Jars Of Clay

A flower for your vanity
A penny for your thoughts
About the world's insanity
And how we've gotten lost
Strike up the band to play a song
As we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye, oh goodbye
Say a prayer for recognition
Kiss the ones you love
Gather up the ammunition
Sigh for all the lost
Strike up the band to play a song
As we go waltzing by
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye, oh goodbye

Raise a glass for ignorance
Drink a toast to fear
The beginning of the end has come
That's why we all are here
Strike up the band to play a song
And try hard not to cry
And fake a smile as we all say goodbye
Goodbye

Goodbye, oh goodbye
Yeah goodbye, yeah goodbye

I never minded calling You a King
If that meant that I could count on You
To give me everything I never thought to ask You
I always thought You knew
It was never my intention to question You
You never minded calling me a child
Well, I guess that's how I acted all the while
But You live through every tantrum
You see through every lie
Though they seem to be more common
I just wanted to know why oh why
Unforgetful You, unforgetful Unforgetful You, so unforgetful

You never minded giving us the stars
Then showing us how blind
And unaware of You we are You painted me a picture
And showed me how to see Though I just won't behold it
Unless it pertains to me
Unforgetful You, unforgetful Unforgetful You, so unforgetful

Unforgetful You, unforgetful Unforgetful You, so unforgetful
So unforgetful You...

Open up your box of sunshine
And smile as confetti comes raining down on you
You feel a lot like the good guy, but do you know why
Everything's so blue
Well, love is fire and the coals are barely burning
Cold fills the emptiness that fills this empty place
I taught you the walk but then you ran away from me
And that's not how it's supposed to be
I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind
I know there's something else it's supposed to be
I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind
Something's killing me
Tearful confessions have watered down and broken down
The chance for unrequited love to finally reach its wall
You're waiting for the axe to fall
But can't you see it lying on the ground?
I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind
I know there's something else it's supposed to be
I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind
Something's killing me

Be the best one, be the best one, be the best one

I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind
I know there's something else it's supposed to be
I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind
Something's killing me
I, I, I collide, with love as an elusive state of mind
I know there's something else it's supposed to be
I, I, I collide with love as an elusive state of mind
Something's something's killing something's killing me
You could be the best one at cleaning up this mess...

Collapsing was much softer Still falling always hurt
Only after sensing Your love for always ever burned
You justified my folly My affluent disguise
Removed revealing nothing Yet nothing unforgiven lies
Unforgiven lies
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way
The way that you do
To touch the rose unfearful Is to meet the thorn
And pierce the heart's emotion
And feel the emptiness no more
Emptiness no more
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do

Took some time to realize I've fallen
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way
The way that you do
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do
No one loves me like you No one loves me the way you do
No one loves me the way you love me
No one loves me like, loves me like
Loves me like you...

You say you heard every word
But I watched you turn away
Your eyes grew colder than winter
Love is so intrusive
I thought I heard you say
And laugh so unconvincingly
And famous last words
I'm not ready yet
I won't be gone a minute
Narrow is the road and
Too high a price to pay
When loneliness is such a sanctuary
Empty are the musings
And wasted are the days
When you say you were only waiting
And famous last words
I'm not ready yet
I won't be gone a minute
But I won't forget
And famous last words
If tomorrow never comes
Will I ever know that I was in love?
I was in love
In love

You say you heard every word
I watched you turn away
You say you were only waiting
And famous last words
I'm not ready yet
I won't be gone a minute
But I won't forget
And famous last words
If tomorrow never comes
Will I ever know that I was in love?
I was in love
In love
And famous last words
I'm not ready yet
I won't be gone a minute

Say how's the weather, so I look out the window
To brighten my soul, but I can't control
The rain that keeps falling
Smile on the outside that never comes in
A comedy, mystery, irony, tragedy
So I scream let the show begin
You break me open, turn on the light
Stumble inside with me, with me

Do I entertain you?
Do I preoccupy you with my wit to cover this lie?
Are you mesmerized?
Do you think me faithful, do you think me a clown?
I picked out this shirt, I put on this hat
I wore all this paint just for you
You break me open, turn on the light
Stumble inside with me, with me

You break me open, turn on the light
Stumble inside with me, with me
You break me open, turn on the light
Stumble inside with me, with me

I'm here waiting for something new to break my heart
So callous laden, I can't feel a thing at all
Will You catch my fall?
From lost and not found, to run and not hide
My hand inside Your hand
Losing my grip falling so far My hand inside
Fear is keeping time with the beating of my heart
I'm doin' way too much thinkin'
And it's tearing me apart
And I, I feel You reach for me
From lost and not found, to run and not hide
My hand inside Your hand
Losing my grip falling so far My hand inside
I hear Your voice and follow
So hard to believe, and still I go
And still I go

From lost and not found, to run and not hide
My hand inside Your hand
Losing my grip falling so far
My hand inside, inside Your hand
From lost and not found, to run and not hide
My hand inside Your hand
Inside Your hand...

It was the fear of God that led me to you
And it's the fear of you that takes getting used to
I've never been one to hang my heart on a thread
But you spun me around and you loved me instead
I know I could turn to something other than you
'Cause I don't understand you
and why you're after me
I've never been the saint
you wanted me to turn to
And I can't see the view from the eyes
you look at me through, oh no
But I'm alright, I'm alright I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright...

So cut below the surface and try hard not to notice
That I could be so foolish thinkin' I'm alright
I've got no one to hold me, I've got no one to carry
Everything inside of me that I won't let you see
But I'm alright, I'm alright I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright...

But I'm alright, I'm alright I'm alright, I'm alright
I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm alright...
Yeah I'm alright...
Yeah...na-na-na...I'm alright...yeah...

God I admit I haven't changed
Playing card houses still covering my landscape
I never expected You to stay
When I'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change

I feel Your grace come running over every road
I love the way You're calling overflow
I feel Your grace come running over every road
You break the floodgates down and carry all

God I admit that I've loved these chains
And crawling around this cage sometimes has its advantages
I know someday this could get old
And I'll need Your healing water to find my home

Follow the crowd and love everybody now
'Cause love is the best thing for you now
But you changed your mind
You let everybody down
But down is the best place for you
It's easier that way
You know it's so wrong
Can't embrace it wish sometimes for any other you
But you can't erase it
And you won't escape it
Don't waste your time
Your words only confine you
To all of the things you've buried now
Don't ask them why
Their wisdom will leave you blind
But blind is the best things for you
It's easier I know
You know it's so wrong, can't embrace it
Wish sometimes for any other you
But you can't erase it
And you won't escape it
How long will you face it
'Til the wait comes crashing down on you
But you can't erase it
And you won't escape it
No you can't erase it
And you won't escape it

It's so wrong, can't embrace it
Wish sometimes for any other you
But you can't erase it
And you won't escape it
How long will you face it
'Til the wait comes crashing down on you
And you can't erase it
And you won't escape it
It's so wrong, can't embrace it
Wish sometimes for any other you
But you can't erase it
And you won't escape it
No you can't erase it
And you won't erase it

Carry me Your love is wider
than my need could ever be
Come to me and I will walk along Your shore
Feel Your crashing waves sing in time
with the music of my heart
come down Pour out on me
River deep could I know
You as well as You know me
Constantine will we travel faster farther
than these Legs could ever trustworthy be
come down Pour out on me
come down Pour out on me on me on me
come down Pour out on me
come down Pour out on me
come down Pour out on me
come down Pour out on me on me on me

i'm sure i can't never make it through a night
wothout you here
fires in the sky in luminated
demons in closing in

*have mercy on my soul
if I'm not the last
have mercy on my soul
if I'm not the last to go
i'm not not the last to go

as around this trail
always

places i have learned to trust you

*repeat

even in silence my heart racing
i left my eyes to you please father find me

*repeat

mercy on my soul
have mercy on my soul

Must have thought I was so strong
Might have even thought I was the one for this all along
But I can't even dream
Or imagine how it seems
To carry the weight of this crown

* It's not as easy as it seems
To carry the weight of your dreams
Hiding in the shadows
It's not as easy as it seems
With pharaoh and angels and everything in between

I might have come to a similar conclusion
Only mixed up in the wake of confusion
That the glamour was mine
Though the power divine
To carry the weight of this crown

* Repeat

I don't know why I see your fire
Carry me over
Stay this way

It's not as easy as it seems
To carry the weight of your dreams
Hiding in the shadows
It's not as easy as it seems
With pharaoh and angels

It's not as easy as it seems
To carry the weight of your dreams
Hiding in the shadows
With pharaoh and angels and everything in between
Counting on hope (counting on hope)
Counting on hope

Arms nailed down,
are you telling me something?
Eyes turned out,
are you looking for someone?

This is the one thing,
The one thing that I know.

Blood-stained brow,
are you dying for nothing?
Flesh and blood,
is it so elemental?

This is the one thing,
The one thing that I know.

Blood-stained brow,
He wasn't broken for nothing.
Arms nailed down,
He didn't die for nothing.

This is the one thing,
The one thing that I know.

It's not my problem anymore
You see it never really was
So you can stop caring as you call it
And I'll be fine right here

You see that I can play a pretty convincing role
So I don't need you, I don't think I need you

But you see through my forever lies
And you are not believing
And I see in your forever eyes
That you are forever healing

You can't hear what I'm not saying
And I can hold out long enough
Treading water I keep from sinking
'Cause I'm not one for reaching

You see that I can play a pretty convincing role
So I don't need you, I don't think I need you

But you see through my forever lies
And you are not believing
And I see in your forever eyes
That you are forever healing

Deny myself, deny my heart
Deny your hand, deny your help
And you offer me eternity
But why should I buy that?

You see that I can play a pretty convincing role
So I don't need you, I don't think I need you

But you see through my forever lies
And you are not believing
And I see in your forever eyes
That you are forever healing

But you see through my forever lies
And you are not believing
And I see in your forever eyes
That you are forever healing

In open fields of wild flowers,
she breathes the air and flies away
She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses
in no simple language
Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all
He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on her lips
Someday she'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call her and she will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and she'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"

Sitting silent wearing Sunday best
The sermon echoes through the walls
A great salvation through it calls to the people
who stare into nowhere, and can't feel the chains on their souls

He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
As close a heartbeat or a song on our lips
Someday we'll trust Him and learn how to see Him
Someday He'll call us and we will come running
and fall in His arms and the tears will fall down and we'll pray,

"I want to fall in love with You"

It seems too easy to call you "Savior",
Not close enough to call you "God"
So as I sit and think of words I can mention
to show my devotion

"I want to fall in love with You"

"my heart beats for You"

Dear God, surround me as I speak,
The bridges that I walk across are weak
Frustrations fill the void that I can't solely bear
Dear God, don't let me fall apart,
You've held me close to you
I have turned away and searched for answers I can't understand

Chorus:


They say that I can move the mountains
And send them falling to the sea
They say that I can walk on water
If I would follow and believe
With faith like a child


Sometimes, when I feel miles away
And my eyes can't see your face
I wonder if I've grown to lose the recklessness
I walked in light of you


[Chorus]


Little girl:
"I've got joy like a fountain!"
"Be kind one to others"
"In Jesus Christ Your son"


They say that love can heal the broken
They say that hope can make you see
They say that faith can find a Savior
If you would follow and believe
With faith like a child

Images on the sidewalk speak of dream's decent
Washed away by storms to graves of cynical lament
Dirty canvases to call my own
Protest limericks carved by the old pay phone

In your picture book I'm trying hard to see
Turning endless pages of this tragedy
Sculpting every move you compose a symphony
You plead to everyone, "see the art in me"


Broken stained-glass windows, the fragments ramble on
Tales of broken souls, an eternity's been won
As critics scorn the thoughts and works of mortal man
My eyes are drawn to you in awe once again


In your picture book I'm trying hard to see
Turning endless pages of this tragedy
Sculpting every move you compose a symphony
You plead to everyone, "see the art in me"

Don't try to reach me,if I'm already dead
The pain when it grips me, for things that I've done

Well I try to make you proud, but for crying out loud
Just give me a chance to hide away
the Exhaustion takes over, will this someday be over?


Chorus:


Fearful tears are running down
The pain you've laid don't speak a sound
Don't take my heart away from me
And they think I fell down, again


Daddy, don't you love me?
Then why do you hit me?
Momma don't you love me
Then why do you hurt me?
Well I try to make you proud, but for crying out loud
Just give me a chance to hide away
the Exhaustion takes over, will this someday be over?


[Chorus]


A teardrop falls from up in the heavens
Drowning the sorrow of angels on high
For the least of the helpless, the hopeless, the loveless
Your Jesus, His children, He holds in His eyes

He loves you
He sees you
He knows you
protects you
He needs you
He holds you

The marionette has your number
Pulling your arms and legs 'til you can't stand on your own
Dragging your conscience on the stage and your heart gets rearranged,
and you cannot tell your mentor from your Maker

Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter
Over the way you entertain at beckon call
They don't see behind the lights or the painted backgrounds
They just like to see you fall

And you don't really mind
And you're just wasting time
And you don't feel anything
You're a boy on a string

I feel the sadness like Gapetto
watching the life that he created run away,
Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion and holding the remains
of puppets that had rotted away

One day the curtain will not open (will not open)
And all of the crowds will go away (crowds will go away)
Some times those strings will choke you
But until that day

And you don't really mind
And you're just wasting time
And you don't feel anything
You're a boy on a string

Just a boy, just a boy, just a boy...

And you don't really mind
And you're just wasting time
And you don't feel anything
You're a boy on a string

'Cause you don't really mind
And you're just wasting time
You don't feel anything
You're a boy on a string
Just a boy on a string