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RARE SONG LYRICS

RARE SONG LYRICS
Against The Voices	[proceed]
All of God's Children	[proceed]
Come Home	[proceed]
Daylight To Break	[proceed]
Dreamer	[proceed]
Do You Only Love the Ones Who Look Like You?	[proceed]
Evergreen	[proceed]
Fake Your Own Death	[proceed]
Goodnight Punk	[proceed]
Heading Home (Original demo version of This Is Home)	[proceed]
Just Rob Me	[proceed]
Light and Heavy	[proceed]
Monday Comes Around	[proceed]
Old Borego	[proceed]
Push (The Human Race)	[proceed]
Rebuild	[proceed]
Running From Me	[proceed]
She Says (The Black Eyed Blues)	[proceed]
Spirit	[proceed]
Stitches	[proceed]
The Story of a Man Named Pride	[proceed]
This is Home [Soundtrack Version]	[proceed]
This is Home (Every Breath is Magic) [Movie Version]	[proceed]
Throwing Chairs	[proceed]
Unbroken	[proceed]
Waco Song	[proceed]
We Are Bound	[proceed]
Wide As A Grave	[proceed]
POEMS
Math Poem/Song	[proceed]
Jon's Poem	[proceed]
MISC
Always (Alternate Bridge)	[proceed]
Revenge (Switchfoot version)	[proceed]
Miss My Kisses	[proceed]
Clarity	[proceed]
Lifetime	[proceed]
Sooner or Later (Electra Version)	[proceed]
The Blues - Alternative Version	[proceed]
We Want the Same Things (Please Don't Make Me Beg)	[proceed]
The Drums of War	[proceed]
Shake it Out	[proceed]
Mighty Rebel	[proceed]
AGAINST THE VOICES

Start the day against the voices The ones that tell me that I'm wrong I hear them now screaming their delusions I close my eyes and they're gone If they ain't singing, if they're just talking Let them keep talking to themselves Cause everybody knows That the hardest war to fight Is a fight to be yourself in a world That wants to turn you into someone else Start the day against the voices The ones that tell me I don't belong I hear them now screaming their confusion I close my eyes and they're gone If they ain't singing, if they ain't singing Let them keep talking to themselves Cause everybody knows That the hardest war to fight Is a fight to be yourself in a world That wants to turn you into someone else Lalalalaa lalalalalalalaa Lalalalaa I close my eyes and they're gone, gone, gone, gone If they ain't singing, if they ain't singing Let them keep talking to themselves Cause everybody knows That the hardest war to fight Is a fight to be yourself in a world Is a fight to be yourself Cause everybody knows They ain't singing, they're just talking Let them keep talking to themselves Cause everybody knows That the hardest war to fight Is a fight to be yourself in a world That wants to turn you into someone else Yeah-eh-eh-e-e-e-e-e-e-eah Yeah-eh-eh-eah
ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN

(These lyrics may not be completely accurate and are subject to change.) When the things that you can't hold on to Are the things that you wish you could Are you really ready to pay for love If it costs you everything? All of God's children All of God's children Shining underneath Shining underneath I believe in a world that's beyond me I believe in a world I ain't seen Past the glass, and shotgun shacks Violent faceless racist facts I believe in a world that's made clean All of God's children All of God's children Shining underneath Shining underneath Ohhhh, yeeeaaahhhh Underneath it all Underneath these scars Underneath it all Underneath our walls Underneath it all Underneath the bullet holes Underneath it all We still don't know who we are It's shining underneath It's shining underneath Is there a well that won't run empty? Is there a friend that can't be bought? You'll find them when you're thirsty Learn the lesson that can't be taught All of God's children All of God's children Shining underneath Shining underneath
COME HOME

(These lyrics may not be completely accurate and are subject to change.) A spark in your eyes starts to let go Turning to smoke Everyone knows it Something inside starts to let go Turns into smoke But nobody shows it The hope that we had The dream that we were Both seem so far away You were made for than just pain I'm looking for reasons to try A reason to live or to die Won't you come home? Back to where you started If this is the meaning of life Every breath that you take is a fight Won't you come home? Back to where your heart is Won't you come home? What once was a girl is now just a ghost Is now just a ghost And everyone knows it Seen it before And we watched her explode Yeah a high and a low But nobody shows it Nothing hurts worse Than a hope that's deferred Don't let it slip away See you shining under the shame Looking for reasons to try A reason to live or to die Won't you come home? Back to where your heart is If this is the meaning of life Every breath that you take is a fight Won't you come home? Back to where your heart is Back to where your heart is Slipping away Slipping away Yeeaaah Ohhhhhh Looking for reasons to try Looking for reasons to try A reason to live or to die Won't you come home? Back to where your heart is If this is the meaning of life Every breath that we take is a fight Won't you come home? Back to where your heart is Won't you come home? Won't you come home?
ALWAYS (ALTERNATE BRIDGE)

This is the start This is your heart This is the day you were born This is the sun These are your lungs This is the day you were born And I am always yours   These are the scars Deep in your heart This is the place you were born This is the hole Where most of your soul Comes ripping out From the places you've been torn And it is always yours But I am always yours You will always have a spark of me The part that shines in your eyes You are always my poetry You are always mine And I am always yours
CLARITY

This song was written by Shawn McDonald, Chris Stevens and Jon Foreman. Well I'm just a simple man with a simple plan Trying to find my way home And this dusted way with nothing left to say I stagger and I roam And I'm tired and I'm worn And my clothes are kind of torn From this long hard road My arms and legs are weak I continue to seek And leave behind this load - Chorus - I need clarity and truth to be And peace to make me whole I want freedom to be come and hate to be done And love to guide my soul I want love, yeah, I want love Standing on a battle line I fight for my mind Aching to be free In this war that I face as I long to embrace And be with my king There's a fire in my soul, desire to be whole Is deep within in my bones Now I long to be near as I cast away fear Running for Your throne
DAYLIGHT TO BREAK

(No, I will. I'm just going to sing this track first) I've seen the darkest things Crawling inside of me I've seen the monsters come alive I've seen the enemy The nightmare that follows me Searching the darkness for a light - Chorus - Waiting for daylight to break up this room Waiting for daylight to break I've been alone, in the dark I've been dreaming And waking up without you, I've been waking up without you For too long Back in the tragedy I've made a mess of me My bitter means, my bitter ends I see the irony It gets the best of me Dying to be made new again - Chorus - Waiting for daylight to break up this room Waiting for daylight to break I've been alone, in the dark I've been dreaming The day, when dreamers are awake The sun hits my eyes and everything is right I've been waking up without you, I've been waking up without you, I've been warring alarms Till you are in my arms I've been waking up without you, I've been waking up without you For too long
DREAMER

These lyrics are not completely accurate and are subject to change. The title may not be the correct title. This song is by Jon Foreman and Molly Jenson Last night I had a dream That we fell in love under moonlight You and I will always touch But the morning came too soon I woke up without you - Chorus - And if you want me Why do you look the other way? If you need me Why do you say the things you say? If you love me Why do we play the games we play? Am I in love with the dreamer? Or am I just in love with the dream? When I dream, girl You're the dream that might come true When you dream, girl Do you even know it's you? Dreams are lies in skin But dreams can't tuck me in Oh I believe it Hey Are you leaving so soon? Hey When you leave me, You leave me with a hope That my dream with you might come true True, true, true - Chorus - So if you love me Why do you look the other way? If you need me Why do you say the things you say? If you love me Why would we play the games we play? Am I in love with a dreamer? Or am I just in love, Am I in love with the dreamer? Or am I just in love, Am I in love with the dreamer? I'm not sure I'm still in love with the dream.
DO YOU ONLY LOVE THE ONES WHO LOOK LIKE YOU?

By Jon Foreman and Molly Jenson Where's your heart? Where's this love you talk about? Did someone hold a gun To your head? Who's that girl you laugh about? Did a feeling do you wrong? You've been gone to long Did love her? Did you leave her cold? Did you see her through? Or do you only love the ones who look like you? Where are you now? Are you afraid of being found? See I'm alone when you come around Silly girl What can you see from way up there? Is that the world in devil's clothes? Looking down your nose Are you lonely? Are my scars too deep? Or do you have them too? Or do you only love the ones who look like you? Listen, love To a melody for you Would it change your point of view? Or do you only love the ones who sing your tune? Or do you only love the ones who look like you?
THE DRUMS OF WAR

The drums of war are marching in The drums of war are marching in The drums of war, the blood of man We praise God with the gun in our hand Oh church, what have we done? We hold our faith from the back of a gun We loose our souls even if we've won I say, "Lord, please save me from your followers" I know, I know There's a thunderstorm coming I know, I know There's a thunderstorm coming We're all sons of Uncle Abraham Muslim, Christian and Jew Yeah, we're all sons of Uncle Abraham Until the shot breaks loose Yeah, they tell me vengeance belongs to the Lord When heaven comes and the right is restored When we'll possess what only grace can afford Till then we'll take it with our own drawn swords "Lord please, save me from your followers" I know, I know, there's a thunderstorm coming "Lord please, save us from ourselves" I know, I know, there's a thunderstorm coming Left and right, black, brown and white Why does it seem to always end in a fight? Every pride's got God on their side It was pride before the fall going on last night Oh tell me church how could this be? A God of light to justify dark deeds A God of poor to justify my greed There ain't no end to justify these means I say, "Lord please, save me from your followers" I know, there's a thunderstorm coming "Lord please, save us from ourselves" I know, there's a thunderstorm coming Yeah
EVERGREEN

Me and the trees, losing our leaves Falling like blood on the ground I want to be evergreen Everything dies, I know last night Part of me wasn't around I want to be evergreen Yeah, evergreen... Waiting, and listening Hoping and missing all of our time left alone I'm the one cutting the rope Frostbite in winter, Cuts like a splinter You come and follow me down I'm the one cutting the rope Yeah... - Chorus - Holiday end, I'm here once again, And I'm left alone on the bus with my Head on the ground, In hopes that I'm found by you this time around The sun will rise soon and tackle the moon Chasing it still in the sky All that I've got is tonight Excuses and reasons, and now 'tis the season For all that I never got right All that I've got is tonight The night is a crow, saying come hold me All that I know is I've been so lonely for thee All that I knew, and all that I know, found itself under your rain I want to be evergreen I want to be evergreen! - Chorus - Holiday end, I'm here once again, And I'm left alone on the bus with my Head on the ground, In hopes that I'm found by you this time around I want to be evergreen, I want to live all year round (4x)
FAKE YOUR OWN DEATH

These lyrics may not be completely accurate and are subject to change. You were talking late last night What would you live like if you had died And been reborn with a second chance to live Would you loose your fear of being dead And be afraid of something else instead? Maybe you'd be more concerned with living the life you lead - Chorus - You can fake your own death And live the life you've always been afraid of living Fake your own death And come alive Fake your own death And live the life you've always been afraid of living Fake your own death And instead of dying start to live your life I don't need no fancy flowers I don't need a big production When I die Paddle my ashes out to sea I don't want to lose you honey But every story has an ending When I die I know that your love's gonna follow me - Chorus - You can fake your own death And live the life you've always been afraid of living Fake your own death And come alive Fake your own death And live the life you've always been afraid of living Fake your own death And instead of dying start to live your life Yeah
GOODNIGHT PUNK

Everything I ever need to know I learned at the punk rock show The punks should know How to throw an elbow or a fist A spitting world of hit and miss A violent place of that and this But hold on, hold on We'll never be quite punk enough Hold on, hold on I'll never be quite punk enough for you Every since I first learned how to spit I wished I were a punk rock kid A punk rock kid I never really knew quite what to do I'll never be as punk as you As punk as you, as punk as you, and your tattoo But hold on, hold on Punk is more than leather jackets Hold on, hold on Punk is dead but pop was never cool What are we gonna do?
HEADING HOME

The lyrics to the original demo version of "This Is Home". All my life I knew something was wrong Love was a mystery That I felt all along There's a longing inside me for a dream There's a longing built deep inside of me - Chorus - I'm heading home To a place I've never been on my own But I'll know it when I get back home To a place I've always belonged I'm heading home I'm heading home All my life I knew something was wrong Love was a mystery That I felt all along There's a longing inside of me to believe
JUST ROB ME

Though these lyrics do not exactly match the existing live recording of the song, they are the correct lyrics, as told to us by Jon Foreman. I met a pretty girl the next town over Running like a river, thin and long Other than her dress She looked mighty well depressed So I asked this little lady what was wrong She said, "All my life I've tried to be an outlaw I've tried to spit and chew and steal and rob But I ain't no good at thieven' So I might as well be leaven I think I'm off and go get a job" I told the pretty girl, "Don't be so foolish Don't be so quick to leave a life of crime See I'll be quick to call it You can practice on my wallet And that way if you're caught you won't do time" Just rob me! Just rob me! A pretty face like yours don't come for free If I can call you honey Well then you can take my money So darlin keep your gun And just rob me I see the girl again a few months later To see her with her gun was a relief I said, "Honey you've got attributes Like lace and lips and high heeled boots But dearie your just no good as a thief" She said, "Mister how do you know that I'm failin' I might have robbed twenty banks today" I looked into her eyes And said, "Miss, I'd be surprised, You're pointing that there gun the wrong way. Just rob me Just rob me Money never did grow up on trees See, you're no good at crookin But you're mighty fine at lookin" Oh, honey take my money, Just rob me Maybe every woman is an outlaw I'm pretty sure they're pretty thieves in black They'll make you scream like smoke And then they rob you broke But I suppose don't mind being robbed like that So my pretty thief and I started a family Yeah my outlaw's been given me inlaws She kept her thievin art Sure as rain she stole my heart But she tells me it's for a worthy cause Just rob me Just rob me deep down my darlin' is a thief Oh, she may do the dishes But I still pay her for my kisses I know it's not malicious She's just in the thievin business She calls herself my Mrs. But she's got me by the britches I say honey Take the money Just rob me! Just rob me! Just rob me! A pretty face like yours don't come for free If I can call you honey Well then you can take my money So darlin keep your gun And just rob me
LIFETIME

This song was co-written by Jon and Kris Allen of American Idol fame. I wake up, put my poker face on It's roughly the same hand I was dealt yesterday I stand up and stare out at the skyline It's roughly the same town That I saw yesterday Living doesn't come first try It takes a lifetime getting it right It takes a lifetime to learn how to sing To find my place in the worlds symphony To become the man today The man I thought I could be It takes a lifetime It takes a lifetime I wake up and bandage these scars The scars of my heart That prove that I'm still alive That I'm still alive Living doesn't come first try It takes a lifetime getting it right Living doesn't come first try It takes a lifetime getting it right It takes a lifetime to learn how to sing To find my place in the worlds symphony To become the man today The man I thought I could be The man I thought I could be It takes a lifetime It takes a lifetime
LIGHT AND HEAVY

I'm on a roll I'm feeling Icarus I might have flown too high I'm not alone I'm feeling Icarus I might have flown too high - Chorus - Adrianna, I hope you find what you were looking for, Looking for Adrianna, I hope you find what you were looking for, Looking for Pick up the phone Please tell me anything Did you fly too high? My baby's grown Please tell me anything You might have flown too high - Chorus - Adrianna, I hope you find what you were looking for, Looking for Adrianna, I hope you find what you were looking for, Looking for Ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh On my pilgrimage I'm traveling light with a heavy heart On my pilgrimage I'm traveling light and heavy, Light and heavy, light and heavy This is my torch to carry More than just a corpse to bury down Our souls are lit up under the most extraordinarily light and heavy - Chorus - Adrianna, I hope you find what you were looking for, Looking for Adrianna, I hope you find what you were looking for, Looking for Light and heavy
MATH POEM/SONG

We do not know the title to this poem/song. It used to be Eden, It used to be green, It used be meaning It used to be dream We're ashes to ashes, Dust to dust, What once was a spark Has turned to rust What once was a fire Has fallen to ash What used to be honor Has sunk into cash - Chorus - Throwing the baby out with the bath It used to be love, but now it's math We've lost our way, we can't find the path It used to be love, but now it's math We've got trust But who can trust us? We've got lawyers But where's the justice? Thousands of Towers of Babel Above us Thousands of strangers With no one to love us The enemy isn't without my friend The enemy of the soul is within Within our wars, within our fears Within our clocks, within the years
JON'S POEM

We do not know the title to this poem/song. The voice of the sea on a moonless night Calling, falling, slipping tides The voice of leaky, dripping pipes Endless, aching droplets of light Running, pushing falling down Always longing, always now Silent underneath these streets Even blood finds ways to bleed Even rivers ways to run Even rain to reach the sun Even here within these means Within this skin, within these dreams Longing for the other shore The world we've never been before Restless for the infinite With tears of saints and hypocrites For death and life, for night and day With blood of black and white and grey One by one by one by one Our rivers surge and fight and run Until the sea of glass we meet At last completed and complete Where tide and tear and pain subside Where joy and laughter drink them dry.
MERCY'S WAR

These lyrics may not be completely accurate and are subject to change. I was looking for excuses And you offered me my soul In the name of all my weakness In the name of rock 'n roll By His sickness I am healed Cause they broke you I am whole Oh the wonderful blood of Jesus I went looking for the fig leaves And you asked me what they're for I was building up a wall And you offered me a door I was hoping for silver spoons But you handed me a sword Oh the wonderful blood of Jesus Maker is unmade Love succumbs to hate Life Himself is slain Is death the only way? Is death the only way? I went looking for religion Absolutely not a friend I went looking for ways out And you showed me the way in I went looking for a ghost And instead I found a man Oh the wonderful blood of Jesus Felt like I was at the end Felt like giving up on life I talked about your mother And denied you once or twice Yeah I plucked out your beard Put a sword into your side Oh the wonderful of Jesus Life and love are torn By the blades of earthly swords We cut the final cord This is mercy's war It's mercy's war I was just chasing after safety When my world went up in flames I saw my defenses Washed my ashes down the drain I thought mercy was a stranger But you called me out by name Oh the wonderful blood of Jesus Your wounds are gaping open Couldn't recognize you at first And all I had to offer you Was an insult or a curse Blood dripped down like poison On the nauseated earth Oh the wonderful blood of Jesus Oh the wonderful blood of Jesus This is mercy's war This is mercy's war Oh the wonderful blood of Jesus
MY COFFIN

These lyrics are not completely accurate and are subject to change Dear blue sky Are you afraid to die Do you fear you'll never see the morning? And the twilight comes And you lose your sun Does it come to you without a warning? When the ??????? How will I know When the carbon bonds that hold me Start to let go Is there someone buried Beneath this skin? And is he free when I am lost In my coffin Dear moonlight When you shine at night Do you fear you'll use up your resources? With the sun as king Do you feel for it's string When the higher powers run their courses When the rain falls down What brings it back? Opens the resurrected cloud From white to black It's a second birth Under this skin My coffin My coffin Yeah Resurrection comes But death comes first All of our entitlements and rights Will drive the hearse I'm bleeding death Death is unmade The minute I lose myself I'm saved From my coffin
MIGHTY REBEL

by Karl Denson and Jon Foreman The mighty rebel comes (teach ya love)(?) Not thinking about his own survival The might rebel comes, (teach ya love)(?) And he don't fear a rival (?) A deaf mind and a gentle heart Living in a world falling apart The mighty rebel, the mighty, mighty rebel comes You know you got to rise up, rise up The war has begun To fight like he's the only solution (?) And love is a gun The mighty rebel, the mighty, mighty rebel comes The mighty rebel comes (ready to live) In the face of the impossible The mighty rebel comes (willing to die) To obey the unenforceable law Haters (?) can't keep the rebel down The other cheek is the rebel's crown The mighty rebel, the mighty, mighty rebel comes You know you got to rise up, rise up The war has begun To fight like he's the only solution (?) And love is a gun
MISS MY KISSES

by Sara Watkins and Jon Foreman It isn't me it's my attention that you're missing It ain't my voice, but all the sweet things that I said I'm not your only honey bee, who are you kidding? So sing your sad song to the rest, let them believe they get your best It's time that we both stop faking No offense, none taken Honey you weren't looking for a misses Mister you won't miss me, you just miss my kisses Don't say my number and you won't ever find me calling I was happy before we met, even better after you left You can keep your seasons and I will keep my sunshine Keep your money and your time, and I'll hold on to mine It's time that we both stop faking No offense, none taken Honey you weren't looking for a misses Mister you won't miss me, you just miss my kisses You won't miss me, you just miss my kisses Please don't make a scene And don't pretend to cry Just smile and goodnight And kiss me goodbye one last time It's time that we both stop faking No offense, none taken Honey you weren't looking for a misses Mister you won't miss me, you just miss my kisses
MONDAY COMES AROUND

Friday, Monday comes around She's a girl with the weight of the world on her big brown eyes She's a girl who's been talking to herself to apologize She'll never do it again she promised But then she hasn't been all that honest Can she trust herself to be herself? Or is she talking to herself again? - Chorus - Hey Friday what you gonna do now When Monday comes around Hey Friday what gonna do now When Monday comes around Come around When Monday comes around Monday comes, when or where do you run to find a second start? Where do you go when you're broken, alone, and Friday falls apart? Yeah, yeah All these questions are leaving her shaking Can you be two girls in one? Can your heart bend this much without breaking, And you know that you know, and you can never have it both ways Don't take it easy Don't take it easy Your saying is "Everybody's giving and taking, giving and taking, Everything's taken away" Friday, Monday comes around (repeat x7) On Friday, Monday will always come around It always comes around
OLD BOREGO

(Yeah! Whatever One, two, three It's almost Christmas/New Year) I've seen snow on Christmas Eve, Gracing frosted evergreens After most the trees go brown I'm still standing I've been miles away from home Trapped in Charles Dickens' poems I've been freezing in this town, But I'm still standing (One, two, three) - Chorus - It's almost New Year, In San Diego Another Christmas, In Old Borego Face-down in a little white shack in the back room This town is a 35 Ford in a bad mood, in a bad mood I hear you when I'm asleep, Missy you're the love I keep But I still got no cash to send, In my pocket It's been months since we first kissed, But your face is what I miss, And I keep your picture bent in my pocket
PUSH (THE HUMAN RACE)

to be honest i've never been honest and even now the truth comes out in stutters and fits every word that's born is self-conscious the critic weighs not truth or fact or fiction but wit and I know I'm not that funny so stop laughing, laughing is our human race the collection of our collective longings to be loved acted out in fear and pain and push and shove? push and shove? so our worth gets wrapped up in opinion that fickle friend whose loyalty is subject to change Is acceptance the target destination? A broken heart will follow me as sure as the grave cause I know I'm not that funny so stop laughing laughing is our human race the collection of our collective longings to be loved acted out in fear and pain and push and shove? push and shove? And I began to grin when my final song was sung Cause the human race is a race that can't be won
REBUILD

Watching the world with my highway eyes Watching the world from the windows that I've known These mobile homes Loneliness was a friend of mine But with you that's through and I feel home Away from home Away from home Away from home - Chorus - Oh we're the regeneration Oh with time to kill Oh we're the regeneration Oh rebuild, rebuild You lit a fire in the pouring rain But there's so many noisy voices Oh! I get so cold. The city lights and the midnight train I hate to say it but I get caught letting go Of the things I know Do not conform to this Do not conform Every life comes with a broken heart Dying here to be made whole We are the lost souls with a second start Following the builder home There's a temple I've found in the strangest part Where the stones are built of souls Where the builder himself has promised, "love, I'm never going to let you go. Go!" Rebuild
REVENGE

There are the lyrics to the Switchfoot version of "Revenge", a b-side of the Oh! Gravity album. I'm the failure, I'm everyone's fool And I'm losing my cool At the ends I'm the loser My numbers come up I've been hung up with thoughts of revenge Revenge, revenge Ohhhhh ohhhh Ohhhhh ohhhh I watched you from my terminal view As you struggled to rise to your end I laughed hard at the insults we threw As the weight of the world found revenge Revenge, revenge Ohhhhh ohhhh Have hatred and gravity won? Ohhhhh ohhhh The world hung upside down I drew first blood, I drew first blood With my hate for a crown I drew first blood, I drew first blood Revenge I watched heaven dying today And I'm going to die here tonight I'm a villain I deserve to be dead I've been hung up for wrecking my life Revenge, revenge Ohhhhh ohhhh So I stopped for a moment to look at the sun Dying a day That's when the irony hit me That this was revenge Love had descended and stolen our pain away We consumed heaven's son I drew first blood, I drew first blood But my hate was undone, I was drew first blood I drew first blood, revenge Here's a story How a thief had been robbed How a murder had stolen my rage Think of me, Lord I'm a few breaths away As my lungs finally rip from the cage Revenge
RUNNING FROM ME

These lyrics are not completely accurate and are subject to change. I'm stuck with these sins I'm hoping maybe time can resolve them I'm a lying, cheating, thieving, coward Just trying to follow Christ I'm hoping He can fix this old dog with new tricks His death is my only device Yeah death is my only device - Chorus - I said I needed room to breathe I said I needed to break free Well all that's true Thought I was running from you Turns out I was running from me There's a girl who lives down my street She says the flowers take care of the bees She tells me 'I'm poor and my daddy's at war, Oh who's gonna take care of me?' Now if history is violence and sex, I'd rather not pay my respects If I've caused offense, If I'm too direct I'm just trying to talk some sense I'm politically incorrect I said La, la, la, la, la, la Running away from me La, la, la, la, la, la Running away from me I've been giving this a lot of thought Who am I and who on earth is God? The answer ain't kind Or easy to find But by God, it's the only answer I've got Yeah God is the only chance I've got La, la, la, la, la, la Running away from me La, la, la, la, la, la Running away from me
SHAKE IT OUT

by Karl Denson and Jon Foreman Sitting on the back porch, sipping lemonade I got some satisfaction, I really got it made The radio is humming, all of my favorite tunes You know I'm feeling fine, a little red, red wine So I just stop to croon It's alright It's alright if you wanna Yeah, yeah It's alright if you're gonna Yeah, yeah It's alright if you need to Yeah, yeah It's alright, you can be you Yeah, yeah You gotta shake it out You know you gotta shake it out Ohhh, ohhh Me and my own lady Went out the other night We met some friends for dinner Then danced away the night Went on for a nightcap And what comes naturally And when the moment came and she called my name I let her know it was me It's alright if you wanna Yeah, yeah It's alright if you're gonna Yeah, yeah It's alright if you need to Yeah, yeah It's alright, you can be you Yeah, yeah You gotta shake it out You know you gotta shake it out It's alright, Let me shake that thing It's alright, Let me shake that thing Go on and shake it real hard and don't worry you're not going to break it Go on and shake it real hard and don't worry you're not going to break it
SOONER OR LATER (Electra Version)

Come back and haunt me Follow me home Give me a motive Swallow me whole They say I've lost it What could I know When I'm but a mockery I'm so alone Sooner or later you'll find out There's a hole in the wall Today is ours Condemned to be free Free to keep breathing Free to believe I look to find You Down on my knees Oh God, I believe! Please help me believe -Chorus- Sooner or later you'll find out There's a hole in the wall Sooner or later you'll find out That you'll dream to be that small I'm a believer, help me believe I gave it all away and I lost who I am I threw it all away With everything to gain And I'm taking the leap With dreams of shrinking Yeah, dreams of shrinking Come back and haunt me Follow me home Give me a motive Swallow me whole Come back Sooner or later Oh Find out, found out Following me home tonight Tonight I want to feel life bleeding I want to feel life choice And when I see the sky in front of me, I want to hear a still small voice Following me home I'm found out, found out
SHE SAYS (THE BLACK EYED BLUES)

(These lyrics may not be completely accurate and are subject to change.) Looking for reasons To believe instead of doubt A way in instead of out There's got to be a reason Looking for answers For the hatred and pain When they both start to feel the same There's got to be a reason Only one breath at a time, she says All my tears are falling on the floor, she says I've never felt it rain like this before, she says I'll sing these black eyed blues into the storm instead I'll be waiting for the new eyes to arrive One breath at a time Kings and queens and little dreams Are stuck inside these nightmares sometimes, sometimes And the fairy tales we play Seem so far away from where she was tonight Sometimes I hear her talking to herself in bed All my tears are falling on the floor, she says I've never felt it rain like this before, she says I'll sing these black eyed blues into the storm instead I'll be waiting for the new eyes to arrive One breath at a time Oh, one breath at a time Oh, one breath at a time Oh, one breath at a time Oh, and I'm holding on to you And I won't let go The world is torn in two But I won't let go You're the only thing that's true In this whole world of black eyed blues And disillusioned points of view When the pain feels like a knife, she says I'm not giving up tonight, she says Oh, she says Oh, she says I'll be waiting for the new eyes to arrive, she says She says Oh, she says Oh, she says Oh, she says I'll be waiting for the new eyes to arrive
SPIRIT

Spirit, fall fresh on me Spirit, fall fresh on me Hear my cry Fill my life I won't need anything But You - Chorus - I've found all that I want All that I long for in You I've found all that I want All that I long for in You And wasted time, is when I'm far from Your truth I've found all that I want All that I long for in You Spirit, come be my joy Spirit, come be my joy Be my song Fill my lungs I won't need anything But You Yes, You're all that I want All that I long for is You
STITCHES

I'm not the only one who sees them I'm not the only one they keep up at night I'm not the only one not sleeping I'm not the only one who's dreaming out loud Dreaming out loud - Chorus - In stitches here tonight We are ripping the seams out I'm pushing hard to tear it loose In stitches here tonight We are ripping the seams There's something missing Children of the in between
THE BLUES - ALTERNATIVE VERSION

This version features a different verse near the end of the song. Is this the New Year or just another night? Is this the new fear or just another fright? Is this the new tear or just another desperation? Is this the finger or just another fist? Is this the kingdom or just a hit and miss? I miss direction, most in all this desperation Is this what they call freedom? Is this what you call pain? Is this what they call discontented fame? - Chorus - It'll be a day like this one When the world caves in I'm singing this one like a broken piece of glass For broken hearts and broken noses in the back Is this the New Year or just another desperation? You push until you're shoving You bend until you break Do you stand on the broken fields where your fathers lay? It will be a day like this one, when the world caves in There's nothing here worth saving There's no one here at all Is there any net left that could break this fall? It'll be a day like this one When the sky falls down And the hungry and poor and deserted are found Are you discontented? Have you been pushing hard? Have you been throwing down this broken house of cards? It'll be a day like this one when the world caves in You wake alone now And wish you were asleep You taste the darkness But you wish it were a dream Is this the New Year or is it just another desperation? Does justice never find you? Do the wicked never lose? Is there any honest song to sing besides these blues? And nothing is okay Till the world caves in Until the world caves in...
THE STORY OF A MAN NAMED PRIDE

These lyrics are not completely accurate and are subject to change. I've got a long dark story The story of a man named Pride The story of a man named Pride And how the gun was how he lived and died Well Pride was a little boy back in '76 His legs got strong and his arms got long And he moved to the city from the sticks He started to grow a head taller Than any of the other boys He learned how to twirl the guns and the girls And he treated 'em both like toys Well someday Pride grew up too easy And the money rolled in too quick Well he messed around with the girls 'round town But none of them could make him stick Till the day that he met his lady When she walked right in the door With a cherry tongue and with legs like rum She had never been in town before Her name was anything but love One look was enough And Pride went off and fell in love That night Oh I said I got a long dark story The story of a man named Pride The story of a man named Pride Oh the gun was how he lived and died So Pride and his cherry tongued lady Had been together for a couple of years And love was wine and death in bind With liquor mixed up with seers One night Pride and the lady were out drinking When she walks right in the door With another man, strong, tall and tan He'd never been in that town before Her name was anything but love Pride had seen enough He got up to go and pick his final fight He said "Hello my name is Pride, And that there, that's my wife And this here, this here's the night That your gonna die" Well the strong tall man spoke slowly He said "I've killed too many men before To care about killing one more tonight" And two shots broke the silence One landed in the strangers side The other one of the two Whose aim was equally true Well a bullet found a man named pride His name was anything but love But a bullet was enough Well the gun was how he lived and died Cause you see everybody dies Some folks long before their time Some folks get shot down in their prime And it was on that fatal night That the two men shot and died And one of them was a man A man named Pride Oh, I got a long dark story The story of a man named Pride The story of a man named Pride Oh the gun was how he lived and died
THIS IS HOME [SOUNDTRACK VERSION]

I've got my memories Always inside of me But I can't go back Back to how it was I believe now I've come too far No, I can't go back Back to how it was Created for a place I've never known - Chorus - This is home Now I'm finally where I belong Where I belong Yeah, this is home I've been searching for a place of my own Now I've found it Maybe this is home Yeah, this is home Belief over misery I've seen the enemy And I won't go back Back to how it was And I got my heart set on what happens next I got my eyes wide It's not over yet We are miracles And we're not alone And now, after all my searching After all my questions I'm going to call it home I got a brand new mindset I can finally see the sunset I'm going to call it home Oh Now I know This is home I've come too far And I won't go back Yeah, this is home
THIS IS HOME (EVERY BREATH IS MAGIC) [MOVIE VERSION]

I've got my memories, always inside of me But I can't go back, back to how it was I believe you now, I've come too far And I can't go back, back to how it was Oh, oh, oh... Oh, oh, oh... Oh, oh, oh... I'm moving forward... - Chorus - So everyday starts with a magic spark I've got my hopes high with second start We are miracles, every breath is magic So you give yourself away, with your miracle heart Yeah, just to be alive is a magic art We are miracles, every breath is magic Belief over misery, I've seen the enemy, And I won't go back, back to how it was And I got my heart set on what happens next I've got my eyes wide, it's not over yet We are miracles, and we're not alone... - Chorus - That's when everyday starts with a magic spark I've got my hopes high with second start We are miracles, every breath is magic That's when you give yourself away, with your miracle heart Yeah, just to be alive is a magic art We are miracles, every breath is magic
THROWING CHAIRS

These lyrics are not completely accurate and are subject to change. Seatbelts, no smoking, sedated, but I wanna be Throwing chairs not sleeping on the plane The dirt, and the energy, the real world, where I wanna be Throwing chairs, not sleeping on the plane I wanna wake up low in the world below I wanna wake up low The failure, and the hunger, Ignored so far below us here Middle class still sleeping on the plane - Chorus - I wanna wake up low, In the world below I wanna love life low, where we need it most I wanna wake up low, wake up low I wanna wake up low, In the world below I wanna love life low, where we need it most I wanna wake up low, I wanna wake up low
UNBROKEN

View the story of this song + a short clip right HERE Out on the margins of town i been stuck hanging round these amateur clowns wondering where were you the only song we knew was our amateur blues if you believed why�d you leave me if you believed why�d you leave me even after sticks and stones were spoken i�m alive i�m alive and I�m unbroken i�m unbroken i been abused and misled i been stuck in my head unsung and unsaid been on needles and thread i been left for dead but i�m living instead if you believed why�d you leave me if you believed why�d you leave me even after sticks and stones were spoken i�m alive i�m alive and I�m unbroken i�m unbroken give me a song to sing something to balance out the fits and starts that life can bring i�m waiting give me a song to sing a decent melody because i�m alone and i�m nineteen and I feel like the world is trying to swallow me whole like it�s trying to swallow me whole if you believed why�d you leave me if you believed why�d you leave me even after sticks and stones were spoken i�m alive i�m alive and I�m unbroken i�m unbroken yeah i�m unbroken i�m alive and i�m unbroken
THE WACO SONG

Performed and recorded live at the Baylor University Island Party In Waco - Spring Tour 2007 Jon: Since this is an island party, we figured we'd be the whitest reggae band ever. Hey Waco! Okay! We've got even like a call and response things. It's like...imagine I'm Sting...and you're not Sting... Tim: Waco! Waco! Jon: Yeah, it's like 'Waco!' Both: 'Waco! Waco! Waco!' Jon: Whatcha gonna do with them bears? Whatcha gonna do with them bears? Tim & Crowd: 'Waco! Waco! Waco!' Jon: Okay now we're gonna sing a verse. Drew you take the first one. Yeah Drew! Andrew Shirley ladies and gentlemen! Drew: Check, check, one, two, one, two, I like reggae! Sometimes I listen to Bob Marley and the Wailers. Jon: Nice. This is Tim Foreman, he plays the bass and he's not Sting either. Tim: When I got to the beach, I bring a surfboard. I'm not much of a sailor. Jon: Ladies and gentlemen, Tim Foreman playing the bass! This is Jerome Fontamillas. He plays everything else! Jerome: We came long way from San Deigo and put our instruments in a trailer! Jon: Hey Chad...are you going to sing a verse? C'mon! Chad's got to sing a verse! Tim & Crowd: 'Waco! Waco!' Jon: When I got to the mailbox, I get so sick of all the junk mail and the mailers. But that has nothing to do with what we're doing here, we're playing rock and roll at Baylor.
WE ARE BOUND

These lyrics may not be completely accurate. A slip of a tongue and fist A slight of a hand like this Touch of the fingertips Goes through the note we skipped - Chorus - We are bound We are falling through you We are bound We are falling through A moment of bitter bliss Licking your Judas lips Throwing a timeless fit With tongues of a fire we lit - Chorus - We are bound We are falling through you We are bound We are falling through We follow sons amiss The sons of the counterfeits The devil has called me from inside We are bound We are falling through Counterfeit sons, counterfeit sons, counterfeit sons
WE WANT THE SAME THINGS (PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME BEG)

Written by Jon Foreman and Amy Grant, this song is slated to appear on Amy Grant's upcoming album. I can hear it like a whisper, I can feel it on the street Please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg And I see it on the face of every stranger that I meets Please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg Hey When I handed you my heart I thought, put that need to bed Darlin please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg For your time and your attention and the thoughts inside your head Oh please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg The meeting of our minds, the touching of our skin We both have different ways, to let each other in - Chorus - We want the same things, to be loved We need the same things, to have enough We want the same things, someone to trust We need the same things, please don't make me beg There's a man down on the corner, guitar case at his feet Oh please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg And he's singing out with gladness, and he's doing it for for free Oh please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg Such a simple choice, to share the things we have He's got an angel voice, it's money that he lacks Said the son to the father, must I drink from this cup Please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg And let my death be the redemption, for every single one Oh please don't make me beg, please don't make me beg That man changed everything when he was lifted up Can't you hear him say just don't run from love Don't make me beg
WIDE AS A GRAVE

These lyrics are not completely accurate and are subject to change. Lyric credit: Switchfeed Your giving is never satisfied, You open your mouth as wide as a grave, Yeah, you open your mouth as wide as a grave. Loving you is a losing fight, I wanna know where you were last night. There's been a terror in the middle east, All in the name of keeping the peace, Soft foundations were being laid, You were offended but you still got paid. You open your mouth as wide as a grave, Yeah, you open your mouth as wide as a grave. Alright. (Instrumental break) You open your mouth as wide as a grave. Loving you is a losing fight, I wanna know where you were last night. Hello honey, it's a brave new world, You start a move with your flag unfurled, Chap stick, spandex, leather and lace, You're understanding grace as saving the face. You open your mouth as wide as a grave.