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Venite
03:42
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Venite (COME LET US SING TO THE LORD)
I Lay on sheets like wax and melt
You are so far you feel no heat
When I see you I see myself
A twisted orphan boy who
has no hope outside your sovereign mercy
I hear your voice far off and I
Think someday I will see your face
I have your word inside my heart
Or so you say but in the darkness all I
have is what you promise
Venite Exaltemus Domino
I walk alone inside my head
I see the world that you have made
You tell me one more time to trust
And if I listen close I’ll
hear the Rocks around me start their singing
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2. |
Dry Twig
02:09
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Dry twig, stuck on the ground,
I Ain’t no use to no one around
No root, shoot or leaf
I ain’t got any hope of these
God’s hand reaching on out.
What can He do, I don’t know how
God’s hand, puttin’ me on the vine
Savin’ what ought be out on the fire
Chorus
Grafted into the Living Vine
Safe and living, loved and alive
Harvest-full with joy and surprise
Dry Twig, Dry twig
God sends the sun and rain
Prune and pick and graft again
Seed, sprout, flowers flow
By His word, the fruit will grow
chorus
Hey Dry twig, stuck on the ground,
Think your no use to no one around
Make room he’s commin’ on in,
God’s gonna graft another in
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3. |
Lady Wisdom
03:03
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Ever she calls out
lifting her voice thru the dark and the din
Stands at the corner,
waiting and crying for all to come in
Fools pass by, without a care
She sets the table
leaving a seat for the simple to stay
Sending the word out,
“come in and feast on the truth, life and way”
Chorus:
She smiles when she speaks of her darling delight
She shines and dances in all of His might
The simple and searching
find joy and honor are given away
Fools turn and wander,
mock and chase folly and end in the grave
She can laugh, she sees their end
Chorus:
She smiles when she speaks of her darling delight
She shines and dances in all of His might
“Come to my table and eat of my feast
Truth will delight you if you will but seek
Leave all your folly and follow my way
Turn from your darkness, come dance in the day”
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4. |
Bullet
00:33
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Well I'd take a bullet for you
One brief blaze of glory, and then I'd be through
And they would all sing about me when I'm gone
Forever Remembered in song...
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Teaspoons
03:26
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Death by a thousand,
death by the one
Cling to it all, cause it’s gonna come
Slip through the fingers
it goes too fast
Either way how long does it last?
chorus
So pour by the drip And drink by the sip
It’s so tempting to leap, seems a brighter space beneath
But the call is to bleed a teaspoon at a time
Sun fades the colors,
wind cuts the plain
Lines in the dirt cause lines on a face
No glory in living,
no water to fall
A teaspoon of poison a day makes you small,
makes you so small
If dying is gaining,
then winners are last
(Sign me up but let this cup pass)
You call us to glory,
you call us to die
Without you this lame duck will never fly…
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6. |
Rest in the Lord
03:49
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The world it keeps shining
There’s gold to be found and there’s love to be lost
It’s all here beside me
Just reach out, take hold and forcefully find some rest
It’s beautiful baby
How you seem to fill all that I think I need
Now scratch a bit lower,
right there, yeah
Just keep that up and I’m sure that’l help me to…
<Chorus>
Rest in the Lord Patiently wait, fret not before him
Trust in the Lord He will make you shine like stars in the heavens
when you take refuge in him
But just a few moments,
I wish I could tell you how big this could be
We’ll send the kids packing,
Take off on our own and finally I’ll get some…
bridge
Drowning again and I’m desperately fighting,
But Christ keeps me under the sea
Everything in me tells me I’m dying
But taking a breath I believe
I’m sorry I hurt you
The fish that are sent swallow more than they see
The doctor is working,
though it bleeds death holds no fear, I’m finally able to…
<Chorus>
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7. |
What You Will
02:53
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There’s a ramshackle hut here, it’s holding my heart
It’s not much to look at, it’s damp and it’s dark
The roof beams are falling, the draft keeps me ill
But it’s yours, do what you will
Well I know what you’d promised, you’d move in today
Despite all the mess here compared where you came
So I hesitate gently, and hope you’ll fulfill…
It’s yours, do what you will
But now dusk chokes, and everything’s scattered
You’ve made quite a mess here, Good God what’s the matter?
I see no connection to words that I’ve read
Now “Sit Down” and “Hush up” are your words in my head
Dear Jesus, I trust you, you do what you say
You won’t leave me lonely, you won’t let me stay
Here at your feet I will wait while you build
‘cause it’s yours, do what you will
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8. |
She Sees
03:17
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“Just one more cigarette, what will it hurt?”
A light and a puff and a return to dirt
Waving to all now she trills her goodbye
Hoping they won’t see the fear in her eye
And her Jesus, he hangs on the wall
Open arms smiling, he waits for us all
And she says, she looks for his face
It’s the first thing, the last thing that she sees
Fingers and eyebrows are all that remain
Holding a hand through the laugher and pain
Daily she waits for the cup and the bread
Clinging to all of the things that he said
Bridge
Don’t move, and don’t move, and don’t move your eyes
Blink she’ll be gone with a faint crooked smile
Don’t go, and don’t go, I wish you could go
Dance with your darling divine
It’s the first thing, the last thing
It’s the first thing, the last thing
It’s the last thing, the first thing
that she sees
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9. |
A Few More at Most
02:57
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Brother tell me, if you are nigh,
in a night of trial, despairing of life;
please remember always the name
that will come one day in splendor arrayed.
Tho the groom seems long delayed,
promises made he will not cast away;
keep a watch, don't lose the faith,
one day he'll come, wipe all tears away.
chorus
'cause a few more rolling suns at most
and then we shall sing of his grace
landed safe on heav'ns coast
In Jesus Christ, our hiding place
thorny troubles feel like your crown,
your hands filled by the cares of this town;
please remember, you've been remade;
cast your crown, with faithful hands praise.
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