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Foreign Lips
02:49
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Foreign Lips
With these foreign lips do I kiss a witness?
Or do I betray because the price was right?
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2. |
Defiance
05:12
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Defiance
We ran away to find a place
Where we could be alone again
A bed too short to stretch out on
A blanket too small to wrap around
We ran away/Oh, My Lord!
“This is the time of repose!”
But I didn’t want to hear your voice
So I ran from you like I always do
And felt my heart fall from you
Please forgive my defiance!
A mighty wind swept away
And water filled my hiding place
A weight within broke me down
My heart trembled from the sound
We ran away/Oh, My Lord!
Then you proclaimed, “You are saved!”
I didn’t want to hear my name
So I ran from you like I always do
And felt my heart fall from you
Please forgive my defiance!
If this is what perfection is, I don’t want a part of it
If this is what I’ve lived for, I don’t wanna know what I’ll die for
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3. |
Taking its Toll
03:35
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Taking its Toll
I’ve been thinking a lot about you these days
I’ve been thinking of how I used to see your face—
And I won’t let it go; I can’t let it go
I’ve been thinking about how I used to live
I’ve been thinking about how I can never forgive—
And I won’t let it go; I never let things go.
All of this pain is taking its toll
It’s taking its toll on me
And one of these days I’m gonna make it up
I’m gonna make it up to you
I’ve been lying to myself a lot these days
And I’ve been lying to my God in the same way
I’ve been lying to those I love
And I’ve been lying to those I trust
And I don’t want to be this honest
Inside my head—I feel dead
I wanna let this go, but its taking its toll
I’m not sure if our paths will ever cross again—
Just know that I’ll always be with you until the end
I just wanna live, I just wanna breathe
I just wanna know that I’ll be alright
I am who I am and that’s all I’ll ever be
And no one will take that from me
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Birth—Or, Something akin to it
You said you’d be there when I needed you
But you never answer when I call
Maybe I’m bored with happiness
Or just tired of fighting a lost cause
I stood in the doorway
—staring, you were staring back
So I faked a smile and called your name
But you had no ears to hear
—you had no eyes to see
What is this that I feel?
Is it everything?
An ever-flooding current sweeping me from you—
Holding in all of my tears in fear you’d learn
That I’m more terrible than I seem
Oh, how disgraceful can I be?
At times like this I recognize
The cleverness of God
His sense of humor, mocking me
His cynicism, unparalleled
We are but pawns in this game,
Where our handicap is a curse of recklessness
—a venomous despair
And He sits, and watches, and waits
For the right moment to free us—
To keep us from dangling
And where will I go?
Well, I guess that all depends on where I’ve been.
I fear, this is where hypocrisy lives
—in my bones,
Where, I’m unsure if I’ve ever truly felt your spirit dwell
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Walt Gamble
05:38
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Walt Gamble
He plows the field
Works the soil til it’s ready
His task tiresome, yet willing
To make due what he needs
He levels the surface
Plants wheat wherever it grows
His God teaches him the way
Instructs him where to go
Listen and hear my voice
Heed the words I say
Where do we go if we don’t have a home?
Where do we stay if we don’t know the way?
His hands, they crack from the labor
Fingers digging the blade
Nothing seems to matter when
He’s carefully planting the grain
His thoughts trickle back to a time
When life made more sense
His God showed him the way
Even though he wanted to stay
Listen and hear my voice
Heed the words I say
Where do we go if we don’t have a home?
Where do we stay if we don’t know the way?
You may be lost, my friends
But you are not alone
I am so lost, my friends
But I am not alone
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6. |
Strange Tongues
07:14
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Strange Tongues
With these strange tongues I’ve misled
Every person I’ve ever met
And God, what does this mean for me?
I’ve lived an undesired life
It seems as empty as yours
Where am I to go?
I’ve come to the end of my line—
These gates have no sway for me
Woe! To the pride of the drunkards—
To the fading flower,
See! The Lord is powerful,
Like a mighty hailstorm!
His glorious beauty, a destructive wind
Never have we seen a love as great as His!
Woe! To the fertile valley
To His glorious beauty—
See! Figs in harvest
Take them in your hand
He gives us all we need, yet we’re filled with greed
And we try hard to succeed,
No matter what the cost
This isn’t what He asked of us—
We have forgotten what it means to love.
Oh, how shameful we’ve become.
Speaking in strange tongues,
He tells us where to go!
We will not be rebellious;
We will not turn away!
We will not drown in the fire.
We will not burn in the rain.
We will not die in vain.
We will find our way home!
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