Life As It Comes
Come Thou FountNo Comments
O to grace how how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above
Twenty-fourNo Comments
Twenty-four oceans
Twenty-four skies
Twenty-four failures
And twenty-four tries
Twenty-four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
With twenty-four drop outs
At the end of the day
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I’m singing ‘Spirit,
take me up in arms with You’
And I’m not who I thought I was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I’m singing ‘Spirit,
take me up in arms with You’
There’s twenty-four reasons
To admit that I’m wrong
With all my excuses
Still twenty-four strong
See, I’m not copping out
Not copping out
Not copping out
When you’re raising the dead in me
Oh, oh
I am the second man
Oh, oh
I am the second man now
Oh, I am the second man now
And you’re raising these…
Twenty-four voices
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
In twenty-four parts
But I want to be one today
Centered and true
I’m singing ‘Spirit take me up in arms with You’
You’re raising the dead in me
Oh, oh
I am the second man
Oh, oh
I am the second man now
Oh
I am the second man now
And you’re raising the dead in me
Yeah
I wanna see miracles
To see the world change
Wrestled the angel for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I’m singing ‘Spirit, take me up in arms with You’
And you’re raising the dead in me
Twenty-four oceans
With twenty-four hearts
All of my symphonies
With twenty-four parts
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty-four hours ago
Still I’m singing ‘Spirit,
take me up in arms with You’
I’m not copping out
Not copping out
- Switchfoot
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In honor of Easter and for my Dad who used to sing this around the house after church:
Lord of the Dance
WORDS & MUSIC: 19th century Shaker tune; adapt. by Sydney Carter, 1963
(The same tune as Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copeland)
I danced in the morning when the world was begun
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
Dance, then, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance said He.
And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance said He.
I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
But they would not dance, and they would not follow me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
They came to me, and the dance went on.
Dance, then, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance said He.
And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance said He.
I danced on the sabbath when I cured the lame,
The holy people said it was a shame;
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high;
And they left me there on a cross to die.
Dance, then, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance said He.
And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance said He.
I danced on a Friday and the sky turned black;
It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back;
They buried my body and they thought I’d gone,
But I am the dance and I still go on.
Dance, then, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance said He.
And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance said He.
They cut me down and I leapt up high,
I am the Life that’ll never, never die;
I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me;
I am the Lord of the Dance said He.
Dance, then, wherever you may be.
I am the Lord of the Dance said He.
And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
And I’ll lead you all in the dance said He.
Voices - Toby LightmanNo Comments
This was the last thing to enter my mind
This was something I was never concerned about
People play these silly games all the time
But what I find are these feelings of doubt
I only wanna be satisfied
But feelings come into play
And all my words just run away
Are the voices being true?
Do the roads all lead to you?
‘Cause there’s so much left untold
When there’s no one left to hold
But you might just believe
Tell me the words that are stuck in your head
Tell me, do you think this is real
‘Cause I remember everything that you’ve ever said
My only wish is to know how you feel
I only wanna be satisfied
But feelings come into play
And all my words just run away
Are the voices being true?
Do the roads all lead to you?
‘Cause there’s so much left untold
When there’s no one left to hold
But you might just believe
I just wanna reach you
Am I getting through?
Are the voices being true?
Do the roads all lead to you?
‘Cause there’s so much left untold
When there’s no one left to hold
But you might just believe