A flower for your vanity A penny for your thoughts About the world's insanity And how we've gotten lost Strike up the band to play a song As we go waltzing by And fake a smile as we all say goodbye Goodbye, oh goodbye Say a prayer for recognition Kiss the ones you love Gather up the ammunition Sigh for all the lost Strike up the band to play a song As we go waltzing by And fake a smile as we all say goodbye Goodbye, oh goodbye
Raise a glass for ignorance Drink a toast to fear The beginning of the end has come That's why we all are here Strike up the band to play a song And try hard not to cry And fake a smile as we all say goodbye Goodbye
I never minded calling You a King If that meant that I could count on You To give me everything I never thought to ask You I always thought You knew It was never my intention to question You You never minded calling me a child Well, I guess that's how I acted all the while But You live through every tantrum You see through every lie Though they seem to be more common I just wanted to know why oh why Unforgetful You, unforgetful Unforgetful You, so unforgetful
You never minded giving us the stars Then showing us how blind And unaware of You we are You painted me a picture And showed me how to see Though I just won't behold it Unless it pertains to me Unforgetful You, unforgetful Unforgetful You, so unforgetful
Unforgetful You, unforgetful Unforgetful You, so unforgetful So unforgetful You...
Open up your box of sunshine And smile as confetti comes raining down on you You feel a lot like the good guy, but do you know why Everything's so blue Well, love is fire and the coals are barely burning Cold fills the emptiness that fills this empty place I taught you the walk but then you ran away from me And that's not how it's supposed to be I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind I know there's something else it's supposed to be I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind Something's killing me Tearful confessions have watered down and broken down The chance for unrequited love to finally reach its wall You're waiting for the axe to fall But can't you see it lying on the ground? I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind I know there's something else it's supposed to be I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind Something's killing me
Be the best one, be the best one, be the best one
I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind I know there's something else it's supposed to be I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind Something's killing me I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind I know there's something else it's supposed to be I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind Something's something's killing something's killing me You could be the best one at cleaning up this mess...
Collapsing was much softer Still falling always hurt Only after sensing Your love for always ever burned You justified my folly My affluent disguise Removed revealing nothing Yet nothing unforgiven lies Unforgiven lies No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do No one loves me like you No one loves me the way The way that you do To touch the rose unfearful Is to meet the thorn And pierce the heart's emotion And feel the emptiness no more Emptiness no more No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do
Took some time to realize I've fallen No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do No one loves me like you No one loves me the way The way that you do No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do No one loves me the way you love me No one loves me like, loves me like Loves me like you...
You say you heard every word But I watched you turn away Your eyes grew colder than winter Love is so intrusive I thought I heard you say And laugh so unconvincingly And famous last words I'm not ready yet I won't be gone a minute Narrow is the road and Too high a price to pay When loneliness is such a sanctuary Empty are the musings And wasted are the days When you say you were only waiting And famous last words I'm not ready yet I won't be gone a minute But I won't forget And famous last words If tomorrow never comes Will I ever know that I was in love? I was in love In love
You say you heard every word I watched you turn away You say you were only waiting And famous last words I'm not ready yet I won't be gone a minute But I won't forget And famous last words If tomorrow never comes Will I ever know that I was in love? I was in love In love And famous last words I'm not ready yet I won't be gone a minute
Say how's the weather, so I look out the window To brighten my soul, but I can't control The rain that keeps falling Smile on the outside that never comes in A comedy, mystery, irony, tragedy So I scream let the show begin You break me open, turn on the light Stumble inside with me, with me
Do I entertain you? Do I preoccupy you with my wit to cover this lie? Are you mesmerized? Do you think me faithful, do you think me a clown? I picked out this shirt, I put on this hat I wore all this paint just for you You break me open, turn on the light Stumble inside with me, with me
You break me open, turn on the light Stumble inside with me, with me You break me open, turn on the light Stumble inside with me, with me
I'm here waiting for something new to break my heart So callous laden, I can't feel a thing at all Will You catch my fall? From lost and not found, to run and not hide My hand inside Your hand Losing my grip falling so far My hand inside Fear is keeping time with the beating of my heart I'm doin' way too much thinkin' And it's tearing me apart And I, I feel You reach for me From lost and not found, to run and not hide My hand inside Your hand Losing my grip falling so far My hand inside I hear Your voice and follow So hard to believe, and still I go And still I go
From lost and not found, to run and not hide My hand inside Your hand Losing my grip falling so far My hand inside, inside Your hand From lost and not found, to run and not hide My hand inside Your hand Inside Your hand...
It was the fear of God that led me to you And it's the fear of you that takes getting used to I've never been one to hang my heart on a thread But you spun me around and you loved me instead I know I could turn to something other than you 'Cause I don't understand you and why you're after me I've never been the saint you wanted me to turn to And I can't see the view from the eyes you look at me through, oh no But I'm alright, I'm alright I'm alright, I'm alright I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright...
So cut below the surface and try hard not to notice That I could be so foolish thinkin' I'm alright I've got no one to hold me, I've got no one to carry Everything inside of me that I won't let you see But I'm alright, I'm alright I'm alright, I'm alright I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright...
God I admit I haven't changed Playing card houses still covering my landscape I never expected You to stay When I'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change
I feel Your grace come running over every road I love the way You're calling overflow I feel Your grace come running over every road You break the floodgates down and carry all
God I admit that I've loved these chains And crawling around this cage sometimes has its advantages I know someday this could get old And I'll need Your healing water to find my home
Follow the crowd and love everybody now 'Cause love is the best thing for you now But you changed your mind You let everybody down But down is the best place for you It's easier that way You know it's so wrong Can't embrace it wish sometimes for any other you But you can't erase it And you won't escape it Don't waste your time Your words only confine you To all of the things you've buried now Don't ask them why Their wisdom will leave you blind But blind is the best things for you It's easier I know You know it's so wrong, can't embrace it Wish sometimes for any other you But you can't erase it And you won't escape it How long will you face it 'Til the wait comes crashing down on you But you can't erase it And you won't escape it No you can't erase it And you won't escape it
It's so wrong, can't embrace it Wish sometimes for any other you But you can't erase it And you won't escape it How long will you face it 'Til the wait comes crashing down on you And you can't erase it And you won't escape it It's so wrong, can't embrace it Wish sometimes for any other you But you can't erase it And you won't escape it No you can't erase it And you won't erase it
Carry me Your love is wider than my need could ever be Come to me and I will walk along Your shore Feel Your crashing waves sing in time with the music of my heart come down Pour out on me River deep could I know You as well as You know me Constantine will we travel faster farther than these Legs could ever trustworthy be come down Pour out on me come down Pour out on me on me on me come down Pour out on me come down Pour out on me come down Pour out on me come down Pour out on me on me on me
Must have thought I was so strong Might have even thought I was the one for this all along But I can't even dream Or imagine how it seems To carry the weight of this crown
* It's not as easy as it seems To carry the weight of your dreams Hiding in the shadows It's not as easy as it seems With pharaoh and angels and everything in between
I might have come to a similar conclusion Only mixed up in the wake of confusion That the glamour was mine Though the power divine To carry the weight of this crown
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I don't know why I see your fire Carry me over Stay this way
It's not as easy as it seems To carry the weight of your dreams Hiding in the shadows It's not as easy as it seems With pharaoh and angels
It's not as easy as it seems To carry the weight of your dreams Hiding in the shadows With pharaoh and angels and everything in between Counting on hope (counting on hope) Counting on hope
In open fields of wild flowers, she breathes the air and flies away She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses in no simple language Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens As close a heartbeat or a song on her lips Someday she'll trust Him and learn how to see Him Someday He'll call her and she will come running and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and she'll pray,
"I want to fall in love with You"
Sitting silent wearing Sunday best The sermon echoes through the walls A great salvation through it calls to the people who stare into nowhere, and can't feel the chains on their souls
He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens As close a heartbeat or a song on our lips Someday we'll trust Him and learn how to see Him Someday He'll call us and we will come running and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and we'll pray,
"I want to fall in love with You"
It seems too easy to call you "Savior", Not close enough to call you "God" So as I sit and think of words I can mention to show my devotion
Dear God, surround me as I speak, The bridges that I walk across are weak Frustrations fill the void that I can't solely bear Dear God, don't let me fall apart, You've held me close to you I have turned away and searched for answers I can't understand
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They say that I can move the mountains And send them falling to the sea They say that I can walk on water If I would follow and believe With faith like a child
Sometimes, when I feel miles away And my eyes can't see your face I wonder if I've grown to lose the recklessness I walked in light of you
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Little girl: "I've got joy like a fountain!" "Be kind one to others" "In Jesus Christ Your son"
They say that love can heal the broken They say that hope can make you see They say that faith can find a Savior If you would follow and believe With faith like a child
Images on the sidewalk speak of dream's decent Washed away by storms to graves of cynical lament Dirty canvases to call my own Protest limericks carved by the old pay phone
In your picture book I'm trying hard to see Turning endless pages of this tragedy Sculpting every move you compose a symphony You plead to everyone, "see the art in me"
Broken stained-glass windows, the fragments ramble on Tales of broken souls, an eternity's been won As critics scorn the thoughts and works of mortal man My eyes are drawn to you in awe once again
In your picture book I'm trying hard to see Turning endless pages of this tragedy Sculpting every move you compose a symphony You plead to everyone, "see the art in me"
Don't try to reach me,if I'm already dead The pain when it grips me, for things that I've done
Well I try to make you proud, but for crying out loud Just give me a chance to hide away the Exhaustion takes over, will this someday be over?
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Fearful tears are running down The pain you've laid don't speak a sound Don't take my heart away from me And they think I fell down, again
Daddy, don't you love me? Then why do you hit me? Momma don't you love me Then why do you hurt me? Well I try to make you proud, but for crying out loud Just give me a chance to hide away the Exhaustion takes over, will this someday be over?
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A teardrop falls from up in the heavens Drowning the sorrow of angels on high For the least of the helpless, the hopeless, the loveless Your Jesus, His children, He holds in His eyes
He loves you He sees you He knows you protects you He needs you He holds you
The marionette has your number Pulling your arms and legs 'til you can't stand on your own Dragging your conscience on the stage and your heart gets rearranged, and you cannot tell your mentor from your Maker
Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter Over the way you entertain at beckon call They don't see behind the lights or the painted backgrounds They just like to see you fall
And you don't really mind And you're just wasting time And you don't feel anything You're a boy on a string
I feel the sadness like Gapetto watching the life that he created run away, Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion and holding the remains of puppets that had rotted away
One day the curtain will not open (will not open) And all of the crowds will go away (crowds will go away) Some times those strings will choke you But until that day
And you don't really mind And you're just wasting time And you don't feel anything You're a boy on a string
Just a boy, just a boy, just a boy...
And you don't really mind And you're just wasting time And you don't feel anything You're a boy on a string
'Cause you don't really mind And you're just wasting time You don't feel anything You're a boy on a string Just a boy on a string
