking hearts look so easy
Seems like you've done this before
You’ve got breaking hearts all but down
Have you done this you’ve done this before

You make stealing hearts look so easy
Where is that girl I adore
You’ve got breaking up all but down
And I can’t love a thief anymore

You make breaking hearts look so easy
You’ve got breaking hearts all but down

You make breaking hearts look so easy
Seems like you've done this before
You’ve got breaking hearts all but down
Have you done this you’ve done this before

The best you could hope to be is
Now just a bitter sweet memory and
You make breaking hearts look so easy



Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Petrified Heart

By Caedmon's Call


This old heart's been left
Out on my sleeve
And I have paid as it's been rent
Into pieces

Seems everyone I've loved has
Taken a bit of my insides
I'm scattered as the woman whose body
Was torn for the twelve tribes

When did my heart get so petrified
When did it get so hard to feel
When did my heart get so afraid to love
When did it get so hard

And the easy-living Gnostic proud
Use their knowledge
Like a wreaking ball to tear me down
Flooding me with their fallacies
I can't walk on this water
I'm starting to drown

When did my heart get so petrified
When did it get so hard to feel
When did my heart get so afraid to love
When did it get so hard

Strike this rock with your rod
I'll take the blows
Till your living water begins to flow
As it flowed from the Man of Sorrows' side
On that day when his body
Was torn for the twelve tribes
Torn for the twelve tribes

When did my heart get so petrified
When did it get so hard to feel
When did my heart get so afraid to love
When did it get so hard

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Lead Me to the Cross

Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemptions hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost


Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Oh Lead me, lead me to the cross

You were as I
Tempted and trialed
Human
The word became flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen
Everything I once held dear
I count it all as lost

To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
Lead me to your heart

Thursday, April 02, 2009

These Ordinary Days

Not much for conversation, I still find need to pray
Cause sometimes I get tired of walking through these ordinary days
If nothing else I get to see you, even if we never speak
The harm of words is sometimes we don't
Quite know what they really mean

I don't know where, I don't know how
I don't know why, but your love can make these things better

Let me lay down in this field, stare up at the sky
I hope the days and clouds turn into something as they pass us by
And maybe you could settle for a skyline faded blue
I hope that you might settle for this love I have for you

I don't know where, I don't know how
I don't know why, but your love can make these things better
I don't know where, I don't know how
I don't know why, but your love can make these things better
I don't know where, I don't know how
I don't know why, but your love can make these things better
Your love can make these things better
Your love can make these things better
Your love can make these things better

Jars  of  Clay

Let that Be enough

Wish I had what I needed
To be on my own
Cause I feel so defeated
And I'm feeling alone

And it all seems so helpless
And I have no plans
I'm a plane in the sunset
With nowhere to land

And all I see
It could never make me happy
And all my sand castles spend their time collapsing

Let me know that you hear me
Let me know your touch
Let me know that you love me
Let that be enough

It's my birthday tomorrow
No one here could know
I was born this Thursday
22 years ago

And I feel stuck watching history repeating
Yeah, who am I just a kid who knows he's needy

Let me know that you hear me
Let me know your touch
Let me know that you love me
Let that be enough

Let me know that you hear me
Let me know your touch
Let me know that you love me
Let that be enough

Monday, March 30, 2009

Hold Me Jesus

Well, sometimes my life
Just don't make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul
I swear there must be blisters on my heart

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something
I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band
Is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin

So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Flood

Rain, rain on my face
It hasn't stopped raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud

But if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up - when I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again

Downpour on my soul
Splashing in the ocean, I'm losing control
Dark sky all around
I can't feel my feet touching the ground

But if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up - when I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again



Saturday, March 28, 2009

Psalm 13:1-6

O Lord , how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,

with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?

Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
Don't let my enemies gloat, saying,"We have defeated him!"
Don't let them rejoice at my downfall.