Monday, March 29, 2010

Breath Of Life


I've been digging my own grave
Writing my own eulogy
Just a ghost waiting to scatter my ashes
Walking dead, waiting to come alive
Make me come alive!


Roam the graveyard
Examine the masses
Choke back your tears
How could I end up here?
I feel so unclean
Why can't I be free?


Alone and dying
I hear myself screaming
Give me air!
Give me Your life!
Give me all of You!
Give me the breath of life!


Who left me here?
A shell of myself
A fraction of who I could be
With no way to change
And end in sight
No way to know where I went wrong
I can't find my way home
Just leave me here


Alone and dying
I hear myself screaming
Give me air!
Give me Your life!
Give me all of You!
Give me the breath of life!


Not all stories have a happy end
I'm thankful that mine does
You gave me the breath of life
Now I breathe freely and easily
No longer alone and dying
I'm alive and whole
No longer a shell of a man
In Your presence I'm becoming whole
I've found a way to change
And I've found a path that leads me home
I've found the only thing that will make you whole
I'm eternally thankful
For the breath of life!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Sleep Tonight


I couldn't sleep tonight
Cause you were on my mind
I'm sorry it ended this way
I just couldn't be here another day
So I packed up and ran away

I'm just a coward
A liar
A loser who couldn't face the music
I'm just sorry
Cause you were the best thing that ever happened to me


I can't sleep tonight
Too much on my mind
I can't sleep tonight
I've compromised myself
I've let it bleed me to death
Too much on my mind
No way I'm sleeping tonight


I'm just a coward
A liar
And a loser who couldn't face the music
I'm just a sinner
I'm so ashamed


I couldn't sleep tonight
Everything on my mind
A heart in my hands
Opportunities I could have had
I can't sleep tonight


I'm a coward
A liar
A loser
A sinner
I don't deserve this
I don't deserve anything
I'm unlovable
Unchangable
Unforgivable
Unbelievable

But You don't see that
How I'll never know
In Your eyes
I'm brave
I speak Your truth
A winner
And forgiven


My heart's been changed
Melted by Your power
Loved like no other
I've found a place where sleep is sweet
You alone Lord make me dwell in safety
Bold as a lion, gentle as a dove
And I wanna fall asleep in Your arms

The Price Of Freedom




This blood bath is over
Bury the dead
The fight was won
Sound the trumpets
We're coming home

And that's just the price of freedom
Taking and killing with no remorse
The price of freedom is paid
But at what cost?
The lives of thousands
The hearts of few
We're stronger then this
And all we paid was the price of freedom

Broken on a cross
Blood dripped down His forehead
Died so we could live
He paid the price so we wouldn't have to
Paid the price so that we would know the truth

Lay down your arms
This blood bath is over
Bury the dead
The fight was won
Sound the trumpets
We're coming home

Lay down your arms
This price was paid
Damnation slayed
All paid the price of freedom

One day we'll see the end
No more suffering for anything
No more paying for our freedom
You paid the ultimate price
So just lay down your arms
This blood bath is over
Bury the dead
The fight was won
Sound the trumpets
We're coming home

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Burn


It's like a fire shut up in my bones
And I'm about to let it go!


If tomorrow never comes
It'll be a day too soon
This regret I've been living with
Will eat me out of house and home
Straight to my core it goes
And burrows deep into my soul

This headache it's been giving me
The light so blinding I can't see
I need a strong hand to hold me up
While I burn my past
I want something that will last


If tomorrow burns away
With ash and soot
My problems will be far behind me
Or at least that's what you told me


But you could have told me
Problems aren't gone with the flick of the wrist
But they are solved with forgiveness


I need a strong hand to hold me up
While I burn my past
Dear God
Oh God give me something that will last...

Tomorrow finally came
And I'm not scared
I've finally found something that lasts
And that's all I need
I've burned my past
Lost all regrets
And all it took was a little forgiveness


I'll live to see a few more years
I'll live my life without fears
And all it took was forgiveness