"The Witness"

Waking from the dead ain't easy
But it happens all the time
Breaking free from old confines

I've seen chains fall
Where logic dissolves

Man's wisdom
Made undone
Make you second guess your eyes
Bear witness
To all this
Miraculous design

Write down
Don't forget
What you've seen here
What you believe here
In this moment of time
It just might save your life

I've seen chains fall
Where logic dissolves

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"Hold Me Close"

Dropped down on this rock

Given nothing but a mind to question

Is there God in the sky above?

Am I here to learn some lesson?

I was told what I need to know

What's good and bad and black and white

Find out further down the road

That they aren't always right

So hold me up

Hold me close

Because this feeling is all that I know

I'm not alone

So hold me close

I followed this old rope

Down to the end of it and back

Seems like the more of it I tread

The more places I found slack

It didn't add up, filled with plotholes

That were not my own ideas

Seemed like the more of mine I supposed

The more the path ahead came clear

So hold me up

And hold me close

Because this moment is all I know

I'm not alone

I don't know what is home

But just hold me close

"Deadhead"

I came back empty handed
And an empty seat as well
The night was fresh upon me
All alone as I could tell

No I didn't mind the solitude
For the time to clear my head
With an empty slate in front of me
While the midnight streets are dead

And I've heard
That we grow
When we remove the things we know
Replace the dead
That we sew
For something better there instead

I came to the conclusion
As I carved the winding roads
That I can need people
Just as much as I need to be alone

And there's nothing wrong
With needing time
There's so much that happens slow
So give it time

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"Injustice"

There is no justice
There is no fair
There is no justice
Anywhere

Where is the justice
Where is the truth
Destined to carry
This burden of proof

I once knew a man
Who robbed me blind
Didn't listen to reason
Of any kind

But a man's got to eat
A man's got a job
We all earn our keep
Whether we judge or we rob

When truth and injustice
Breathe the same air
There is no justice
Anywhere

"Good at Grace"

I started out afraid, I came to you
You offered up a hand I held onto
But things began to change, the water grew
To take me under

I tried to be a man, to stand my ground
I held onto the cross for as long as I can
But when the arrows come behind and strike your back
Tell me who's on the attack?

You try to deal in grace and lofty words
But you hide behind the Face and I'm still unheard
You may have time to waste, but I'm moving on
When it's clear I don't belong

I left without a trace at break of dawn
And nobody made chase, they carried on
Now the memories replaced with lies enthroned
I could never call this home

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You try to deal in grace and lofty words
But you won't admit mistakes, so eat your words
If you're so good at grace, why don't you take
Yours that I'm so dependent on
To say you're wrong

"Dark"

I know
That the world is cold
It's nothing new, it's nothing old
And I don't have to be told
Of the atrocities
That all unfold

The world is so dark
But I don't want to go there
I want to live in the light
In the light

I've seen
Poisons killing me
Drugs and depression, everything
I know they're only taking
Never giving
I want to breathe

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Above the dim and dark, depraved
I'm thinking maybe I could pave
The world into whatever shape
I want
Above the selfish, lowly games
The desperate clamoring for fame
I want to paint
The world
In light