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Release Me
04:03
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I apologize for the fact that
Some things don’t come quite as easily to me
Like heartbreak and loneliness,
And courage in the face of adversity
And my old friends, don’t come ‘round no more,
And it feels like I’m stumblin’ off into obscurity
So I’ve come to You to ask, would You please just
Release me.
And the words used to roll right off my tongue,
But these days nothin’ comes without a fight.
And everything seems such a blur,
You know I can’t quiet the lies that keep me up at night
I wake up with my head a mess and my heart Jackhammering in my chest.
Oh, can’t you see, what’s inside of me
So all I’m asking,
Release me.
He went a long ways out into the desert,
And lay down beneath a broom tree
He said here I am, all alone,
Would You please take my life from me
But You looked him square right in the face
And said, “Boy you’ve not yet run out of grace.
Get up. Come and follow Me.
Then You spoke to him like You spoke to me
And all I’m asking is, would You please
Release me.
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2. |
June
03:27
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It’s a sunny Saturday in the middle of June
All the streets are filled with brides and their grooms
It’s enough to take all your lonesome gloom
and chase all the blues away
Well I can’t remember when I last felt like this
Might have been our wedding day or our first kiss
But all that I know is that I don’t want to miss
another minute of another day
Chorus
I just wanna fall in love with you
right now it’s the only thing that I want to do
I would give up everything that separates us two
just to fall, in love with you
Well, I know sometimes I just lose my head
I forget where we’re going and where we’ve been
and all the Lord’s goodness as we live for Him,
but I swear this is gonna change
Chorus
I just wanna fall in love with you
right now it’s the only thing that I want to do
I would give up everything that separates us two
just to fall, in love with you
Bridge:
But this love would never satisfy
If we weren’t the apple of the good Lord’s eye
‘Cause He loved us all enough to come and die
So I, could fall in love with you
Chorus
I just wanna fall in love with you
right now it’s the only thing that I want to do
I would give up everything that separates us two
just to fall, in love with you
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3. |
Price of Love
05:52
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And just like that the whole thing ended
Like Cinderella’s ball
The clock struck twelve and all went back the way it was
She knelt there in the solitude
Of her grief in all its magnitude
and begged God, “Why would you take the man I love?”
The plane was bound for Amsterdam
as I said my last goodbye’s
and left behind everyone I’d ever met
the price was set for loving and
with a ticket in my sweaty hand
I stepped into the sky waiting above
Hold on. If this doesn’t hurt, it isn’t love
Chorus:
How can You watch this world in sin and agony
without stepping in to patch everything up?
Cuz I know I’m not the only one who’s been wounded to the core
With the sacrifice and awesome price of love
Oh Lord, does it have to hurt this much?
Well sometimes a bleeding heart just can’t take it anymore
and the innocent always get in the way
at night I dream of Africa from a bed in North America
and wonder, “How long can we go on this way?”
Chorus:
How can You watch this world in sin and agony
without stepping in to patch everything up?
Cuz I know I’m not the only one who’s been wounded to the core
With the sacrifice and awesome price of love
Oh Lord, does it have to hurt this much?
The sky grew black and earth was silent as He gave up His last breath
and creation moaned as the grave gave up its dead
And all the sins of every man were hammered to this spotless lamb
His Father couldn’t watch Him as He bled
Chorus:
You can’t watch this world in sin and agony
without stepping in to patch everything up
Cuz I know that more than anyone You’ve been wounded to the core
With the sacrifice and awesome price of love
Oh Lord does it have to hurt this much?
Oh Lord does it have to hurt this much?
Oh Lord no on ever gave so much
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4. |
Redeemer Savior Friend
03:49
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I know You had me on your mind
When You climbed up on that hill
For You saw me with eternal eyes
While I was yet in sin
Redeemer, Savior, Friend
Every stripe upon Your battered back
Every thorn that pierced Your brow
Every nail drove deep through guiltless hands
Said that Your love knows no end
Redeemer, Savior, Friend
(Chorus)
Oh Redeemer, redeem my heart again
Savior, come and shelter me from sin
You’re familiar with my weakness
Devoted to the end
Redeemer, Savior, Friend
So the grace you pour out on my life
Will return to You in praise
I’ll gladly lay down all my crowns
For the name of which I’m saved
Redeemer, Savior, Friend
(Chorus)
Oh Redeemer, redeem my heart again
Savior, come and shelter me from sin
You’re familiar with my weakness
Devoted to the end
Redeemer, Savior, Friend
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5. |
Forgive Me
04:31
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I’m tired of sittin’ ‘round feelin’ sorry for myself
This victory you bought for me wasn’t just meant for someone else
Well you drank a cup of poison and you toasted to my health
Now shouldn’t that change the way I feel inside?
So in a fit of desperation I grab a book off of my shelf
I read to the bibliography but it doesn’t seem to help
You know something went missing and I don’t know where I left it
And I wish I could feel You here inside
Well I know it’s not like you, Lord, to hide
Chorus:
You wouldn’t die for my sins, just to let me go to Hell
You won’t deny me a drop of water
when I’m looking for your well
And if I know You like I think I do,
You’ll forgive me if I come and I ask You to
Finding no rehabilitation for my addiction to myself
I crawl across the floor knocking the books off of my shelf
Crying “When am I ever gonna find the kind of help
I need to change the way I feel inside
Well, I need to change the way I feel inside
Chorus:
You wouldn’t die for my sins, just to let me go to Hell
You won’t deny me a drop of water
when I’m looking for your well
And if I know You like I think I do,
You’ll forgive me if I come and I ask You to
Bridge:
Do You hear me, Do You hear me when I call in my distress?
Would You listen to the pleading of my bitter brokenness?
Would You come and pull me out of all this miry mess?
Will You be there if I come? Will You be there if I come?
Chorus:
You wouldn’t die for my sins, just to let me go to Hell
You won’t deny me a drop of water
when I’m looking for your well
And if I know You like I think I do,
You’ll forgive me if I come and I ask You to
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6. |
Streets of Jerusalem
05:23
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For three years, I’ve led this life
And I don’t want to believe that it’s over now
For three years, I’ve missed my wife
Now I don’t know if I can go back and live that way again
I never dreamed, it would end this way
And the rain starts to fall on the streets of Jerusalem
I have watched Him as He healed
And as He took salvation down from the shelf,
But I can’t understand how this man
Could walk on water and not even save Himself
We knew He’d go, still we weren’t prepared
For this rainy night on the streets of Jerusalem
(Bridge)
And maybe I don’t need to run anymore
Even though I’ve broken every promise that I’d made
Cause He has come to heal and to forgive
So maybe there’s still a drop of mercy left for me.
I wonder where the others are
Did they turn and run away in the confusion last night
I think I’ll go down to the upper room
Where my Master and my Lord
Washed these tired, deserting feet
And maybe He’s there
He said He’d return
You know the strangest things can happen
On the streets of Jerusalem
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7. |
Flame
04:27
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I can’t figure out why this flame goes out
and I’m left in the dark of doubt again.
Longing for a verse to lift from ‘neath this curse
of the silence my soul’s been writhing in.
How I long for words to make known His works
And recount the wonders of His love
But the words won’t come, so I’m left with none
save this prayer for His gates to open up
Chorus:
But as the Nightingale fills the mist with song,
silver moon pierces night with borrowed rays.
Spark my soul this night, bring forth purest light
and return to your God a song of praise.
How can you not sing when all creation rings
with the chorus of a billion fiery stars?
And every tree and ant bids us join the chant
so awake and lend your voice to them my heart
Chorus:
But as the Nightingale fills the mist with song,
silver moon pierces night with borrowed rays.
Spark my soul this night, bring forth purest light
and return to your God a song of praise.
How can you forget how all your sins and debts
were atoned on that tragic wooden cross
Were it not for Him who took away my sin
I fear, my soul, you would be lost
Chorus:
But as the Nightingale fills the mist with song,
silver moon pierces night with borrowed rays.
Spark my soul this night, bring forth purest light
and return to your God a song of praise.
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8. |
What Could I Be
04:46
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He steps up to the podium,
As they place the honors around his neck
He’s trained for years, pouring out blood, sweat and tears
With the hope of earning this kind of respect
But something turns his mind to Jesus
And how he used to race for Him
Then all these years seem like garbage
And disappointment wells up from inside of him
(Chorus)
Wondering, “What could I be if You had Your way with me
Could I run across the water like it’s sand
And where could I go to let these stubborn people know
That Your Love is greater than Your Law’s demand.
Conviction sets in after a campfire,
As a counselor shares his faith
A testimony of God’s goodness in his life,
And she wonders, “Could I ever be the same?”
And a spark of new faith begins to flicker
As she turns away from a life of sin
And she decides she’ gonna watch and wait and see.
What would life be like if I gave it all to Him
(Chorus)
“What could I be if You had Your way with me
Could I run across the water like it’s sand
And where could I go to let these stubborn people know
That Your Love is greater than Your Law’s demand.
(Bridge)
And here I stand now on the shore,
crying out across the sea
‘Cause my feet keep getting wet.
And then the truth starts sinking in,
You’ve got a plan for me
And I’ll walk on water yet.
Yeah I’ll walk on this old water yet.
(Chorus)
“What could I be if You had Your way with me
Could I run across the water like it’s sand
And where could I go to let these stubborn people know
That Your Love is greater than Your Law’s demand.
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Moonlight trickles through the trees,
and finds it’s way to the forest floor
I’m hiding here amongst the leaves
and I can’t seem to find my way anymore
Darkness falls without a sound,
and all the woods come to life
There’s no sign of You around
the cold cuts through me like a knife
Chorus:
Oh I long to run to the safety of Your arms
unfettered by the weight of all my fears and charms
I long to kiss You with holy lips unstained by a lying tongue
Oh Lord, I can’t live without Your love
My ears strain to hear a sound,
like something moving in the night
and still You’re nowhere to be found,
It fills my heart with fright.
I wish You were here to come and calm my fears
and take me out of this dark lonely wood
I’d give up the fight, submit to what is right
and be your son again, if I could
Chorus:
Oh I long to run to the safety of Your arms
unfettered by the weight of all my fears and charms
I long to kiss You with holy lips unstained by a lying tongue
Oh Lord, I can’t live without Your love
Bridge:
And through the dark I hear a voice calling for someone
Could this be my salvation? Oh, I can feel it come.
And through the trees I see a man, shining like the Sun
and all my fear is gone ....
Chorus:
Oh I long to run to the safety of Your arms
unfettered by the weight of all my fears and charms
I long to kiss You with holy lips unstained by a lying tongue
Oh Lord, I can’t live without Your love
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10. |
Come to Me
03:06
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Come with me, to a quiet place
And I’ll give you rest, rest for your soul
Come with me to a quiet place
And I’ll take all of your wounds and make them whole
Lay your burdens down at My feet
And come for My yoke, is easy
And I will wipe away all of your tears
And I will wash away all of your sins
Come to Me
Why spend your money on what is not bread?
Why labor for food that won’t keep your children fed?
He who drinks the water I give Will never
Thirst again
Come with me, to a quiet place
And I’ll give you rest, rest for your soul
Come with me to a quiet place
And I’ll take all of your wounds and make them whole
Lay your burdens down at My feet
And come, for My yoke is easy
I will wipe away all of your tears
I will wash away all of your sins
But I can’t help you if you won’t
Come to Me
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11. |
Deeper Shade of Green
05:54
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Well your day has been a long one,
And you’ve given up on tomorrow
The blackbird flew over today,
And he left you with and egg full of sorrow
Well, I don’t know what you’re thinking,
And even less of what to say
And all of my ‘pat-answers’,
They don’t make a difference to you anyway
(Chorus)
But there’s a deeper shade of green
In the garden where He grows
Everything He needs to heal your weary soul
And the river flowing through it,
Hits the dry spot in your throat
But you’re still taking punches, baby,
And you need to learn to roll
Well I’ve been down to the valley,
And I’ve seen the bats at night
Their eyes glowing through the darkness
Is enough to give you an awful fright
Well hold on to love,
Yeah, cuz He will lead you home
And the sun won’t burn your skin there,
and you’ll never need to be alone anymore
(Chorus)
But there’s a deeper shade of green
In the garden where He grows
Everything He needs to heal your weary soul
And the river flowing through it,
Hits the dry spot in your throat
But you’re still taking punches, baby,
And you need to learn to roll
Bridge:
So tell me now, who else you’re gonna run to
When everyone in your house sleeps alone
And they’re just as tired you are now
Oh, can’t you hear as all creation groans
(Chorus)
But there’s a deeper shade of green
In the garden where He grows
Everything He needs to heal your weary soul
And the river flowing through it,
Hits the dry spot in your throat
But you’re still taking punches, baby,
And you need to learn to roll
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