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sparrow
05:09
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some say his eye is on the sparrow
the same would say he watches me
say the word divides the bone from marrow
but tongues of flame don’t really speak
so if the son rides down in a blood-soaked gown
the whole world at his feet
i’ll lay my body down on the blood-soaked ground
the birds can feast on me
‘cause i’ve been watched forever and i've never been seen
some say the way is straight and narrow
they say the truth will set you free
but when they fire it like an arrow
the fault is yours if you should bleed
so if the son rides down in a blood-soaked gown
the whole world at his feet
i’ll lay my body down on the blood-soaked ground
the birds can feast on me
‘cause i’ve been watched forever and i've never been seen
some say we all deserve the fire
there’s nothing good in you or me
i say if that’s what faith requires
i’ll free my doubt and give it wings
and if the son rides down in a blood-soaked gown
the whole world at his feet
i’ll lay my body down on the blood-soaked ground
the birds can feast on me
‘cause i’ve been watched forever and i've never been seen
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hummingbird
03:55
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i remember coming home to the body in the road
he was only drunk, i’m sure he sobered up and made it home
but he’s lying on the pavement in my mind
nothing ever passes by like time
big wheel in the driveway, chevy pickup truck
she picked me up and let me go and trusted her bad luck
and i’m lying on the pavement in my mind
nothing ever passes by like time
who were we then?
who have i been?
sirens in the cul-de-sac, someone called the cops
i’m peering through the curtains, why they got your dad in cuffs
and he’s lying on the pavement in my mind
nothing ever fucks you up like time
who were we then?
who have i been?
who have i been?
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son of man
03:34
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only words, only what you made it
only words, heavy as their pages
there’s water in my lungs
a message in a bottle
decision making’s done
now imitate the model
christ, i’m heading toward the light
i'm big enough to die for my god
call the devil’s bluff, i’m son of man enough
aren’t i?
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god
01:21
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give me something to hold on to
my mooring’s gone
the night is dark and daybreak doesn’t come
is there something i can say to you
how should i pray
i look for you but you still hide your face
where's the ground beneath my feet
where's the light cause i can’t see
where's my help when i don’t know
my god, my god, my god
where did you go?
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hallelujah
03:12
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we always said he’d never leave
that we can be his hands and feet
and you can't live on bread alone
so we’ll eat the word and feed your soul
we’ll be a fire in the dark
we'll flood the earth to float the ark
cry “oh, repent before the end”
and hate these sinners for their sins
hallelujah, we’re right
hallelujah, we’re right
we’ll be a nation under god
won’t spoil the child, won’t spare the rod
cause by the fruit a tree is known
and you can see ours on your phone
give us a king to call your man
or we'll storm the temple, flag in hand
we’ll bring ‘em all back to the son
we don’t need swords when we have guns
hallelujah, we’re right
hallelujah, we’re right
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goddamn
03:42
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pick me up and let me down
set my feet on moral ground
there ain't no love like one that's true
goddamn, there ain't some left for you
blessed are the hands that fold
smoke & mirrors, unholy ghosts
suffer the children come to me
goddamn the wolves dressed up as sheep
you know everything
how it's gonna be
you know you know you
and you know me
in the pew still as the grave
i brought my sinner's soul to save
and i brought my dollar for the plate
goddamn, the hour is getting late
the choir sings the altar call
i knew all the words, and sang 'em all
will i get chosen, do i choose
goddamn the life i stand to lose
you know everything
how it's gonna be
you know you know you
and you know me
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holy moses
03:43
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holy moses, when the bramble burned and smoked
could've been the voice of god, could've been the fire spoke
holy moses, did you stand on holy ground
did a tongue of flame articulate, did you just think you heard a sound
you didn't lead nobody home
holy moses, let my people go
holy moses, did you fear it a mistake
when the river turned to blood, when the rod became a snake
holy moses, could you still have thought it right
when he named his angel death and sent him winging in the night
you didn't lead nobody home
holy moses, let my people go
you're a baby in a basket
we're the children in their chains
we're the firstborn stricken in the night
and there’s blood smeared on the frame
holy moses, when you lifted up your arms
did it rattle your resolve, did you expect the sea to part
holy moses, could you still have called it grace
when he hid you in the cleft and he never showed his face
you didn't lead nobody home
holy moses, let my people go
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jesus christ
02:06
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jesus christ, where's my appetite?
i'm wasting away again, chasing the day again
jesus christ, i can't go out tonight
i'm stuck in my head again, playing dead again
and i pray like somebody's gonna hear me, lord
somebody’s gonna hear me, lord
jesus christ, keep me safe tonight
i'm knelt at the bed again, bowing my head again
jesus christ, got my wrong from right
i'm low as a sinner goes, haunted by holy ghosts
and i pray like somebody's gonna hear me, lord
somebody gonna hear me, lord
jesus christ, hold my breath and i
don't feel a thing at all
can’t hear a thing at all
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cry night
02:44
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did you lie to your parents, did you cheat on a test?
did you envy your neighbor, did you want to have sex?
come on down if you’re still lost
you can be found at the foot of the cross
tomorrow you may die, but you can cry tonight
what is this hesitation, have you hardened your heart?
make a public profession, you can come as you are
every head bowed, every eye closed
i see that hand on the very back row
tomorrow you may die, but you can cry tonight
you should pray for your friends boy, jesus loves all of them
but his father is angry and they could still burn in the end
so raise your hands, the lord is near
lift your voice and sing through the fear
tomorrow you may die, but you can cry tonight
and in the end when kingdom comes
you’ll be there washed in the blood of the son
tomorrow you may die, but you can cry tonight
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i saw everything
03:57
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i saw you stare at the sky
i heard you pray in the night
you had too much of that good wine
i saw everything
i saw your love and your hate
i saw you lifting the weight
like it was always your fate
i saw everything
i saw everything and i saw nothing
i saw us sitting in rows
i heard us singing the notes
cried like a murder of crows
i saw everything
i saw myself in the south
i had the words in my mouth
but i wouldn’t let any out
i saw everything
i saw everything and i saw nothing
i saw a ghost in the park
i saw a light in the dark
a beacon born of a spark
i saw everything
i had a memory of god
but now my memory is shot
was just a fight that i fought
when i saw everything
i saw everything and i saw nothing
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dust
04:40
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couldn't tell you how to be
waiting on your mystery
to make itself appear in plain
all you're gonna do is wait
nothing's gonna come to you
just because you want it to
throw away your shoulds & musts
boy, you're only made of dust
maybe god is made of sea
tide and salt and hooks in me
deep into the deep i'm flung
what if i was born with lungs?
see the light that cuts the blue
boy the light could be for you
drifting in the wrecks and rust
oh my god, i'm made of dust
always had a way to be
centered, oriented me
water for the thirsty ground
i was lost and never found
nothing ever came for me
and i'm not who i thought i'd be
a whisper grew into a gust
oh my stars, i'm made of dust
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12. |
that's all
03:23
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hold it all at arm's length
try to make 'em longer
grin & grit your baby teeth
hope you're getting stronger
riding in the backseat, sick of all the motion
driving up your old street
roll the window open
that's all
couldn't help it you're an old soul
stuck inside a young mind
it was only ever half the whole
the other half is time
given to distraction, living in a daydream
where nothing ever happened
except turning into me
that's all
there ain't no god to pray to
there ain't nothing to save
then again, they always told you
you were born into a grave
so go on and lift your head, boy
let your worry fall away
'cause everything was said, boy
and there's nothing left to say
that's all
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