Where the Earth Makes No Sound
Rich Man’s Death
Lake Michigan
Free to Love
Love’s Remedy
Jesus Went to Sleep
Saturn’s Rings
Forgotten to Remember
No Jewels
River of Love
Waiting for the Rain
Bringing me Home
Heart Kisses
I walk the desert with an empty cup
I guess my wanderin
Covered the garden up
Is the mercy gone?
I heard my chance has
Slipped through my fingers
In spite of what grace says
My fault will linger on
How has the hope been lost?
He was despised
He was rejected by men
He carried our sin all the way home
He bore our grief
He was afflicted and crushed and left cold
He died a rich man’s death
Now what if love is
Exactly what I read
Without opinions
To be my guidance
Would God lead my steps
I need so many fig leaves
To hide all my shame
Yet right believing with
Correct recited ways
Seem to stand in for faith
With the poor he rose again
I need your voice above the noise
Of gusts and turbulence
Here comes the clamor of the thunder’s zealous holy fists
The swirling blast, the tempest
My soul’s in broken parts
In the chaos I need your arms
Holdin my heart
I’ve been steering through the fierce clouds
I need you now
I’m in your hands
I’ve been caught inside this grave storm
Oh, but I’m yours
On Lake Michigan
Sky opens up and stars will run
As nighttime shows its teeth
As undercurrents pull me in
I’m left upon the deep
And what’s beneath rises to bring
Refuge from the unknown
Yet gales will come and squalls can numb
Keep me as the winds blow
A song puts on new clothes
To climb upon the stairs
All I was told of is right here
But with heightened melody
That’s more than dos and don’ts
Within me, all around me
Surrounding arms enfold
I’ve been set free to love now
And to leave my troubles behind with every step
I’m not held back by should haves
I’m carried by grace
Down each road I take
I’ve been set free to love
From the far corners
Where the earth makes no sound
It’s nothin but pieces on the ground
Gather and glue them
Hold and renew them
Weave em into my heart
Like light sewn in the darkness
What was once all out of place
Is held by roots of graciousness
Way beyond mere circumstance
Now I am singin
If you’re carrying a weight today
You’re not gonna break
If you’re carrying a weight today
It’s okay
If you’re covered up with fright tonight
Your fears will subside
If you’re covered up with fright tonight
Don’t ya hide
Love’s remedy is simple
Love’s remedy ain’t no secret code
Now love’s remedy is natural
Just love then feel it flow
Over your soul
If you feel that the sun is gone
The morning will come
If you feel that the sun is gone
Walk on
Cos the light will never end my friend
You’re led to transcend
No, the light will never end, my friend, yeah
Amen and amen
There’s no pill to drink down
No certain way to think things all out
Compassion and kindness are not shrouded
So whatcha gonna do?
If you find that you are low there’s hope
Oh, the winter brings growth
If you find that you are low there’s hope
Under the snow
And the springtime will arrive and shine
What’s bare will soon thrive
Yeah the springtime will arrive and shine
Now baby you’re so alive
Whatcha gonna do? Love
Jesus went to sleep
In a boat on the water
And when he woke he calmed the sea
Now he calms me like no other
So I will believe In he who calmed the sea
Jesus knows all my storm winds
His great love, it holds my heart
And now each time I take off frightened
I can’t get far
He pulls me in back to the boat again
Jesus taught the crowds
From a boat on the water
His words were filled with power
And with a mystery that is hauntin’
So I will believe
In he who’s filled with mystery
Jesus went to sleep
Jesus calmed the seas
Now could you calm me
Down
When the shivering comes creeping
I know not what to do
As I attempt to slice through it
I find I have no clue
How, when, why, where
How, when, why, where
Now the eyes all glare
When I kneel I feel fake
It’s all been sealed with sterile handshakes
While worlds of fire dive right inside the soul
I thought I’d fly the sky of grace
And the heights would be my escape
Oh, but Saturn’s rings go unseen in the
Shadow
There were instances I was certain that
At long last I finally knew
But questions were not allowed to
Move and breathe
Cos coals that gleam love
Are cooled by the club
Now where I stand makes demands of my knees
So light swallow me
Surround my fear
Lovely light you followed me you found me
You brought me here
How, when, why, where
How, when, why, where
How, when, why
I’m on my knees tonight
Baby come hither
We’ll stroll through the dark
I say let’s go with it
And toss out our hearts
Into the sea of remembrance
Mmmmm
Let’s walk in the grace
Tho our muscles grew tough
We’re carried by strength
That blows off the dust
There’s a remnant of remembrance
Mmmmm
The minute hand goes around again
Revealing my streachin soul
While the calendar with the answers hangs secure
Slick sleek signs all once tried to pry me
From what I should fight to hold
I’d forgotten to remember
I wiped away sweat
But in my bones it still lives
My soul is not less
Just cos my marrow is thick
But retrieval is upheaval
Mmmmm
The monsters are comin
They’ll jump everywhere
The countdown is runnin
I feel unprepared
Upheaval is peaceful
Mmmmm
Open up my hands
There were no jewels in his crown
There was no gold anywhere around him
He was a king but he loved and served
So we tried to kill him and he rose from the earth
So sing it, yeah sing it
Sing it out from the bottom of your heart, from the bottom of your soul
Let it go, let it flow
Sing glory, glory, glory
Cos the light it shines bright oh it glows to show
There are no jewels in his crown
No shoes upon his feet
With clothes no more than rags
Still we manufacture security
Storing treasures packed away in leather bags
There’s a different way
But we called him a fool
And though we go to great lengths to gain the world
Still the mountains move
Cos he came to peel away the paint
And to save us from worshipping
The golden plated calf
We better check what we have
His love is not expensive
It’s way beyond a price
Still we’re infatuated
With the impressions we try to buy
Oh, when love steers us away from all that captures our eyes
No need to push the river
In the autumntime
I trust the dark current
To carry me towards light
No need to strive to control
How it winds or how it rolls
I will go now as it’s flowin
The river of love I float
No need to break the river
In the wintertime
There’s a strength
In my weakness
As I cross the ice
No need to ask for shelter
When the clouds are my shield
I will follow where it goes to
The river of love I feel
There’s no need to wade the river
In the springtime
I am made by all my changes
I’ll drift and not fight
There’s no need to drink its water
It’s already found a home
Inside of me, yeah my heart is free
In the river of love, I am known
No need to search for the river
In the summertime
It twists, it turns, coming for me
Through barren desert dry
No need to look for conclusions
Mirrored in its glass
Questions are all dancin
As the river of love says yes
Deep down inside, yeah my soul’s alive
The river of love holds me, I’m known
Drops fall on each and all
Like fresh love that freely comes
Straight for us in our unrighteousness
Done work the whole day and
Everyone receives the same pay
Regardless of time that they’ve put in
And in the heat of day
When everything’s ablaze
It’s gonna be ok
Yes I can feel a change
A change is comin
Clouds roll in I’m waiting for the rain
Creation will groan and cry
Salvation is spreading wide
With showers of water and light
The whole earth will open up
To flourish like natural order does
Sun rays and precipitation
Each have sinned and heard the sacred call
The ice cream stand is open for all
At the deep side of the dark
Past the new wine astral haze
I’m connected to scattered stars
I know there’s one that bears my name
And lights the peak
Of the mountain inside of me
When my climb gets steep
I pray that all my winding steps
Will take me where it’s higher yet
My wayfaring sojourn feels like a dream
The ventriloquist is sharing tunes
And none of them require a view
Cos every last tooth in his smile sings
It’s a beautiful song
It’s bringing me home
It’s the last straw of my first crawl
Both my newborn and golden age
Unraveled, the gavel dropped
My cross-examined soul’s afraid
I tremble to leap
Also tremble to fall asleep
But through fear love leads
I’m caught beneath the acid bubbles
I’m struggling to get out from under
And if I am burned
Pain heals stronger
Vacantly staring with no resolve
At the winterfield rows going on and on
The cold air hums
Out a tender song
From the slumber fog
Comes the mysterious
I trust who you are
Oh, you’ve kissed my heart
I fall in your arms
When I’ve been hurt
When I’m broken and scared
When I’m cold and left bare
Your kisses speak louder
Than words
I have no grasp of orbits far
Constellations poke through endless dark
Like open hands are
Reaching for me
Out of nowhere
Out of always-here
Through all my heart’s phases
You’ve kissed it
I marvel at the ways
You are breakin
Me
Free
I’m free
To you I turn
And to your heart kisses
To you I turn
And to your heart kisses