"Light Succumbs The Dark"

When I look at myself
I see a lot of dark
While a little bit of light streams through
A lot of good intentions
By bad means
Never seem to ring true

And I hold myself above all else
Even though deserving hell
If this life is beautiful
Sometimes it's hard to tell

And it's still uncertain
If I'm the same person
At any given moment
So uncertain
Always learning
But never know just where I'm going

It's in my heart
It's in my heart
That's where the motion starts

When I look at the world
I see a lot of pain
With hope slipping through the cracks
Well mannered people
Doing evil
Lodging blades in our brothers' backs

It's in my heart
It's in my heart
That's where the motion starts
It's where the battle starts
When light succumbs the dark

And it's in my soul
A fire I'll never know
That I slipped through
Into heavenly glow

"Forgive Me, I'm A Fool"

Loss is not to be laughed at
No, not even in jest
I know my words linger on
After I've asked for your forgiveness

And no one should have to feel
The way that you did tonight
Opening up those scars
And brought them back into the daylight

I'm sorry, I'm a fool
Forgive me, I'm a fool
My tongue lashes out at the things that I don't understand
While you're left to carry the weight in your hands

Love is all that we have
It hurts when you can't get it back
And no one deserves
To be reminded of that

And I've never known such pain
So I know I can't feel the same
But I won't carry on this way
No, what right do I have?
No, I never even knew her name

I'm sorry, I'm a fool
Forgive me, I'm a fool
I make light of all the things that I don't understand
While you're left to carry the weight in your hands

I'm sorry, there's no excuse
You have every right to feel the way you do
And it's not okay, it's not okay but thank you
I've still got a lot of growing up to do

"For God So Loved"

Hurling stones
On equal ground
Who are you
To make a sound

Throw yourself
At others' sin
Truth would show
That love will win

For God so loved the world
Oh, why can't you?
For God so loved the world
Oh, why can't you?

My brother's a fool
By his own choice
In my own mind
Drown out his voice

When I've no faith
To do myself
Declaring love
Denying help

For God so loved the world
So why don't I?
For God so loved the world
So why don't I?

There is no us and them
There is no us and them
Grace makes fools of righteous men
There is no us and them

For God so loved the world
The world

"22"

I've seen it all come and go
I've reached the highs and hit the lows
I've felt alive, I've felt alone
And still I'm no closer to home

And now I sit with head in hands
I want to quit, I want to stand
Not quite a boy, not quite a man
Between where I've been and where I am

And this tension's killing me
Cause I'm never who I want to be
Nothing satisfies
So I'll search the past and come up short
Believing there was good before
But not a bright spot in my life

And the stars grow dimmer every day
And the stars grow dimmer every day
Wonder when they'll fade away

I make a mess, I make amends
Make enemies trying to make friends
And I've been learning to pretend
That I'm okay, that I'm okay with it

Do I adapt or stay the same
Follow the path or lead the way
The questions follow me all day
A catch 22, they'd say

And this tension's killing me
Cause I'm never who I want to be
And nothing satisfies

And the stars grow dimmer every day
And the stars grow dimmer every day
Yeah my dreams grow distant every day
Wonder when they'll fade away

Cause it's a night sky
That I'm looking at the light
And it's the wrong way
That I learn to do what's right
And it's a struggle
It'll always be a fight
Between
Between
Between

And the stars grow dimmer
The stars grow dimmer

"Churches"

I don't want to go to church
I want to be
Because no structure made by man
Could set me free
And walls
Can't live or move or breathe
Not like the church
The church I want to be

Don't want to walk into a temple
I'm my own
A sacred dwelling made of
Flesh and bone
And no ritual or service
Could atone
For this heart than who is seated
On the throne

We are alive
We are a fire
And I want to burn
I want to be the choir
Let the seats in churches
Be filled in my own life
I need my family
I need you by my side

Our wicked tongues
Spin tales so grand
When these decisions
Are all we have
Love is the movement
Of feet and hands
Actions required
By what love demands

So let's not be seated
Let's gladly stand

We are alive
We are a fire
And I want to burn
I want to be the choir
Let the seats in churches
Be filled in my own life
I need my family
I need you by my side

And nothing's greater
Than this sweet love
It's a covenant that flows from blood
Like the blood in our veins
Moving through us the same
Let us not be a stationary place, let's run

We are alive
We are a fire
And I want to burn
I want to be the choir
Let the seats in churches
Be filled in my own life
I need my family
I need you by my side

"But How"

I don't know what's going on
Did I do something wrong
Something left unsaid
I thought had never left my head
That's slowly seeping

I wish I knew what was on your mind
To give me clarity in mine
Cause something isn't right
And I've let it plague me day and night
It's suffocating
Wish there was a way to say it

But how
But how

I've been reaching for a hand
Hoping they could understand
But now I'm all alone
A hollow shell, an empty home
Is it so wrong to
Want someone to belong to
I've let it go now
I want to make this right

But how
But how
When all these words get in the way
Of what I'm really trying to say
See my frustrations filter out
I'll put it all on the table now

I've been a poor, misguided fool
What I needed, tried to see it in you
And these words made seem heavy handed, but they're true
That I built a place in my heart and
Wanted you to make a home in
And it all amounted to nothing
An unwanted expectation
Wish that I never had made one

"Bodies Of Water"

We are the calm before the storm
The safety of a distant shore
The land we're longing, we were torn
In the turmoil we were born

When waves descend upon our heads
Fight the tides and sink again
We can't lose sight until it ends
The push and pull of living

When it all blows over
We're still bodies of water
And when it all goes under
We're still bodies of water

I'm holding on like a lily to the ground
Clinging with the roots I buried down
Unexpected gales try to rip me out
From the foundation that I found

But hope like petals to the wind
I'll try to find my place again
A fragile game of pick up sticks
And you'll be there to piece it

All, back together
Like the rain we fall, back together

When it all blows over
We're still bodies of water
And when it all goes under
We're still bodies of water
We rise and fall

When it all blows over
We're still just bodies of water
And when it all goes under
I won't have to wonder
We're all tied to this together
An ocean of surrender
We're still bodies of water
We'll rise and fall