Being As An Ocean

We are not born with hate! It's learned and observed as we grind out our days. Handed down from those held close, the ones we are supposed to trust the most. Sins of the father, continued legacy or learned lesson? No, this must go no further. Scripts hand...

Unforgiveness is a cell that I've made for myself. Things can be said before, "Farewell" Rich splashed his face with cold water, took a look at the man in the mirror. He dried up and walked out to the porch to finally talk to his father. A man now tired,...

[Verse 1] It's hard to be a realist in this world where real doesn't exist Thankfully, I much prefer to dream In this place that we live, pointing blame, we've lost all sense of logic Nightmarish scenes on repeat Rewind [Pre-Chorus] Have we forgotten t...

Have you ever heard that love is a metaphor, a metaphor for the taste of the bottom, i fall to the floor, i fall to the floor... I remember me and you I remember what you did I remember being numb I remember feeling sick For the taste of the bottom; the f...

[Verse 1] I drove myself out into the wilderness Not a forced exile, I’m just searching for bliss Blood orange crescent moon Illuminate the blacktop’s running lines Carry my spirit far from the chaos and light Of the city built upon brute and might The...

As I pen these things It might literally be all I have Ink on paper Does any of this matter? Then I’m reminded of what I've seen The places I love and the people I.ve been Only Love could have brought me to this place Holding in me a joyful heart while...

We shout up at the sky Until our mouths are bloody and dry Screaming out at a god that seems to be blind To the suffering of us here below; those pushed aside Look around and witness the weight of this darkness I can assure you that ignorance is not bliss...

The wind carries us home Tin cans, recycled air, end the minstrels’ roam Reunite body and mind The walls left broken and crumbling Oh but what did you expect, gone for seasons at a time I’ve closed my eyes to dream Woken only to have lost the spring To...

We pack up our gear And we're gone again Driven by passion, outward Away from family and friends But what they can't see Is that every day I'm drowning in a sea Of faces that I miss so desperately With each flashing countenance A torrent of emotion, jo...

Where our thoughts are there we'll live. Whether it be misery or joy both of which Life freely gives. Languish in the mire of the past or steel our resolve and leave the darkness at our back. Stand firm in the face of our sins owning up to all of it s...

[Verse 1] There can be so much tragedy in a smile Such desperation in embrace We all ache for a taste of humanity As the widow for one last glimpse of her beloved’s face We all ache We all long for security Sanctuary, belonging What then prompts the he...

Here I stand High strung and alone In the court of your Lord's most forgotten son Tell me witness, what's the difference between addiction to truth and conviction? The difference must lie in the actions Spread across a person's life Did it prove to be o...

Oh God, I can’t believe All the places that I’ve been and all of those I’ve come to meet Blessings of faith, when I have only a mustard seed For every hardship in my life I’ll hold Your name and I’ll do just fine All praise are Yours and none are mine...

There is such hope in the stories we’ve been told Recounted endless times by the aging and old Tales of peace, worship and holy places Palaces adorned with gold and lofty terraces But I’m always left with quiet dismay Cause I’m told that some of those I love w...

"I do dimly perceive that while everything around me is ever-changing, ever-dying there is, underlying all that change, a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves, and recreates. That informing power or spirit is Go...

My heart began to race as I drank of Your blood and again I felt the Sleep wash over me like a flood. Blessed and anointed, I stepped out in Your name. Blinded, I thought I carried purpose like a flame. I'm struck deaf and dumb, alone amongst the olives. H...

I've finally found my place, somewhere I feel sane I won't wait on your approval Now you know, now you know my name Disembodied voices circle me Rest is absent as I lay down to sleep My eyes are wide and I can't help but dream Creation bred from chaos,...

Well I can't get too close without wanting all of you So I'll settle right into this back seat But to be honest, I'm not sure if I can take the solitude It's been a long time running Since I sighted my first love And this mountainside's only getting steep...

(How can we know Love when we were never shown it?) Little Richie was the runt of the litter, given a thick hide by father and brothers. Identified more with his sisters and mother, always felt a bit different from the others. A loving marriage from the outs...

How did I let this happen? Let myself slip back into the role of victim Thought I'd left that all "way-back-when" While forgetting Grace, I increased my own tragedy Fallen back into the "how-could-this-have-happened-to-me's" Like some melancholy play Th...

A nine-year drought Brought torrents in May You had chosen what to call me But were given a new name Always the strong one You carried on in faith Broken mother, broken father It was your example that made Grace fully tangible Looking at your mistakes...

I have to break this cycle For another heart, I refuse to be held liable Seeing their eyes fill with tears A burning in my chest, lumps form in my throat I feel every bit of the hurt I've caused, as I realize my worst fears I've wounded another human bein...

These words might mean nothing But it's a chance I'm willing to take Cause maybe I'm wrong and lives can change I'm singing out of my insecurity So someone, somewhere might be impacted by what I've made I fidget and sway back and forth Biting my nails down un...

(We haven't been what you call in love, for a while. Did she know that? She knew it first) That bed of lies I felt only begun to cut an inch As much as you tried to hide it I know You were just dying to flick your switch Tried to play dress up never l...

Raise your glass high And share with me in my joys and grievings I toast to the mountains and valleys To the future and the days gone by I invite you in with good humor and levity All I have is yours and I pray that you drink deeply My cup has been emptied So...

"You don't want to go in there," is all the officer said His face pale as the dead The ride-along saw white grow on his head Hand on his clip, cold metal on his hip Thinking of wasting that monster Sat so close you could spit This is no man No man coul...

This could be the One, the King to come and break our chains! Ambassa- dor of change. We were hungry, filled with fish and bread. How could we relent when legions remain well fed? The multitude will press on, Gracious King at its head. To whom all dominion is...

It's 2 am, as we pull into the humble hotel. German countryside; everyone is shut up tight. Warmth and light welcome, as all file inside. I entered, belated, to see our troop elated, faces filled up with joy. Blessed commu- nication. The source stood behi...

There sit two lovers One’s eyes intently chasing the other’s She doesn’t love him anymore But he’ll stick it out till the end This he had sworn Lying awake in bed Feeling the spot on my chest Where you used to, Where you used to rest your head...

Listen Up These are the things I've been dying to say to you I won't engage in conversation littered with self-righteous rage Because before the words were out of my mouth You already judge what I have to say If you ripped me open Instead of judging my s...

We are all homeless in one way or another Whether we've lost ourselves to lust Inflamed passions for things desired; forgotten the other Wandering aimlessly, in love with something that will only collect dust Or perhaps we've been led into the wilderness...

You are the topic of every epic we have ever been told And as I stand on this cliff, the wind whips through me and I am made bold Once again, Your presence creeps into my consciousness Grace made tangible in this newly anointed place And I am brought to my...

The nights ablaze with blue and red, blurs gliding silent. As the first arrived on the scene, illuminating so vividly the darkness of man, obscene. The blood on his shirt staining darker than that of the flashing red, waving above his head a crimson bran...

Your tradition was an illusion A monstrous pillar of ash Towering high Blacking out the sky The illusion of substance As we pulled that tower down, we saw Heaven kiss the ground Oh G-d, the Life that shot through our bones We cried out for water driven...

I swear this isn’t the end But I still feel so alone Even when I’m surrounded by my best friends Word’s can’t penetrate A tree in the wind I bend Falling faster into the depths I’m falling, I’m falling Under such depression, I can barely even catch my breath...

This room’s alive Breathing In this moment, each one of us is leaving All of life’s worries and troubles far behind Speaking in tongues Sweating blood Rapture Some people search their entire lives for such a cure Screaming silently inside Past horrors plaguing...

If cunning was our birthright Then falsity became our sport Beings like trellises of roses Vines, whose beauty so splendidly hid The vicious biting of recompense Ours alone to bare and grit Self-designed deceptions Jutting out of our skin Warning all p...

[Verse 1] I still lie awake at night Dreaming, doubting, reveling Please, give my hand the words to write, 'cause I just need this off my mind Please, give my tongue the language to speak Refuse to bend to this world of blight Communication Communicatio...

We've all done things that we're ashamed of We think they make us unworthy of love We carry regret in our demeanors Wear it all over our faces In our smallest actions; our greatest fears Daring all who would come near to break the tension To incidentally...

Let the Kingdom fall on this place Those who have never felt Your love Feel Your warm embrace We will proclaim Your continuing creation Made evident by our many reconciliations The blind will see The deaf will hear Loving with every ounce of our being We are m...

There has always been this sneaking suspicion There’s something critical we’ve missed More connected than ever before Yet we are all dying of loneliness The trap was set; we’ve trusted a deception As if there weren’t fullness of life without incorporation...