1. |
genesis
06:38
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word became flesh
flesh became light
and light became death
and death became life
life became sorrow
happiness borrowed
can't say the same ‘bout tomorrow
for at the end of the day
humanity stays
or is that our mistake
and when will we break
for who You are
who You are
yea i’ve been there before
at gravity's core
only wanting more
at memory's shore
when i saw Your face
or was that really the case
‘cause i couldn't see grace
front of my eyes
how i see real lies
'fore i realize
You were already here
and that's who You are
who You are
yea some things can't change
and some things get blamed
and i can't be reclaimed
but i can't be the same
once i hear Your name
inside of my soul
and now You're in control
and i can't do this alone
though the path You've made known
on the way to approach with confidence
Your heavenly throne
to who You are
who You are
wait a second
and time has passed
what once were the lights
now a rhyme surpassed
the fingers snap
and let the curtains rise
surprise, demise now tries as a sans disguise
i stand at the edge of a great expanse
caught in an evasive cosmic dance
from the moment when the eyes barely caught a glance
just travelling down a road to Your 'notic trance
regret
how could one forget
all the love and absence and presence that You put me through yet
i find all that You are, the scars, were my design, assigned, the stars aligned, we bind
bound, the sound
but where can we be found
if destruction from the noise is loud and the sky is ground
yet to know that we have come so far
now let the spiritual the physical mystically embody who You are
riddle of joy
from when i was a boy
breathed new life
hunger and strife
and i was the aggressor
and that was form that was lesser
come to meet the Blesser
yea it's pain it's loss
but You bore the cost
so that we could transform
yea we've been reborn
for who You are
who You are
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2. |
depravity
06:32
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was born to be a cause
a cause of concern
concern for a pause
a pause for a turn
return for a light
a light that will fade
a fade to white
where white means repaid
where white means repaid
i don't know it's far to say when i found it yea
something's wrong and i
can't know no i can't
feeling sorrow in my side
no i don't got it together
no i don't
somebody anybody just
take me to the chorus please
i can't take thinking this through myself
i was saved by poetics
but they burned like filthy rags
no everything anything was burning
before i fell into your
light light light light
and i can see your
light light light light
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3. |
off/on
06:33
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i never was another
but another was me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
that never was my fault
you can never fault me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
not much to control
no you can’t control me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
this is what I live for
and what you live for ain’t free
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
on me
on me
I never was a brother
but a brother was to me
whenever it gets on
it gets on
it’s on me
it’s on me
whenever it gets on
gets on
it’s on me
it’s on me
forever made the debtor
but the debtor gets freed
so whether it gets on
it gets on
it’s on me
it’s on me
so whether it gets on
it gets on
it’s on me
it’s on me
it’s on me
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4. |
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in the darkness where I stood still
abundant i found
where dawn breaks and surrenders
a light comes a sound
the stars that gave the night a vision
like lampposts ignite
and all of a sudden the world awakens
everything with that light
i was blind but i was happy
like a moth to your flame
and the darkness how it faded
revealing my shame
the man who hid within shadows
now a monster in your glow
can you ever really ask yourself
why everything must go
and when the lights hit the equinox
luminous yet scared
drunken birds and tardigrades
and flowers fangs bared
rusted movements and the sounds of fear
curious, i embark
do you really want to see, my dear
what lies in the dark
my resolve rose like tranquil birds
with feathers made of stone
the light that shattered the dusk sky
i never felt so alone
the man who hid within shadows
now a monster in your glow
can you ever really ask yourself
why everything must go
i saw the universe in the darkness
how strange to my eyes
but weren’t we told that everything beautiful comes with a price?
in the wake of that lantern flare
while the beasts ran in dread
i could only stare at the crumbling earth
as the light began to fade
[oh my love’s like a red, red rose that’s sweetly sprung in June
oh my love’s like a melody that’s sweetly played in tune]
the band played on through the dying light
and the symphony grew loud
but in truth it was a discordant song
a gathering storm cloud
the light grew dim and it all falls apart
yet the music refused to cease
fire erupted as the seas rose high
stay with me won’t you please?
though majestic it had to end
i am unable to bear the pain
amidst the frightening and the astonishing
i pray i’ll see you again
the man who hid within shadows
now a monster in your glow
can you ever really ask yourself
why everything must go
finally the light had disappeared
nothing more than a spark
and the lampposts grew dim once more
as i’m left in the dark
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5. |
yedasentience
07:01
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here’s the thing now’s a good time to say how you made it out of here
‘cause i can’t be the only that feels i suffer from not i am
i was told there was nothing few, nothing new under the sun
but if silence stirs
God
what if i am the only one?
You said You wouldn’t give us more than we could bear
well i can’t give him more than he can care, is that fair?
no
that’s my obsession and this my confession
it’s toxic air
make it clear
is it near
that this nightmare would end in its future tense
or is it too good to let go
too much for enough to blow
that’s yedasentience
yedasentience
specters of the past harken to me
listen listen listen
do you hear the voice of an angel
do you hear the voice of a brother calling
trouble falling falling falling
down
silence
as sacrificial rams
much like
sacrificial lambs lay heavy upon me
accused
conceived
receive receive
perceive perceive
do I remind you of him he asks
a shadow on my back
darkness crawls up consumes me
i see it consume me
down down
i know
i know who i am
i know what i do and think
think for a second
even so
i know
it’s not enough
not enough
i need more
that's yedasentience
yedasentience
[no no you don’t
don’t worry about the past
I don’t see the darkness in you at all
that's not you
that’s not you
it's enough, it’s enough
it’s enough]
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6. |
hashivenu
10:24
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hold me close
i didn’t want to be wrong
long gone gone
before I wrote this song
wrong wrong gone
what if all that we were told was
wrong wrong wrong wrong
hold me
long long long
i’ve been through this before
so many times before
i want you to get off me
i want you to never let me go
go go go
please
go go go
i’ve been through this before
‘fore ‘fore
spinning like knives
like nine lives
we livin’ but there’s no prize
high high
all die fine
try
but i’ve
said one thing and done another
i’ve promised some things but not the others
i’ve loved some people but not my brothers
yes my brothers
f--- my brothers
but i need you here
i want you
i’m lying through my teeth
saying i love you
but it’s never really about
you it’s me
wrong wrong
so long long long
before the redeeming of creation
before we family up in the sky
high high
but will i
see you again
can i even call you friend
send send send
but i don’t get no reception up in here
hear hear
or are there
no angels in the demons
no lovers in the plain
no story in the highest
no fullness of the name
now i'm the only one just talking
he don’t run but now he’s walking
go go go
no no
but first
hold me close
[hashivenu hashivenu
Adonai elekha
v'nashuva
v’nashuva
chadesh
chadesh
yamenu
kekedem]
hold me close
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7. |
absence
07:03
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i stood
at the edge
of a great expanse
he took
my hand
and brought
me to no
promised land
promised land
and sinking sand
you spoke
at the edge
of an absence
that had
grown in
the dark
where he
had loved
had loved
love
love
and absence
absence
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8. |
epektasis
09:44
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i don’t know
if lives could show
it’s hard to withstand
but i hold on
with broken arms
this God understands
for faceless shows yet
faithless grows
the ground of our souls
where greatness bold
now graceless cold
my heart stopped unfolds
and breathe
the life has come at last
and see
the light has come to rest
we are now set free
to bear a vision
light’s precision
love undertakes
a word’s incision
God’s collision
holds me in place
but You are here and
i’m not nearly injured for You
so speak it clear and
i will hear
the wounds that pursue
believe
the life has come at last
and be
the light He’s called to pass
heal our eyes, let me see
and bleed
the light that conquered death
and lead
the life that's come at last
yes breathe
the life that conquered death
and be
the light he's called to pass
here am i send me
[et audivi vocem Domini dicentis quem
mittam et quis ibit nobis et dixi ecce ego sum mitte me]
[amen]
[i love You, Lord
and i lift my voice
to worship You
oh my soul rejoice
take joy my King
in what You hear
may it be a sweet, sweet sound
in Your ears]
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9. |
revelations
08:30
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they say
you can’t live no pleasure satisfy
what do they know
they say you nearly dead
why even try
what do they know
what do they know
what do they know
they say you are what you are
why bend to rules
what do they know
they say live for now
why be so cruel
what do they know
what do they know
what do they know
but He knows
i ya not what they see i am
but He knows
there is so much work at hand
and He knows
that me pressure no last forever
and He knows
when all said and done we be together
ya we be together ya ya
they say
i ya don’t know what joy can be
what do they know
they say i ya not capable of love
what do they know
what do they know
what do they know
they say path i tread not da narrow
what do they know
they say what feel me body
not of me soul
what do they know
what do they know
what do they know
but He knows
a slowly expanding temple in the heavens
but He knows
every rock and tree
human being ya expression
and He knows
me prayer confession
divine intervention
and He knows
His design our discretion
triune God in tension
now He’s got our attention
ya He knows
on that gathering sphere
ya He knows
on that citadel
collapsing all of my fears
ya He knows
time immortal
gathering my tears
ya He knows
Salvation has come
i know He’s here
i know He’s here
[Salvation is here
Salvation has come and He lives in me]
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Vess3l Hacienda Heights, California
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