Saturday, April 16, 2011

"Foreverbent"

In a minute
I'm racing
To the finish
Of what I see right now
In the moment
I'm living
Where I'm going
Is a mystery to me
I'm losing ground

[chorus]
But I know I'm better than that
Let my feelings subside
I know I'm better than that
Let go of what's inside

My heartbeat
It won't quit
It's leading
Like a compass
To a land that I should never land upon
Swimming
Toward the deepend
And losing all sense
Of what it means to be foreverbent

[chorus]
But I know I'm better than that
Let my feelings subside
I know I'm different than that
Let go of what's inside
I won't lose sight

No shame in failing
Just in giving up
Knowing what is wrong
And then still chasing it
Without a clear direction
I'll fall for everything until I stand

Eternity is hidden
In every moment that we're living
And every breath
Is another step
So take another step
Just take another step
Take another step
Just take another step

'Cause I know I'm better than that
Yeah, You taught me better than that

Sunday, April 10, 2011

"Rebuild Me"

I am but a speck of dust
I am but a drop of rain
I fade away

I splatter on the pavement
One second here
Another gone

I can't seem to break away
Gravity is pulling me
I've lost my ground
Can't reach above now

[chorus]
I did not build me
How can I rebuild me
Look inside
This fragile life of mine
And try to form some light
And fill me

Never seen a tree that's green by itself
Asks the sun and the soil for help
Roots so deep, it feeds from the source
To give it life
To give it life

[chorus]
I did not build me
How can I rebuild me
Look inside
This fragile life of mine
And try to form some light

Please fill me
I can't refill me
I'm just a broken building
In dying need of restoration
Pillars built to make foundation
I did not build me
I mold together walls of sand
That blow away and slip right through my hands
Nothing that I make can stand

My mind in shackles still can't understand
That I did not
That I did not
I did not build me
I did not build me
I did not build me
So how can I rebuild me

Thursday, March 31, 2011

"Distractions"

I hear you in the quiet I feel you in the pain I find you when I lose myself But I don't want to change I curse you in confusion And hide from you in shame I shift in discomfort When you call my name [chorus] I've got excuses I've got distractions They leave me blind I sit here useless Split into fractions To have it my own way But I'm losing time You break me out of bondage You rip apart the chains But I crawl back to emptiness So I can hold the reins It's easier to stay down Instead of climb the heights I'm happier, much happier Just living my own life [chorus] I've got excuses I've got distractions They leave me blind I sit here useless Split into fractions To have it my own way But I'm losing time If there's a way out Why am I not moving If there's a way out What am I doing? All the things that I desire Everything that I've acquired Do I count it all Do I count it all As loss [chorus] I've got excuses I've got distractions They keep me blind These things are useless They're all distractions And I can't run this race Until I've left them all behind

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

"Lonely Tower"

You stand, a lonely tower Below a clouded sky Tall and proud and fading Cracks running down the side We stand outside your walls Trying to get a glimpse inside But you'll protect your sanctuary Until the day you die [chorus] So much pain, I'm sure Feel the rain, on the stoney walls you build Rusting and distrusting Till the space inside is filled You shout, atop your tower To every corner that'll hear your cry But you speak in rhymes and riddles In cacophonous lullabies Falsities and fabrications You put honey over all your plagues Open up and feel the restoration In knowing we all fall the same [chorus] So much pain, I'm sure Feel the rain, on the stoney walls you build Rusting and distrusting Until the space inside is filled [instrumental] [chorus] So much pain, I'm sure Feel the rain, on the stoney walls you build Rusting and distrusting Till the space inside is filled You won't stand forever Though you barely stand at all You won't stand forever Who'll catch you when you fall?

Monday, March 28, 2011

"Free (All Or Nothing)"

A gift I once acquired Now blurry and obscured In my hands, or so I could understand But now I'm not so sure [chorus] Free, take it Free, take it And I will set you free Free Free To you I give my life As long as you give yours to me A love that dwells inside me That's shown itself on skin But if all I've known, is all a show Then what is left within? Filthy rags Stain these hands All along I thought I had a plan I don't understand [chorus] Free, take it Free, take it And I will set you free Free, take it Free, but wait it's Only yours to keep As long as you give all to me Have I been fed lies all my life I'm losing hope, I'm losing sight I stand here divided In the blurring lines You say you've made a way it's Just two paths of pavement One is wrong, the other's right I can't read the traffic signs [chorus] Free Am I free? Am I free to ask the questions Till I find out what I need Am I free Am I free To you it's all or nothing All or nothing Would you give me something Will you give me something?

Saturday, March 26, 2011

"Sprout From the Pavement"

I didn't realize
That this is all there was
Cast aside, and though I tried
I can't help feeling this inside

I didn't realize
That this could hurt so bad
Severed ties and aching cries
From something that was never mine

Do I just need a little time?
Oh, give me just a little time

[chorus]
Not often that you find someone
Who makes you believe
The sun still hides in cloudy skies
Behind a wall of gray
So why is it I'm left behind
A traded memory
The sprout from out the pavement
Now won't even look my way

I overanalyze
Did I do something wrong
To make you go, I miss you so
For one who gave me so much hope

And though I knew you a short time
It hurts without you in my life
I need just a little time
Oh, give me just a little time

[chorus]
Not often that you find someone
Who makes you believe
The sun still hides in cloudy skies
Behind a wall of gray
So why is it I'm left behind
A traded memory
The sprout from out the pavement
Now won't even look my way

I know what you are to me
A light that shines so brilliantly
Not a word I left unsaid
Not a word I left unsaid
Feels like you're discarding me
And all I know is I don't want the
Light to leave me
Your light to leave me

[chorus]
Not often that you find someone
Who makes you believe
The sun still hides in cloudy skies
Behind a wall of gray
And you, that light that breaks through
But now won't shine on me
The sprout from out the pavement
Now won't even look my way
My sprout from out the pavement
Why won't you look my way?

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

"Yelling At A Deaf Man"

I've been caught
Reaping what I've wrought
Walls are falling at my feet
Begin to see a different me

Can't see clearly
But I'm holding on so dearly
To the things I understand
Write myself out of the plan

I've fallen harder
Than I ever imagined

[chorus]
You've caught me
Now the two of us can see
This is further down the road
Than I thought I could go
You told me
Not sacrifice, but mercy
And yet I'm yelling at a deaf man
Yelling at a deaf man

He's been lost
Touching answers in the dark
Starting to believe it
Though he can't yet see it

Along comes me
Like a self-sustained disease
No, I'm not the one who saves
Putting people in their graves

I've fallen farther
Than I ever imagined

[chorus]
You caught me
Now the two of us can see
This is further down the road
Than I thought I could go
You told me
Not sacrifice, but mercy
And yet I'm yelling at a deaf man
I'm yelling at a deaf man

Have I
Really blown it all this time
Can I
Do much more to set it right
Have You
Heard the sightless souls who cry
Can You still breathe Your life
In the places that I've helped to die

I've been yelling at a deaf man
Yelling at a deaf man
Yelling at a deaf man
But it's not too late for Your hand