The winds came by and they carried me away At least that's what your momma said she'd say Of course I knew that you would never believe But baby sometimes even big girls are allowed to weep
Oh Brenda Gene my peanut butter queen Innocent and bright don't think of me as mean Sweet Brenda Gene for all you haven't seen You know I hate to leave you fatherless at fourteen
I'm sure you think I've left you alone Torn apart our happy home But love, I never planned it this way Never this soon and never this day
Heaven's quite a sight to see I'm sure you'll be here too And though it's beautiful my dear it can't compare to you
Don't let your life slip through the cracks in your hand If you hold on tight you might stand a chance
Don't be yourself if you're not someone you like There's hope for change in anyone's life
The paper skin I'm living in it tells the truth, it proves I'm broken This paper skin, so frail so thin and every touch can tear me open La la la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la la
Don't make your love suffer insecurity Trade the baggage of "self" to set another man free
Don't dream out loud you never know who will hear Delight in bringing you down and fill your head with their fears
On paper skin words won't rescind they sink too deep and slice me open In paper skin I never mend it bends me back until I'm broken La la la la la la la la la, La la la la la la la la
Were we ready, who's to say the answer? Who is ever ready for these things? No one could prepare us for the laughter No one could prepare us for the pain
You feel like burning embers You feel like coming home You feel like my forever And that's all I need/want/have to know
Every night I ask for your forgiveness In grown up skin I still act like a child I can make believe that I am flawless You're close enough to see the cracks I hide
You have caused me tears of joy relentless I cannot now imagine life without I owe you more than humble words could confess I love you more than I even know how
You feel like burning embers You feel like coming home You feel like my forever And that's all I need to know
You feel like Christmas morning You feel like summer rain You feel like holy waters That rinse away my stains
You feel like children singing You feel like midnight calm You feel like breathing deeply Until the storm is gone
How long have I been dreaming? Who forgot to wake, to wake me up? I know it sounds crazy but daddy now I think I'm in love Cause when he steps in the room my heart begins to pound
You said, "Never settle," you promised there was one out there for me It's true, I might have doubted but he's standing here and now I believe Yes, I know you'll be proud of the man that chose me
It's elementary to the wise, for the fool in full disguise Beggars bow and poets kneel, and as for me? it's finally real
I will always love you and I will always be your little girl None could come between us, you'll forever be the first man in my world But when he smiles I can see how much he reminds me of you A man of faith, a man of strength, who loves me like you do
It's all the time I've spent in tears, worth the heartache, worth the fears To stand beside him on this day after you give me away
How long have I been sleeping? Who forgot to wake, to wake me up? Daddy, he's amazing, he's everything that I've been dreaming of And now he has become my very best friend
Such a lovely day to carry on your shoulders It turned from blue to grey and you seem so much older But its worth all the money in the world to find a way back to normal If there's such a place
The doctor called your name and things became so sober I suppose the price we'll pay will be worth it when it's over But it takes every effort to believe in the unseen when you see clearly That thing's are not okay
Well I know you are frightened, and I know you are angry And I know you tired of the unknown But I am beside you, and I will remind you That you don't have to go it alone
Seems a tailor made sickness for your sins dear If you planned your life away we never would be standing here But with an impending bitter end You have learned the lesson how The sweet is in the now
Well I know you are frightened, and I know you are angry And I know you tired of the unknown But I am beside you, and I will remind you That you don't have to go it alone Alone, Alone, We are not alone, Alone, Alone, Never, Not alone
There are no guarantees, no promise they can make us Our faith's a fighting seed planted deep in desperate trust I will take every moment I can get And won't regret I share your name To Love is worth the pain
Don't touch me, Don't touch me there (2x) I am bare and he is staring, we are trapped and caged like animals I am small it isn't fitting. I am screaming but no one's listening Don't touch me, Don't touch me there
I forgot what it feels like to feel safe, I forgot what it feels like to feel brave A shattered soul never heals, this heart of flesh has turned to steal I've forgotten how to feel
He liked her, he liked her that way He broke her she has never been the same Can you imagine? Can you fathom such a place where evil spreads it's seed? It's upon us, It's beneath us, It's up to us to do something He liked her, he liked her that way?
Listen little children to the story of a girl who found her knight and shining armor When he saved her from the dragon he was strong and not afraid that there was Smoke and there was fire and they lived happily ever after in his castle far away Listen little children to the story of a girl
When you've been wounded, deeply wounded by a friend You wonder when, if ever, you will trust again When you've been broken, deeply broken by a man You wonder when, if ever, you will love again
Truth be told I'm not quite sure when things went right But the darkest tunnel always has a distant light And I've arrived, yes I've arrived and right on time You were there to greet me arms stretched open wide You were there to meet me on the other side
Now I believe in something it's been a long time coming It may not mean that much to you but it means all the world to me I'm belonging somewhere it took me time to get here But now that I've become a part of you I never want to leave
When you've been hurting, deeply hurting all alone You wonder when, if ever, you will find a home When you've been searching, endless searching for the truth You wonder when, if ever, it will search for you You wonder if someone will ever search for you
Are you lonely for a friend? Are you lonely for a fantasy? Do you feel like talking back at me or would you like it quiet now? Well its hard to understand, what with all my inexperience You say I've lost my innocence, but I haven't missed it if it's gone Would you kindly take my hand feel it pulsing with complexity The days are dawning dark on me since you been round you brought me down to your size
You're so small no one can fit inside your world
And it kinda makes me mad, but it mostly makes me sad for you The hoops that you keep jumping through will trip you up or break you down When you find yourself alone when they've all betrayed and broke your trust You'll see the truth inside of us was always there, just you were scared to believe
And you like it, you like it that way
And you want for me to hurt just like you have hurt for countless years With no one there to catch your tears, it is justified in your mind I am sorry for your chains, but I will not wear them as my own From here I think we'll walk alone but I doubt you'll find your peace of mind when I'm gone
I am not a perfect girl, nor are you a perfect man But we have found each other here inside this wild and crazy world And somehow make a perfect match
You bring out the worst in me but it's the side I need to see And through the conflicts and the difference and damage done We are strong and still are one
You will fail me, you will fail me again and again and again And I will fail you, I will fail you again and again and again Again and again and again But we will learn to love in spite of failure Yes we will learn to love because of failure And we will stay together
We are broken human fools, we are selfish, we are cruel But there is hope for the exception to someday become the rule Let it start with me, let it start with you
Gather along the lines, Gather along the lines. You'll be safe inside so gather along the lines No one has to know as long as you don't smoke those cigarettes You can keep your heart of stone and say you forgive but you don't ever forget
We can't keep this up much longer, Grace is driving the hardest bargain The perfect world we have construced keeps more people out than lets them come in
So let it shine if you've got any light left Let it rise and sing as loud as you can get We've got to live, we've got to laugh, we've got to love We've got to learn to breath outside the lines We got to learn to be outside the lines
Gather along the lines Gather along the lines Keep your prejudice and pride Just gather along the lines
Everyone will think that you are so important to the Lord But never bend you knee oh that wasted time you can't seem to afford We were caught inside the bubble, some sense of family some sense we belonged And when we pleased them they were happy but God forbid that we should ever do wrong
I don't think he's threatened when we ask questions when we have doubts and disbelief I don't think he's angry when we are human that's what he made us to be
So much deeper than the oceans is the heart of man So much higher than the mountains Are the things that I don't understand Like why I'm crying over someone who will never give a damn
We have boarded up the basement for the storm has found its prey I have bottled my emotions and saved them for a rainy day Now I'll drink the bitter poison of a love that's been delayed
Since You've been gone, I can't fight it I can't fight it I've tried for too long I can't hide it I can't hide it anymore
This has called for desperate measures We have left our pride behind We are aging with the hours of this superficial life And I refuse to be a failure, I have to give it one more try
But I doubt that you are listening and I doubt that you are moved I have doubted every step along this long and darkened journey But I have never doubted you Now the longing has awoken and I don't know what to do
I will show you love like you’ve never loved before I will go the distance and back for more if you just say the word 'Cause you will come alive again and call the trying times your friend The pain that you have suffered through will never get the best of you You will hope in something real that won’t depend on how you feel When you call my name then I will answer, answer 'Cause I am on your side though the wind and waves beat against your face And you were on my mind when the world was made Trust in me my child, Trust in me my child
Walk out on the water where you have no control So scared to death of failure you sacrifice your soul, please let that go 'Cause you have climbed an uphill road, You have worn a heavy load You have cried through endless nights and nearly given up the fight Watched your dreams like falling stars the heartaches made you who you are Now looking back you see that I have always been there I am on your side though the wind and waves beat against your face And you were on my mind when the world was made Trust in me my child, Trust in me my child
Where you gonna hide? Where you gonna hide from Me? Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go that I can’t see?
'Cause I have heard you cry and it breaks my heart for I love you so I would never lie, this is not the end there is still a hope I am on your side though the wind and waves beat against your face You were on my mind when the world was made Trust in me my child, Trust in me my child
I've got a new way of living now a little less of a lot A little more of nothing Thought you might have seen the change in me Little quicker to listen little slower to speak
I was wrong when I said I was strong I am weak and I need All that you have to give I cannot keep the voices quiet inside Hear them sing hear the scream, at least I know I'm alive
Now I am meeting myself and I am liking what I see I am not afraid anymore Not afraid to be bored Not afraid to be me
Every battle leads to another war Every day I'm reminded of what I'm fighting for It's never easy and it's never the same But it's worth all I've got and so I'll give it again
Now I don't know why, I don't know why But it makes me want to cry, cry
I am meeting myself and I am ready to see Truth can break our heart that is when it will start To set us free
Hey, Alice are you completely Satisfied with Wonderland And all it's wonder? Cause if you're not, you know I've Heard that they're handing out a money-back guarantee at the door.
Going blind to the pain, Going deaf to the sight, Going dumb to the cries, Of the innocent life.
I read the paper, And I drank all the juice In my refridgerator, now I'm Starved for knowledge, And thirsty for the truth. And in the pages I could Sense all the longing in the world I close my eyes, cause I'm longing too.
Going blind to the pain, Going deaf to the sight, Going dumb to the cries, Of the innocent life.
Who knows your name, anymore, anymore? I'll say your name, forever more, forever more.
Blind to the pain, Going deaf to the sight, Going dumb to the cries, Of the innocent life, Of the innocent life.
In the midst of my darkest hour you see my tear-stained face This broken form that no longer feels power with no apparent place But even when this world has turned her back on me When it's cold where it once had burned When my thoughts are frightening
You will never leave me
When I fail at living and loving when I fail you Lord I want things that I know very well I cannot afford When I feel like I have no purpose except to live and die Or all they tell me is that I'm worthless why even try
I cannot be sure of my love for you But in the midst of my doubt...you are true
I'll tame this lion of flesh before the night is over My love will not let me rest until my mind is sober Reputations from my past chained so tight You break free you break fast on my decision tonight
Formerly known as nothing and and no one Formerly known as lost
I've been sold to lies I've been told by former generations Who tell me what's worth having a hold on for cheap sensationss But you ask me at this moment who I say I am A new creation they don't have to understand
I will not be bound by what they tell me I can be I will not stay silent I will speak my liberty
Good week I've got Gonna see him once again Been working out, reading up Be all smart and slim Who'd knew I'd be this anxious Who'd have guessed this horrid fate? All I know is I Have to be perfect by Thursday Perfect by Thursday
I rarely get to see him And his name is all I know He smiles like a king And that's all he'd dare to show I'm faithfully attending My motive almost pure Reckless in my thinking But it's his that I'm not sure
Perfect by Thursday I'm planning the evening I know what I'm wearing And what I'll be singing Perfect by Thursday
One day left And it's not looking very good I haven't seen much progress To perfection like I should But now I cannot quit Because today could be the day That all the effort All the work decides to finally pay.
And then you will fall in love I smile when you walk by I laugh even louder You don't even bother
I hold every memory As sweet as a lemon As loose as a fire
So now he's on the TV screen He's catching for some man Moved away and left me here I don't understand But I'm convinced that he'll be back When I do least expect Despite my opposition I fear that I am correct
Perfect by Thursday I'm sprinting to make it If I have to fake it You know I can take it
a modern day moses, waking the streets with shouts of glory, blistered feet hes met the maker, hes met the reason hes alive and hes on fire inside
a modern day mother, living in the slums feeding the hungrey, making sure the race gets run, always asking if we fought with steady feet she fights on her knees
let my people go
a modern day martin in a world of civil words exchange but dreaming bigger, he thinks maybe he could make a change hes heard the stories, he wants some of his own and hes not alone.
the time is not the moments here, walk in faith or stand in fear change the course of history, did you ever think no one ever though --- who would have believed?
let my people go
a modern day me what have i become, what can i be? if there is greatness out there to be acieved i want to be more than someone who just passes through this lige i want to stand up for what is right
