"Black And White"

She tells me to be careful
There's potholes in the road
And they can creep up on you
Even if you know the way to go
She tells me I'm a fighter
She says that I've got soul
But there's traps that you can't see yet
Trying to swallow you whole

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I'm not looking for a fix
I'm not looking for a fight
I know what's wrong when I see what's right
I'm not trying to escape
I don't want to live a lucid life
And I see the gray to this black and white

She tells me that she's worried
And I understand what for
When everyone is drinking poison
You don't taste it to be sure
She says that it's concern
And she's said it once before
But it's hard to feel the same
With no fear for an unpaved future

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I'm not looking for a fix
I'm not looking for a fight
I know what's wrong when I see what's right
I'm just trying to make sense
Of the questions of this life
And sometimes you have to see it in black and white

I'm not trying to be difficult
It all just sounds so typical
When no one seems to believe me
That the signal is receiving
When I say I know, I know

And I don't know why you'd speculate
And dwell upon a thought that we both hate
It's not what I want to do
So please don't make it true

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I'm not looking for a fix
I wanna see my future bright
I know what's wrong and I'm trying to do it right
And I know the consequence
When it comes to wrong and right
There's only two ways you can go
And they're black and white

"Cement Saints"

All my life I've been surrounded by religion
Martha's in the kitchen
While no one really listens
Too busy making clean
With mediocre deeds
To you, do I even have a heartbeat?

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Why not let God do his work?
Let him do the speaking
And you do the listening
Too long have I sat in the seat
While you preach to me
About all the things I need to be
When you haven't heard a single thing

Heaven isn't lined with statues
It isn't built on the statutes
Or the scriptures that you misuse
But souls alive, who thrive
Who let love rule on an open sky
A kingdom come alive
A kingdom inside

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Why not let God do his work?
Let him do the healing
And you do the seeking
Too long have I sat in the seat
While you preach to me
About all the things I need to be
When you haven't heard
You haven't heard a single thing

Split in two
Split in two
The veil was cut through
Throw the rules out the window
And fall in love again
Can't you see how bad I need you?

Faith without works is dead
And works without faith is a life misled
So let grace fall upon your head
You don't have to be perfect, you just need to be desperate

"If You're Going To Be Two-Faced, At Least Show Me Both"

I'm sick and tired of playing your game
Who's lying and trying to clear their guilty name
You'll defend every word that you said to the death
With the truth still inside, behind your breath

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I thought that we were more
Was pretty sure
You needed a friend to stay
By your side
But I guess it's not enough
If you can't take tough love
I'm gonna say it anyway
It's better than a lie

You can say all you want, yeah it's all the same
Some can't hold their tongues, I won't point the blame
But when you cover up everything to save your skin
It's the last place you're going to feel comfortable in

And I don't know if you care, if you feel ashamed
With no remorse at all, no I won't complain
Though it's me you're hurting now, that's not my concern
You'll just keep fooling yourself and never really learn

[chorus]
I thought that we were more
Was pretty sure
You needed a friend to stay
By your side
But I guess it's not enough
If you can't take tough love
I'm gonna say it anyway
It's better than a lie

Sell me out, go on and sell me out
Because I know I can't be bought
It's yourself that you're wearing down

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I thought that we were more
Was pretty sure
You needed a friend to stay
By your side
But I guess that I was wrong
To feel that way
I'll let you live your life
Any which way
Yeah, I'll let you live your life
Watch me walk away

"Artificial Light"

Where is the church for the loners?
Where is the church for the ones who don't fit?
Where do they belong?
Those who don't belong?

Where is the church for the broken?
Where is the church for the lost?
Where will they reside?
The ones you leave behind

Oh you're so busy singing
And our ears are ringing still
We're grasping for straws
In the darkest of places
With our eyes wide, searching
For a light on a hill

Where is the church for the orphan?
Where is the church for the cursed?
Where will they call home?
If you leave them all alone

Oh you're so busy singing
And our ears are ringing still
We're grasping for straws
In the darkest of places
With our eyes wide, searching
For a light on a hill

Oh, I've stepped into steeples
Surrounded by people
Tried reaching out
But they turn my voice down
Rejected and shunned
Oh, what has become
Of the house of God?

Where is the church for the sinner?
Where is the church for the saint?
Where will they go
Where religion won't blow?

Christ is not a fashion
Love is not a group
It doesn't regulate or segregate
So tell me, why do you?

"Break, Break"

You gave me just a little taste
Enough to get me talking
I sounded off on all the rooftops
Without a second thought
I searched the stars for something more
Received a dull transmission
In return and let it sink
A whisper in the calm

Break, break
You were breaking me down
Like a huge wave
Carry me to the shore
I was stopped dead
In my tracks for a moment
And left there
Forevermore

You set the bar, you raised the stakes
I couldn't get my footing
I stumbled there, then ceased to care
Why would you take it all?
You've never been the same to me
I look before I leap
I second guess my every step
When you might just let me fall

Break, break
You were breaking me down
Like a huge wave
Carry me to the shore
I was stopped dead
In my tracks for a moment
And left there
Forevermore

Stranded, and I don't understand it
You couldn't have planned it
For me to fall to the floor
Seeing, isn't believing
So what was the reason
I could have been so much more

Surely this is not the faith
That you've required of me
To speak so clear, then disappear
With all this doubt resounding

"Everybody's Preaching"

You say that you don't preach
We're all a soapbox high
When we open up our mouths
And let our theories fly
You say that you don't teach
But there's a lesson to be learned
That we're a give and take society
As far as I'm concerned

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You're preaching
In silence and in speech
You're preaching, You're preaching
Everybody's preaching
From their own pulpit
We're preaching
Even if we never know it

You say that you don't judge
But you're holding up a light
To guide your own opinions
On what's wrong and right
You say that you won't budge
That you've taken up a stance
But remember how perception changes
Upon a second glance

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You're preaching
In silence and in speech
You're preaching, You're preaching
Everybody's preaching
From their own pulpit
We're preaching
Even if we won't admit it

And can you feel it?
Oh, the weight lift
And can you feel it?
The atmosphere shift
Is it in your favor
This time, give it up
Pull back the line

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You're preaching
In silence and in speech
You're preaching, You're preaching
Everybody's preaching
Trying to build their own regime
I'm reaching for more
Than just a one-man dream

"Words That Grew"

It started as a voice
In my head
I'd brush it off and say
"Like that could happen"

I didn't want to hear
The truth
That maybe I was more
Than a troubled youth

They started as seeds
Your voice was like dew
It seeped underneath
These are the words that grew

You are beautiful
You are beautiful
You're worth more than I
Could ever tell you
You are beautiful
Oh, so beautiful
And I'll keep repeating them
Until they grow in you

The soil was so dry
I confess
I left my heart out in the sun
Till it was all a mess

And it dried up
All the life
That you gave to me
In my hands it died

So I'm asking you again
To keep me in your garden

You are beautiful
You are beautiful
You're worth more than I
Could ever tell you
You are beautiful
Oh, so beautiful
And I'll keep repeating them
The same words that grew
And I'll sing them to you
You're my heart and my truth
I'll give it all back to you

They started as seeds
Your voice was like dew
It seeped underneath
These are the words that grew

"Walk Through Walls"

I'm so tired, I'm so tired
It never seems to end in joy
I could chase down a thousand endings
What's right or wrong for me
And the motions, oh the motions
We group and tear ourselves apart
But rarely do we weigh the options
And really, truly think

All the walls, and the buildings
Another way we say we're safe
But if we still won't deal with what's within
Everything disintegrates
And I can't help, this feeling
Like all you do still isn't enough
I don't wanna be apart of your club
I just wanna love and be loved

So I don't know, if I'll like this
Being pushed to the outside
But it's become an expectation
What else am I supposed to do?
When you're painted, as a villain
Yeah, and you feel like one as well
When your future's been decided
Feels like there's nothing left to prove

All the walls, and the buildings
Another way we say we're safe
But if we still won't deal with what's within
Everything disintegrates
And I can't help, this feeling
Like all you do still won't add up
I don't wanna be apart of your club
I just wanna love and be loved

I see the bulk of my flaws
And still I know I'm no lost cause
So why am I paying indulgences
To all of the synagogues
You can't tell me that it's healing
To walk away feeling robbed

All of the walls, all of the walls
All of the walls, all of the walls
You destroy me with your walls

"Traded"

Under your cover
I always felt safe
Never to wander
Or fear a mistake
Heard all you said
And I took it at face
But then you traded me
Yeah, I got traded away

You work and you worry
You only get by
Convinced that your steps
Will lead to stars in the sky
Without ever thinking
About the other's reply
Like when you traded me
Yeah, I got traded away

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I never thought
Yeah, did I ever even cross your mind?
I never thought
You'd let me see this far to leave me blind
I heard a shot
And it wasn't from the enemy line
But I'll be just fine

You made me believe
I could really be brave
That I could step up
To be the things that I crave
I thought my love could be real
But then my love was replaced
The way you traded it
Yeah, why'd you trade it away?
Why'd you trade it away?

[chorus]
I never thought
Yeah, did I ever even cross your mind?
I never thought
You'd let me see this far to leave me blind
I heard a shot
And it wasn't from the enemy line
This time, no it's a clear-cut crime
So if you're the one who hurt me
Why do I feel like I'm doing the time?

Your heart is so cold
Look at the things that you hold
No I can't promise that they'll turn into gold
But you're so, intent on letting them go
Before they begin to show
And bloom, from the seeds
You were never even willing to sew

[chorus]
I never thought
Yeah, did I ever even cross your mind?
I never thought
You'd let me see this far to leave me blind
I heard a shot
And it wasn't from the enemy line
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But I'll be just fine