PFR

here i am once again
pleading
to the sky
kneeling to the sands shedding my
regrets
knowing You'll forget everything

Chorus
why didn't i go to such great lengths to
try to please You
instead i tried to please myself
in the end when your heart is broken
i see the folly of trying to please myself

i have not yet arrived
seeing
anything
quiet my desires till they die
until they die
or align with Your will

Chorus 2x

you know for certain that you are a liar
you told me yourself you know the Truth
but you won't put two and two together
you know the sum would expose you

Chorus
and you wonder why you feel this way
and you wonder how long it will take to heal
and you wonder what you did to get here
and you wonder who will save you from you

you've tried everything that has been in your reach
but none of it seems to satisfy
so like a man lost at sea
your thirst leads you to drink the water
the more you drink, the more your throat runs dry
and you wonder why

Chorus 2x

didn't i just see your face
last time that i was here
weren't you standing in that place
was it you or me that disappeared
did you tell me about your problem
did i offer a solution
maybe i could help you out
in the coming revolution

Chorus
but i don't understand
when i reach for your hand
why i can't hold it long
but you're hurting inside
so i'll get off this ride
cause i don't want to be
just another horse on the merry go round
i'm starting to see another course
well it's time i got down

didn't know when i bought this ticket
to ride life's carousel
that i would be more than a minute
gone away from the One i love so well
i was drawn to the main attraction
mesmerized by it's appeal
now it's all become distraction
how can i return to what is real

Chorus
time i got down
time i got down

He painted "I love you" on the bridge
Then watched them burn
She bet all she had upon the love
Now she's holding her cards
And lost her turn

Two hearts in search of wholeness
Both willing to risk it all
Could true love have fled so easily
Leaving both broken from the fall

Not the love I know
It knows no boundaries
Keeps no record of wrongs
That's the love I know

It takes the good with the bad
And it fights to stay strong
That's the love I know

This love always finds a way
To carry on
That's the love I know

He sits all alone
And stares into an empty sky
She goes through all her mixed emotions
Trying to find a reason why

Was their pride too big to swallow?
Was their hurt too deep to heal?
Could they find some understanding
Find forgiveness that's real?

That's the love I know
It speaks in kindness
Its seeks only what's true
That's the love I know

A love without condition
It looks to renew
That's the love I know

It knows that when hope seems gone
Hope will come through
That's the love I know

The love I know comes from a Holy God to man
Isn't it time that you received it
Are you starting to understand
(Starting to understand)
The love I know

That's the love I know
It speaks in kindness
Its seeks only what's true
That's the love I know

A love without condition
It looks to renew
That's the love I know

It knows that when hope seems gone
Hope will come through
That's the love I know

Chorus B

i'm looking for peace
i'm hoping to find
something to slow down
the hands of time
it's all slipping away... slipping away
moving so fast
it's out of my reach
and out of my grasp
i'm searching for Truth
i know it must be
somewhere just around the corner from me
i've been feeling a need... feeling a need
for something inside
a need for a change
a change in my life

Chorus A
and it's You
....only You and You alone
Jesus
You found me so deep in the dark
and You called out my name
yes, You
....only You and You alone
Jesus
You gave me someplace to start
to start over again
it's You

i was looking for hope
in my dim lit ideals
thinking i might stumble
onto something that's real
but so many years... so many years
of being so blind
of holding my own
of saying i'm fine
then You gave me faith
but not of my own
and it brought both the peace and hope
like i'd never known
You said You'd forgive... said You'd forgive
if i would believe
that You were the son
of a God yet unseen

Chorus B
and it's You
....only You and You alone
Jesus
You gave me the faith to believe
and the mercy to see
that it's You
....only You and You alone
Jesus
You gave me all of my worth
by loving me first

Bridge

Chorus A

He's brought me here
where things are clear
and trials turn to gold
He's shared with me
His victory
He won in days of old
oh Lord, i don't deserve
the riches of Your world
but You changed my filthy rags
to linen white as snow

the view from here
is nothing near
to what it is for You
i've tried to see
Your plan for me
but i only acted like i knew
oh Lord, forgive the times
i've tried to read your mind
cause You said if i'd be still
then i would hear Your voice

my Lord, my King
my urge to sing
and praise the things above
now words could say
the glorious way
You've changed me with Your love
He's brought me here
where things are clear
and trials turned to gold

The roof caved in
and the walls crumbled
and there i stood exposed
clutching my chest in fear
how'd i end up here
bad decisions
one right after the other
moved like waves pulled by the moon
like a puppet who's tugged on by string
like water tumbling down stream
i was lost

Chorus A
blind man, deaf boy
and the Lover of me
and were did it lead to
i fought for air as i was drowning
in that rushing stream
as the water poured over me

off the bridge i threw my heart
as if it didn't matter
i walked the edge so fearlessly
blindfolded by my lustful eyes
deafened by a string of lies
but You saw me there
in my same condition
Your eyes held me in Your stare
You gazed into my empty soul
spoke the words the burned a hole
in my heart

Chorus B
blind man, deaf boy
now see and hear
did you think that I'd not find you
don't you know that I'm the lover souls
and I came to be near
from this very earth I made you

some of us like sheep have gone astray
some of us like fools live for today
and then it's gone
and you're left with nothing
you fight to hold it all inside your hands
somehow we think we'll understand
what no eye has ever seen and no mind comprehended

Chorus B

Never imagined that you'd be here again
Yet another season of doubt has set in
The warm september rains have gone, gone away
The trust that you held in your heart isn't there
Now you're fighting your fears but they never fight fair
Gone are all the endless summer days

(chorus)
I believe that they're still there
Though the storms will surely
So let me ask you can you look to the sky
And strain to see the sun again

You harbor the hurt and you shelter the pain


Too proud to confess that you'd fallen again
But don't you long for mercy's tender embrace
Remember the works you spoke from your heart
It's a pity those phrases have fallen apart
Gone is every promise that you made

(chorus)

Will you keep fooling yourself
How long will you run till you're gasping for air
You ran when the shadows grew long
You thought the sun fell from the sky
But i tell you you're wrong

i'm not here to reform you
nor am i here to take you away
i've been sent with a message
and now moving off in a south-bound parade

Chorus
if this were my last breath
i tell you where i'll be
then i'd ask you if you'd be there with me

nobody knows how long you will be here
still you hazard your faith
as my last day grows closer
i rest in the confidence i have been saved

Chorus 2x

you don't know how long
and i don't know how long

the sun will shine
i'll smile from time to time
and sin the song
cause life goes on

Chorus
but it won't mean a thing
without you and the love you bring
it won't mean a thing
without you

the wounds will heal
starting over ain't no big deal
they rebuilt rome
and life goes on

Chorus

the lesson learned
we all must take our turn
and carry on
cause life goes on

Pour me out
Til there's nothing left of me
Pour me out

Pour me out
So that someday I might see
Pour me out

I want to lose myself
In finding You
Embracing grace and facing truth
Tear down these walls that dim
The shape I'm in

Pour me out
From my river to your sea
Pour me out

Pour me out
Let me ride on waves of peace
Pour me out

I want to understand
This greater plan
How character can shape a man
Your image surrounding me
Pray that will be

Daddy never cried
He just turned away
Never showed the side
That was soft as clay
What a weak reply
You live inside a blanket of blame

Why would you need a gift of pardoning
Until your sin becomes your own
Soon comes inevitable reckoning
Then you'll understand
Just how much true love can change a man

Daddy never cried
Will not work today
Put your pride aside
We all need grace
Somwhere deep inside
What you love is what you need to hate

When will you stop blaming somebody else
You make decisions on your own
You chose to leave the truth for nonsense
Do you understand
Just how much the truth can change a man

Daddy never

Why would you need a gift of pardoning
Until your sin becomes your own
Soon comes inevitable reckoning
Then you'll understand
Just how much true love can change a man

Daddy never cried

Put your pride aside

Nothing I can say
Will matter anyway
Just a faint display
With me in the middle
No more empty words
Will anymore be heard
All my minds and verbs
Mean very little
Like whispers thrown against the wind
Empty phrases caving in

It doesnt mean anything without you
Just a nice melody without you
Without your spirit to sing
Of the hope and the joy that you bring
Without you it doesn't mean anything

Nothing I'll ever do
Could ever hold a candle to
The love displayed when you
Said you forgave me
And what I know of love
Is that I'm not deserving of
The one you called your son
The one sent to save me
Like love holding the hand of hate
You choose to love me anyway

It doesn't mean anything without you
Just words that I say without you
Without your spirit to sing
Of this change of the heart that you bring
Without you it doesn't mean anything

She takes the six o'clock train
It's off to work and then home again
She wonders if this will ever change
Clutching her pillow she hides in a dark
Room in her heart

How long has it been
Since love touched her and she let it in
Chased out the shadows, filled emptiness
With her head in her hands
She cries, "Come back again, I need you my friend"

We fight on our knees
But don't often see
The battles that rage being won
But fight on we will
And tarry until
Love comes to carry us on
To kneel with the broken in spirit
And call upon the Son

So many holes here within
Torn apart and then blown by the wind
Hell and high water come crashing in
Pride says to fight but he cannot defend
This means to an end

The truth cuts like a blade
Bleeding all of the plans that he made
Nothing but faith in the one who came
Can ever bring peace to the spirit again
Will he understand

We fight on our knees
For those who might see
The battle is over, it's won
Not by our hands
By the Son of man
He who is has overcome
Death and the grave hold no power
To those who call upon the Son

(Guitar Solo)

We fight on our knees
But don't often see
The battles that rage being won
But fight on we will
And tarry until
Love comes to carry us on
To kneel with the broken in spirit
And call upon the Son

Okay, You're right
I cannot fight this all alone
Let in the light
I need to know

Your line of love goes on and on
Drawn in a circle, drawn upon
My heart and I can't erase it

This line of love connect me
To you, forever knowing when
I fall, you'll help me to face it

Facing myself
Hasn't been easy
Can't hide any longer
Those days are through

Your line of love goes on and on
Leads to a place where I belong
Where mercy waits to embrace me

This line of love that draws me in
Forgiving, forgetting my sin
And in your grace it has traced me

Your line of love goes on and on
Drawn in a circle, drawn upon
My heart and I can't erase it

This line of love connect me
To you, forever knowing when
I fall, you'll help me to face it

Your line of love goes on and on
Leads to a place where I belong
Where mercy waits to embrace me

This line of love that draws me in
Forgiving, forgetting my sin
And in your grace it has traced me

Have you always been the same my friend
You don't have to be alone and lonely my friend
Will you always be the same my friend
I'm wondering, I wonder will you see...

On this, an ordinary day
There's an extrodinary Savior
Waiting, wanting you to know him
On this, an ordinary day

Do you even recognize your need
How can you build an argument from nothing my friend
Can you feel Him plandt the seed my friend
It's happening, I wonder will you see...

On this, an ordinary day
There's an extrodinary Savior
Waiting, wanting you to know him
On this, an ordinary day
Creation's author waits for
You who happened to need him
More than he needs you
On this, an ordinary day

It was an ordinary day
When he died once for all
And he'll still be the same

She wallows in her misery
What made her think that this would be
That this would be any different
From the first mistake she made
Still she dove without a care
For the second time around she'll pay

And wallow in her misery
The first to fail the last to flee
She thought she'd figured out the answer
To some long forgotten page
From some long forgotten book
On how to get her own way

I've tried and tried to tell her
It's not what you do
It's what you've done
With what you did
I've tried to tell her

She wallows in her misery
A failure at failure she fails to see
That this overacted part
From this never ending play
Is just her substitute
For reality anyway

I've tried and tried to tell her
It's not what you do
It's what you've done
With what you did
I've tried to tell her

For so long we walk in darkness
Hoping to find the way
But without something or someone to guide us
We stuble blindly day after day

So he lights candles in hopes that we'll see
Glimpses of him in this mystery
That we'll leave shadows and more toward the flame
As we move closer we'll see his face

To face with the one who made mountains
Who hung the stars in the sky
He is love and loved us so much
That He was willing to die

Die for the man on the corner
Who sold his soul years ago
And now knows of only regret
To trade his life for the woman
Who doesn't think mercy
Is something that she'll ever get

Hope to all who are hopeless
Who've never known kindness
He has not forgotten your ame
You are loved by the One who
With his own hands has made you
And loves you forever the same

So he lights candles in hopes that we'll see
Glimpses of him in this mystery
That we'll leave shadows and more toward the flame
As we move closer we'll see his face

And the band marches
on and on and on
without slowing
And their leader leads
them on and on and on
without knowing
Never looking back to see
the mess that they had
left behind

The media mediates
between the masses and
the myth it creates
But it never knows the
damage grows the more
it bends the truth

They tell us what they
want us to hear
They patronize our
aching ears

It's all too clear the
wealths of violence
and sexual perversion
Offer more than just
some innocent
psychological diversion
They have left so many
bleeding needing help
from Christ the king

We don't have to watch
what they want us to see
Yet we've let them bind
our hands and feet

How can you say, "let's all
remain unaffected," when
No lines were drawn, the
band just marches on
And they forget you when you fall down

His petty problems now left behind
No hesitation, purely devine
The first revalation
Was that he would be free
His second was he'd drown in grace
His frowning face replaced irresistibly
The floor meets his knees

He's come and everyone
In the kingdom wears a smile
Because he's won
Oh, he's come and waves of joy
Spread accross the kingdom
Smile because he's won the battle

All the excuses that you have brought
No explanation was ever sought
To stand before the King of Kings
To taste a kiss of life beyond
No expectations just your barren self
That's how he sees you anyway
Life is yours today

You've come and everyone
In the kingdom wears a smile
Because he's won
Oh, you've come and waves of joy
Spread accross the kingdom
Smile because he's won the battle

You've come and everyone
In the kingdom wears a smile
Because he's won
Oh, you've come and waves of joy
Spread accross the kingdom
Smile because he's won the battle

You've come and everyone
In the kingdom wears a smile
Because he's won
Oh, you've come and waves of joy
Spread accross the kingdom
Smile because he's won, the battle is won

Let me go back
And do it all over again
What I know now
I wish I knew then
There's a pain
That just will not die

Let me hear you say it's okay
Let me hear you say it's alright
I could really use some words of comfort
So I won't be alone tonight
So I won't be alone tonight

Let me move on
I've said I was sorry
Help me look out
And see the sun agian
'Cause there's a pain
That someday must die

Let me hear you say it's okay
Let me hear you say it's alright
I could really use some words of comfort
So I won't be alone tonight
So I won't be alone tonight

Standing over my garden I look down
And disappointment overcomes me
The tears that formed are now falling from my eyes
And watering the ground around me
Lost inside this dissolution
I hear you say my name

I hear you calling
I hear you calling to me
I hear you calling

Faith, like a flower, needs water and room to grow
Placed in sunlight, not in shadow
Hope that the seed htat is hidden will rise and bloom
From the heart of one forgiven
Love runs in the living
Water
I've heard you say my name