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YOU KNEW

  Watch on Youtube I MADE YOU  SPERM CELL, DEEP WOMB IT WAS ALL TRUE I DESIGNED YOU  ONE DAY, YOU KNEW YOU SAW SMALL TRUTH  SUNLIGHT AND MORNING DEW WAKE UP THE SOUL AND STEAM OPEN THE CLUES I WROTE LETTERS TO YOU  I HOWLED YOUR NAME IN THE BRIGHT OF THE MOON  IT WAS ALL TRUE  I LOVED YOU  I WARNED YOU  OF THE FAMINES AND WARS AND MONSOONS  I WEPT WITH YOU  AND EVEN SENT MERCY TO RESCUE YOU TOO  IT WAS ALL TRUE I HAVE LOVED YOU  LOVE LETS YOU CHOOSE  YOU CHOSE THIS DOOM  I PUT THE BREATH OF LIFE IN YOU  YOU CHOSE THIS TOMB

BEACH PEOPLE (PSALM 97)

Watch on Youtube THE LORD REIGNS! LET THE EARTH REJOICE! ON THE DOUBLE, RAISE YOUR VOICE! THE LORD REIGNS! LET THE EARTH REJOICE! EVERYBODY, MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE! EVERYBODY BOASTING WORTHLESSLY - TURN FROM YOUR IDOLS AND BOW YOUR KNEE EVERYBODY ON THE COASTLANDS SING WE’LL LET OUR PRAISES FILL THE BREEZE EVERYBODY BREATHING SALT BY THE SEA - BEACH PEOPLE, SING WITH ME ! SINKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, JUSTICE ANCHORS HIS THRONE FIRE BURNS UP HIS FOES LIGHT IS SOWN FOR THE RIGHTEOUS SOUL AND ALL THE UPRIGHT JOIN THE JOYFUL POEM EVERYBODY BREATHING SALT BY THE SEA - BEACH PEOPLE SING WITH ME! EVERYBODY BOASTING WORTHLESSLY - TURN FROM YOUR IDOLS AND BOW YOUR KNEE EVERYBODY ON THE COASTLANDS SING! WE’LL LET OUR PRAISES FILL THE BREEZE

FOLDING BLUE

 Watch on Youtube YOU RULE THE RAGING SEA WILL YOU RESCUE ME KNOWING ALL FAULT IS MY OWN LOVE SPOKE, JONAH COME ... HATRED BID ME, RUN! FOLDING BLUE SOAKS THROUGH GUILTY BONES GENTLEMEN,  THIS IS MY DEFIANT SIN THROW ME OVERBOARD, THE FURY WILL RELENT THE WAVES WILL DIE THE CALM MAY COST MY LIFE THEN AGAIN, GRACE LOVES TO FORGIVE SHE ONLY WANTED TO SEE I ONLY WANTED EVE WHO ARE WE NOW, WITH SEEN BETWEEN OUR TEETH HERE WE ARE HIDING FROM THE LORD OUR GOD COWERING AFRAID, UNINNOCENT THE WORLD WAS OURS AND WE LOST IT ALL  WHAT BECOMES OF MEN ONCE WE HAVE SINNED HERE WE ARE BELOVED IS THIS FATE FOR US GUILTY AND CONDEMNED, IN ANOTHER CREATURE'S SKIN THIS BLOOD WE COST WASN'T EVEN OURS WHAT CAN WASH AWAY THE STAIN OF SIN? 

HOPE DEFERRED

  Watch on Youtube HAHA WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, A WOMAN LIKE ME GIVING LAUGHTER BIRTH SO MANY PROMISES, 'WHAT A BEAUTY' THEY ALL SAID... TOO BAD SHE'S BARREN RED TEARS OF BITTERNESS BRIGHT IDEAS SHINE DEEP REGRET GOD KNOWS MY HOPE GREW DIM, I SWORE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN HE WENT ALONG WITH IT... HAHA WHO COULD HAVE SEEN FOR ALL THOSE YEARS I WAS SICK WITH ENVY SCOFFING INVITATIONS, HE SWORE I WOULD BE NATIONS I DECLARED HE WAS MISTAKEN... BLEAK IMPOSSIBILITY LAST YEAR, I WAS PUSHING NINETY YET I HAVE BORNE - LOOK AT THIS BABY BOY NO STRANGER SHARES MY JOY... Genesis chapters 17-21 // Proverbs 13:12, 14:10

WHAT GOOD (GENESIS 15)

  Watch on Youtube BENEATHE BLACK SHINING SKY YOU TELL ME PRETTY THINGS; HOW CAN I BE SURE? I HAD COME TO NUMB THE WANT OF SONS TILL I ANSWERED YOUR SOVEREIGN LURE CHARM WEIGHED HEAVY I LEFT EVERYTHING  TO FOLLOW YOU  SOVEREIGN LORD WHAT GOOD ARE BLESSINGS WHEN THERE'S NO ONE LEFT TO LEAVE YOUR PROMISE TO?  BELIEF IS RISING  BRIGHT AS THE VASTNESS CUES SPARKLING FOR YOU STILL RED HALVES HAVE SEEN YOUR  SMOKE AND FLAME COME TRAILING THROUGH DARKNESS SPELLS ME  I AM COMPELLED TO CONCEDE YOUR WORD AS TRUE SOVEREIGN LORD  I WANT TO BELIEVE YOU'RE GOOD HOW CAN I BE SURE? 

CLOSE

Watch on Youtube WITH MY WHOLE HEART I WILL SEEK YOU LET ME NOT WANDER, NOT WANDER AWAY TO YOUR STATUES I WILL BE TRUE LET ME NOT BE LED, NOT BE LED ASTRAY LET ME NOT WANDER AWAY I WILL SEEK YOU IN THE MORNING AND FROM MY BED AT NIGHT YOU WILL LEAD ME WHERE YOU WANT ME  I'LL BE FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND LET MY LIFE BE FOR YOUR GLORY,  A RIVER OF SWEET PERFUME WAFTING WIDE AND HIGH TOWARD HEAVEN DELIVERED FROM DEATH AND DOOM WHOLLY DEVOTED TO YOU Psalm 119, 2 Corinthians 2:14-15

PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROSE

  Watch on Youtube Listen on Soundcloud IF IT WASN'T FOR THEIR FEAR THE MASKS AND THE DISTANCE AND THE SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A BETTER YEAR FOR MY QUIET DISPOSITION TO FINALLY GET TO SPEND ALL DAY AT HOME BUT EVERYTHING IS CHANGING GEARING UP TO BE EXPOSED, I'M MORE AVOIDANT THAN I'VE KNOWN BAKING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROSE BACK TO WHAT I KNOW LIKE PETER GOING FISHING AFTER JESUS GAVE UP THE GHOST I DON'T WANT LIFE THE WAY IT WAS WE'RE GOING HOME - SOONER THAN YOU KNOW THE KINGDOM IS SO CLOSE WHO AM I SINGING FOR, ANYWAY WHEN I CAN'T RELY ON CLASSICAL TONES TO SAVE THE DAY I CAN'T HEAR MY PLAYING TO A METRNOME BUT I CAN'T SEE ME STAYING IN MY COMFORT ZONE

WORSHIP THROUGH THE RED SEA (ALL WILL BE WELL)

Watch on Youtube   SET THE STAGE WITH CHARIOTS AND FORCES ROARING I TRUST YOUR GLORY ALL WILL BE WELL FAITH WILL GUARANTEE A HAPPY-ENDING STORY YOU WILL GET YOUR GLORY ALL WILL BE WELL ALL WILL BE WELL STAGE THE SCENE WITH HORSEMEN CORPSES FLOATING I WILL WORSHIP, WALKING ON DRY LAND WHILE THE WIND AND SEA STAND UP PERFORMING FOR YOUR GLORY I WILL TRUST YOUR PLAN ALL WILL BE WELL  Exodus 13-15

GOD OF MY PEOPLE

  Watch on Youtube  THERE WAS GOOD IN THAT DREAM OF GRAPES AND WINE A ROYAL RESTORED IN THREE DAYS TIME AND LIBERATION SEEMED NOT FAR BEHIND FOR AN INNOCENT MAN, STOLEN FROM HIS TRIBE  MY FEET WERE IN FETTERS, MY NECK WAS IN IRON MY BROTHERS WERE OLDER AND SICK OF MY PRIDE THEY TRADED ME TO ISHMAELITES I WAS SOLD AS A SLAVE ONCE UPON A TIME THROWN INTO PRISON, DETAINED AND CONFINED BETRAYED AND MISTREATED AND FALSELY MALIGNED  WHILE RUMINATION WOULD ECHO A TRAGIC PLIGHT THE GOD OF MY PEOPLE HAS FAVORED ME IN HIS SIGHT SO TELL ME YOUR DREAMS AND I'LL SPEAK WHAT I FIND THE GOD OF MY PEOPLE BRINGS MYSTERIES TO LIGHT THE GOD OF MY PEOPLE PUTS WISDOM IN MY MIND THE GOD OF MY PEOPLE HAS NEVER LEFT MY SIDE Genesis 35 // Genesis 37-50 // Psalm 105:16-23 // Acts 7:9-18

RESERVOIRS (PSALM 33)

Watch on Youtube WE PUT OUR HOPE IN GOD OUR SHIELD  TO BE KEPT ALIVE IN FAMINE AND CLING TO LONG-AWAITED PROMISES OUR TRUST IS BURIED IN YOUR NAME HARPS AND LYRES LACED WITH GRACE SING OUT YOU ALONE CAN SAVE YOUR VOICE REMAINS FOREVER HEARD YOUR PLAN WON'T CHANGE YOU ARE THE LORD  YOU BREATHED THE WORD AND STARS WERE BORN IN YOU OUR AWE-STRUCK HEARTS REJOICE SO ON YOUR STRENGTH WE WILL RELY OUR HELP AND RESCUE DRAWETH NIGH YOU LOOK AND SEE THE WHOLE OF MAN AND FROM YOUR THRONE YOU UNDERSTAND RESERVOIRS OF WRATH YOU DRANK FOR US THROUGH VAST, THE SEA HAS BOUNDS TO KEEP THERE ARE NO SHORES TO BREAK YOUR LOVE YOUR VOICE REMAINS FOREVER HEARD YOUR PLAN WON'T CHANGE YOU ARE THE LORD  AND WHEN YOU SPOKE THE WORLD BEGAN WE APPEARED AT YOUR COMMAND SO ON YOUR STRENGTH WE WILL RELY OUR HELP AND RESCUE DRAWETH NIGH JOIN THE CARAVAN

SNOWFLAKES

  Watch on Youtube HE REACHED INTO OUR FEAST AND IT WAS HOLY BUT YOU WEREN'T WORTHY  SIN WAS IN YOUR STRIDE  HOW YOU COULD RUN FROM SUCH MAGNETIC GLORY PUZZLED ME  TILL I SAW ANGER IN YOUR EYES IN SLEEP I HELD YOUR FACE AND WE CRIED MERCY GOD HAVE MERCY PLEASE THE TASTE OF SALTY TEARS THAT DON'T BELONG TO ME IS BOUND TO HAUNT ME  KEEP ME ON MY KNEES UNTIL THE DAY I FINALLY CATCH YOU KNEELING WITH ALL YOUR ANGER CEASED,  MEEKNESS IN YOUR EYES 

RESCUE

Watch on Youtube THE ONLY ONE - CAN YOU IMAGINE NO ONE ELSE ON EARTH LIKE ME  WHO WALKS WITH GOD AS CLOSE COMPANION  THE ONLY ONE WITH DIGNITY  THE ONLY UPRIGHT MAN WHO BREATHES EVERYONE IS BATHED IN BLOOD  VIOLENT AND UP TO NO GOOD EVERYTHING THEY THINK IS WRONG ONLY EVIL DUSK TIL DAWN  THE WILL OF GOD WAS RUINED IN THE GARDEN SWALLOWED BY A SINGLE LIE AM I TO BE ADAM'S ASYLUM  NOAH FROM THESE TOILSOME TIMES FAVORED IN THE LORD'S EYES GOD IS AND GOD WILL SPEAK  HE REWARDS THE ONE WHO SETS HIS SOUL TO SEEK  AND EVEN WHEN HIS SONG BECOMES A SIGH GOD KEEPS HIS REMNANT ALIVE  FOR EVERY FLOOD THERE IS SALVATION  FOR EVERYONE WHO'LL HOPE IN GOD  HERE IS AN ARK WITH ROOM ENOUGH TO SAVE US  AND ANYONE WHO'LL TRUST HIS LOVE GOD IS AND GOD WILL KEEP  HE PRESERVES THE ONES WHO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE HIS MERCY HIS A NARROW STRIDE A QUEUE AT MOST TWO ANIMALS WIDE  Genesis ch. 5 - ch. 9 // Acts 10:34 // Revelation 22:17 Luke 13:1-5 // Luke 14:25-33 // Acts 14:15-17  2 Thessalonians 2:10-

LOVE IS MY ARMOR (HYMN NO. 8)

Youtube WHAT CAN BE SAID? WHO CAN CHARGE AGAINST? WHO DARES TO CONDEMN LOVE'S KEPT ELECT? COULD DEATH DRIVE ITS WEDGE? SEVER BRIDE FROM BREAD? COULD SWORD OR DISTRESS INFLATE THE SERPENT'S HEAD? DANGER MAY ROAR ROBES MAY HIT THE FLOOR LOVE TRAINS ME FOR WAR LOVE IS MY ARMOR IN ALL THESE THINGS  LOVE TETHERS ME THERE IS NO HOUR  GREATER THAN LOVE'S POWER Romans 8 // Psalm 18:30-35 // Ephesians 6:10-20 // 

THE EPILOGUE (HOLY)

Listen on Soundcloud HOLY, GOD OF GLORY HOLY, HOLY ON THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YOUR MAJESTY I WILL FIX MY GAZE AND ON THE WONDROUS MYSTERIES OF YOUR LOVE AND GRACE I WILL MEDITATE  YOU ARE HOLY, GOD OF STORY SHOW ME SUBSEQUENT GLORIES ACCORDING TO GREAT MERCY WE'VE BEEN BORN AGAIN THROUGH JESUS ~ RAISED FROM THE DEAD CONCERNING THIS SALVATION IT WAS PROPHET-SAID GRACE WOULD COME THROUGH ONE WHO BLED YOU HAVE SHOWN ME YOUR SECRET GLORY AND YOU CALL ME HOLY HOLY, HOLY, HOLY YOU ARE HOLY, GOD OF GLORY Psalm 145 // 1 Peter 1

SOFT

Listen on Soundcloud DEAR LOVER, WHEREVER YOU ARE WHEN YOU GET TO MY HEART LET ME BE SOFT LIVING HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL AND I'VE HAD TO BE STRONG I'VE HAD TO FIGHT HARD I'VE LEARNED TO LIVE TAUT I KNOW HOW TO HOLD IT TOGETHER WHEN I'M NOT OK BUT I DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW TO LET TENSION DRAIN SO IF YOU WANT ME TO TRUST YOU, LET ME UNCLENCH MY JAW IF YOU WANT ME TO LOVE YOU, LET ME BE SOFT DEAR LOVER, WHOEVER YOU ARE IF YOU LOVE ME AT ALL BE SOMEBODY STRONG IT'S TAKEN SOME TRIALS AND FLOODS BUT I KNOW WHAT I WANT GIVE ME TENACITY, I WANT YOUR RESOLVE SO IF YOU WANT  ME TO TRUST YOU, LET ME UNCLENCH MY JAW IF YOU WANT ME TO LOVE YOU, LET ME BE SOFT BE SOMEBODY WHO SAILS TOWARD ME WHEN I AM A STORM PLEASE BE SOMEBODY BRAVE AND STRONG MAKE IT SAFE TO START CRYING BEAR WITH ME WHEN I'M WRONG TELL ME I AM GODDESS, LET ME BE SOFT BE SOMEBODY WHO'S ANCHORED WHEN MY WATERS GET ROUGH PLEASE BE SOMEBODY STRONG, SO I CAN BE SOFT

SEA STONE

Listen on Soundcloud LET'S CATCH PEBBLES FIVE YEARS AGO WE'RE TIME TRAVELING SOULS WE'LL GRAB COFFEE IN PAPER SLEEVES TO GO, JAYWALK THE GREAT HIGHWAY REAL SLOW YOU'RE IN MY TWENTYSOMETHING MEMORIES THE SAND THAT STOWED ITS WAY TO TILE AND HARDWOOD FLOORS YOU'RE LIKE FINDING SOMETHING GOOD FROM A LONG TIME AGO YOU ARE A SEA STONE YOU'RE ON BLAKE STREET IN BERKELEY WHILE I FALL IN LOVE WITH BARE FEET AND A BANJO WHILE HE PICKS AND STRUMS HIS MELODIES YOU'RE TIME TRAVELING THROUGH MY SOUL FOUR HOURS CATCHING FEELINGS YOU'RE ALREADY BETTER THAN MY BEST FOR THE FIRST TIME I BELIEVE I HAD MY HEAD ON THE WRONG CHEST I WANNA BE YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE TIL THE KING THAT WE'RE BOTH LONGING FOR RETURNS LET'S TRAVEL THOUGHT-LINES TO THE FUTURE AND DREAM OF SCENTS WE'VE NEVER HEARD OCEAN BEACH WAS LOVELY AND THERE'S LIGHTHOUSE THAT LINGERS IN YOUR SOUL BUT OUR HISTORIES WERE CALLING US BACK TO THE EAST COAST FOUR HOURS CATCH

LIGHT LIFE

  Spotify // Apple Music // Noisetrade // Youtube COME TO ME ALL WHO ARE WEARY AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST LEARN FROM ME ALL WHO WOULD LIVE LOWLY - RECEIVE MY GENTLENESS I’LL BE YOUR SHEPHERD, I WON’T TROUBLE YOUR SOUL WITH A HEAVY BURDEN OR A HARD LOAD MY YOKE IS EASY AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT IT’S A JOYFUL JOURNEY IT’S A GOOD LIFE THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD HE RESTORES MY SOUL WITH A JOYFUL JOURNEY AND LIGHT LOAD  Matthew 11:28-30 // Psalm 23 // John 6:1-14

MORNING SONG (GREATLY LOVED)

  Spotify // Apple Music // Noisetrade // Youtube YOU SATISFY ME EVERY MORNING I FEAST ON YOUR UNFAILING LOVE YOUR MERCY MADE FRESH FOR ME EVERY MORNING THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH I AM GREATLY LOVED I AM GREATLY LOVED I AM GREATLY LOVED BY LOVE Psalm 90:14 // Lamentations 3:23

LIFTER OF MY HEAD

  Spotify // Apple Music // Noisetrade // Youtube MY GLORY MY GOODNESS YOU ARE THE LIFTER OF MY HEAD YOU ARE MY SALVATION YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH AND LIES FALL DEAD YOU HEAL HUMILIATION, BESTOWING HONOR IN ITS STEAD MY GLORY MY GOODNESS YOU ARE THE LIFTER OF MY HEAD YOU ARE THE LIFTER OF MY HEAD  Psalm 3:3 // Psalm 84:11 // Psalm 118:14 

ADONAI

  Spotify // Apple Music // Noisetrade // Youtube I’M LOSING MY MELODIES I’M A DOLPHIN WHO'S STUCK IN A TREE I AM THE SALT OF THE SEA ON THE RIM OF A COCKTAIL DRINK I AM THE KING OF THE ZOO I KEEP TRYING TO ROAM LIKE REAL LIONS DO I AM A HUMMINGBIRD TRAPPED IN A LAKE, SPIRALING DOWN TO MY FATE BUT IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO RISE ADONAI WILL LIFT MY EYES I AM THE SONG THAT HE SINGS HE WROTE LANGUAGE TO SPEAK TO ME I AM HIS FAVORITE COLOR AND STORY  I AM THE CANVAS OF GLORY I AM THE PRIZE THAT CAUGHT HIS EYE I AM WHERE RIGHTEOUSNESS ABIDES THERE IS A NAME THAT ROUSES LIFE  ADONAI, ADONAI! 2 Corinthians 5:21 // Psalm 113:7 // Psalm 146 // Hebrews 12:2

LENS FLARE

  Spotify // Apple Music // Noisetrade // Youtube I CAN SEE IN MY MEMORY, GOLDEN LIGHT IN ETERNAL BEAMS, IT WAS YOU - YOU CAME OUT TO PLAY THE BREATH OF HEAVEN HOVERED OVER ME I COULD FEEL YOUR PRESENCE OVERWHELMINGLY, IT WAS YOU - YOU WERE THE GOODNESS OF MY EARLY DAYS YOU SPENT YOUR TIME WITH ME COUNTING MY HAIR YOUR LOVE WAS IN EVERY FRAME I LIVED THROUGH, LIKE LENS FLARE YOU SPEND MY LIFE WITH ME, YOU’RE NEVER NOT THERE SO I’LL TAKE THE POSTURE OF A CHILD - I’M CASTING MY CARE FOR ALL ETERNITY,  WHILE YOU’RE COUNTING MY HAIR -  EVERY BREATH WILL BE DELIGHT, THERE’LL BE NO FEAR IN THE AIR   AND FOR ETERNITY,  YOU’LL BE NEVER NOT THERE  AND WE’LL ALL BE CAPTURED BY YOUR LIGHT -  LIKE LENS FLARE

BOXES

Watch on Youtube EVERYONE KNOWS HE'S THE ONE TO BLAME  TRADED EVERYTHING FOR A SLICE OF FAME  IT USED TO BE LOVE, BUT HE FELL FROM GRACE AND SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING IF HE KISSED HER FACE WON'T BE LONG NOW  HE'S GONNA DRINK HIMSELF INTO THE GROUND  ALWAYS SAID HE'D MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW EVERY DEMON IN HIS SOUL IS LAUGHING NOW BRIGHT LIGHTS ARE A BREEDING GROUND -  EVERY SIN COMES CRAWLING OUT  THE SMALL TOWN THING THEY USED TO BE  GOT WIRED UP SHUT WITH THE GAP IN HER TEETH  HE STARTED DRESSING DAPPER SO THE WORLD WOULD THINK  HE WAS MADE OUT OF SOMETHING  THE AIR IS COLD AND THE PAIN IS LOUD  A FEW SAD EYES HAVE GATHERED AROUND  HE'S ALL ALONE - JUST LIKE THE BIRD SHE FOUND  WON'T BE LONG NOW  HE'S GONNA DRINK HIMSELF INTO THE GROUND

WALK FAR

Listen on SoundCloud I FEEL ALL THESE FEELINGS I'M NOT USED TO FEELING - CAUSE I DON'T FEEL AT ALL  YOU'VE GOT MY HEAD REELING I DON'T LIKE THIS FEELING - CAUSE I CAN'T THINK AT ALL  SO I WALK FAR I WALK FAR I WALK FAR  TEARS AND INDECISION  NOSTALGIA HAS ME SWIMMING UPHILL IN A FOG  I THOUGHT I HAD FIGURED OUT  WHAT MY LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT  BUT I WAS WRONG BABY, I WAS WRONG  GROWING UP IS ALWAYS BITTERSWEET GROWING CLOSE TO YOU IS HELPING ME  YOU PACE MY HEART  IT FEELS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HEALING ME  BUT I'M STILL HALF AFRAID TO LET YOU BE MY SALVE WALK FAR TO LET TIME TO SOFTEN ME  TO HEAR THE HOPE OF QUIET DREAMS  I WALK FAR 

BUBBLE WRAP

Listen on SoundCloud YOUR FRIEND AND ADMIRER WHAT A KIND WAY TO SIGN INTRICATE FLOWERS BUBBLE-WRAPPED TO KEEP FROM DYING I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR A CHANGE OF TIDE AND WIND IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING YOUR WILL AND DESIRE HAVE REACHED THE FULLNESS OF THEIR TIME I'VE GOT NO PLANS TO RETIRE FROM RUNNING LAPS BEHIND YOUR EYES SO, YOU THINK YOU'D LIKE TO BE MY BEST FRIEND? WELL IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING

RARE MAN

Listen on SoundCloud I CAN'T DECIDE WHAT COLOR TO CALL YOUR EYES - A HUE I'VE ONLY SEEN ON YOU RARE LIKE 'PERFECT PIPE', LIKE WATCHING THE ACORN DROP ON NEW YEAR'S NIGHT - THIRD WISH, FIRST DANCE STRUMMING WITH YOUR LEFT HAND - RARE YOU STRIKE ME AS THE TYPE TO SWEETEN LOCUSTS AND SPEAK TO BLINDING LIGHT GEORGE BAILEY BRAND OF PASSION IF NOT FOR GRACE YOU'RE THE CRIMINAL WHO ALWAYS GETS AWAY - HEIST-MAN, OUTLAW ON THE LAM KNEE-HIGH IN A RIVER -  PACKIN' UP THE GOLD YOU PANNED FIERCE INTENSITY - WRESTLER OF FORCES THAT CAN'T BE SEEN WILD MASCULINITY, REDEEMED UNWASTED TIME COMPANY AS GOOD AS MINE AND WORTH THE EFFORT OF CHANGING PLANS LIMITED EDITION, RARE MAN RARE LIKE WHISTLING TRIBES SNOW LEOPARDS IN BROAD DAY LIGHT ALLEGEDLY, LIKE DIAMONDS IN WEDDING BANDS COME AND GET IT WHILE YOU CAN I AM ABSOLUTELY SMITTEN BY YOUR DISTINCTIVE FLAIR 

STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL

Listen on Soundcloud YOU'RE BUILDING A NEW WORLD IN ME RESTORING WHAT I WAS MEANT TO BE I HEAR YOU TREADING LIGHTLY ON THE BREEZE NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT ROMANCE MEANS IF YOU ARE THE HERO, I AM THE HOST IF YOU ARE ADVENTURE, I'M STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL THE ONLY EXISTING FEMININITY ONCE UPON A TIME, TRAGICALLY DECEIVED HERE YOUR KNEES ARE DIRTY, HERE MY SOUL IS TURNING GREEN I WAS EVERY THORN TWISTED TO A CROWN AND YOU WORE IT TO MAKE ROSES OUT OF ME YOU'RE RESTORING EVERYTHING YOU ARE LIGHT, ETERNAL KING RESTORING EVERYTHING

WHEN CAN I SEE YOU AGAIN

Listen on Soundcloud WHEN CAN I SEE YOU AGAIN? CAN IT BE SOON? MY PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN  I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I WANT I WANNA BE THE BEAUTY YOU FLAUNT I'M ALREADY YOUR DAY-DREAMING SMILE BUT I CAN BE STILL, I CAN POSE FOR A WHILE  THIS WHIRLWIND IS AN EPIC ROMANCE IT SPIRALS A SONG, AND TIME STARTS TO DANCE  IT'S SINGING - OOO WHEN CAN I SEE YOU AGAIN? CAN IT BE SOON? MY PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN I KEEP TALKING MYSELF OFF THE LEDGE  I KEEP CHECKING TO SEE  IF I MISSED SOMETHING YOU SAID I'VE BEEN WONDERING IF IT'S JUST ME -  DO YOU FEEL HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU AGAIN? 

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Listen on Soundcloud MAPS AND FACTS AND FIGURES  THIS DOESN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE PAIN I CODED YOU INTO A PHOTOGRAPH AND BLAMED MY INSPIRATION ON THE RAIN  NOW IT FEELS LIKE A MONUMENT DRENCHED IN FORGIVENESS CAUSE I AM NOT THE ONE IN PAIN  AND I'M NOT REHEARSING YOUR SONG ANY LONGER  SO DON'T PLAN TO FOLLOW ME WHEN SHE FEELS STRONGER I THINK I'D RATHER BE UNSTUCK AND FREE - ALONE  THE PROMISE YOU MADE DIDN'T EVEN LAST TEN DAYS YOU PROMISED ME ALL SAILS RAISED SO WHEN I HEAR HER NAME  IN ITCHY LITTLE ECHOS LIKE A REFRAIN  I REMIND MYSELF, I WAS NOT THE ONE INSANE  AND I'M NOT REHEARSING YOUR SONG ANY LONGER SO DON'T PLAN TO FOLLOW ME  WHEN SHE FEELS STRONGER I THINK I'D RATHER BE UNSTUCK AND FREE - ALONE

PERFECT PEACE

Watch on Youtube LOVE KEEPS ME IN PERFECT PEACE AND I TRUST JESUS WITH MY LIFE  I WILL SING OF HIS GREAT DEEDS, OF HIS  MERCY OVER ME, OF HIS WONDROUS WORKS  LOVE KEEPS ME IN PERFECT PEACE WHEN  I LOOK UPON JESUS, THE AUTHOR GIVES ME LIFE LOVE HAS STORIED BRONZE AND GLORIES  HE MAKES THE BITTER SWEET, HE HEALS ALL MY DIS-EASE LOVE WILL LEAD US INTO THE KINGDOM WHERE PEACE WILL GREET US AND LIGHT REVEALS HIS FACE LOVE KEEPS ME IN PERFECT PEACE WHEN I AGREE WITH JESUS ... 1 John 4:18 // Isaiah 26:3-4 // Exodus 15 // Numbers 21 // Acts 3 // Revelation 22

WINNIPEG AGAIN

Watch on IG TV IF I COULD JUST HAVE WINNIPEG AGAIN IF ONLY I COULD FIND ANOTHER FRIEND IF ONLY SUMMER ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD -  I WAS YOUNG AND LIFE WAS GOOD IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT, WE WERE GOLD TRAIPSING DOWN TO PROVENCHER, AND PRAYING IN CATHEDRALS KNOWING ONLY,  les bont bon son bont LEARNING HOW TO ROAM   IT WAS THERE THAT I BEGAN TO SEE MYSELF  WIDE AS THE OPEN SKY AND FIELD OF YELLOW SLOWLY GROWING TALLER LIKE THE WATER SPLITTING CULTURES MY THEIR TONGUE AND THEN THE AUGUST PLANE THAT FLEW ME HOME AND DAMN THE PAIN THAT OVERTHREW A BROKEN VESSEL FIVE SHORT WEEKS AND SHE WAS GONE, SHE WAS GONE   IF LIFE COULD BE LIKE SUMMER ONCE AGAIN, WITH GOLDEN HOURS, CITY WALKS, AND TALKING HAND IN HAND IF SOME OF WHAT WAS LOST TO ME COULD FIND ITS WAY, LIFE WOULD BE SO GRAND  IF SOME OF WHAT WAS LOST TO ME COULD FIND ITS WAY, LIFE WOULD BE SO GRAND. 

MATH (INDIAN ROCK SONG)

Watch on Youtube YOU CAN HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU DON'T WRESTLE WITH THE PACE YOU'RE YOUNG - SO MY EYES HAVE SEEN A FEW MORE THINGS THIS FOG - IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY AND YOU CAN HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU DON'T WRESTLE WITH THE PACE MY HOME - TWO BERKELEY STORIES ON YOUR FAVORITE STREET IT'S NOT WHERE I WAS GROWN, IT TOOK SOME TIME AND FAITH AND ENERGY AND YOU CAN HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU DON'T WRESTLE WITH THE PACE LIKE MATH, LIFE REQUIRES SOME CONSISTENCY ASK ME HOW I KNOW - MY COURAGE PAID FOR MY DEGREES MY WIFE AND I HAVE FED AND CLOTHED FOUR PAIRS OF BUTTERFLY WINGS AND YOU CAN HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU DON'T WRESTLE WITH THE PACE YOU'RE YOUNG - SO BE PATIENCE WITH YOUR BUTTERFLY WINGS LIFE TAKES TIME - DON'T FIXATE ON THE SPEED YOU HAVE TIME - DON'T WASTE IT LIVING RESTLESSLY YOU CAN HAVE WHAT IT TAKES IF YOU DON'T WRESTLE WITH THE PACE DEAR DON, YOU'LL ALWAYS SHARE THIS BENCH WITH ME

ONLY THE BLOOD

Listen on Youtube   GREAT IS THE WINE GREAT IS THE WINE GREAT IS THE WINE FRUIT OF THE VINE PRECIOUS THE FLOW PRECIOUS THE FLOW PRECIOUS THE FLOW  KNEEL DOWN AND SOAK ONLY THE BLOOD  ONLY THE BLOOD  ONLY THE BLOOD  IS PURE ENOUGH  BLESSED IS OUR CUP  BLESSED IS OUR CUP  BLESSED IS OUR CUP  COME DRINK IT UP  BLESSED IS OUR CUP  BLESSED IS OUR CUP  THANKS TO THE BLOOD PAYMENT ENOUGH >> So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. - Eph 1:6-8, New Living Translation

FOREVER, AMEN

  Listen on Youtube TIL THE AGES THE AGES OF AGES THE AGES OF AGES FOREVER, AMEN BLESS THE CHIEF THE CHIEF OF ALL SAGES BE HONORED AND FAMOUS FOREVER, AMEN TIL THE AGES THE AGES OF AGES PRAISE THE KING EVER-REIGNING FOREVER, AMEN 1 Timothy 1:17 // 1 Timothy 6:15-16

THE HOPE SONG

  Listen on Youtube WHEN I GET TIRED IN WAITING YOU REPLENISH PATIENCE ENDURANCE STRENGTHENS ME WITH HOPE I WILL DECIDE TO BELIEVE YOU I WON'T BE MOVED BY WHAT I SEE CAUSE YOUR LOVE SUSTAINS ME REJOICE REJOICE O MY SOUL BE STEADFAST AND LANGUISH NO MORE REJOICE REJOICE O MY SOUL REJOICE REJOICE O MY SOUL THERE IS A HOPE FOR MY FUTURE RADIANCE WAITS WITHIN YOUR WINGS YOU GIVE GOOD THINGS YOUR GOODNESS QUICKENS MY WEARY SOUL YOUR PROMISE WELLS UP AND OVERFLOWS AND EVERYTHING STALE MUST GO Jeremiah 31 // Jeremiah 29:11 // Malachi 4:2

THIS NIGHT

Listen on Noisetrade   BLINDED MEN RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT THIS NIGHT HERALDED BY ANGEL LIGHT, THE INFANT CHRIST AND BLESSED IS SHE WHO BELIEVES WHAT THE LORD SPEAKS AND BLESSED IS HE, UN-OFFENDED BY THE GOD-KING LEPER AND THE LAME PROCLAIM THE HEALER'S REIGN BORN THIS NIGHT IS THE LAMB WHO TAKES AWAY THIS NIGHT, THE DEAD ARE RAISED TO LIFE THE POOR AND THE HARD-OF-HEARING SLIP INTO WHITE THIS BABY IS HIM WHOM YOU SEEK SETTING CAPTIVES FREE, LAYING DOWN HIS ROYALTY THIS NIGHT, THE GIFT OF EVERY MAN WRAPS HIMSELF IN SKIN LET THE END BEGIN - THIS NIGHT Luke 1 // Luke 7 // Isaiah 53