"Converging"

Some people
Travel the same road
In the same direction
Split up
When the road splits
Any intersection

You and I
Two separate lines converging
I see our two worlds merging
You and I

Some people
Travel so close
They're prone to misdirection
Some people
Pull back the line
Defined by course correction

You and I
Two separate lines converging
I see our two worlds merging
You and I

Where we're going, going
Only we know
I don't care where
They say we're meant to go
We make our own path
We pave our own road
You and I
You and I

"Born In the Clouds"

Born in the clouds
Not coming down
But you make lovely sounds
For us on the ground

Make it loud
Topple over and pour out
Why restrain when you could rain
Down

Soft, white, pillows surround
High in the heavens, your flowers abound
Bloom now, bloom
The colors I've found

Head in the clouds
I can finally see you now
In a sea of endless white
I don't want to come back down

Born in the clouds
Don't come down, don't come down
Born in the clouds
Don't come down, rain down

"Enough"

I'm not lonely enough to cling to
The first group of people I find
Just lonely enough for the lack of connection
To eat me alive
I'm not lonely enough to want you so badly
I'd tell you a lie
Just lonely enough to wish
That I tried

I'm holding on
A hand in either court
My feet in either pond
Is it ever enough to be
The valley or the peak
If insincerity reigns strong

I'm not lonely enough to sit up
Regretting the days that have gone
Just lonely enough to fall asleep
To the sound of my music on
A voice in the silence
In the cold dark void
Is all I need
It's what I need

I'm holding on
A hand in either camp
My feet in either pond
Is it ever enough
To reach high or sink below
If you lose yourself in tow
Just to feel like you belong

"Paper Back"

You're like a book
You're full of stories
And I haven't read in ages
I'm hanging on
To your every word
Don't want to stop turning the pages

Cause you're a fantasy adventure
All the way
I want to see this through
To the ending

Beauty, keep speaking
Keep repeating your life
Out loud in vocal sound
And don't slow down

You're an open book
No mysteries to keep
Yeah, only to be revealed
The journey now to start
Your words pressed on my heart
Behind my lips they're sealed

Beauty, keep speaking
Keep repeating your life
Out loud in vocal sound
And don't slow down

My eyes fixed on this action, rising
Your hands enfolded in mine
I want to touch your cream skin, paper back
It's all connected at the spine

"Too"

Have I come too far
Have I one too many scars
Too numb and jaded, jarred

Is it too far to reach
Are we allotted each
Am I too old to teach

And I feel
That the road I'm on is right
Learned not to hold to anything too tight
And I feel
That the love I have is real
Is it strong enough to mend, enough to heal

Have I burnt it down
The only bridge back into town
With families and singing sounds

Is it too hard
To hold your deck of cards
Without the house falling apart

And I feel
That the road I'm on is right
Learned not to hold to anything too tight
And I feel
That the love I have is real
Is it strong enough to mend, enough to heal

"I Found Someone Else"

Only so long
You can hold on
Waiting around for someone to find you
It's a long drive
And a long night
So much harder without someone beside you

And I've waited
You said, "patient"
But you waited
A little too long
Where's the promise
That your promises aren't vacant
I've often debated
But you weren't there to help
So I found someone else

We are human
There's only doing
It can't all be in our heads
All those chances
Lonely dances
In words you never said

And I've waited
You said "patience, love"
But you waited
A little too long
Where's the promise
That your promises aren't vacant, love
I've often debated
But you weren't there to help
To help me see outside myself
So I found someone else

"Filler"

Ever since
Ever since her
Everyone
Everyone was just filler
Ever since
Ever since her
Everything
That was sweet became bitter

But you, oh you
You're like the deepest breath
You, oh you
Like I haven't used my lungs yet
And I, oh I
I want to fill my heart with you

Ever since
Ever since you
Everyone
Everyone is see-through
I'm so perplexed by the mystery in front of me
That you were here, but you were never here beside me
I get a glimpse of you, a little bit blinding
But I'd rather not see than have that light not shining

And you, oh you
You're like the deepest breath
You, oh you
Like I haven't used my lungs yet
And I, oh I
I want to fill my heart with you
No, the filler just won't do

"Nothing To Hide"

There's no reason to fight
If there's nothing to hide
You can plot our your point
On two innocent sides
Two opposite souls
Two opposite poles
We don't have to give way to pride

If we've got nothing to hide

You're shying away
Like you've nothing to say
You look in my eyes
Like you're not gonna stay
If you've nothing to prove
Then there's nothing to lose
In a game that you'll never play

You're fading away
You're fading away

But if you live in the light
Then we've got nothing to hide

Two opposite souls
Two opposite poles
We don't have to give way to pride
Two opposite souls
With two opposite goals
Won't survive

"Day One"

Day one
Here's your rules and regulations
Day one
Take your number registration
Day one
All laid out in perfect tension
Day one
Everyone has a choice, but you've only got one

Do I have to fall
Exactly into your world to have it all
I didn't know love had so many walls
To keep me out
To keep me out

Day one
And you don't belong here
Day one
You can only be wrong here
Day one
Get used to surrender
Apologies, promises, never remembered

Do I have to fall
Exactly into your world to have it all
I didn't know love had so many walls
To keep me out
To keep me out

And time will always tell
But first impressions paint it well
Break off the bars to your prison cell
Into a different kind of hell

Do I have to fall apart every time
Lose it all to finally find
The home that I've been hoping for all this time
Do I have to fall

"I Don't Believe"

I don't believe in heartbreak
I don't believe in pain
I don't believe we have to be the same
I don't believe your motives
I don't believe you noticed, no
You were always focused on the blame

You want me
Close enough to hurt
And far enough away
Not to hurt you in any way

I don't believe in fairness
I don't believe in fame
I don't believe we're treated all the same
I don't believe in prisons
But still I find them in religion
I believe in how you push people away

You want me
Close enough to hurt
And far enough away
Not to hurt you in any way
You want me
Close, closer
So you say

I don't believe you understand
I don't believe that it was ever in your plan
I don't believe you understand love
I don't, I don't

"Detach"

Oh, my heart is in so deep
It's hard to see the surface
I'm a moment from defeat
But no moment is worthless

And I'm waiting, waiting
For the sunlight to pass through
I'm waiting for that gold
That golden opportunity

If it never comes
If my heart just comes undone
Detach, restart again from scratch
Or get a new one

Oh, the fear in me is deep
The questions start to quake
And I try to fall asleep
But I still fight to stay awake
Makes my body ache

For the sunlight to pass through
I'm waiting for that gold
That golden opportunity

If it never comes
If my heart just comes undone
Detach, restart again from scratch
Or get a new one

Put it all on the line
They say that love is blind
No risk, then no reward
But you're worth so much more

"Well Aware"

How can you live in peace
If there is no peace
Is every day a compromise
Just to stay alive
Well aware of the world we live
Well aware of the take and give
All that's left is where you build your ties

I've never met a face that didn't change my world
Each of us is singing in a silent tone
Marked forever by each human piece
Wherever our paths meet
Some will build you up
And some will make you feel alone

How can you carry on
With all you have to carry on
Your shoulders
I heard it makes you stronger
Well aware of the struggle here
Well aware it won't disappear
Just what can help me carry on a little longer

I've never met a face that didn't change my world
Each of us is singing in a silent tone
Marked forever by each human piece
Wherever our paths meet
Some will build you up
And some will make you feel all, all, all

All alone in this fight
Like if you don't do it their way
You're not doing it right
Oh! what a twisted view of life
And they can break you down
Till you don't make a sound
Make you feel you're not alive

I've never met a face that didn't change my world
You're so beautiful, every one of you is beautiful

I've never met a face that didn't change this world
Each of us is singing in a silent tone
Marked forever by each human piece
Wherever our paths meet
Some will build you up
And some will make you feel alone
Don't believe the ones who make you feel alone

"Privilege"

Some things only exist if you believe
Read too much between the lines and see
Connections, misdirections, disbelief

Some things stand before we breathe
Have to adapt to the scenery
If you ever want it to change
Some times ignorance is necessary

I'm not saying we were never at fault
I'm just saying that if we continue on it's all
In our defense, unneeded
History needs not repeating
I'm not saying we're not capable
I'm just saying that it's cyclical
Don't start the engine running
If you can see yourself becoming

Some things don't need to be said
Let them live on in men's heads
For fear of what might spread

Some topics I've come to dread
Conclusions drawn and grown and fed
If there's an elephant in the room
Let's shoot it dead

I'm not saying we were never at fault
I'm just saying that if we continue on it's all
In our defense, unneeded
History needs not repeating
I'm not saying we're not capable
I'm just saying that it's cyclical
Don't start the engine running
If you can see yourself becoming

"Who Is My Accuser?"

Enemies on every side
From behind the battlelines
From behind their peering eyes
Into each aspect of my life
Who are you to be the judge?
You press and pry, I still don't budge
By tooth and nail you hold your grudge
But still don't love

Who is my
Who is my accuser
Seems like everyone these days
Who is my
Who is my accuser
Who is my
Who is my accuser
Enough hate in the world without your grace
From behind your lips of praise

Enemies in my own court
Always quick in their retort
Where truth runs thick, their patience short
I barely hear it anymore
I drowned the sound out long ago
In pursuit of a place I've yet to know
The closer to it, my accusers grow
Making clear my friend or foe

Who is my
Who is my accuser
Seems like everyone these days
Who is my
Who is my accuser
Who is my
Who is my accuser
Enough hate in the world without your grace
From behind your lips of praise

Rise up against me
Is there anybody for me?
Rise up against me
Casting stones not designated for me
Rise up against me
Tell me that you're for me
Rise up against me
But won't stand up for me

"Nom de Plume"

You're going by a different name
As if a marriage of ideas could make it change
But the only thing that's different is the way it's sang
Because your heart has stayed the same

What's in a name, oh what's in a name

A pseudonym when you take the stage
A platform to perform your claims
Subscribed to ideas that are easy to phrase
When they're written page by page

What's in a name, oh what's in a name
Everything, everything
What's in a name, oh what's in a name
Everything, everything

Take your own name
You use the wrong name, in vain
Take your own name
You take the wrong name, in vain

"Dead And Temporary"

Not everyody thinks the same as you
Accepted any form of truth
Until the real one flitted into view
Challenging the single side
You never challenged in your mind
All the things you thought
But never quite thought through

If you could open your eyes
Wide
Enough to see beyond what's ordinary
Cause through the world's
Eyes
Investments end in dead and temporary

Breaking down all the walls
They would hate to see dissolve
You've been waiting all your life
To find the answer
And now that it's on full display
They'll come creeping to reclaim
What they lost that now is found
Freed from the cancer
So there's your answer

If you could open your eyes
Wide
Enough to see beyond what's ordinary
Cause through the world's
Eyes
Investments end in dead and temporary

Our understanding is a crutch we needn't lean upon
When the things that we believe in, always here and gone
I've accepted all these lies, I've held them far too long
Keeping me from freedom, from moving on

"A Beautiful Mind"

I see your blue eyes
Windows to the world behind
What could be
A beautiful mind

I see your histories
At least the slightest glimpses
What tore apart
A beautiful mind

And if all was in line
Heaven in the present time
What a beautiful mind
What was designed
To be a beautiful mind

Your mind a convict
Convicting you of wrong, it
Won't let you see
A beautiful mind

Your heart in shackles
Your heart the apple
Of my eye
Your beautiful mind

And if all was in line
Heaven in the present time
What a beautiful mind
What was designed
To be a beautiful mind

What a beautiful soul
Chasing after figments of fool's gold
Do you really know
Do you really know

"Break-Up Artist"

Breaking hearts you never really held
After time do the disappointed faces start to meld
Together, never, truly together
The tether, weathers
Your greatest endeavor

You're using shades
And colors that were once betrayed
In your own skin, they're deeper in
Beneath the surface
Perpetuate
Till you feel safe
Until you've fulfilled your purpose

Saying words you never really meant
Do you still pretend that you're the innocent
Transgressions, pressing, these unlearned lessons
Confessions, undressing
Just another session

You're using shades
And colors that were once betrayed
In your own skin, they're deeper in
Beneath the surface
Perpetuate
Till you feel safe
Until you've fulfilled your purpose

"Conditional"

When nobody cares about you
But they're told to
Love becomes a law
Nobody wants to follow
But they do
Maybe they're scared
Or they don't know how to
But there are so very few
Who would stick out their neck to
Who would stick out their neck for you

And your love, oh your love
It looks just like the world
Is it placed upon places and times spent together
But oh, I remember a time
When I was a stranger with nothing to offer
With no familiarity
And love reached out to me

When no one really wants to know you
They'll still tell you
Who you are
What you lack
What to choose
And I would never do the same
Some people fight to stake their claims
And there are so very few
Who would lay down their lives to
Who would lay down their pride for you

And your love, oh your love
It looks just like the world
Is it placed upon faces apart from the others
But oh, I remember a time
When I was a stranger with nothing to offer
With no familiarity
And love reached out to me

Love isn't blind-eyed
Cold-shouldered
Love lent me an ear
And I was won over
When I was a stranger with nothing to offer
Open arms, they led me in
Oh, where have they been

"Happy Hypocrites"

I see your smile a mile away
High beams on as if to say
You've finally found it, you're surrounded
By the kind that feel the same
They carry on just the same as you

And you could have it
You could have it all figured out
Or you could live, a happy hypocrite in doubt
Not quite grasping the truth
But not quite wanting to prove
Yourself wrong with it

Your haughty eyes are free of shame
Grace covers all you can't reclaim
You've finally found at least the sound of it
In a symphony it came
Will you ever hear above the symphony again

And you could have it
You could have it all figured out
Or you could live, a happy hypocrite in doubt
Not quite grasping the truth
But not quite wanting to prove
Yourself wrong with it

Seems like the only ones who believe in grace
Are the ones who misuse
Who don't really believe the weight of the words
The Church of the Excuse
And on the arm of the Bride
A self-inflicted bruise
Singing, I'm happy, I'm healed
What more

"I'm The One, Always"

I've heard no apologies
And yet there's so much regret
You keep me down
You've got it down to a T
Grace is sufficient enough for you
But always in short supply for me

I'm the one, always decieved
I'm the one, always to blame
I'm the one, always in the wrong
I'm the one, always the same

The picture's been so clear
It hurts to know you're never known
And may not ever be
And I'm full of expectations
For someone to rise and say it's
Not okay

I'm the one, always decieved
I'm the one, always to blame
I'm the one, always in the wrong
I'm the one, always the same

Do you want me
Do you want me
Does anybody want me
Tell me

"Shallow Roots"

I dig in deep
Just to reap
Some shallow expectations
Rooted deep in hesitation
Where's your faith
That love can replicate
When you sew beneath the surface
Full of meaning, love with purpose

I see you start to open up
But never really bloom
Spring has sprung, but in your mind
The winter's always coming soon

So I will uproot
Replant back where I started
You'll never question if you're wrong
Just what a shame that I departed
And you'll rephrase
Every argument until you feel okay
With all the seeds you swept away

I always keep
Heart on sleeve
Withdraw when you disarm me
With your apathetic army
Full of disregard
With no alarm
Bitter brothers, hearts are hardened
When your words should be a garden
Full of life

So I will uproot
Replant back where I started
You'll never question if you're wrong
Just what a shame that I departed
And you'll rephrase
Every argument until you feel okay
With all the seeds you swept away

It's always the same
The seasons change
But always cycle round again
And you remain
So rooted in your ways
It's hard to say this ground
Could ever be reclaimed
It's hard to say

"Building Blocks"

I see each day building on the last
Some things that took me so long are now coming so fast
And some days I kick the tower of blocks over and have to start again
But it's easier to build it back when you know where to begin

And in all this progress
It's never flawless
The cities rise and fall
The face of the earth matures
Only one day to dissolve

And where do I fit
In all of it
Every day I wake up with a clean slate
Just to make a mess of it
And where do I stand
In all of this sand
That's making me and buildings up
That lets me see the sunrise one more time

I wake each day with breath inside
Before the foundations were laid You knew my life
Each step I'd take and every time I'd turn away
I have to believe that I'm still here for something

And in all this progress
It's never flawless
The cities rise and fall
The face of the earth matures
Only one day to dissolve

And where do I fit
In all of it
Every day I wake up with a clean slate
Just to make a mess of it
And where do I stand
In all of this sand
That's making me and buildings up
That lets me see the sunrise one more time

And it's a step
In the right direction I bet
To go back to the point you fell
And redirect

Redirect
Me to the Architect

"Sparks"

Like flint to the stone
A brief flash of emotion
Sparks thrown and exploding
Before the dark consumes them

In the present alive
Just long enough to survive
Burning so brightly
But a glint in my eye

Let it catch fire
That spark that we are
Don't let it subside
Don't let your capacity be that
Of a firefly

Warm me to the bone
You alone the transition
Without You I'm alone to burst
Without hope of ignition

Let it catch fire
That spark that we are
Don't let it subside
Don't let your capacity be that
Of a firefly

I stray so far away
Into the darkest places
Far away from the fire
From the Flame that creates us, gives us life
I want to stay close to those fire places, keeping me alive

"Finding Heaven"

Heaven is a place I've heard
I've searched with eyes averted
Found a temporary haven
In the foundations of the earth
Cause I can see the clouds on high
When I look out upon the sky
Why can't sitting here instead
Be heaven

Making heaven
As it isn't intended
Something invented
Hand-crafted in my mind
But that isn't heaven
It can't be imagined
I still try to bend it
To fit to my design
I'm finding

Twisted up in sin and self
A higher call avoided
In my blindness I say
I'm fine with this, dismissing help
But I know there's something more to find
I'm pining every day
For some great purpose above this surface
To carry me away

Making heaven
As it isn't intended
Something invented
Hand-crafted in my mind
But that isn't heaven
It can't be imagined
I still try to bend it
To fit to my design
I'm finding
Heaven at the doors of hell
Heaven pent up in myself
My own desires distort it well
But none on earth could ever tell
What waits for us up there

"Misplaced"

Depression
I don't know if you led me through
Or led me to it
I cite you as a guiding light
But might have been misled

Because the years make clear
What the past has blurred
I recall what's true
Over what was seen or heard

Have I misplaced my hope again
And placed it in an open grave instead
Cause I've been lost and I've been dead
But an empty tomb is where my hope, it rests

Depression
I don't have an answer to
The how or why I can't undo it
I find me at the heart of it
Holding parts but can't get started

Because the years make clear
What the past has blurred
I recall where I fell
Over what I felt occurred

Have I misplaced my hope again
And placed it in an open grave instead
Cause I've been lost and I've been dead
But an empty tomb is where my hope, it rests

"Lapis Lazuli"

The sky tonight
The darkest blue
The deepest hue
I'm used to being greeted by the void
But this is new
This vibrant view
Forever in my sight

I step outside
The quiet air
And there I stare
A stirring and a stilling in my soul
If I could pair
That shade up there
With my heart inside

Like a royal accenting
Like the wind that's ascending
To the sheet of blue
On high
Like a color anointed
The fabric that's painted
By the evening sky
For you

The sky tonight
So curious
Mysterious
I'm lost in gazing deep into its depth
Veiling stars
Concealed they are
By this might

Like a royal accenting
Like the wind that's ascending
To the sheet of blue
On high
Like a color anointed
The fabric that's painted
By the evening sky
For you
For you

"Fire Choir"

Burn fire in my lungs
The gasoline I've sung
Is long overdue to all-consume
This flesh and tongue

Don't let me get away
Grant me no fire escape
Neverending all-condeming
Human fate

The heat of your breath
Can melt all of this death
Swallowing in endless seas
Of endless depth

Singing, calling
Out of the ashes falling
Around me all this dead
You're glowing red

That white-hot light
Can show me right
Once was burning turned to yearning
Purified

The cinders settle in the hearth
My heart is still so far
From ever changing, ever-changing shades of dark
But burn me down to the foundation
If burning is what it takes to stand apart

"Church History"

We all have a history of hurts
Broken bonds of brotherhood
And what's worse
Is we were promised penitence
And left there in a hearse
Better off not going in the first

Standing, sitting
Kneeling, singing hymns
Praying, staying
In the same place that we've been
Standing, sitting
Kneeling, singing hymns
Has it ever been for Him?

We all have a history with church
Either seeing or receiving
Face to face or in a blur
And we've heard of the hypocrisies
We've lived them out as well
We've felt hell while skies are winding in reverse

Standing, sitting
Kneeling, singing hymns
Praying, staying
In the same place that we've been
Standing, sitting
Kneeling, singing hymns
Has it ever been for Him?

Our devices desecrate it all
There's no sanctuary
When there's demons in the walls
So lift your hands
And cleanse your palms
From the past
And every pastor who was false
The Good Shepherd knows your heart

"Cathedrals"

Walls are high
Adorned inside
Etched from wood and stone
Curtains built
Of steel and silk
Concealed by flesh and bone

Your stained-glass eyes are shining
Blinding patterns of light
Hard to see you behind
Hard to see you behind

Together kept
By brick and breath
Life spun from hated gold
They'll cast and bury
Us sanctuaries
Not knowing what they've sold

Your stained-glass eyes are shining
Blinding patterns of light
Hard to see you behind
Hard to see you behind
When you're so beautiful in grace
When you're so free and full of life
Hard to see you behind
That glow divine

Holy, lowly
Holy, lowly
We are weathered buildings
Gleaming glory

"God+"

What is
What is the one thing you hold onto
And what should you
And what is
What is the one exception
That keeps you from perfection
And could you let it go

I have all that I need
Right here with me
Right here with me
So why am I still looking
Why am I still looking

Where is
The comfort that you run to
And do your hopes all come true
Where is
The place of your affection
And would you seek correction
If you knew you needed to

I have all that I need
Right here with me
Right here with me
So why am I still looking
Why am I still looking

The tendency to run
And come undone
When faced with the mistakes
What I become
But You
You are more than just a sum
You're the only One

"Decisions"

I've got these big decisions
That I have got to make
Lord give me the vision
Not to make the same mistakes

Cause I've been on a mission
Not to fall too far away
Yet I falter by condition
I still fail you every day

And I
Just want to do what's right
Point me
In the direction that's right

I've got these inhibitions
That haunt my very being
Visible conditions
That I place on the unseen

Give me intuition
Give me everything I need
The path toward fruition
Sprouting fruit from this dead tree
Like spring

And I
Just want to do what's right
Point me
In the direction that's right

I've got these big ambitions
These decisions supersede
Take the compass arrow
Point it onto You from me

"The Business of Forgiveness"

Suit and tie, your suit to die
Your birthday suit is hung up dry
And fried in the Egyptian sun
To stand before the Sanhedrin
And eye to eye with executives
Who execute your relatives
And all who keep your practices
Your business, they don't practice it

To all the humble and the proud
A stumbling block placed in the crowd
They'll either fall or follow it
Based upon their prerequisites
Of self awareness or self esteem
If they subscribe to the lie of the pyramid scheme
Up the corporate ladder of success
A stairway to heaven without forgiveness

You're in the business
You're in the business of forgiveness
You're in the business
You're in the business of forgiveness

A not so casual good Friday
Saw a failing company, said "let's try it my way"
Throwing rocks at the business model that you made
A code of conduct for the world and the working place
At our nine to fives, eyes on the ticking clock
Signs of the times and the dipping stocks
He who has not wasted company time
Take your spot at the front of the unemployment line

You're in the business
You're in the business of forgiveness
You're in the business
You're in the business of forgiveness

The Chief Executive Officer
Stepped down from his position to make a peace offer
To all the wicked ways of the working man
Demoted himself to promote us in
Took a pay cut so that we could all have jobs
So we wouldn't sit at home like ungrateful slobs
So pick up your cross, cause it's a team project
Got a complaint with the boss then feel free to lodge it
And work through the sick days to earn vacation hours
Incentives redeemed, unseen that won't sour
Cause we've all been malpracticers convicted of fraud
But we've been bought out by a holy God

"Suicide"

Why am I doing this
I am a masochist
The pleasure and the pain
Of willful unwillingness
Cold disobedience
That always ends the same

Why, do I try
To distance, to distance myself from life?
Do I try
To distance, to distance myself from light?

Lost in the catacombs
Broken and all alone
I do this to myself
And it hurts like hell
Death of a hollow shell
Yet I still don't ask for help

Why, do I try
To distance, to distance myself from life?
Do I try
To distance, to distance myself from light?

Falling on my knees
Remove these suicidal tendencies
Fighting back the air to breathe
The one thing that I need

Why, do I try
To distance, to distance myself from life?
Do I try
To distance, to distance myself from light?
Why, do I try
To distance, to distance myself from truth?
Do I try
To distance, to distance myself from You?

"Testimonial"

It's all hypothetical
Up in the cloud
A thought, idea, a notion
A dull and numbing sound
But rapidly, this rhapsody
From a heart that hope has found
Is rising, bringing up more life
Than the tune we're humming now

Is there evidence in experience
A personal account
Can relevance trump reverence
Relieving us of doubt
Oh, I believe in the words
Because they first occurred
Because they first occurred

We will question every question
Explain, express, expound
We have poured over these scriptures
Believing in them life is found
But the Words of Life don't stop outright
In books, their meaning bound
When you see the face and see the change
Is when the glory sounds

Is there evidence in experience
A personal account
Can relevance trump reverence
Relieving us of doubt
Oh, I believe in the words
Because they first occurred
Because they first occurred

"What Light"

She lives in sanctuary
I live outside
Gazing up at her
From windowside
I've drawn imaginary
Dotted silver lines
Dividing her aloft from me
On separated sides

She grew up in a monastery
I, in the cold
In different cities, different schools
Different homes
Like a bishop to a beggar
Cast gold to sticks and stones
What have I to offer
That you don't already own

I don't deserve you
I don't deserve your love
I don't deserve you
I don't deserve your love

She sits on a balcony
I, on the streets
Wondering how far a climb
Until she's within reach
In little, small decisive steps
The means our ends could meet
But if the goal ends at her glory
Then I'll always lie beneath

So I'll compare you to a rose
Your cheeks like petals when they blush
I'll compare you to the rising sun
But we both know light doesn't come from us
No

I don't deserve You
I don't deserve Your love
I don't deserve You
I don't deserve Your love

"Hide From The Sun"

Blinded by a dim reflection

Too much for these dim eyes

Even in the cloudy skies

I will hide from the sun

I will hide from the sun

We have never seen perfection

Would it be too much to bear

To bring to light where we were unaware

And I wonder of this dim projection

Reflecting, where did it begin?

Is perfection at its origin?

I will hide from the sun

I will hide from the sun

I don't know why

I will hide from the sun

I will hide from the sun

"Worship"

I'm lost or broken or in a storm
And I guess I'm sinking beneath the waves
No wait, actually You're the storm
And I'm walking on water
Yeah, how could I forget
I walk on water every day

And oh, I need Your healing
Scratch that, I'd rather have the feeling
Of Your open, outstretched, loving Arms
Designed to save from harm
And pain
And suffering

I will sing a new song
I will sing a new song
But I'll keep the same beat as the last one
I'll repeat the same words as the last one
And beat to death the words of Life
Fit them in a box to sound just right
Until living streams run dry

And do you ever feel like this:
You fall down and you can't get back up?
No, I deal with doubt and pride and lust
But I guess you could just be ambiguous
Yeah, that seems to be enough

This is so positive, it's discouraging
Where's the depth of my Savior's dredge
And the death He's purging?

I will sing a new song
I will sing a new song
But I'll keep the same beat as the last one
I'll repeat the same words as the last one
And beat to death the words of Life
Fit them in a box to sound just right
Until living streams run dry

Hallelujahs come out starch
From a gilded, glossy, golden heart
Wiping off smudges with a dirty rag
When the whole thing's rusted over
Tell me where does the bleeding start?
Tell me where does His bleeding start?
Where is this everlasting peace
In a world that's falling apart?
Is it in the paycheck you get every week
In your inability to feel another person's heart?

So you will play a new song
That sounds the same as the last one
All the highs, barely gracing the lows
I'm sorry but I can't relate
Can anyone?

"It's Not the End Of the World (Some Days)"

A sharp pain in my neck
Oh heck
I guess I better pray about it
Sometimes it goes away
Sometimes it stays
It's okay
It's not the end of the world

And I need a better job
Oh God
I guess if that's what You want
I battle with my will
And still
It's not the end of the world

It's not the end of the world
It's not the end of the world (some days)
One thing I know of the world
One thing I know of myself (all sways)

I see a pretty lady
Oh baby
Look away before it drives me crazy
Clear the mental image
Ask for His forgiveness
It's not the end of the world

Feel the weight of sin
Again
Some days it's like I'm caving in
Doubting my salvation
That I'm a new creation
It feels like it's the end of the world

It's not the end of the world
It's not the end of the world (some days)
One thing I know of the world
One thing I know of myself (all sways)

Whether I'm near or far away
Resting in Him or in my own dismay
It's not the end of the world
Until You say

"Honeymooners"

"This love is so good
I hope it always stays"
I say to my honey
In our honeymooner phase

This feeling, yeah
I'm feeling more alive each day
Prepared for any season that's
Prepared to take this life away

But everything fades
Like moth and rust
And only trust remains
All the ups and downs
Can have their way
If it's my honey at the end of the day

Starts with a fizzle
The drizzle of the rain
I held to my honey
But it all came down the same

And all my sparks
They spun into a hurricane
Yeah, and my honey
Doesn't taste too sweet today

But everything fades
Like moth and rust
And only trust remains
All the ups and downs
Can have their way
If it's my honey at the end of the day

And oh, I thought those days would last forever
Just like the ones before had gone
Oh, I may have let go of the feeling
But I'm still holding on
I'm still holding on

And everything fades
Like moth and rust
And only trust remains
All the ups and downs
Can have their way
If it's my Honey at the end of the day

"118 Fabrics"

Looking out the window
Wind blows through the trees
Two birds, sitting peacefully
One flew away, the other stayed
I wonder, do birds get lonely?

A thought passes through my mind
Someday those birds will die
And so will I

And I think
About fish swimming
At the bottom of the sea
Born in darkness and living instinctively
Do they consider themselves
Like I do me?

Some people say that it's all the same
And yes it is true
The same 118 fabrics make us up
As well as buildings and the trees
But I have to wonder
Is there still discovering?

And the painted sky
Were the clouds all planned
Or was it just a randomized pattern
On canvas by a spilled paint can?

And what are miracles?
Is it one that we're alive?
That on the brink of chaos
There's harmony to find

And I can't see
And I can't see
Anything but the path in front of me

And we never know the half of it
But we live like we've mapped it all out
Is there any room for doubt?
And the simplest explanation
Seems to hold the most depth to me
There is more than what I see
And I have to wonder
Is there still discovering?

"The Living Dead"

Specters of the present
In a place we call time
Where the living and dead
Align
And breathe the same air
Both the truth and the lie
How can you make black and white
Coincide?

We are walking paradoxes
We are the living dead
All our blood, sweat and tears
An anointing for our heads

Rejoicing and resentment
Singing, laughing, crying
Where rain falls on the rich
And the blind
With gravity oppressing
Trees still reach to the sky
That seeds could die
To yield to life

We are walking paradoxes
We are the living dead
All our blood, sweat and tears
An anointing for our heads

We are born into the sickness
And our fighting is relentless
Still He died for our forgiveness
Yeah, He offers all his riches

We are walking paradoxes
We are the living dead
All His blood, sweat and tears
His blood, sweat and tears
An anointing for our heads

"The Constant"

I'm being swallowed alive
By the questions of these skies
How much further do they stretch
And have I seen the half yet

And what do I know
Life gets stranger as I go
My reality changes every day
I'm searching for something that stays

You are the constant
You are the shore
We are the waves, crashing
Trying to find something more
And it all leads back

I'm coming to grips
With the fact that I'm not it
Not the one who sees or understands
My footsteps are all shifting sand

And true to my humanity
I'll wane and feign divinity
In new directions every day
I'm searching for something that stays
Still

You are the constant
You are the shore
We are the waves, crashing
Trying to find something more
And it all leads back

How can I think I've got it figured out
How can I think I've got it figured out
I may not say it
No, I'd never admit to it
But I act it out
I walk out my belief
As loud as my doubts

You are the constant
You are the shore
We are the waves, crashing
Trying to find something more
And it all leads back
To You
It all leads back
To You

"Blood Vessels"

Strung up inside me
There to remind me
The cadence my heart keeps
With millions of heartbeats
These tables are turning
The oceans You're churning
Make rivers run upstream
The course of my bloodstream

I am alive
For the first time
More alive
Than the first time

Lost beyond reason
The coldest of seasons
Cuts off my breathing
And slows down the bleeding
Stir up the seas when
These breaths come uneven
I'm falling apart
To be where you are

I am alive
For the first time
More alive
Than the first time
You are beating life
Into a cold wasteland
Sifting through time
And my bloodline

Keep on bleeding
Till the blood runs true
The only thing that keeps me running
Is You

"Hold On My Heart"

Am I the only one
Who's sitting up at night
With the light on, thinking
Am I the only one
Who's pondering the thought
Of us
And if there is
And if there ever was

You see, I'm not so good at keeping
A hold on my heart
See, it's writhing at the sight of you
I'm trying everything to get
A hold on my heart

Am I the only one
Not good at being guarded
When my heart is, beating
Am I the only one
Who's had to hash it out
With God
And what He wills
And what my heart wants

You see, I'm not so good at keeping
A hold on my heart
See, it's writhing at the sight of you
I'm trying everything to get
A hold on my heart

And see, the nights are passing by
As I'm sitting here and wondering why
I can't get you off my mind
Sorting through the possibilities
The angles and adversities
What it'd take to make you mine
It can only take time

There's a hold on my heart
To raise it from the dead someday
Feels like it's still on layaway
So I guess for now I'll lay awake
And pray this aching goes away
Someday

"Ripple Effect"

It's a powerful thing
Watching a drop hitting the water
A singular being
Having say over all the others
Having an effect

And I wonder what my ripple is
When the sum of myself is joined with hers and his
Are we making waves

We could drop a word and watch it spread
Like propaganda in another person's head
Advertising lies or love and life instead
I'm wondering
Do you know the effect you have?

When I see tiny waves spread out
Like a soundwave when a person shouts
Making noise and all of the water hears it
And even moreso move to the sound of your voice
Effecting their placement
Effecting their choice
Oh, what a powerful drop we are

We could drop a word and watch it spread
Like propaganda in another person's head
Advertising lies or love and life instead
I'm wondering
Do you know the effect you have?

And you say that even skipping stones
Have to settle at the ocean's floor
That ripples only sound in ponds and stop
But what is a sea but a multitude of drops?
A multitude of drops

"Engraved"

Walking through the graveyard 'cross the street
Looking at the gravestones by my feet
Some of them with crosses, some without
Wondering which'll break at the trumpets sound

Easy to spot the spots where the rich had died
Their tombstones rise like towers to the sky
Much like the structures built in Babylon
Their efforts to reach heaven dead and gone

So here I sit
Judging graven images by the images engraved
Trying to guess the ones that Jesus saved
And I could spit
On their graves much easier than in their face
Casting stones at the stones where people lay

And I'm wondering if I could take another look
To judge the contents instead of the cover of the book
Our lives are stories bound up by the spine
All the pages and the memories in our mind

So it's a library, not a cemetery I walk
In both places we are cautioned not to talk
For the histories make imprints off the page
Where I'm hoping it's Your image that's engraved

So here I sit
Judging graven images by the images ingrained
Sifting through the icons man has made
And I could spit
At everything that I don't understand
Or do what Jesus already commands

And rest in Him
And in the peace
That He gave
I'll never be the same
I thank the Lord
That His image is engraved