Sucess and Failure Both Lose or Win

A man in a sweater steps off the airplane
He's arrived in Paris to see the sights, and all the pretty lights
And he's just trying to escape the pain.
He's lead a good life, but it's empty like
the can that the little boy holds in his hand
he's tried everything in life, and it all broke down tonight
the cops came and busted up the party, he's lead a bad life, and he can't even say sorry
to himself the man in the sweater says whats the point
and the boy with the can says forget this joint
I've tried to be good
and I've been real bad,
but there's gotta be something I haven't had yet

The man in the sweater sits down on a park bench,
and the boy with the can on the curb
see theres something they both missed,
there's something they both haven't learned
and its love
the only kind you get from your father Above
and a remembrance of a story comes back to remind
of a man who hung by three nails for loves sake and died
and then came back alive

Jesus loves me
this I know
for the word of God tells me that its so
and when I stumble and when I crawl
his nail scarred hands will catch me no matter how far I fall

And that's all I've got to say
you can have success or give everything away
but if your heart has not found rest,
come to know your Father's love and ask forgiveness

To the man in the sweater and the boy with the can
Jesus is calling you home, saying Yes I am
I am ready to forgive you,
I'm your healer and your friend
I will never leave you or forsake you
I'm everything you want and need, for I am

Oh Heavens

Oh heavens
is that my pride again
Oh heavens
is that my mind again
my own might again
And oh I'm so sorry for the things I've done
And oh I'm so sorry cause just when I think I finally got it down it comes undone

Oh heavens, its not much fun to think that all of this was me,
yeah there's no point in shifting the blame so please why don't you just stop trying
it was my pride that did, did me in this time
Wish I could learn my lessons and refrain from the same crime
you'd think that I could let it go but oh, oh, oh, oh no
Heavens

Oh heavens I'm my only point of shame
Oh heavens My soul is the only one to blame
Oh heavens My shade follows me like a past from the grave
Jesus put my soul to rest, and resurrect me

Around The Shadows

Theres a face in the mirror but it doesnt feel like me
theres a shadow that i fear cause it looks a lot like me but
but the face and the shadow don't hold my soul
theres something I can't get to in this place thats not my home

this me is not the real thing
this place is not my home
so when I feel alone and so unlike me
the spirit is willing but the body is weak
oh Lord strengthen my soul
so that this bone weary place that encases me
will never be called home

Don't let this world get you down
it will turn around it will turn around
don't let this world get around you
don't let it surround you
don't let it get you down

A Walk In The Air

I breath in something new
and different than routine
I can't quite make it out
Its something I know that is Unseen
And wherever I am,
the thing takes me away
and oh my God, its more than I can say

I find myself
in the presence of your holiness
I find yourself chipping away at my loneliness
Your carpenter hands are making things out of light
through the night, out of air,
beyond my stare
are the lights
whatever it is
its a heavenly feeling of sight

You give me eyes inside my soul
slowly awaking my spirit to whole
My lungs and heart aren't yet big enough to take it in
so I'm here once again
swept away past the fray of my mind
theres something there, theres something right