"Would You Take Me"

Back to the start
Chipping away pieces of my heart
I never felt sound, it never felt right
But now I'm seeing it all in hindsight

If You had never broken my walls down
If I had never let You in my house
You let me own, of blood and bones
That I have pride enough to call my own

[chorus]
Would you take me back
Would you take me
Though I've gone off track
Would you make me
Into something new
I'd be nothing if I never followed through
Like when I used to follow You

Back in the day
It was hard, felt like the sun never came
But underneath the clouded skies
You shaped me through what I despised

If ever a vision in my head
Let it crumble till I see the truth instead
Cause I'm tired of lying to my eyes
These idols built upon my lies

[chorus]
Would you take me back
Would you take me
Though I've gone off track
Would you make me
Into something new
I'd be nothing if I never followed through
Like when I used to follow You

Clear as day
Would you help me see
As clear as day
Even when I can't see

I've forgotten how it feels to be let down
In Your beautiful grace, how sweet the sound
To watch the wretch in me dissolve in Thee
Until Your light is all I see

"World of Tinted Color"

These dull and darkened symmetries
The beauty that the eye can see
Masquerading as a dimming light
Perfection in what we percieve
We paint the lines, what we believe
And say it's 20/20 in the night

[chorus]
We search and we discover
This world of tinted color
Claiming all our eyes can capture, still
Photographs of what we know
Only the things that we've been shown
To see it all, not sure we ever will

Lights flood in the retinas
And we believe it just because
It's offered to us on a simple plate
But blind and sightless souls could say
That you could take it all away
And still there's more to see than just the face

[chorus]
We search and we discover
This world of tinted color
Claiming all our eyes can capture, still
Photographs of what we know
Only the things that we've been shown
To see it all, not sure we ever will

The way we look at life
All depends on the lens
Whether you see the black and white
But everybody's sight remains
So coiled up and trapped inside
But the physical and visible
Aren't all these hands can make

[chorus]
We search and we discover
This world of tinted color
Claiming all our eyes can capture, still
Photographs of what we know
Only the things that we've been shown
To see it all, not sure we ever will
We ever will
We ever will
Until

"Ripples"

Every word
Every decision
Every day
In every second
Every sound
Is echoing

My every move
My every thought
My every choice
Every breath
And step of right and left
And voice

[chorus]
And it's spreading like a fire
As it ripples out
Every subtle turn and step
Is yeilding life and death
In me and in eternity

My every hope
My every dream
More impacted than it seems
The things I say
The things I do
To make them true

In every fear
And every doubt
The consequences ripple out
Repeating
And defeating me
A single point that's leading me

[chorus]
And it's spreading like a fire
As it ripples out
Every subtle turn and step
Is yeilding life and death
In me and in eternity
Eternity

Even one degree off course
Could take you far from home
Further down the road, to foreign shores
I'm counting on grace to lead me
I'm counting on grace to lead me home

As it ripples out
In its perfect shapes
With power to build
And to take away
I feel the weight
Every decision that I make
I feel the weight

"Hear Me Out"

Left out
Of one too many
Conversations
It's like you don't see me
Not the same
As the beginning
All the things
I knew I was seeing

Are coming true
I'm falling through
In all I do
I'm singing out to you

[chorus]
Louder
Louder
Still the sound has yet to devour
A single word, I'm growing weary
I would ask you to hear me out
But you won't even hear me

Can't stop
I'm in too deep now
Even though
My every word rebounds
And not a one that comes my way
And all of this to my dismay

[chorus]
Louder
Louder
Still the sound has yet to devour
A single word, I'm growing weary
I would ask you to hear me out
But you won't even hear me

Do you hear me
Do you hear me now
Above your own voice
Above your own sound (x2)

[instrumental]

"Call the Kettle Black"

Everybody's searchin'
I pray that they would find You
Instead of dead religion
Resurrect us in the truth

'Cause there's a lot of things that I have heard
Some believable, and some absurd
About how we all belong
And where we'll go
But for myself
I really need to know

'Cause inside the walls we hide behind
Idolatry to our own minds
Like we know the way home
It's all a show
But for myself
I really need to know

Everybody's searchin'
I pray that they would find You
Instead of dead religion
Resurrect us in the truth
Who do we say that You are
What will we say of Your scars
Your glory?
Or is it all just a story?

Everybody wants to feel like they belong
But fitting with this world is wrong
I won't believe it
To ascend to more, just for myself
Without the need of Perfect help
I won't believe it
Why don't they see it?

It's
all
about
You
I can't
live by
my own
Truth
'Cause it's a lie

Everybody's searchin'
I pray that they won't settle
For a list of rules
Designed by fools
All the pots are preaching to black kettles
No no no..

'Cause it's a lie
And there's just
one
side

"Satisfaction"

In your search for worth
You're making others fall
Pretending you can't hurt
At all
Thinking a pretty face
Will give attention you need
You don't see
You don't see

[chorus]
The strength lies within
It's so much deeper than this
When all they see is the face
That's all they'll want from you
You keep giving away
All that you are
Hold tight my dear
Keep looking for truth

You wanted eyes on you
Now you've got what you want
Find maybe it's not real
It's not
Looking for something more
But trade for temporary
Satisfaction
Your heart's in fractions
Another cold distraction
From what you're really lacking
(Love, love, love)

[chorus]
The strength lies within
It's so much deeper than this
When all they see is the face
That's all they'll want from you
You keep giving away
All that you are
Hold tight my dear
Keep looking for truth

[instrumental]

Your strength lies within
Not with what you wear
On the outer skin
No, it can't compare
With what will really last
You know the rest will fade
Someday

Satisfaction
Your heart's in fractions
Another cold distraction
From the pain you're masking

[chorus]
The strength lies with in
It's so much deeper than this
When all they see is the face
That's all they'll want from you
You can say it'll change
But change begins with you
The change begins with you