Saturday, November 14, 2009

Come Save me Now

Lord make this restless wanderer to rest
upon the rock of enduring faithfulness
cause I've been through a storm
and I'm feeling so alone
and I've tried to fight it out
but my hearts filled with dark doubt
its blacking out
come save me know

Lord make this running runner to stop
from trying to run from the drop
cause its ok to fall
because your bigger than them all
and I know that from experience
with a heart so numb and delirous
I need to fall straight in your hand I'm coming down
its blacking out
come save me now

Lord make this sobbing pulse to cease
and simply fill my blood with your peace
cause my eyes have turned pale
and all my battles fail
but your stronger with just your hands
than I could ever muster in my lands
I'll sing it out
Its blacking out
but I'm burning out
I know you'll save me now

Monday, November 9, 2009

My Life And Death Anthem

This song is floating over the keyboard of my heart
the notes are playing and begin fading as quickly as they start
I have to write this down before too long
I have to try to save this breath before its used and gone

I remember this song,
I mark it well,
its all the things I can't buy or sell.
I remember this song,
like the holiday,
of all the things that human words cant say
Its the grateful song for the will to make us survive
Its all the words that can't describe
just how it feels to die and be alive.

I feel your heartbeat under the earth
I know your gaze penetrating hurt
Floating on one moment when I gaze down at my hands
and for one moment Im gone and I marvel at your plans
Its here so brief I can only breath and its to my grief yet I sigh relief

In the Eye

In the middle of a hurricane
Walking the streets in the pouring rain
Spinning out starspeed Im going insane
Feel pounding pain
in my heart
but then you stop and start

In the eye of the storm you stop the whole world
In the rage, ripped and torn you make my stand sure
what is this peace I find?
Its not ever in the place of my mind
In the middle of my hurricane
in exposure to driving rain
you hear my cry unheard
in the eye of the storm you stop the whole world.

You come running to me
ready for battle with the cavalry
You wont give up till you've won me back
you wont give me over to inside black
You see the storm
and you cease its form
you find the eye
and rise me up high
you stop me in the midst of the chaos
I hold my breath as you take us
away

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Space

Space

Floating

In our space of fragility

We can not see past the blue den

The bright star burns our eyes

The change sizzles in our pockets

And makes us slaves

Diamond chains float away in gravity's absence

This is freedom

Our call for peace

Our chance

Inscribed

Concentric

chords

All Away

Its coming up
its going down
life is not enough
to stop the sound
Its coming through
its getting clear
and my whole life
is chasing tears
nothing truly new
until you call my name
and I answer you
you sing the sky's refrain

All Away
come up to me
this is where you belong
I'll sing sweetly
I'll mend the glass
that holds you back
that cuts your feet
as you crawl to me
I'm carrying you away
All Away

I've cried too long
on the battlefield beneath me
I found I'm not strong
like I wanted to be
But you call me up
just when I give up
and thats enough to save this aching heart
Please dont let me go just keep me in your arms

When it comes down
dont break it
when it falls down
dont hate it
Cause its not enough to ignore the pain
and say your strong when you feel the strain
you have to give up and die to yourself
if you ever want to rise up and be well

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

lowercase i

the storm is coming
will i be strong enough
the storm is running
its gonna cut through all this stuff
the storm is pounding down the halls
is it the end or is this a bluff
the storm is raging through the walls
its crashing through the celing
and i can hear my soul screaming

then i hear the echo
reverberating the canyon of my heart
telling me to let go
and breath in the disaster let it smart
cause its the start of something new
its gonna run the old ways through
and im outta control
its not in my hands
i've learned this before
but now i understand
im just the lowercase i
and your the capital G
your the hands that hold the sky
and im just the raindrop on a leaf

Monday, November 2, 2009

Glass Heart

I used to be so idealistic
but now my heart is hard and twisted
I feel like I went and missed it
whatever happened to my soul
I used to be open and untainted
but my heart became refrigerated
I wound up cynical and jaded
whatever made this empty hole

I can't hold my own heart together
whatever made me think I could change the world
Father hold my broken glass heart forever
Whatever made me want to change the world
I can only make the best of whats mine
Whatever made me think I could change the world
I can only make the best of my own life

And this life that I'm living can't be mine
Not if I want to live
So I'm giving up this time
Take the harshness of my heart
and melt it down to run like rain
let the heavy lead run soft down my face
like a tear stain
Let this world not be mine
I'm a torn up mess from my bitter crime
Say "your mine" say Im fine
Say "your mine" say Im fine