jars of clay lyrics

Jars of Clay (1995)

01. Liquid

Arms nailed downAre you telling me somethingEyes turned outAre you looking for someone

This is the one thingThe one thing that I know

Blood-stained browAre you dying for nothingFlesh and bloodIs it so elemental

This is the one thingThe one thing that I know

Blood-stained browHe wasn't broken for nothingArms nailed downHe didn't die for nothing

This is the one thing The one thing that I know

Written by Jars of Clay Copyright 1995 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/ Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved.

02. Sinking

It's not my problem anymoreYou see it never really wasSo you can stop 'caring' as you call itAnd I'll be fine right here

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

CHORUSBut you see through my forever liesAnd you are not believingAnd I see in your forever eyesThat you are forever healing

You can't hear what I'm not sayingAnd I can hold out long enoughTreading water I keep from sinkingI'm not one for reaching


CHORUS

Deny myself, deny my heartDeny your hand, deny your helpAnd you offer me eternityBut why should I buy that?


CHORUS x2


03. Love Song For A Savior

In open fields of wild flowersShe breathes the air and flies awayShe thanks her Jesus for the daises and the rosesIn no simple languageSomeday she'll understand the meaning of it allHe's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavensAs close a heartbeat or a song on her lipsSomeday she'll trust him and learn how to see himSomeday he'll call her and she will come runningAnd 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 bestThe sermon echoes through the wallsA great salvation through it calls to the peopleWho stare into nowhere, and can't feel the chains on their souls

he's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavensas close a heartbeat or a song on our lipssomeday we'll trust him and learn how to see himsomeday he'll call us and we will come runningand fall in his arms and the tears will fall down and we'll pray


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 mentionTo show my devotion


My heart beats for you


04. Like A Child

Dear God, surround me as I speakThe bridges that I walk across are weakFrustrations fill the void that I can't solely bearDear God, don't let me fall apartYou've held me close to youI have turned away and searched for answers I can't understand

CHORUSThey say that I can move the mountainsAnd send them falling to the seaThey say that i can walk on waterIf I would follow and believeWith faith like a child

Sometimes, when I feel miles awayAnd my eyes can't see your faceI wonder if I've grown to lose the recklessnessI walked in light of you

CHORUS

LITTLE GIRLS:"I've got joy like a fountain""Be kind one to the other""In Jesus Christ your son"

They say that love can heal the brokenThey say that hope can make you seeThey say that faith can find a SaviorIf you would follow and believeWith faith like a child


05. Art In Me

Images on the sidewalk speak of dream's decentWashed away by storms to graves of cynical lamentDirty canvases to call my ownProtest limericks carved by the old pay phone

In your picture book I'm trying hard to seeTurning endless pages of this tragedySculpting every move you compose a symphonyYou plead to everyone, see the art in me

Broken stained-glass windows, the fragments ramble onTales of broken souls, an eternity's been wonAs critics scorn the thoughts and works of mortal manMy eyes are drawn to you in awe once again

In your picture book I'm trying hard to seeTurning endless pages of this tragedySculpting every move you compose a symphonyYou plead to everyone, see the art in me


06. He

Don't try to reach meI'm already deadThe pain when it grips meFor things that i've done

Well, I try to make you proudBut for crying out loudJust give me a chance to hide awayExhaustion takes overWill this someday be over

CHORUSFearful tears are running downThe pain you've laid don't speak a soundDon't take my heart away from meAnd they think i fell down

Daddy, don't you love meThen why do you hit meAnd, Mama, don't you love meThen why do you hurt meWell, I try to make you proudBut for crying out loudJust give me a chance to hide awayExhaustion takes overWill this someday be over

CHORUS

A teardrop falls From up in the heavensDrowning the sorrow Of angels on highFor the least of the helplessThe hopeless, the lovelessMy Jesus, His childrenHe holds in His eyes


07. Boy On A String

The marionetter has your numberPulling your arms and legs'Til you can't stand on your ownDragging your conscience on the stageAnd your heart gets rearrangedAnd you cannot tell your mentor from your maker

Look at the crowds bleeding with laughterOver the way you entertain at beck and callThey don't see behind the lightsOr the painted backgroundsThey just like to see you fall

But you don't really mind'Cause you're just wasting timeYou can't feel anythingYou're a boy on a string

I feel a sadness like gapettoWatching the life that he created run awaySeeing the puppeteer's intrusionAnd holding the remains Of puppets that had rotted awayOne day the curtain will not openAnd all of the crowds will go awaySomeday those strings will choke youBut until that day

But you don't really mind'Cause you're just wasting timeYou can't feel anythingYou're a boy on a string


08. Flood

Rain, rain on my faceIt hasn't stopped raining for daysMy world is a floodSlowly I become one with the mud

CHORUS

But if I can't swim after forty daysAnd my mind is crushed by the thrashing wavesLift me up so high that I cannot fallLift me upLift me up - when I'm fallingLift me up - I'm weak and i'm dyingLift me up - I need you to hold meLift me up - keep me from drowning again

Downpour on my soulSplashing in the ocean, I'm losing controlDark sky all aroundI can't feel my feet touching the ground

CHORUS

Calm the storms that drench my eyesDry the streams still flowingCast down all the waves of sinAnd guilt that overthrow me

CHORUS

Lift me up - when I'm fallingLift me up - I'm weak and i'm dyingLift me up - I need you to hold meLift me up - keep me from drowning again


09. Worlds Apart

I am the only one to blame for thisSomehow it all adds up the sameSoaring on the wings of selfish prideI flew too highAnd like icarus I collideWith a world I try so hard to leave behindTo rid myself of all but loveTo give and die

To turn away and not becomeAnother nail to pierce the skin of one who lovesMore deeply than the oceansMore abundant than the tearsOf a world embracing every heartache

Can I be the one to sacrificeOr grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow

To love you - take my world apartTo need you - I am on my kneesTo love you - take my world apartTo need you - broken on my knees

All said and done I stand aloneAmongst remains of a life I should not ownIt takes all I am to believeIn the mercy that covers me

Did you really have to die for meAll I am for all you areBecause what I need and what I believe are worlds apart

I look beyond the empty crossForgetting what my life has costAnd wipe away the crimson stainsAnd dull the nails that still remainMore and more I need you nowI owe you more each passing hourThe battle between grace and prideI gave up not so long agoSo steal my heart and take the painAnd wash the feet and cleanse my prideTake the selfish, take the weakAnd all the things I cannot hideTake the beauty, take my tearsThe sin-soaked heart and make it yoursTake my world all apartTake it now, take it nowAnd serve the ones that I despiseSpeak the words i can't denyWatch the world i used to loveFall to dust and thrown awayI look beyond the empty crossForgetting what my life has costSo wipe away the crimson stainsAnd dull the nails that still remainSo steal my heart and take the painTake the selfish, take the weakAnd all the things i cannot hideTake the beauty, take my tearsTake my world apart, take my world apartI pray, I pray, I prayTake my world apart


10. Blind

Cynical, just your wayYou play the doubting ThomasFeel the scars and wipe the stains

So you fight, and retreatAnd talk yourself out of believingIn any peace that you can't see

Blind words you callBlind words will fall

You're logical, you can't findAny reason to believe in loveYou are blind

Crucify, and deny, pass the blame and burn the mission'Til dust remains and wash your hands

Blind words you callBlind words will fall


Much Afraid (1997)

01. Overjoyed

You name meWho am IThat I should company with something so divineMercy waits, overjoyedProspect of finding, freeingFreeing me

CHORUSLove is the thing this time I'm sureAnd I couldn't need you more nowThe way that you saw things were so pureOverjoyed

You name meEntertainThoughts of peace can overcome anythingMirror spinsWicked talesHere lies reflections ofDeceptions of

CHORUS

Missing the me from you you gave to meI don't like the one i have created todayCrossing nameless from the one i've earnedTo be the one, the one you gave to me

You name meName meFinding, freeing me

CHORUS x 2

Overjoyed, overjoyed

Words by Dan Haseltine Music by Matt Odmark, Charlie Lowell, Steve Mason, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells © 1997 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/ Pogostick Music (BMI)/Irving Music (BMI)/Greg Wells Music (BMI)/ Beef Puppet Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

02. Fade to Grey

It's not hard to know what you're thinkingWhen you look down on me nowYour trance of love is seekingTo turn this world aroundBut in my state of blind confusionNo god can pull me outI see your love is willingTo turn me inside out

And then I see you thereThe lonely tears I cryI wish they'd release me

It's in despair that I find faithSummon the night to bow down to dayWhen ignorance is blissSave me from myself

CHORUSAnd then I see you thereWith your arms open wideAnd you try to embrace meThese lonely tears i cryThey keep me in chainsAnd I wish they'd release meCold is the night butColder still is the heart Made of stone, turned from clayAnd if you follow meYou'll see all the black, all the white fade to grey

Fade to greyFade to grey

CHORUS x 2

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Steve Mason, Charlie Lowell, Matt Bronleewe © 1994 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/ Pogostick Music (BMI)/Songs from the Farm/Longitude Music (BMI). All rights reserved.

03. Tea and Sympathy

Fare thee wellTrade in all our words for tea and sympathyWonder why we tried, for things that could never bePlay our hearts lament, like an unrehearsed symphony

Not intendTo leave this castle full of empty roomsOur love the captive in the tower never rescuedAnd all the victory songsSeem to be playing out of tune

But it's not the wayThat it has to beDon't trade our love for tea and sympathy'Cause it's not the wayThat it has to be

You beginAnd all your words fall to the floor and break like china cupsAnd the waitress grabs a broom and tries to sweep them upI reach for my tea and slowly drink in

CHORUS'Cause it's not the wayThat it has to beDon't trade our love for tea and sympathy'Cause it's not the wayThat it has to beDon't trade our love for tea and sympathy

So fare thee wellWords the bag of leaves that fill my headI could taste the bitterness and call the waitress insteadShe holds the answer, smiles and asks one teaspoon or two

CHORUS x 2

Don't trade us for tea and sympathyDon't trade us for tea and sympathyWe can work it outDon't trade us for tea and sympathyDon't trade us for tea and sympathyWe can work it outDon't trade us for tea and sympathyWe can work it out

04. Crazy Times

You're cold that wayAnd that's why you sayThe things that you sayYou can't attractThe things that you lackYou're trying in vain

CHORUS

It seems it's always the crazy timesYou find you'll wake up and realizeIt takes more than your saline eyesTo make things right

You spiral downYou've broken your crownYou don't feel like a queenYou've seen the proofBut you're still crying wolfYou'll never believe

CHORUS

You try to climb a broken ladderGrip the missing rungsAnd fall down, down, downSeems sometime ago you saidThis wouldn't lastAnd now you sit here crying

Beside your bedYou feel left for deadYou kneel in the dark

It takes more than your saline eyesTo make things right

CHORUS

Written by Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells © 1997 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/ Pogostick Music (BMI)/Illegal Music (BMI)/ Beef Puppet Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved.

05. Frail

Convinced of my deceptionI've always been a foolI fear this love reactionJust like you said I would

A rose could never lieAbout the love it bringsAnd I could never promiseTo be any of those things

CHORUS

If I was not so weakIf I was not so coldIf I was not so scared of being brokenGrowing oldI would beI would beI would be

Blessed are the shallowDepth they'll never findSeemed to be some comfortIn rooms I try to hide

Exposed beyond the shadowsYou take the cup from meYour dirt removes my blindnessYour pain becomes my peace

CHORUS

Frail

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Steve Mason, Charlie Lowell © 1997 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/ Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved.

06. Five Candles (You Were There)

A promise or a dareI would jump if i knew you'd catch meStaring over the edgeI can't tell if you'll be here for me

I close my eyes and make a wishTurn out the lights and take a breathPray that when the wick is burnedYou would say that it's all about love

CHORUS

You were there when I needed youYou were there when the skies broke wide, wide openYou were there when I needed youYou were there when the skies broke wide, wide open

You were never here

I remember you saidLove was more than your good intentionsEmpty boxes on the floorThings I never asked you forI pray that when the wick is burnedYou would say that it's all about love

CHORUS

I can't see the promise ofExcuses you fall uponI pray to God not holding onTo things you've left undone

CHORUS x 2

You were there when IYou were there when IYou were there when I needed you


07. Weighed Down

Light of the worldAre you still hereAnd are we illuminatingWhen love becomes a delicate displaySo weak, dissolved by anything

Love lies here waiting all aloneCan a king be a kingWeighed down

Our hearts, a bubble maker's dreamMoved on by winds of everythingAs we deny that love is still the kingNot as weak as we make him out to be

Love lies here waiting all aloneCan a king be a kingWeighed down

Weighed downWeighed downWeighed downWeighed down


08. Portrait of an Apology

Look what I've doneThis picture I've paintedIt looks like my heartOr what still remains

Convinced of the weightYour interpretationsAre not what I seeI wish they could be

I remember it much redderI remember it much brighter

CHORUSCan you stay for a whileTry to imagine thisCould you be for a whileI can't remember itCould you fall for a whileI can't escape from this

I'll try to explainThe way that the frameDoesn't quite fit the imageOr surround the edge

It stands on displayWhat do you seeBehold all the new greyWhat's become of the old me

I remember it much redderI remember it much brighter

CHORUS

Calling, crying, ashamed of what I am notReally failingFalling into this cageAnd I can't escapeI can't escape

Look what I've doneThis picture I've paintedDoesn't quite fitOr surround the edgeI remember it much redder

CHORUS

I can't escapeI can't escapeI can't escape

09. Truce

Faultless in the eyesThat I could never open wide enoughTo see me throughMuch to my surpriseIt never orbits around the thingsYou should hold me to

I stand here wonderingAnd I'm waiting

CHORUSMy ear is twistedIn all the thoughtsA glimpse of truce just becauseIt's always almost never closeI close my eyes, hide the distance

Enchanted by the face of peaceAnd when it turns to sunken eyesAnd waterfallsUnsatisfied with simple thingsEntangled in the chordsI can't take any calls

I stand here waitingI'm calling

CHORUS

Waiting around for some kind of peaceHoping you find me in my need

My ear is twistedIt's always almost

CHORUS


10. Much Afraid

Empty againSunken down so farSo scared to fallI might not get up again

So I lay at your feetAll my brokennessI carry all of my burdens to you

CHORUSAll of these thingsI've held up in vainNo reason nor rhymeJust the scars that remainOf all of these thingsI'm so much afraidScared out of my mindBy the demons i've madeSweet Jesus, you never ever let me goOh, sweet Jesus, never ever let me go

So happy to loveYet so far to goYou lead me onTo where I've never been before

CHORUS


11. Hymn

Oh refuge of my hardened heartOh fast pursuing lover comeAs angels dance around your throneMy life by captured fare you own

Not silhouette of trodden faithNor death shall not my steps be guideI'll pirouette upon my graveFor in your path i'll run and hide

CHORUSOh gaze of love so melt my prideThat I may in your house but kneelAnd in my brokenness to crySpring worship unto thee

When beauty breaks the spell of painThe bludgeoned heart shall burst in vainBut not when love be pointed kingAnd truth shall thee forever reign

CHORUS

Sweet Jesus carry me awayFrom cold of night, and dust of dayIn ragged hour or salt worn eyeBe my desire, my well sprung lye

CHORUS x 2

Spring worship unto theeSpring worship unto thee


If I Left the Zoo (1999)

01. Goodbye, Goodnight

A flower for your vanityA penny for your thoughtsAbout the world's insanityAnd how we've gotten lostStrike up the band to play a songAs we go waltzing byAnd fake a smile as we all say goodbye

Goodbye, oh, goodbye

Say a prayer for recognitionKiss the ones you loveGather up the ammunitionSigh for all the lostStrike up the band to play a songAs we go waltzing byAnd fake a smile as we all say goodbye

Raise a glass for ignoranceDrink a toast to fearThe beginning of the end has comeThat's why we all are hereStrike up the band to play a songAnd try hard not to cryAnd fake a smile as we all say goodbyeGoodbye

Words by Dan Haseltine Music by Matt Odmark, Charlie Lowell, Steve Mason, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells © 1999 Bridge Building Music Inc./Pogostick Music (BMI) both adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

02. Unforgetful You

I never minded calling you a kingIf that meant that i could count on youTo give me everythingI never thought to ask youI always thought you knewIt was never my intention to question you

You never minded calling me a childWell, i guess that's how i acted all the whileBut you live through every tantrumYou see through every lieThough they seem to be more commonI just wanted to know why oh why

Unforgetful you, unforgetfulUnforgetful you, so unforgetful

You never minded giving us the starsThen showing us how blindAnd unaware of you we areYou painted me a pictureAnd showed me how to seeThough I just won't behold itUnless it pertains to me

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Steve Mason, Charlie Lowell, Matt Bronleewe © 1999 Bridge Building Music Inc./Pogostick Music (BMI) both adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

03. Collide

Open up your box of sunshineAnd smile as confetti comesRaining down on youYou feel a lot like the good guyBut do you know whyEverything's so blue

Well, love is fire and the coals are barely burningCold fills the emptiness that fills this empty placeI taught you the walk but then you ran away from meAnd that's not how it's supposed to be

I, I collidewith love as an elusive state of mindI know there's something else it's supposed to beI, I collideWith love as an elusive state of mindSomething's killing me!

Tearful confessionsHave watered down and broken downThe chance for unrequited loveTo finally reach its wallYou're waiting for the axe to fallCan't you see it lying on the ground

You could be the best oneAt cleaning up this messBe the best oneBe the best oneBe the best one

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells © 1999 Bridge Building Music Inc./Pogostick Music (BMI) both adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

04. No One Loves Me Like You

Collapsing was much softerStill falling always hurtOnly after sensing your loveFor always ever burned

You justified my follyMy affluent disguiseRemoved revealing nothingYet nothing unforgiven liesUnforgiven lies

No one loves me like youNo one loves me the way you doNo one loves me like youNo one loves me the wayThe way that you do

To touch the rose unfearfulIs to meet the thornAnd pierce the heart's emotionAnd feel the emptiness no moreEmptiness no more

Took some time to realize i've fallen

Written by Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Mark Hudson, Greg Wells © 1999 Bridge Building Music Inc./Pogostick Music (BMI) both adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

05. Famous Last Words

You say you heard every wordBut I watched you turn awayYour eyes grew colder than winterLove is so intrusiveI thught I heard you sayAnd laugh so unconvincingly

Famous last wordsI'm not ready yetI won't be gone a minute

Narrow is the road andToo high a price to payWhen loneliness is such a sanctuaryEmpty are the musingsAnd wasted are the daysWhen you say you were only waiting

And famous last wordsI'm not ready yetI won't be gone a minuteAnd I won't forgetFamous last wordsIf tomorrow never comesWill I ever know that I was in love

I was in loveIn love

You say you heard every wordI watched you turn awayYou were only waiting

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Steve Mason, Charlie Lowell © 1999 Bridge Building Music Inc./Pogostick Music (BMI) both adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

06. Sad Clown

Say how's the weatherSo I look out the windowTo brighten my soulBut I can't controlThe rain that keeps fallingSmile on the outsideThat never comes inA comedy, mystery, irony, tragedySo I screamLet the show begin

You break me openTurn on the lightStumble insideWith me, with me

Do I entertain youDo I preoccupy youWith my witTo cover this lieAre you mesmerizedDo you think me faithfulDo you think me a clownI picked out this shirtI put on this hatI wore all this paintJust for you


07. Hand

I'm here waitingFor something new to break my heartSo callous ladenI can't feel a thing at allWill you catch my fall

From lost and not foundTo run and not hideMy hand inside your hand

Fear is keeping timeWith the beating of my heartDoin' way too much thinkin'And it's tearing me apartBut I, I feel you reach for me

From lost and not foundTo run and not hideMy hand inside your handLosing my gripFalling so farMy hand inside your hand

I hear your voice and followSo hard to believeAnd still I go

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Steve Mason, Jonathan Noel © 1999 Bridge Building Music Inc./Pogostick Music (BMI) both adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

08. I'm Alright

It was the fear of God that led me to youAnd it's the fear of you that takes getting used toI've never been one to hang my heart on a threadBut 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 meI've never been the saint you wanted me to turn toAnd I can't see the view from the eyes you look at me throughOh, no

But I'm alright; I'm alrightI'm alright; I'm alrightI'm alright; I'm alrightI'm alright

So cut below the surface and try hard not to noticeThat I could be so foolish thinkin' I'm alrightI've got no one to hold me; I've got no one to carryEverything inside of me that I won't let you see


09. Grace

God, I admit I haven't changedPlaying card houses still covering my landscapeI never expected you to stayWhen I'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change

I feel your grace come running over every roadI love the way you're calling overflowI feel your grace come running over every roadYou break the floodgates down and carry all

God, I admit that I've loved these chainsAnd crawling around this cage sometimes has its advantagesI know someday this could get oldAnd I'll need your healing water to find my home


10. Can't Erase It

Follow the crowd and love everybody now'Cause love is the best thing for you nowBut you changed your mindYou let everybody downBut down is the best place for youIt's easier that way

You know it's so wrongCan't embrace itWish sometimes for any other youBut you can't erase itAnd you won't escape it

Don't waste your timeYour words only confine youTo all of the things you've buried nowDon't ask them whyTheir wisdom will leave you blindBut blind is the best thing for youIt's easier I know

You know it's so wrongCan't embrace itWish sometimes for any other youBut you can't erase itAnd you won't escape it

How long will you face it'Til the wait comes crashing down on you'Cause you can't erase itAnd you won't escape it


11. River Constantine

Carry me, your love is wider than my need could ever beCome to me, and I will walk along your shoreFeel your crashing waves sing in timeWith the music of my heart

Pour out, come down on mePour out, come down on me

River deep, could i know you as well as you know meConstantine, will we travel faster, farther than theseLegs could ever trustworthy be

Pour out, come down on meCome down, pour out on me

Come down, pour out on meCome down, pour out on me


The Eleventh Hour (2002)

01. Disappear

I watch you smileYou steal the showYou take a bowThe curtain falls in front of youYou're magical, on displayI gaze into your eyes andYou turn to look the other way

But I'd really love to knowI'd really love to climbMy way into your heartAnd see what i could findI'd walk into your skinSwim through your veinsSee it from your eyesCause I'd really love to try, yeah

Standing stillBut in my mindTrying to escapeLookin' for a place to hideIt's not safe, but i'm so nearInvading every place you go to disappear

I'd really love to knowI'd really love to climbMy way into your heartAnd see what i can findI'd walk into your skinSwim through your veinsSee it from your eyesI'd really love to try

I'd really love to knowI really want to climb into your soulWalk into your skinSwim through your veinsSee it from your eyesI'd really love to tryI'd really love to try

Yeah, try

I'd really love to knowI'd really love to climbMy way into your heartAnd see what i can findI'd walk into your skinSwim through your veinsSee it from your eyes

I'd really love to tryI'd really love to climb my way into your heartAnd see what i could findI'd walk into your skinSwim through your veinsSee it from your eyesI'd really love to tryI'd really love to tryYeah, yeah

Yeah, I want to get inside the you you're hiding from(Yeah)Yeah, I want to get inside the you you're hiding from(Yeah)I want to get inside the you you're hiding from(Yeah)

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason and Matt Odmark. ©2002 Bridge Building Music, Inc. / Pogostick Music. All rights administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

02. Something Beautiful

If you put your arms around meCould it change the way i feel?I guess I let myself believeThat the outside might just bleed its way inMaybe stir the sleeping pastLying under glassWaiting for the kissThat breaks this awful spellPull me out of this lonely cell

Close my eyes and hold my heartCover me and make me somethingChange this something normalInto something beautiful

What I get from my reflectionIsn't what I thought I'd seeGive me reason to believeYou'd never keep me incompleteWill you untie this loss of mineIt easily defines meDo you see it on my face?That all I can think about is how longI've been waiting to feel you move me

Close my eyes and hold my heartCover me and make me somethingChange this something normalInto something beautifulInto something beautifulInto something beautiful

And I'm still fighting for the wordTo break these chainsCan I still pray when I look in your eyesStare right back downInto something beautiful

So close my eyes and hold my heartCover me and make me somethingChange this something normalInto something beautifulInto something beautifulInto something beautifulInto something beautiful

03. Revolution

Peace takes a taxi to the undergroundI want to love the world, but I don't know howI blame it on the DJ playin' all the fast songsAin't spinnin' anything that I can sing along

So if you know the words, then try to sing alongAnd when you get the beat, grab a hammer, bang a gong'Cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belongTo be a revolution, yeahTo be a revolution, yeah

If you wanna learn to play the rock guitarThrow down your guns, you're gonna be a starYou got to begin with who you know you areTo be a revolution, yeah

'Cause the time is right to cross that lineTo let love find a way

So if you know the words, then try to sing alongAnd when you get the beat, grab a hammer, bang a gongCause you don't got to fight or make yourself belongTo be a revolution, 's alrightTo be a revolution, 's alright, yeah

Yeah

Alright

So if you know the words, then try to sing alongAnd when you get the beat, grab your hammer, bang a gong'Cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belongTo be a revolution, alright, yeah

If you know the words, then try to sing alongAnd when you get the beat, grab a hammer, bang a gong'Cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belongTo be a revolution, alright, yeah, yeah

If you know the words, then try to sing alongAnd when you get the beat, grab your hammer, bang a gong'Cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belongAnd be a revolution, yeah, yeah, yeahA revolution, yeah

Be a revolution, yeah

04. Fly

Be stillLet your hand melt into mineThe part of me that breathes when you breathe is losing timeI can't find the words to sayI'll never say goodbye

CHORUSAnd I'll fly with you through the nightSo you know i'm not letting goI'm not letting goMy tears like rain fill up the skyOh, my love, i'm not letting goI won't let you go

I saw the host of silent angels waiting on their ownKnowing that all the promises of faithCome alive when you see homeHold still and let your hand melt into mine

CHORUS

Shed your heart and your breath and your pain and fly

Now you're aliveNow you're aliveNow you're aliveNow you're alive

I won't let you goI'm not letting goI won't let you goI'm not letting goI won't let you go


05. I Need You

Strangely out of placeThere's a light filling this room whereNone would follow beforeI can't deny it burns me up insideI fan the flames to melt away my prideDo I want shelter from the rainOr the rain to wash me away?

CHORUSI need you, I need you, I need youI need you, I need you, I need youYou're all I'm livin' for

I might sound like a foolBut I think I felt you moving closer to meFace to the ground to hide the fatal cutI fight the weight, I feel you lift me upYou are the shelter from the rainAnd the rain to wash me away

CHORUSI need you, I need you, I need youYou're all I'm livin' for(All I'm livin' for)All I'm livin' for(all I'm livin' for)You're all I'm livin' for

Face to the ground to hide the fatal cutI fight the weight, I feel you lift me upI can't deny it burns me up insideI fan the flames to melt away my prideI only had a second to spareBut all the time in the world to know you're thereYou are the shelter from the rainAnd the rain to wash me away

I need you, I need you, I need you(All I'm livin' for)I need you, I need you, I need you(All I'm livin' for)I need you, I need you, I need youYou're all I'm livin' for(All I'm livin' for)All I'm livin' for(All I'm livin' for)You're all I'm livin' for(All I'm livin' for)All I'm livin' for(All I'm livin' for)You're All I'm livin' for

06. Silence

Take, take 'til there's nothingNothing to turn toNothing when you get throughWon't you breakScatter pieces of all i've been bowing toAll I've been running toWhere are you?

Where are you?

Did you leave me unbreakable?Leave me frozen?I've never felt so coldI thought you were silentI thought you left meFor the wreckage and the wasteOn an empty beach of faithWas it true?

Yes, I, I got a questionI got a questionWhere are you?

ScreamDeeper, I wanna screamI want you to hear meI want you to find meI, I want to believeBut all I pray is wrongAnd all i claim is gone

Well, I, I got a questionI got a questionWhere are you?

Yeah, Yeah

Well, I, I got a questionI got a questionWhere are you?

Where are you?Where are you?Where are you?


07. Scarlet

If I was your loveI would want only youI'd lay at this altarGive all I am, all that is true

And this old scarlet letter won't keep me from holding youAnd there is nothing you can doNothing you doNothing you do

For love I have scaled the faceOf these kingdom wallsSo let down your hairLet our kiss make, fools of them all

And this old scarlet letter won¹t keep me from holding youAnd there is nothing you can doNothing you doNothing you doNothing you doNothing you do

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing

And this old scarlet letter won't keep me from holding youAnd there is nothing you canOh, there is nothing you can doNo, there is nothing you can doCan't do


08. Whatever She Wants

All her wants to fill a needShe wants to save you with her bandagesAfter she makes you bleedLike a vampire, a parasiteStretch the neck of her victimShe finds her prey in broad daylight

When you're up, she's downYou're down, she's up, it whips aroundIt's the ride the way that she needs it

CHORUSWhatever she wanted for whatever you needSpeechless and silent while she takes everything

Kryptonite underneathYou used to be her supermanBut now you're fading, now you're weak

Never how or whyIt worked to play the big lieTo dim the truth from causing her wet eyes

CHORUS

Yeah

CHORUS

Everything

Yeah

CHORUS

She takes everythingWhatever she wantsIt's everything


09. The Eleventh Hour

Trace the shape of my heart'Til it becomes more familiar to your eyesI've been lost without youCold without your loveIt's taken days and nights to make me realize

CHORUSRescue me from hangin' on this lineI won't give up on giving youThe chance to blow my mindLet the eleventh hour quickly pass me byI'll find you when i think i'm out of time

Take the place of my heart'Til I become a stranger to my lifeI've been down without youWrong without your loveIn time will i be what you're thinking of?

CHORUS

I've been down without youCold without your loveIn time will i be what you're thinking of?

CHORUS x 2

TimeTimeTime


10. These Ordinary Days

Not much for conversationI still find need to praySometimes I get tired of walkingThrough these ordinary days

If nothing else i get to see youEven if we never speakThe harm of words is sometimes we don'tQuite know what they really mean

CHORUSI don't know whereI don't know howI don't know whyBut Your love can make these things better

Let me lay down in this fieldAnd stare up at the skyI hope the days and clouds turn into somethingAs they pass us by

And maybe you could settleFor a skyline faded blueI hope that you might settleFor this love i have for you

CHORUS x 3Your love can make these things betterYour love can make these things betterYour love can make these things better


12. The Edge of Water

Have you ever been hauntedThe way I've been by you?And have you ever feltThe measure of the days that I've spent waitingPining for you?

I can't see the sun for the daylightI can't feel your breath for the windI don't want to step from these shadows'Til You're comin' back again

I've dammed the emotionsTo keep my lanterns litI'm shaken by this longingThat course through my veinsIn my mind i can't make sense of it

I can't see the sun for the daylightI can't feel your breath for the windI get so used to these shadowsAre you comin' back again?

Do we give up this search and turn out the light?And give up this holy ghost that rattles through the night?

I can't see the sun for the daylightI can't feel your breath for the windI don't want to step from these shadows'Til you come back again

I can't see the sun for the daylightI can't feel your breath for the windI get so used to these shadowsWill you chase away these shadowsWhen you come back again?

When you come back againWhen you come back againWhen you come back againWhen you come back When you come back againWhen you come backWhen you come back again

Who We Are Instead (2003)

01. Sunny Day

Sunny days keepin' the clouds awayI think we’re coming to a clearing and a brighter daySo far away and still i think they sayThe wait will make the heart grow strongerOr fonder, i can’t quite remember, anyway

CHORUSSo if you’re waitin' for loveWell, it’s a promise i'll keepIf you don’t mind believing that it changes everythingTime will never matter

Uh, uh, uhhh

Winter, spring -- is what love can truly bringIce turns to water; water flows to everythingYou can lose your mind Maybe then your heart, you’ll findI hope you won’t give up what’s movin' you inside -- no

CHORUS

(time will never matter)

CHORUS

(time will never matter)

If the car won’t start when you turn the keyWhen the music comes on, all your cold, cold heart can doIs skip a beat

It’s a promise i'll keep when you’re waitin' for loveIf you don’t mind believing that it changes everythingTime will never matter (time will never matter)

CHORUS

(time will never matter)No, time will never matter(time will never matter)No, time will never matterNo, oo, oo

02. Amazing Grace

I grew this heart into a drifterNever felt the roots i bareSold my sight, oh, brother, sisterFor a mountain of fool’s gold, it’s goneOnly God knows, God knows where

Soul was restless for redemptionFeet were lookin' for a place to standWell, I ain’t got no lifeAnd you know I ain’t got no moneyJust the faith of an empty hand, empty hand

CHORUSAmazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly nowLike the sun is risin', heat on my faceOh, love that keeps on shinin', don’t let the shadow come You know I gotta feel your healin' rays

Hitched a ride; I was a beggarAnd I had murder on my handsNeeded water to rinse these stainsBut only blood could remove what’s spillin'And pardon me to blame

CHORUS

Amazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly nowAmazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly now

Amazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly nowLike the sun is risin', heat on my faceOh love that keeps on shinin' don’t let the shadow comeYou know I got to, yeah

CHORUS

See, I gotta feel Your healin' raysYou know I gotta feel Your amazing grace

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark © 2003 Bridge Building Music, Inc. Pogostick Music / BMI / All rights administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

03. Lonely People

This is for all the lonely peopleThinkin' that life has passed them byDon't give up until you drink from the silver cupRide that highway in the sky

This is for all the single peopleThinkin' that life has left them dryDon't give up until you drink from the silver cupYou never know until you try

And I'm on my wayYes, I'm on my wayWell, I'm on my way back home

This is for all the lonely peopleThinkin' that life has passed them byDon't give up until you drink from the silver cupShould never take you down or never give you upYou never know until you try

'Cause I'm on my wayYes, I'm on my wayYeah, I'm on my way back homeYes, I'm on my wayYeah, I'm on my wayYes, I'm on my way back home

Words and music by Dan Peek, Cathy Peek © 1974 renewed 2002 WB Music Corp./ ASCAP All rights reserved. Used by permission.

04. Only Alive

I'm a fair-weather friendI'm a colorless viewBut I'm willin' to make a dealIf you think you can make some faith here insideI'll drive off and marry you

CHORUSI'm only alive with youI can't get by and i won't get throughSo put me in the river and let me say i doI'm only alive with you

You're a sight for sore eyesAnd a newborn cryIn a year where there are so fewIf you throw me a line, i'll show you in timeI'm fallin' in love with you

CHORUS

Though my heart has been tornThe loves I have wornAnd i'm tempted by them ever stillI tremble inside when you walk in the roomYou hold my affections and will

CHORUS x 2


05. Trouble Is

My wings don't sail me to the skyOn my own these wings won't flyJesus told me soStill, I'm not so sure that I know

Can't find no rest for my soulCan't find no rest on my ownJesus told me soStill, I'm not so sure that I know

CHORUSMan, the trouble isWe don't know who we are insteadMan, the trouble isWe don't know who we are instead

I keep runnin' the other wayMy heart ain't built to stayMy heart ain't built to stayAnd the world just ain't that way

CHORUS

We don't know who we are instead

My heart ain't built to stayI said, my heart, well, it ain't built to stayJesus told me so

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark, Aaron Sands © 2003 Bridge Building Music, Inc. Pogostick Music / BMI / (both adm. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.) Innocent Smith / ASCAP (adm. by The Loving Company) All rights reserved. Used by permission.

06. Faith Enough

The ice is thin enough for walkin'The rope is worn enough to climbThroat is dry enough for talkin'World is crumblin', but I know whyWorld is crumblin', but I know why

Storm is wild enough for sailingBridge is weak enough to crossThis body frail enough for fightingI'm home enough to know i'm lostHome enough to know i'm lost

CHORUSIt's just enough to be strongIn the broken places, in the broken placesIt's just enough to be strongShould the world rely on faith tonight

Land unfit enough for plantingBarren enough to conceivePoor enough to gain the treasureEnough a cynic to believeEnough a cynic to believe

CHORUS

Confused enough to know directionSun eclipsed enough to shineBe still enough to finally trembleSee enough to know I'm blindSee enough to know I'm blind

CHORUS x 2

Should the world rely on faith tonightShould the world rely on faith tonightTonightTonightTonightTonightTonight

07. Show You Love

SpeakAnd say the words that no one else will ever sayLoveLove like the world we know is over in a day

CHORUSI'm gonna show you love in every languageI'm gonna speak with words that need no formI'm gonna give you what you never had before

And you're beautifulAnd I am weakened by the force of your eyesSo shine brightTo separate the truth from the liesI'm gonna show you love

CHORUS

What you never had beforeHad before

So tie me to a tree and let the smoke and ash collectNo, I won't regret to let love do what love will letAnd you can drown in mixed emotions and walk across an angry seaThis is the cost of being free

CHORUS x 2

I'm gonna show you love, love in every languageI'm gonna show you love you never had beforeI'm gonna show you love, love in every languageI'm gonna show you love you never had beforeI'm gonna show you love


08. Lesser Things

Looks a lot like givin' upPeace will bring is a bitter cupSet our bodies down like offeringsWhile we pray to the god of the lesser things

If the wind should shake this house apartThe cradle hits the ground with a broken heartWe will say we never knew a thingWhile we pray to the god of the lesser things

CHORUSIs there grace for the wayward heartIs there grace for the wayward heartGrace, grace

Ash to ash and dust to dustSteel on steel or rain to rustWhat mortal breath blood money brings Forth from the altar of the lesser things

Is there grace for the wayward heart

Is there grace for the wayward heart is there grace, grace

CHORUS x 2


09. I'm In The Way

You sit and stare out at the skyAnd think of ways to fake a smileBut life is never what it seemsSometimes it only takes a while

CHORUSI'm in the way of fallin' downI won't let you go that far nowI'm in the way of fallin' downI won't let you go that far now

I won't let you go

You think that hope was left behindI picked it up a mile agoI am running close behindSo don't give up and don't let go

CHORUS

I'm in the wayI'm in the wayI'm in the wayI'm in the wayI won't let you go now

CHORUS

I'm in the way of fallin' downI won't let you go that far nowI'm in the way of fallin' downI won't let you go now

I'm in the wayI'm in the wayI'm in the way


10. Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Jesus' blood never failed me yetNever failed me yetJesus' blood never failed me yetThis one thing I knowThat He loves me so



Jesus' blood won't fail me yetWon't fail me yetWon't fail me yet




Jesus' blood (won't fail me yet)Blood (won't fail me yet)

His blood (won't fail me yet)

Jesus' blood (won't fail me yet)His blood (won't fail me yet)Won't fail me yet (won't fail me yet)

Jesus' blood (won't fail me yet)His blood (won't fail me yet)His blood won't fail me (won't fail me yet)

This one thing I knowThat He loves me so

Arranged by Jars of Clay © 2003 Bridge Building Music, Inc. Pogostick Music / BMI / All rights administered by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.

11. Jealous Kind

I built another temple to a strangerI gave away my heart to the rushing windI set my course to run right into dangerI sought the company of fools instead of friends

CHORUSYou know I've been unfaithfulWith lovers in linesWhile you're turning over tablesWith the rage of a jealous kindI chose the gallows to the aisleThought that love would never findHanging ropes will never keep youAnd your love of a jealous kindLove of a jealous kind

Tryin' to jump away from rock that keeps on spreadingSolace in the shift of the sinking sandI'd rather feel the pain all too familiarThan be broken by a lover I don't understand'Cause I don't understand

CHORUS

Love of a jealous kind, yeahLove of a jealous kindLove of a jealous kind

One hundred other lovers, more, one hundred other altarsIf I should slow my pace and finally subject me to graceAnd love that shames the wiseBetrays the hearts deceit and liesAnd breaks the back of foolish pride

CHORUS

Love of a jealous kindLove of a jealous kindLove of a jealous kind


12. Sing

I love the wayI love the way you carry onYou make me wanna sayYou make me wanna sing another love song

Sing another love songSing another love songSing another love songTo you

Bury my head full of shameYou pick me up and say I look like youThough it makes no sense to meYou make me believe that I could trust someoneThat I could ever trust someoneI could ever trust someoneI could ever trust someoneI could ever trust someone

Sing another love songSing another love songSing another love songSing another love song

I walk through flame, I touch the fireYou know that I still burn for youFlood water rain crash downSoak the groundStill I thirst for youStill I thrist for you

Nah-nah's

Sing another love songSing another love song

Though it makes no sense to meYou make me wanna singMake me wanna sing

Nah-nah's

13. My Heavenly

Let the wind fall wild across my pathEven though we barely move, there's no turning backThere is a river; there is a roadPlace of holy riches untoldIt's where I'm s'pposed to beWhere I'm s'pposed to beMy heavenly, mmm-mmm

I know it never feels rightTo let go of the safety we're used to holding so tightBut there is a lion underneath these skiesThough love cries (though love cries)Though love cries, love will riseMy, my, my heavenly

So fly me higher, higherHope fill me, keep me hereLove lion, my, my...

So when I'm lonely or when i'm oldLife is more behind meAll the stories have been toldI can fix my gaze up through the cloudsWhere I'm gonna bewhere I'm gonna beMy heavenly

My, my heavenlyMy heavenly


14. Tonight

Chasing the sound of lullabies that echo, that entwineThe funeral songs we're singing

Heal the pain of unheard warningsLight will fill where dark is dawningShow the world and bring us back to life

CHORUSI know you've been a friend of sorrowAnd if i never wake tomorrowI still believe you carry me tonight

Tonight, tonight

Hallowed be the life that leads the rest of us from sleep Out of the dream to waking

Right behind the quake and longingI stand and watch cathedrals fallingI still believe you'll take us through the night

CHORUS

Tonight, tonightTonight, tonight

I know you've been

CHORUS

CHORUS

Tonight (if I never wake tomorrow)I still belive you carry me tonight, tonightI still belive you carry me tonight


15. Shipwrecked

He put it in the bottle and he threw it out to seaBut the tide would not surrender and it floated to the beachSo the message of apology His love would never seeHe walked around that island all shipwrecked, and heavy

The scars of early childhood stood showing on the skinNecessary enemy so healing could beginFrom the message of apology his heart might soon break freeFor now he walks that island all shipwrecked, and ready

Low beyond horizon lines across the salty seaA boat without a captain makes its way to some cityHe prays that it would sail its course to lover or to kinAnd fan a thirst for searching and finding him again

Finding Him againFinding Him again


Redemption Songs (2005)

01. God Be Merciful To Me (Psalm 51)

God be merciful to me on Thy grace, I rest my pleaPlenteous in compassion ThouBlot out my transgressions now

Wash me, make me pure withinCleanse, oh, cleanse me from my sin

My transgressions I confessGrief and guilt my soul oppressI have sinned against Thy graceAnd provoked Thee to Thy face

I confess Thy judgment justSpeechless, I, Thy mercy trust

I am evil born in sinThou desirest truth withinThou alone my Savior artTeach Thy wisdom to my heart

Make me pure, Thy grace bestowWash me whiter than the snow

Gracious God, my heart renewMake my spirit right and trueThy salvation’s joy impartSteadfast make my willing heartSteadfast make my willing heart

Broken, humbled to the dustBy Thy wrath and judgment justLet my contrite heart rejoiceAnd in gladness hear Thy voice

From my sins, oh, hide Thy faceBlot them out in boundless grace

traditional words from the Psalter 1912 / music by Christopher Miner / © 1997 Christopher Miner Music.

Behind the Song:Matt Odmark says, “We’ve been blessed to be apart of a church that has embraced the idea of the reinvention of hymns. I think ‘God Be Merciful to Me’ is just one of the songs we first heard in our church worship that drew us into hymns.” Jars’ version features new music (written by Chris Miner) to words from the 1912 Psalter and is based on Psalm 51. David’s words of confession after the Bathsheba incident give us today words for our own confession of sin. “This is a simple, beautiful prayer for mercy,” Charlie Lowell says. (Jars Of Clay)

02. I Need Thee Every Hour

I need Thee every hour, most gracious LordNo tender voice like Thine can peace afford

I need Thee every hour, stay Thou nearbyTemptations lose their powerWhen Thou art nigh

I need thee, oh, I need thee, every hour I need TheeI need thee, I need thee, I need Thee every hour

I need Thee every hour in joy or painCome quickly and abide or life is in vainI need Thee, oh, I need Thee, every hour I need TheeI need Thee, I need Thee, I need Thee every hourI need Thee, I need Thee, I need Thee every hour

Oh, bless me now, my Savior, I come to TheeOh, bless me now, my Savior, I come to TheeI need Thee every hour, teach me Thy willAnd Thy rich promises in me fulfill

I need Thee, oh, I need TheeOh I need Thee every hourI need Thee, I need Thee, I need Thee every hourI need Thee, I need Thee, I need Thee every hour

Oh, bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee

traditional words by Annie Hawks / traditional Music by Robert Lowry / additional refrain and bridge music by Jars of Clay / © 2005 Bridge Building, a div. of Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (BMI) / Pogostick Music (BMI).

Behind the Song:This is a familiar song by Annie S. Hawks (1835-1918) is appreciated by the band for its simplicity and its urgency, Charlie says. “It’s about utter dependency on Christ. I think we could sing, ‘I need thee every moment, every second,’” he says. This theme transcends generations, connecting Christians universally today and yesterday. The band wrote the refrain to conform to typical pop sensibilities and added it to Robert Lowry’s original music. (Jars Of Clay)

03. God Will Lift Up Your Head

Give to the wind your fearHope and be undismayedGod hears your sighs and counts your tearsGod will lift up, God will lift up, lift up your head

God will lift up your headGod will lift up your headGod will lift up your headLift up your head

Leave to His sovereign swayTo choose and to commandThen shall we wandering on His wayKnow how wise and how strongHow wise and how strong

God will lift up your headGod will lift up your headGod will lift up your headLift up your head

Through waves and clouds and storms, He gently clears the wayWait because in His time, so shall this nightSoon end in joy, soon end in joySoon end in joy, soon end in joy

God will lift up your headGod will lift up your headGod will lift up your head

traditional words by Paul Gerhardt (trans. John Wesley, alt. by Jars of Clay) / music by Jars of Clay / © 2005 Bridge Building, a div. of Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (BMI) / Pogostick Music (BMI).

Behind the Song:Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) wrote this famous German hymn in the midst of the religious wars going on in his country during the 1600s. At one point, Gerhardt was kept from the pulpit because of the debates between Calvinists and Lutherans. Introduced to him by Moravian missionaries, Methodist founder and minister John Wesley was struck by Gerhardt’s hymn and translated it to English around 1737. More commonly known as “Give to the Wind Thy Fears,” the hymn illustrates the power of God’s comfort as it meets us in sorrow. Like Wesley, the band was affected by the lyrics and give it a kind of rock anthem treatment that’s energetic and stirring. “It presents with such confidence the idea that in the midst of our sorrow, in the midst of our pain, God will be the one to lift up our heads,” Dan Haseltine says. “We’ll always have suffering. We’ll always have pain. We’ll always have the poor. We’ll always have things that are confusing and hard to reconcile, and it will always be God that pulls us out of those places or helps us to understand why we’re in the middle of them.” (Jars Of Clay)

04. I’ll Fly Away

I’ll fly away, oh glory, I’ll fly awayWhen I die, hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away

Some bright morning when this life is over, I’ll fly awayTo a land on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away

When the shadows of this life have grown, I’ll fly awayLike a bird from these prison walls, I’ll fly away


Oh how glad and happy when we meet, I’ll fly awayNo more cold iron shackles on my feet, I’ll fly away


Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly awayTo a land where joy will never end, I’ll fly away

I’ll fly away, oh glory, I’ll fly awayWhen I die, hallellujah by and by, I’ll fly away

Albert E. Brumley / © 1932 in "Wonderful Message" by Hartford Music Co. Renewed 1960 by Albert E. Brumley & Sons (admin. by ICG) / SESAC.

Behind the Song:For listeners unfamiliar with singing old texts, the band hopes “I’ll Fly Away” will be a bridge song, one that “gradually gets people to the place where they can digest some of the other tracks on the record,” Matt says. On Albert Brumley’s (1905-1977) spiritual, the band’s rock-influenced change up to the traditional tune of “I’ll Fly Away” helps listeners to revisit the title’s irony—a happy tune about death. New artist and Grammy nominee Sarah Kelly joins Jars of Clay on the track. (Jars Of Clay)

05. Nothing But The Blood

What can wash away my sinWhat can make me whole againFor my pardon this I seeFor my cleansing this my plea

Oh, precious is the flowThat makes me white as snowNo other fount I knowNothing, nothing, nothing but the blood of Jesus

Nothing can for sin atoneNot of good that I have doneThis is all my hope and peaceThis is all my righteousness

Oh, precious is the flowThat makes me white as snowAnd no other fount I knowNothing, nothing, nothing but the blood of JesusNothing, nothing, nothing but the blood of Jesus

Now by this I’ll overcomeNow by this I’ll reach my homeGlory, glory, this I seeAll my praise for this I bringAll my praise for this I bringAll my praise for this I bring

Oh, precious is the flowThat makes me white as snowNo other fount I knowNothing, nothing, nothing but the blood of JesusNothing, nothing, nothing but the blood of Jesus

traditional words by Robert Lowry (alt. by Jars of Clay) / traditional music by Robert Lowry / additional music by Jars of Clay / © 2005 Bridge Building, a div. of Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (BMI) / Pogostick Music (BMI).

Behind the Song:“The first time I really felt the impact of this was in church. Ashley Cleveland got up and sang this with just an acoustic guitar. I felt the real power of the song,” Charlie says. A title that has long transcended racial divisions, this Robert Lowry (1826-1899) gospel song is simple and yet it speaks volumes. “’There is nothing except for the blood of Jesus that can wash away our sin—that’s a message we can’t hear enough,” Charlie adds. The track showcases Grammy greats Blind Boys of Alabama. (Jars Of Clay)

06. Let Us Love And Sing And Wonder

Let us love and sing and wonderLet us praise the Savior’s nameHe has hushed the law’s loud thunderHe has quenched Mt. Sinai’s flame

Let us love the Lord who bought usPitied us when enemiesCalled us by His grace and taught usGave us ears and gave us eyes

He has washed us with His bloodHe has washed us with His bloodHe has washed us with His bloodHe presents our souls to God

Let us wonder grace and justiceJoin and point to mercy’s storeWhen through grace in Christ our trust isJustice smiles and asks no more

He who washed us with his bloodHe who washed us with his bloodHe who washed us with his bloodHas secured our way to God

Let us praise and join the chorusOf the saints enthroned on highHere they trusted him before usNow their praises fill the sky

He has washed us with his bloodHe has washed us with his bloodHe has washed us with his bloodHe has washed us with his bloodHe will bring us home to God

traditional words by John Newton (alt. by Laura Taylor) / music by Laura Taylor / © 2001 Laura Taylor Music.

Behind the Song:Familiar to the band from its church experience, “This song meditates on the idea of being washed in the blood,” Matt Odmark says. “What a kind of crazy concept that is,” but it’s true, nonetheless. The remarkable hymn writer John Newton (1725-1807), perhaps best known for “Amazing Grace,” wrote this incredible expression of the gospel. It’s key for remembering God’s forgiveness doesn’t overlook sin, but rather God’s justice is fully satisfied on Jesus’ cross, as Romans 3 assures. “There are powerful metaphors in this song of the kind of things that were bought through the blood of Christ on our behalf,” Matt says. Martin Smith (Delirious) joins the group on this, with music by Laura Taylor. (Jars Of Clay)

07. O Come And Mourn With Me Awhile

O come and mourn with me awhileO come near to the Savior’s sideO come together, let us mournJesus our Lord is crucified

Seven times He spokeSeven words of loveAnd all three hours His silence criedFor mercy on the souls of menJesus our Lord is crucified

O love of God, O sin of manIn this dread act your strength is triedAnd victory remains with loveJesus our Lord is crucified

O break, O break hard heart of mineMy weak self-love and guilty prideHis Pilate and His Judas wereJesus our Lord is Crucified

O love of God, O sin of manIn this dread act your strength is triedAnd victory remains with LoveJesus our Lord is crucified

O come and mourn with awhile

A broken heart, a fount of tearsAsk and they will not be deniedA broken heart love’s cradle isJesus our Lord is crucifiedJesus our Lord is crucifiedJesus our Lord is crucified

Our Lord is crucifiedAnd victory remains with loveJesus our Lord is crucified

O love of God, O sin of manIn this dread act your strength is tried

And victory remains with loveJesus our Lord is crucified

Traditional words by Frederick W. Faber (alt. by Eric Ashley) / music by Eric Ashley / © 1999 Eric Ashley Music.

Behind the Song:Also known as “Our Lord Is Crucified,” this is another hymn the guys sing regularly in church. Originally written by Fredrick Faber (1814-1863), it’s a Protestant variation of a historical Catholic hymn reflecting on Christ’s crucifixion. “It identifies with Mary and the disciples and the friends of Jesus who had to sit there and watch their hopes for themselves and the world be brutalized in front of them. That’s a very Catholic idea,” Matt shares. “We don’t have a lot of Protestant church services that encourage us to reflect and mourn on the death of Christ. We’re much more apt to celebrate the resurrection. There’s a lot of reasons and history behind that, but I think it’s helpful for us today to listen in and listen in and be affected by the words of this hymn writer.” Matt continues, “’O Come and Mourn With Me Awhile’ is a powerful reflection on the bleakest of moments, the Crucifixion, and how love was being victorious in that.” (Jars Of Clay)

08. Hiding Place

Amidst the sorrows of the wayLord Jesus, teach my soul to prayLet me taste Thy special graceAnd run to Christ, my hiding place

You know the vileness of my heartSo prone to act the rebel’s partAnd when You veil Your lovely faceHow can I find a hiding place

Hiding place, hiding place

Lord, guide my wandering feetDraw me to Thy mercy seatI’ve nought to trust but sovereign graceThou only art my hiding place

How unstable is my heartSometimes I take the tempter’s partAnd slight the tokens of Thy graceAnd seem to want no hiding place

Hiding place, hiding place

But when Thy spirit shines withinMakes me feel the plague of sinAnd how I long to see Thy face‘Tis then I want a hiding place

Lord Jesus, shine and then I canFeel sweetness in salvation’s planAnd as a sinner plead for graceChrist, the sinner’s hiding placeAnd as a sinner plead for graceChrist, the sinner’s hiding place

traditional words by Daniel Herbert / music by Jars of Clay / © 2005 Bridge Building, a div. of Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (BMI) / Pogostick Music (BMI).

Behind the Song:From Gadsby’s Hymns, which first appeared in 1814, the intimate “Hiding Place” is a stark and honest hymn by Reformed Baptist pastor Daniel Herbert daring to ask, “How unstable is my heart?” It illustrates the gospel is true, even though our sinful spirits want to run from Jesus. “The lyric draws out what we are capable of doing to God’s grace. We’re capable of walking away from it and rejecting the gifts he continues to give us. Yet, we come back to him and he accepts us. He becomes our hiding place,” Dan says. “We thought it was important to keep the song intimate by having a just a lead singer singing,” Charlie adds. “It’s not a big song. It’s a quiet song and that fits the vocal of one person, coming back to God.” (Jars Of Clay)

09. Jesus, I Lift My Eyes

When sins and fears prevailing riseAnd fainting hope almost expiresJesus to Thee I lift my eyesTo Thee I breathe my soul’s desires

Are You not mine, my living LordAnd can my hope, my comfort dieFixed on the everlasting wordThat word which built the earth and sky

Jesus, I lift my eyesTo Thee I breathe my soul’s desiresJesus, I lift my eyesTo Thee I lift my eyes

Here let my faith unshaken dwellImmovable the promise standsNot all the powers of earth or hellCan e’er dissolve the sacred bandsJesus to Thee I lift my eyes

Jesus, I lift my eyesTo Thee I breathe my soul’s desiresJesus, I lift my eyesTo Thee I lift my eyes

Here oh my soulThy trust reposeIf Jesus is forever mine

Not death itself that last of foesCan break a union so divine

Jesus, I lift my eyesTo Thee I breathe my soul’s desiresJesus, I lift my eyesTo Thee I breathe my soul’s desires

traditional words by Anne Steele (alt. by Jars of Clay) / music by Jars of Clay / © 2005 Bridge Building, a div. of Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (BMI) / Pogostick Music (BMI).

Behind the Song:The band wrote the music for its portrayal of this hymn by Anne Steele (1716-1778), a Baptist whose work stands among the guys’ favorite hymns. At 18, Steele had suffered a great deal already all her life. She nevertheless knew love. But on the day before her wedding, Steele’s fiancé drowned while bathing in a river. She never married during her next 50 or so years. The first female hymn writer to rise to popularity, many of her hymns are characterized by lament. “These kinds of songs help us make sense of our world, one of tsunamis and AIDS,” Dan says. She’s a Job figure. “She lived well in that kind of mystery,” Dan continues. “Through her words we are able to say things like, ‘God is still good in the midst of my suffering. The gospel still meets me here. Salvation still meets me here. Mercy and grace still find a valid home in the midst of my pain and frustration.’ Where does that kind of faith come from? None of us can imagine a life like hers, yet, for some reason her suffering created a rooted faith. That made us gravitate toward some of Anne Steele’s hymns.” (Jars Of Clay)

10. It Is Well With My Soul

When peace like a river attendeth my wayWhen sorrows like sea billows rollWhat ever my lot you have taught me to sayIt is well, it is well with my soul

Though the devil will ruin, though trials may comeLet this blessed assurance controlThat Christ has regarded my helpless estateAnd He shed His own blood for my soul

It is well, with my soulIt is well, it is well with my soul

My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thoughtMy sin not in part but the wholeIs nailed to the cross and I bear it no morePraise the Lord, praise the Lord, oh my soul

It is well, with my soulIt is well, it is well with my soul

It is well with my soulIt is well, it is well with my soul

And Lord haste the day when my faith shall be sightAnd the clouds be rolled back as a scrollThe trump shall resound and the Lord shall descendEven so, it is well with my soul



traditional words by Horatio G. Spafford / traditional music by Phillip P. Bliss / additional music by Jars of Clay / © 2005 Bridge Building, a div. of Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (BMI) / Pogostick Music (BMI).

Behind the Song:“Saved. Alone.” Those were the words Horatio Spafford (1828-1888) received by cable from his wife while traveling to England, their daughters perishing in a shipwreck. They’d already lost so much in the great Chicago fire. Yet, as Spafford sailed to join his wife, the musician wrote this hymn at the spot of the ocean tragedy. Dan says a challenge for a record like Redemptions Songs is determining what kind of “skin” should these hymns inhabit in order to make them more accessible today. The group selected a “soulful romp” by which to engage listeners. “There are people who buckle when they hear a hymn, and there are also people who say, ‘I remember growing up with hymns,’” Steve Mason observes. “This is another bridge song, one many will recognize. (Jars Of Clay)

11. On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand

On Jordan’s stormy banks I standAnd cast a wishful eyeTo Canaan’s fair and happy landWhere my possessions lie

All o’er those wide extended plainsShines one eternal dayThere God, the Son forever reignsAnd scatters night away.

I am bound, I am bound, I am bound for the Promise LandI am bound, I am bound, I am bound for the Promise Land

No chilling wind nor poisonous breathCan reach that healthful shoreWhere sickness, sorrow, pain and deathAre felt and feared no more


When shall I see that happy placeAnd be forever blessedWhen shall I see my Father’s faceAnd in His bosom rest


traditional words by Samuel Stennett (alt. by Christopher Miner) / music by Christopher Miner / © 1997 Christopher Miner Music.

Behind the Song:The hope of heaven appears more real to us as we sing this song. In Grand Ole Opry fashion, the band used “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand” to close shows with Caedmon’s Call when they toured together. Written by English Baptist Samuel Stennett (1727-1795), Jars’ musical take takes a turn from the traditional American melody to feature Chris Miner’s music. It is celebratory in terms of where we are heading as people of faith, saying that the gospel is true in life and death, that when it doesn’t feel so here on earth, heaven truly is a real place. Adding an wonderful, gritty texture to the song are Blind Boys of Alabama. (Jars Of Clay)

12. Thou Lovely Source Of True Delight

Thou lovely source of true delight whom I unseen adoreUnveil Thy beauties to my sight that I might love Thee moreOh that I might love Thee more

Thy glory o’er creation shines yet in Thy sacred wordI read in fairer brighter lines my bleeding, dying LordOh my bleeding, dying Lord

‘Tis here whene’er my comforts droop and sin and sorrows riseThy love with cheering beams of hope my fainting heart suppliesMy fainting heart’s supplied

And ah too soon the pleasing scene is clouded over with painMy gloomy fears rise dark between and I again complainOh and I again complain

Jesus my Lord, my life, my light, oh come with blissful rayBreak radiant through the shades of night and chase my fears awayWon’t you chase my fears away

Then shall my soul with rapture trace the wonders of Thy loveBut the full glories of Thy face are only known aboveThey are only known above

Oh come let us adoreMy bleeding dying Lord

traditional words by Anne Steele (alt. by Kevin Twit) / music by Kevin Twit / © 1998 Kevin Twit Music.

Behind the Song:To cover another Anne Steele hymn, Jars’ selected music written by Kevin Twit. It moves through the story of a faithful person longingly saying, “Help my unbelief.” What we sing shapes what we believe. We are transformed by what we find beautiful and true, and Steele’s work exhibits that. Her works underscores language’s inability to fully say what we want to say and the need to turn to art to push our language. “The hymns I’ve grown to love are the ones that are very honest about the fact that there is nothing I can bring, there is nothing that I can do, there’s nothing that I can say that would actually be acceptable as worship,” Dan says. “But God is faithful. His mercies, his grace, that’s what gives us life. Everyday we need to be reminded of those things, and this song covers a wide range of those emotions.” (Jars Of Clay)

13. They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the LordWe are one in the Spirit, we are one in the LordAnd we pray that our unity will one day be restoredAnd they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our loveYeah they’ll know we are Christians by our love

We will work with each other, we will work side by sideWe will work with each other, we will work side by sideAnd we’ll guard each man’s dignity and save each man’s prideAnd they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our loveYeah, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

words and music by Peter Scholtes / © 1966 by F.E.L. Publications, Ltd. 1991 Assigned to The Lorenz Publishing Company (ASCAP).

Behind the Song:Author Marva Dawn says that if the local church is to reflect the real diversity of the body of Christ, then everybody has to sing songs they don’t like. This track is an apt closing to Redemption Songs as it reminds us the gospel is bigger than what we as Christians choose to sing, and though we may disagree with each other about what to sing in worship, it’s vital to have those discussions with love. “It’s an interesting thought to leave people with on the record,” Steve says. “There is an ethereal quality to it, but at the heart of it, but truly people should know us by our love, not our protests or by our political leanings or whether we should be fighting a war or not, but defined by Christ. It’s love, first and foremost.”

Steve Mason shares a closing thought. “Part of our hope is that through this process of reaching back and listening to the way we as the church over the years have worshiped and approached God, it will help us hear the modern music we’re singing in a different way,” he says. “It reshapes the songs. It gives us a new context in which we hear these songs.” (Jars Of Clay)

Good Monsters (2006)

01. Work

Just in case, I will leave my things packed so I can run awayI cannot trust these voices

I don't have a line of prospects that can give some kind of peaceThere is nothing left to cling to that can bring me sweet releaseI have no fear of drowning, it's the breathing that's taking all this work

Do you know what I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone.'What I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone.'

Empty spaces, shadows hit by street lightswarning signs and weight of tired conversations

In the absence of a shoulder, in the abscess of a thiefOn the brink of this destruction, on the eve of bittersweetNow all the demons look like prophets and I'm living outevery word they speak, every word they speak

Do you know what I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone, 'What I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone'What I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone.'

Do you know what I mean when I say, 'I don't want to be alone.'....I have no fear of drowning. It's the breathing that's taking all this work.

Written by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark © 2006 Pogostick Music (BMI) / Bridge Building (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music (BMI) administered by Bridge Building (BMI).

02. Dead Man (Carry Me)

January 1, I got a lot of things on my mindLooking at my body through a new spy satelliteI try to lift a finger but I don't think I can make the callSo, tell me if I move 'cause I don't feel anything at all....

Carry Me, I'm just a dead man lying on the carpet can't find a heart beatMake me breathe, I want to be a new man, tired of the old one, out with the old plan

I woke up from a dream about an empty funeralBut it was better than the party full of people I don't really know.They've got hearts to break and burn, dirty hands to feel the earthThere is something in my veins but I can't seem to make it work...won't work

So, carry me, I'm just a dead man lying on the carpet, can't find a heartbeatMake me breathe, I want to be a new man, tired of the old one, out with the old plan..

Can you find a beat, inside of me? Any pulse? Getting worse. Any pulse, getting worse? Inside of me....Can you find a beat.

Carry me, I'm just a dead man lying on the carpet, can't find a heartbeatmake me breathe, I want to be a new man, tired of the old one, out with the old planCarry me, I'm just a dead man lying on the carpet can't find a heartbeat...make me breathe, I want to be a new man, tired of the old one, out with the old plan.


03. All My Tears

When I go don't cry for me, in my Father's arms I'll beThe wounds this world left on my soul will all be healed and I'll be whole.Sun and moon will be replaced with the light of Jesus' faceAnd I will not be ashamed, for my Savior knows my name

It don't matter where you bury me, I'll be home and I'll be freeIt don't matter where I lay, All my tears be washed away.

Gold and silver blind the eye, temporary riches lieCome and eat from heaven's store, come and drink and thirst no more

It don't matter where you bury me, I'l be home and I'll be freeIt don't matter where I lay, All my tears be washed away

So weep not for me my friends, when my time below does endFor my life belongs to Him, who will raise the dead again.

It don't matter where you bury me, 'cause I'll be home and I'll be free.It don't matter where I lay, all my tears be washed away

OOoh, it don't matter.....OOooh, it don't matter

All My Tears written by Julie Anne Miller © 1993 Tinkie Tunes / Word Music LLC (ASCAP)

04. Even Angels Cry

I whisper, 'you don't have to worry we'll survive', forced smiles underneath the brittle frozen light,no proof that your alive.

Cold fingers find the curve below your tired eyes, no comfort in familiar places not this time,you hold it deep inside

Oh Sister, if you wake up in the night, walls have fallen letting in the light, no need to worryBaby, even angels cry.

No flood warnings, still the waters rise. Flowers through asphalt, diamonds in the pockets of your eyes,you turn your face and hide.I saw a woman with ribbons in her hair, old and lonely...so beautiful I had to stop and stare,the well will not run dry.

Oh Sister, if you wake up in the night, walls have fallen letting in the light, no need to worryBaby, even angels cry.

Oh Sister if you wake up in the night walls have fallen letting in the lightno need to worry...baby even angels,Cry, Sister if you wake up in the night walls have fallen letting in the lightIt'll be alright, baby even angels cry.....baby please don't worry.... not tonight.


05. There Is A River

There is a river that washes you cleanThere is a tree that marks the places you've beenBlood that was spilled, although not your own...

For all of your tears,Are the wages for things you have done.On all of those nights, spent alone in the darkness of your mind.Give it up, Let go. These are things you were never meant to shoulder,

There is a river that washes you cleanThere is a tree that marks the places you've beenBlood that was spilled, although not your ownFor all of your tears, love will atone

So, give up the right, to control the waves that empty at your lifeAbove wild skies, are the rays that break the shadows we design

Give it up, let go. These are things you were never meant to shoulder.Give it up, Let go...

There is a river that washes you cleanThere is a tree that marks the places you've beenBlood that was spilled, although not your ownFor all of these things, love will atone

I know the world can turn in different ways.Most of the time we're simply hangin on.But under the signs of how we all behave,we might find the place where we belong...

There is a river that washes you cleanThere is a tree that marks the places you've beenBlood that was spilled, although not your ownFor all of these things, love will atoneFor all of those nights, you cried all aloneFor all of your tears... love will atone.

Written by Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark, Ron Aniello © 2006 Pogostick Music (BMI) / Bridge Building (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music (BMI) administered by Bridge Building (BMI). / Aniello Music / EMI-Blackwell Music, Inc. (BMI)

06. Good Monsters

All the good monsters open their eyes,to see the wasteland where the home fires rise,and the people shouting why, why, why...Do you know what you are?Do you know what you are?

All of the giants wake from their sleep,and roll outside of safety's keep,and the pain makes them feel so alive

Do you know what you are?Do you know what you are?

And we are bored of all the things we knowDo you know what you are?Do you know what you are?Not all monsters are bad, but the ones who are goodnever do what they could, never do what they could

All the good monsters rattle their chains,And dance around the open flames,and they make a lot of empty noise.

While all of the bright eyes turn away,As if there wasn't anything to say,About the justice and the mystery.Do you know what you are?Do you know what you are?

And we are bored of all the things we knowAnd we are forms of everything we love, we love.

If good won't show it's ugly face, evil won't you take your placenothing ever changes, nothing ever changes... by itself.

yeah....yeah...aaah

We are bored of all the things we knowDo you know what you are'Cause we are, we are so in love with ourselvesAnd we are forms of all the things we love.


07. Oh My God

Oh my God, look around this place,Your fingers reach around the bone,you set the break and set the toneFor flights of grace, and future fallsIn present pain all fools say, "Oh my God."

Oh my God, why are we so afraid?we make it worse when we don't bleed,there is no cure for our disease.Turn a phrase and rise again,or fake your death and only tell your closest friends,Oh My God.

Oh my God, can I complain?You take away my firm belief and graft my soul upon your grief.Weddings, boats, and alibis,All drift away, and a mother cries...

Liars and fools, sons and failures, theives will always say..Lost and found, ailing wanderers, healers always say..Whores and angels, men with problems, leavers always say..Broken hearted, separated, orphans always say..War creators, racial haters, preachers always say..Distant fathers, fallen warriors, givers always say..Pilgrim saints, lonely widows, users always say..Fearful mothers, watchful doubters, Saviors always say..

Sometimes I can not forgiveand these days mercy cuts so deep,If the world was how it should be, maybe I could get some sleep.While I lay, I'd dream we're better, scales were gone and faces lighter,When we wake we hate our brother, we still move to hurt each other,Sometimes I can close my eyes and all the fear the keeps me silent,Falls below my heavy breathing, what makes me so badly bent?We all have a chance to murder, we all have the need for wonder.We still want to be reminded that the pain is worth the plunder.

Sometimes when I lose my grip, I wonder what to make of heaven,All the times I thought to reach up, all the times I had to give up.Babies underneath their beds, in hospitals that cannot treat them.All the wounds that money causes, all the comforts of cathedrals,All the cries of thirsty children, this is our inheritance,All the rage of watching mothers, this is our greatest offenseOh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God.

08. Surprise

Shoot a dream in your arm and sleep away,It's not the stuff that kills you that keeps your life at bay.Every crash pulls you in reach,Of a watershed of signal flares that cover your beach,

These are just placebos to make us feel all right,Illusions in our pockets make our feathers float us high,For a second I thought I saw your eyelids rise,For a moment something restless caught you by surprise,Surprise, surprise, surprise.

We are so beautiful when we sleep,Hearts of gold and eyes so.. deep, deep, deep.But love won't cure the chaos, and hope won't hide the loss,And peace is not the heroine that shouts above the cause.And love is wild for reasons, and hope though short in sight,Might be the only thing that wakes you by surprisesurprise, surprise, surprise.

Dream, little ones..See the world that's just begun.

Love is wild for reasons, and hope though short in sight,Might be the only thing that wakes you by surprise,for a moment I thought I saw your eyelids rise.....

Surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise.


09. Take Me Higher

It took a lot to turn away,Blood and water from one side.It took your eyes to stare me down,It took the truth to set me free, to set me free.

Lookin for a place to hide, waitin' for the wind to rise,My soul is waiting,Lookin for a place to hide, I need a little peace tonight.

Take me higher than the sun, yeah you are the only oneTake me higher than the sun, yeah, yeah.

Around the ceiling of the heart,Is where we find the things that send us away,to where the blind can see the stars.So do you see the stars, do you see the stars?

Looking for a place to hide,Need a little peace tonight.

Take me higher than the sun, yeah you are the only one.Take me higher than the sun yeah, yeah.Take me higher than the sun yeah you are the only one.Take me higher than the sun, yeah yeah.

Take me higher than the sun, you are the only oneyou are the only one, you are the only one higher than the sun.


10. Mirrors & Smoke

I'm feeling older than my years, I'm feeling pain inside my chest.You know it's love that keeps me silent, it's my silence you detest.Rivers flow into the ocean, and oceans never fill,I want to kiss your lips but I know I never will.

Love's a hard decision to risk impending choke,So my love will keep you wishing,and my heart will keep me broke.

I give you flowers, give you candy to even out the guilt.I send you greeting cards with messages that I could never write.Rivers flow into the oceans, and oceans never fill,I want to let you know me, but I know I never will.

Love's a contradiction made of mirrors and smoke,So my love will keep you wishing,and my heart it makes me broke.

You will always want me, and I'll always want to leave.Even though I cut your wounds, you still deny they're real.Rivers flow into the oceans, and oceans never fill,I want to lay my life down, but I know you never will.

Love's a strange condition with all the doubts it can invoke,Your love keeps me wishing, and my heart it keeps me broke.

Baby, don't you cry 'cause I got it all figure out.You'll always make me sad, but that's what true love is all about.Rivers never fill the oceans, but oceans always feel...The waters reaching deep inside them, I guess they always will.

Loves a constant mission, truer words were never spoke,So my love will keep you wishin' and my heart will keep me broke...

..keeps me wishing, my heart it makes me broke....mirrors and smoke.


11. Light Gives Heat

Catch the rain empty hands,Save the children from their lands,wash the darkness from their skin.

Heroes from the West,We don't know you, we know best.But this is not a test.

You treat me like I'm blind, setting fires around houses on the hill,But light gives heat.You segregate my mind, burning crosses from your fears, your fears,But light gives heat.

It's not the way to light their way,Boys in holes and empty fields,Oh, how good it feels.Lower class, and understate, empty promise, empty plate.



Will you teach us how to love? To see the things you see,Walk the road you walk, and feel the pain that you feel.At your feet I kneel, I want to see you shine,See your light not mine... 'cause light gives heat...your light gives heat... gives heat.


12. Water Under The Bridge

I do not love you the way I did when we met.There are secrets and arguments I haven't finished yet.But it's only that grace has outlived our regret that we're still here.

So maybe we can stay, till the last drop of water flows under the bridge,We can stay, till the last drop of water flows under the bridge.

There are times meant for breaking, and words to ignore,And a bent to our souls when our skin is at war.And if leaving were freedom, well, we'd both walk right out of that door.

Maybe we can stay, till the last drop of water flows under the bridge,We can stay, till the last drop of water flows.

And the years roll by, and you hold my hand, while the shadows stretch over the land.Crumble and fall in my arms, and we'll struggle to hold on.Waters they rise and they carry our hopes and dreams away, baby we can stay, stay.

And the years roll by, and you hold my hand, while the shadows stretch over the land.

Maybe we can stay, till the last drop of water flows under the bridge, We can stay, till the last drop of water flows under the bridge,We can stay till the last drop of water flows under the bridge.


The Long Fall Back To Earth (2009)

02. Weapons

Hallelujah, we can finally hearIt’s a miracle we feel anything at allThings we planted on the worst days of the yearGrew to fingers that rip at the joyAnd set our backs against the wall

Lay your weapons downLay your weapons downThere are no enemies in front of you

Hallelujah, we can finally seeHow the bitterness was bruising on our skinWe didn’t notice that grace had run so thinTill we’re falling apart and the cracks in our hearts let the truth sink in

(Jars of Clay) © 2009 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music administered by Bridge Building.

03. Two Hands

I’ve been living out of sanityI’ve been splitting hairs and blurring linesI am a house that is dividedIn my heart and in my mind

I use one hand to pull you closerThe other to push you awayIf I had two hands doing the same thingLifted high, lifted high

I have a broken dispositionI’m a liar who thirsts for the truthAnd while I ache for faith to hold meI need to feel the scars and see the proof

And if we just keep digging we can reach the foundationOf our soulsAnd if we just keep cutting all the chains from our heartsWe’ll lose control

And it feels like giving inIt feels like starting overIt feels like waking up, and you know it’s comingIt feels like a brand new dayOpen your eyes

(Jars of Clay, Jeremy Lutito, Gabe Ruschival) © 2009 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music / Chigostick Music / Dudie Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music, Chigostick Music and Dudie Music administered by Bridge Building.

04. Heaven

Go undercover, we drop from the screensWe’re hunters and lions, we are submarinesUnder the surface, slip through the wiresDecipher the code words, disable the liars

And find, glowing on the insideWhat’s growing on the insideHeaven’s not that farGlowing on the insideShowing on the insideIt’s growing where we are

We shatter devices, exit the stageWe stop masquerading, to rattle the cageWe face every searchlight at places we hideWe dress up for Eden, the gates open wide

We are, we are, we areWe’re hunters and lionsWe go undercover, we cover, we cover


05. Closer

Well you thought you let go, but you’re still hanging onMother Earth’s slowing downShe’s still spinning around and we......are getting dizzy

I’ll drop out of the race for more personal space‘Cause the rockets we’re in get so cold and I miss your skinIt’s just how I’m feeling

If you need more love, well you’ve gotta get close to meIf you want my love, well you’ve gotta get closer to me

No unreachable itch, if you hemorrhage I’ll stitchYou are tears, I’m a cheekI’m a pail on your boat with slow leaksOut to sea for weeks

But if you want my love, well you’ve gotta get close to meIf you need my love, well you’ve gotta get closer to meOoh, if you want my love…

I don’t understand why we can’t get close enoughI want your kite strings tangled in my trees, all wrapped upI don’t understand why we can’t get close enoughI’ll be the comets that are falling from the sky you light up

You’re my shirt iron-on, I’m the tick, you’re the bombYou’re the L and the V, I’m the O and the EAm I speaking clearly?

If you want my love, well you’ve gotta get close to meOoh, if you want my love…

I don’t understand why we can’t get close enoughI miss the shivers in my spine every time that we touch


06. Safe To Land

Getting tired from all this circlingNot much grace left on a broken wingI feel the wind trying to push me downIt happens every time I get to town

I search for shelter near the mines we sweptI guess forgiveness hasn’t happened yetThere are no words that I can say to youTo turn this careless sky from black to blueSo I’m asking you

Is it safe, is it safe to land?‘Cause I’m not going far on an empty heartIs it safe, is it safe to land?‘Cause the long fall back to earth is the hardest part

I’m in no weather for apologyI need your runway lights to burn for meAnd if you say that I can come aroundI’ll love you right, I won’t let you downI won’t let you down‘Cause I’m coming home, if these wheels touch down

I’m coming home, i’m waking you upIn the middle of the night, I’m not giving upI’m gonna stay, till we make it workWe’re not going down even if it gets worseWe’ll work it out, yeah, we’ll work it outI need your light, guide me in

Is it safe?


07. Headphones

I don’t have to hear it, if I don’t want toI can drown this out, pull the curtains down on youIt’s a heavy world, it’s too much for me to careIf I close my eyes, it’s not there

With my headphones on, with my headphones onWith my headphones on, with my headphones on

We watch television...but the sound is something elseJust a song played against the drama, so the hurt is never feltI take in the war-fires, and I’m chilled by the current eventsIt’s so hopeless, but there’s a pop song in my

Headphones on, in my headphones onWith my headphones on, with my headphones on

At the Tube Stop, you sit down across from me(I can see you looking back at me)I think I know youBy the sad eyes that I seeI want to tell you (It’s a heavy world)Everything will be okayYou wouldn’t hear it (I don’t want to have to hear it)So we go our separate ways…

With our headphones on, with our headphones onWith our headphones on, with our headphones onI don’t wanna be the one who tries to figure it outI don’t need another reason I should care about youYou don’t want to know my storyYou don’t want to own my painLiving in a heavy, heavy worldAnd there’s a pop song in my headI don’t want to have to hear it


08. Don’t Stop

You told them that I hung the moonIt was a lonely sliver hanging from the skyI said I put it there for youI didn’t think that it would make you cry

Don’t stop, don’t stop for me nowDon’t stop, don’t stop for me now

My recurring dream of youStarlight in your eyes and music everywhereI am dancing close to youThere are no days or nights we’ve left behind

Don’t stop, don’t stop for me nowDon’t stop, don’t stop for me nowWhen you’re running, you’re running far awayAnd you don’t know what to do with all my loveDon’t stop for me now

Why is it so hard to say that you need meThe way that I need you

There are no days, there are no nights, we’ve left them all behindAnd you can run so far that I won’t reachThere are no places I won’t find you

Don’t stop, don’t stop for me nowDon’t stop, don’t stop for me nowYou keep running, yeah you’re running far awayWhen all I want to do is be with you my loveYou can run so far, run so far, my loveBy the light of the moon I will get to you somehowSo don’t stop for me now


09. Boys (Lesson One)

Lesson one - do not hideLesson two - there are right ways to fightAnd if you have questionsWe can talk through the night

So you know who you areAnd you know what you wantI’ve been where you’re goingAnd it’s not that farIt’s too far to walkBut you don’t have to runYou’ll get there in time

Lesson three - you’re not aloneNot since I saw you start breathing on your ownYou can leave, you can run, this will still be your home

So you know who you areAnd you know what you wantI’ve been where you’re goingAnd it’s not that farIt’s too far to walkBut you don’t have to runYou’ll get there in timeGet there in time

In time, to wonder where the days have goneIn time, to be old enough to wish that you were youngWhen good things are unraveling, bad things come undoneYou weather love and lose your innocence

There will be liars and thieves who take from youNot to undermine the consequenceBut you are not what you doAnd when you need it mostI have a hundred reasons why I love you

If you weather love and lose your innocenceJust remember - lesson one


10. Hero

One spot on an empty canvasOne chair in an empty roomNo place for a revolutionNo hope if the signs are true

We stand at the edge of somethingWill we ever know what it isHold on 'cause the wind is risingAnd we can't get away from it

We’re in shock from the failed emotionNo cause in a shadow landWe sing while the city's burningNo room, no escape, no planWe all never thought it would end this way

And we need a heroTo save us from ourselvesWe need a heroTo save us from ourselves

Save us from ourselvesSave us from our fearWhen the sirens wail, we need a hero here

We hide on our knees in silenceMaybe God doesn't hear at allAnd the wait overtakes the violenceAnd we watch as the giants fallWe're not gonna let it end this way


11. Scenic Route

Don’t turn your back on meOr read in between my wordsI’m trying to drag this outTaking the scenic route

I know we could get there much faster if we wanted toBut that isn’t what you and I came here to do

No nails to untie the knotsNo veins left to take the shotsNo touch to end a fightOr letting who’s wrong be right

We’re just sitting like novels we’ve picked up but never read throughYou think you know my ending, I think I know yours, tooYou see, nowhere in these old conversations is there anything new

Even though we know the sun will riseEvery ray of light still takes us by, by surprise

Baby, leave it all behindBaby, leave it all behindMissed a road signI don’t want to get home soonDrive the car all the way around the moonBaby, we could get lostWe have another state to crossWe could find each other outTell our secrets on the scenic routeI don’t want to get home soonDrive the car around the moonI don’t want to crush you or rush youI’m not going faster if you want to and if you want toI don’t want to rush you or crush youBut I won’t go faster if you want toIt’s not what we came here to doI just want to driveI just want to drive


12. There Might Be A Light

I wait outside your houseAnd sing below your windowAnd I look for the light to show, I knowI know that it will come on, come on, come onCome on soon

There might be a lightSomewhere in your mindWhen you think of you and II wait for it to shineI know it will come on, come on, come onCome on soonIt will come on, come on soon

And it’s just the way things goWhen you love someone and they don’t knowSparks and hearts, they have to glowThey just glow, they just glowYou know they just come on, come on, come on, come onThey just come on, come on, come on

There is no delusion, to you I don’t existI am only shadowOnly a ghost can wait as long as I have for thisAnd I, I can’t wait much longer

‘Cause there might be a lightSomewhere in your mindWhen you think of you and II know there will be a lightIt might not burn very strongBut I know it’s coming onIt will come on, come on, come on


13. Forgive Me

Well, I tried to figure out all the mysteries of loveI made confessions under pure duressI thought that everything was meaningless

As far as the eye could seeAs deep as the heart could beSuch an impossibility that you would forgive meForgive me

I wasted another year, waiting for the wordsFor things to be more clearAnd now I’m so afraid, if I find the words to sayHave I lost you anyway?

For every town there is a crierLike a thief in every choirAnd when I think of the mistakes I’ve madeAll my transgressions on a big parade

As far as the eye can seeAs deep as the heart can beSuch an impossibility that you would forgive meForgive me

I wasted another year, waiting for the wordsFor something to be more clearAnd now I’m so afraid, if I find the words to sayHave I lost you anyway?

As far as the eye can seeAs deep as the heart can beSuch an impossibility that you would forgive me

I wasted another year, waiting for the wordsFor something to be more clearBut now I am afraid, if I find the words to sayHave I lost you anyway?

‘Cause I’ve found the words to sayI’ve been thinking them for daysAnd now I’m begging you to stay


14. Heart

I let it get dark, so you’ll see the starsThey’ll say we’re in love, we probably areNo mountains to climb, papers to signOffer your heart, I’ve given you mine

One flag left to burn, one country to fallOne soul to pour out, one love to catch allNo walls to defend, wars to alignGive me your heart, you already have mineNo mountains to climb, papers to signOffer your heart, I’ve given you mine

No mountains to climb, papers to signOffer your heart, I’ve given you mineNo walls to defend, wars to alignGive me your heart, you already have mineGive me your heart, you already have mineOffer your heart, I’ve given you mine

(Jars of Clay) © 2009 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music administered by Bridge Building. All songs used by permission. All rights reserved.

The Shelter (2010)

01. Small Rebellions

God of the break and shatterHearts in every form still matterIn our weakness help us seeThat alone we’ll never beLifting any burdens off our shoulders

If our days could be filled with small rebellionsSenseless brutal acts of kindness from us allIf we stand between the fear and firm foundationPush against the current and the fall, the current and the fall

God of the worn and tatteredAll of your people matterGive us more than words to speak‘Cause we are hearts and arms that reachAnd Love climbs up and down the human ladder

Give us days to be filled with small rebellionsSenseless brutal acts of kindness from us allIf we stand between the fear and firm foundationPush against the current and the fall, the current and the fall

We will never walk alone againNo, we will never walk alone againNo, we will never walk alone again

© 2010 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music administered by Bridge Building.

02. Call My Name

I’ll go when you call meI’ll run when you tell me where to goWe are desert walkers under shaded cloudsYour fire shows there’s more of you to know

Let our idols failVanity subsideWe will see the beauty in our lives

When I hear you call my nameWhen I hear you call my nameSend me to the edge of the earthShow me what a life is worthWhen I hear you call my name

I will wait in the darkest hoursFor you will be a light on this roadLead me out to the ground I’ve never walked onOnly to rely on you alone

This is my Father’s worldAnd to my listening earMy heart is still at homeWhen I hear you call my name


03. We Will Follow

In the shadow of the cross where my first love diedIn the valley where we learn how to climb so highWill you open my heart and reach insideTill the blood on your hands is yours, not mine

Set us free, trust the mysteryTill our eyes are clear enough to see you

Where you lead us, we will followWhere you lead us, we will follow you

On the hill of the rich in the city of the poorWhere the wealth is in the hands of who needs you more‘Cause there’s nothing in our view you haven’t madeNo one that you’ve touched that you haven’t saved

So set us free to love the mysteryTill our eyes are clear enough to see you

Where you lead us, we will followWhere you lead us, we will followWhere you lead us, we will follow you

Open up our hearts and reach insideOpen up our hearts and reach inside


04. Eyes Wide Open

Talk to me, ‘cause I’ve been talking to myselfHelp me get these thoughts out of my own headI don’t believe, most days I don’t believeMercy is true, it’s hard to live with the things I do

So God, bruise the heels we’ve dug in the groundThat we might move closer to lovePull out the roots we’ve dug in so deepFinish what you startedHelp us to believe

Keep our eyes wide openLove is kind and love is daring, everything we need to keep our eyesKeep our eyes wide openLove is kind and love is daring, everything we need to keep our eyes

We can’t go on, it seems this conversation’s doneIt’s so hard to win these fights and love you at the same timeSo take my hand till grace makes her way to bendTill the things I’ve set to ruin only lead to my own end

Draw us in, send us outDraw us in, send us outDraw us in, pour us outHelp us to believe

© 2010 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music administered by Bridge Building. / Deeper Still Music Publishing (ASCAP)/My Maxx Songs (ASCAP)/Songs of Razor and Tie (ASCAP) (adm. by Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC)

05. Shelter

To all who are looking downHolding onto hearts still woundingFor those who’ve yet to find itThe places near where love is moving

Cast off the robes you’re wearingSet aside the names that you’ve been givenMay this place of rest in the fold of your journeyBind you to hope, you will never walk alone

In the shelter of each other, we will live, we will liveIn the shelter of each other, we will live, we will liveYour arms are all around us

If our hearts have turned to stoneThere is hope, we know the rocks will cry outAnd the tears aren’t ours aloneLet them fall into the hands that hold us

Come away from where you’re hidingSet aside the lies that you’ve been livingMay this place of rest in the fold of your journeyBind you to hope that we will never walk alone

If there is any peace, if there is any hopeWe must all believe, our lives are not our ownWe all belongGod has given us each otherAnd we will never walk alone


06. Out Of My Hands

I wasted a rescueAbandoned the missionI failed by my own handsAnd watched it all go wrong

You said you could save meThat I couldn’t save myselfYou said that you loved meNo matter what I’ve done

When the light is gone and life is just a dare we takeStill the fight goes on to give my heart away

And it’s out of my hands, it was from the startIn light of what you’ve done for meIn light of what you’ve done for meYou lifted my head, set me apartIn light of what you’ve done for meThis is what you’ve done for meIt’s out of my handsIt’s out of my hands

We grow where the light isLike trees in the highlandsWe’re bent by our own plansTo keep us in the dark

I act like an orphanForget that you found meYou came like a whisperAnd saved me with a spark

When the light is gone and life is just a dare we takeStill the fight goes on and on to give my heart away

There’s nothing in the world that I can offerNothing in the world that I can stand uponApart from you, apart from youThere’s nothing in my life, nothing in my lifeThat you haven’t given to me

© 2010 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music / Chigostick Music / Dudie Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music, Chigostick Music and Dudie Music administered by Bridge Building.

07. No Greater Love

Is it life in vainAre we ghosts rattling chainsWhen we get what we wantAre the problems still the same

‘Cause my hands can’t healWhile I’m holding on so tightAnd my heart won’t care enoughTo pick a better fight

Show me the beauty of a lifeShow me the beauty of a lifeShow me the beauty of a life

No greater love, no greater loveAnd you say, there’s no greater love

Is it still my turnI think I’m the last one left to learnThat the life I loseIs the least of my concerns

Show me the beauty of a lifeShow me the beauty of a lifeShow me the beauty of a lifeLaid down

© 2010 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music / Chigostick Music / Dudie Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music, Chigostick Music and Dudie Music administered by Bridge Building. / New Spring / Laura Stories (ASCAP). All rights for the world on behalf of Laura Stories administered by New Spring. / worshiptogether.com Songs / sixsteps Music / Inot Music (ASCAP) (adm. by EMI CMG Publishing)

08. Run In The Night

I know who I amOnce I was nameless, alone and you found meYou formed my knees to bendYou call me Beloved, I am perfection

All my failures won’t condemn meOr leave me paralyzed and boundWhen I’m at my worstYour Love, it finds me first

By you, I can run in the nightFor by you, I can run in the night

For I am such a manSeized by the power of a great affectionNo matter where I amPeace spreads below me in every direction

When evil sets the war upon meI won’t stumble, I won’t fallThough they do their worstYour love has found me first

For by you, I can run in the nightFor by you, I can run in the nightFor by you, I can run in the night

Hide me in the shelter ofKeep me in the cover ofLead me in the light of your loveHide me in the light of your love

No matter where I amWhom shall I fearLead me in the light

© 2010 Bridge Building / Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights for the world on behalf of Pogostick Music administered by Bridge Building. / Tunes of R & T Direct Publishing (SESAC)/Little Hoss Music (SESAC) (adm. by Razor & Tie Music Publishing, LLC)

09. Lay It Down

Oh, we’ll never be short on peopleAnd we’ll never be short on troubleIt’s a well-worn path, so how on earth can we feel alone

Why carry on our own what’s common to all menWhy drag your bag of bones to hell and back againWhy carry on our own what’s common to all menLook around, lay it down

Oh, we’ll never be short on good newsAnd somebody to tell our story toAnd we’ll never be short on redemptionAnd light for the dark

© 2010 Sara Groves Music (ASCAP) (adm. by Music Services) / Ben Gowell Music (ASCAP) / Little Larry Sellers (BMI)

10. Love Will Find Us

Child of all creation, don’t let the world define youAnd if you can’t remember who you areLet these words remind you

On the path of the empty-handedHe will speak to the heart of the abandoned

These orphan hearts will find a homeRun to these arms, be not aloneLight is leading, love will find us allLove will find us all

So hard to feel the fires of home when all we see is darknessWe forget we’re not our own and grasp for what’s around us

Till the dawn starts to break around youLet all the stars in the night remind you


11. Benediction

Go into the worldShowing how muchHe loves youWalk in the worldIn merciful waysHe loves youHe loves youEmmanuel on earthGod with us on earth

Yours is the bodyThe hands and the feetAnd yours are the eyesTo look compassionatelyTo bless you and meBless you and meHe will bless you and me

Go into the worldShowing how muchHe loves youWalk in the worldIn meaningful waysHe loves youHe loves youEmmanuel on earthGod with us on earth


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