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It's Amazing
03:21
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It’s hard to remain positive
When I have a knack for the melancholy.
I’ve been known to lack appreciation,
So, this time I hope you see
It’s amazing how you see through
All the stupid things I do.
I rarely shed my mask of sarcasm
To display my insecurities.
I’m so glad you tell me when I’m wrong
And when you feel I’ve lost my focus.
It’s amazing how you see through
All the stupid things I do.
I hate it when you remind me of the obvious
Because it only means that I haven’t been observant.
It’s amazing how you see through
All the stupid things I do.
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Drving Home Tonight
03:38
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Driving home tonight,
I wonder how we can completely agree
That we can agree yet respond so differently.
Sometimes I ask myself if we’re alone.
Sometimes I ask myself if we can be known.
Do you feel that we’ve mistaken
The voice of caution for fear?
Do you think that we’ve mistaken
Inconvenience for tyranny?
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Like a Power Ballad
02:03
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It’s that feeling of your hair between my fingers.
It makes me want to stay, it makes me want to linger.
And it’s something like a power ballad,
You know that I want to hold you forever.
It’s that feeling of the warmth your body radiates.
It makes me want to linger, it makes me want to stay
And it’s something like a good pop song,
You know that I want to lie like this forever.
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Heart Beat Next to Mine
01:49
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I thought I could be the strong one,
Now I’m not so sure.
I thought I could hold my own,
Now I just need a hug.
I know that it can’t change
Circumstances in my life,
But it’ll lift my countenance
When I feel your heart beat next to mine.
Now I’m left alone, thinking about you
And how I wish I were there,
But I’m presently content
Knowing that you care.
I know that it can’t change
Circumstances in my life,
But it’ll lift my countenance
When I feel your heart beat next to mine.
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When I Have a Good Idea
02:33
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Gossip is, so many times, disguised as concern and prayer.
And the pride I find in being right parades as love for wisdom.
Impatient screams wear costumes of a zeal for truth.
Transparency is my mask, humility a prized jewel.
When I have a good idea, I am at my worst.
With my heart bent on convincing you,
I listen so much less.
Oh, how I mistake emotionlessness for self-control.
The times I feel nothing are when I’m most miserable.
When I have a good idea, I am at my worst.
With my heart bent on convincing you,
I listen so much less.
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Another Father's Day
02:48
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Another Father’s Day
And everybody celebrates but me.
You’re just a few miles away
Yet for years you’ve remained
Continents apart, leaving a hole in my heart.
I remember that great day
When you baptized me,
And I remember that day
When you left our family.
Wouldn’t it be strange if God wants to speak
Through such bittersweet memories.
Could it be that forgiveness is ongoing,
More than seven times seventy?
Could it be that forgiving isn’t as easy
As it’s preached?
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Welcome Adversity
04:01
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I go out to drink by myself,
Not to socialize.
I’m not here to drown my sorrows,
I am here to clear my mind.
Do you think I ever could,
Do you think I ever should
Welcome the adversity or embrace the unease?
Maybe grief is just like love,
Maybe it draws me to you.
What do I do but embrace
And listen to you?
Do you think I ever could,
Do you think I ever should
Welcome the adversity or embrace the unease,
Knowing fully it may bring growth to me?
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Comfort for Happiness
03:42
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It’s always good to talk to you,
But today it felt so different.
Because when I left,
You know I left with a heavy heart.
I know what it’s like to be controlled,
And I know what it’s like to walk away.
I just hope that you can what’s right for you.
Never mistake comfort happiness.
You always seem so positive,
And I can hear it in your voice.
But today you stuttered,
So I could tell you were so troubled.
I know what it’s like to be controlled,
And I know what it’s like to walk away.
I just hope that you can what’s right for you.
Never mistake comfort happiness.
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Reflections on Psalm 19
04:14
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Sometimes I wonder if You ever tire
From my tired line:
“Declare me innocent from all my hidden faults.”
More often than I care to admit,
I don’t perceive my own brokenness
Until I see the mess I’ve made,
Until I see I need Your hand.
Sometimes I wonder if I will ever learn
Your grace depends so little on me
And that you still speak.
Help me see your commands give light
Radiant light to my eyes.
Help me believe your decrees are firm,
All of them are righteous.
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10. |
Who Shall Separate Us?
04:03
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Let the sunshine quit my sky
Let the sharp east wind assail
Let the fightings from without
And the fears within prevail.
Only call me thine,
Only let me call thee mine,
And all shall be well.
All shall be well.
Let dark disappointment come
Let affection’s cherished dreams
Vanish like the bloom of spring
Like the rainbow’s passing gleams.
Let the broken bonds of love
Leave a void within my breast;
Let the farewells of each day
Remind me this is not my rest.
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