Jars Of Clay

When I go, don't cry for me In my Father's arms I'll be The 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' face And I will not be ashamed For my Savior knows my name. It don't mat...

I grew this heart into a drifter I never felt the roots I bare I sold my sight, oh brother, sister For a mountain of fool's gold, it's gone Only God knows, God knows where My soul was restless for redemption My feet were lookin' for a place to stand Well, I a...

Images on the sidewalk speak of dream's decent Washed away by storms to graves of cynical lament Dirty canvases to call my own Protest limericks carved by the old pay phone In your picture book I'm trying hard to see Turning endless pages of this tragedy Scul...

Cynical, just your way You play the doubting Thomas Feel the scars and wipe the stains So you fight, and retreat And talk yourself out of believing in any peace that you can't see Blind words you call Blind words will fall You're logical, you can't find any...

The marionetter has your number Pulling your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own Dragging your conscience on the stage and your heart gets rearranged and you cannot tell your mentor from your Maker Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter Over the...

Follow the crowd and love everybody now 'Cause love is the best thing for you now But you changed your mind, you let everybody down But down is the best place for you It's easier that way, you know it's So wrong, can't embrace it Wish sometimes for any other...

Open up your box of sunshine And smile as confetti comes raining down on you You feel a lot like the good guy, but do you know why Everything's so blue Well, love is fire and the coals are barely burning Cold fills the emptiness that fills this empty place I t...

Youre cold that way And thats why you say The things that you say You cant attract The things that you lack Youre trying in vain Chorus: It seems its always the crazy times You find youll wake up and realize It takes more than your saline eyes To make things...

January 1, I've got a lot of things on my mind I'm looking at my body through a new spy satellite Try to lift a finger, but I don't think I can make the call So tell me if I move, 'cause I don't feel anything at all So Carry Me, I'm just a dead man Lying on t...

[verse] I watch you smile You steal the show You take a bow The curtain falls in front of you You're magical, on display I gaze into your eyes and You turn to look the other way [chorus] But I'd really love to know I'd really love to climb My way into your he...

I whisper,"You don't have to worry, we'll survive" Forced smiles underneath the brittle, frozen light No proof that you're 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,...

Must have thought I was so strong Might have ever thought I was the one for this all along But I can't even dream Or imagine how it seems To carry the weight of this crown [Chorus:] It's not as easy as it seems To carry the weight of your dreams Hiding in t...

It's not hard to know what you're thinking When you look down on me now Your trance of love is seeking To turn this world around But in my state of blind confusion No God can pull me out I see your love is willing To turn me inside out And then I see you ther...

The ice is thin enough for walkin' The rope is worn enough to climb My throat is dry enough for talkin' The world is crumblin' but I know why The world is crumblin' but I know why The storm is wild enough for sailing The bridge is weak enough to cross This bo...

You say you heard every word, but I watched you turn away Your eyes grew colder than winter "Love is so intrusive," I thought I heard you say And laugh so unconvincingly Famous last words, "I'm not ready yet" "I won't be gone a minute" Narrow is the road and...

A promise or a dare I would jump if I knew you'd catch me Staring over the edge I can't tell if you'll be here for me I close my eyes and make a wish Turn out the lights and take a breath Pray that when the wick is burned You would say that it's all about lov...

Rain, rain on my face It hasn't stopped raining for days My world is a flood Slowly I become one with the mud [Chorus:] But if I can't swim after forty days and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves Lift me up so high that I cannot fall Lift me up Lift m...

[verse] Be still Let your hand melt into mine The part of me That breathes when you breathe Is losing time I can't find the words to say I'll never say goodbye [chorus] And I'll fly with you Through the night so you know I'm not letting go I'm not letting go...

Convinced of my deception I've always been a fool I fear this love reaction Just like you said I would A rose could never lie About the love it brings And I could never promise To be any of those things [Chorus:] If I was not so weak If I was not so cold If...

God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ the Savior was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan's pow'r When we had gone astray [Chorus:] O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy! O tidings of comfort and joy! From God...

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 the giants wake from their sleep And roll outside of safety's keep And the p...

A flower for your vanity, a penny for your thoughts About the world's insanity and how we've gotten lost Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by And fake a smile as we all say goodbye Goodbye, oh goodbye Say a prayer for recognition, kiss the o...

God, I admit I haven't changed Playing card houses still covering my landscape I never expected You to stay When I'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change I feel Your grace come running over every road I love the way You're calling overflow I feel Y...

I'm here waiting for something new to break my heart So callous laden, I can't feel a thing at all Will You catch my fall? From lost and not found, to run and not hide My hand inside... (Your hand) Fear is keeping time with the beating of my heart Doin' way...

Don't try to reach me, I'm already dead The pain when it grips me, for things that I've done Well I try to make you proud, but for crying out loud Just give me a chance to hide away Exhaustion takes over, will this someday be over? [Chorus:] Fearful tears a...

One spot on an empty canvas One chair in an empty room No place for a revolution No hope if the signs are true We stand at the edge of something Will we ever know what it is Hold on 'cause the wind is rising And we can't get away from it We're in sho...

Oh refuge of my hardened heart Oh fast pursuing lover come As angels dance 'round Your throne My life by captured fare You own Not silhouette of trodden faith Nor death shall not my steps be guide I'll pirouette upon mine grave For in Your path I'll run and h...

[verse] Strangely out of place There's a light filling this room Where none would follow before I can't deny it burns me up inside I fan the flames to melt Away my pride Do I want shelter from the rain Or the rain to wash me way? [chorus] I need you, I need y...

In open fields of wild flowers, she breathes the air and flies away She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses in no simple language Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens As close a heart...

I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away When I die, hallelujah by and by, I'll fly away Some bright morning when this life is over, I'll fly away To a land on God's celestial shore, I'll fly away When the shadows of this life have grown, I'll fly away Li...

It was the fear of God that led me to you And it's the fear of you that takes getting used to I've never been one to hang my heart on a thread But you spun me around and you loved me instead I know I could turn to something other than you 'Cause I don't under...

You sit and stare out at the sky And think of ways to fake a smile But life is never what it seems Sometimes it only take a while I'm in the way of fallin' down I won't let you go that far now I'm in the way of fallin' down I won't let you got that far now I...

There's more that rises in the morning than the sun And more that shines in the night than just the moon There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm In a shelter that is larger than this room And there's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentimen...

there are no streets to walk on no maps you can rely on faith and guts to guide you wander til you find you only raw desire a match to give you fire you have to trust your heart you dont believe in oceans you, you were a sailor who burn your ship and...

I built another temple to a stranger I gave away my heart to the rushing wind I set my course to run right into danger Sought the company of fools instead of friends You know I've been unfaithful Lovers in lines While you're turning over tables with the rage...

"We originally heard this song on a Gavin Bryars recording. It was a 72 minute loop of a homeless man singing this simple chorus over and over. The contrast of one so lowly expressing such certaina nd simple faith was and continues to be nothing short of astou...

It looks a lot like givin' up Peace we bring is a bitter cup Set our bodies down like offerings While we pray to the god of lesser things If the wind should shake this house apart The cradle hits the ground with a broken heart Will we say we never knew a thin...

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 This is not a test You treat me like I'm blind Setting fires around houses on the hill But light gives heat Yo...

Dear God, surround me as I speak, the bridges that I walk across are weak Frustrations fill the void that I can't solely bear Dear God, don't let me fall apart, you've held me close to you I have turned away and searched for answers I can't understand [Chorus...

Arms nailed down, are you telling me something? Eyes turned out, are you looking for someone? This is the one thing, The one thing that I know. Blood-stained brow, are you dying for nothing? Flesh and blood, is it so elemental? This is the one thing, The on...

Come, they told me (pa-rum-pa-pum-pum) A newborn king to see (pa-rum-pa-pum-pum) Our finest gifts we bring (pa-rum-pa-pum-pum) To lay before the king (pa-rum-pa-pum-pum) [x 3] So, to honor Him (pa-rum-pa-pum-pum) When we come Little baby (pa-rum-pa-pum-pum) I...

This is for all the lonely people Thinkin' that life has passed them by Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup Ride that highway in the sky This is for all the single people Thinkin' life has left them dry Don't give up until you drink from the sil...

In open fields of wild flowers, she breathes the air and flies away She thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses in no simple language Someday she'll understand the meaning of it all He's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens As close a heart...

I'm feeling older than my years I'm feeling pain inside my chest It's love that keeps me silent It's my silence that you detest Rivers flow into the oceans And oceans never fill I want to kiss your lips, but I know I never will Love's a hard decision to risk...

Empty again Sunken down so far So scared to fall I might not get up again So I lay at your feet All my brokenness I carry all of my burdens to you [Chorus:] All of these things I've held up in vain No reason nor rhyme Just the scars that remain Of all of th...

Let the wind fall wild across my path Even though we barely move, there's no turning back There is a river, there is a road, place of holy riches untold It's where I'm supposed to be... my heavenly I know it never feels right to let go of the safety we're use...

For those under the clouds Staring up in awesome wonder As tears come slowly down I'm reaching up a needful hand [Chorus:] You are my eyes when I cannot see You are my voice, see, sing through me You are my strength in weakness be To find that I could fall...

Collapsing was much softer Still falling always hurt Only after sensing your love For always ever burned You justified my folly My affluent disguise Removed revealing nothing Yet nothing unforgiven lies Unforgiven lies No one loves me like you No one loves me...

Oh my God, look around this place Your fingers reach around the bone You set the break and set the tone Flights of grace, and future falls In 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 i...

I'm a fair weather friend I'm a colorless view but I'm willin' to make a deal If you think you can make some faith here inside I'll drive off and marry you I'm only alive with you I can't get by and I won't get through So put me in the river and let me say I...

You name me, who am I? That I should company With something so divine? Mercy waits, overjoyed Prospect of finding, freeing Freeing me Love is the thing this time I'm sure That I couldn't need you more now The way that you saw Things were so pure and overjoye...

"Portrait Of An Apology" Look what I've done This picture I've painted It looks like my heart Or what still remains Convinced of the weight Your interpretations Are not what I see I wish they could be I remember it much redder I remember it much brighter [...

[verse] Peace takes a taxi To the underground I wanna love the world But I don't know how Blame it on the d.j. Playin' all the fast songs Ain't spinnin' anything That I can sing along [chorus] So if you know the words Then try to sing along And when you get t...

Carry me, Your love is wider than my need could ever be Come to me, and I will walk along Your shore Feel Your crashing waves sing in time with the music of my heart Pour out, come down on me Pour out, come down on me River deep, could I know You as well as...

Another sleepy Sunday, safe within the walls Outside a dying world in desperation calls But no-one hears the cries, or knows what they're about The doors are locked within, or is it from, without... [Chorus:] Looking through rose colored stained glass window...

Say how's the weather, so I look out the window To brighten my soul, but I can't control the rain That keeps falling Smile on the outside that never comes in A comedy, mystery, irony, tragedy So I scream "let the show begin" You break me open, turn on the lig...

[verse] If I was your love I would want only you I'd lay at this alter Give all I am, all that is true [chorus] And this old scarlet letter won't Keep me from holding you And there is nothing you can do Nothing you do Nothing you do [verse] For love I have s...

Speak- say the words that no one else will ever say Love- love like the world we know is over in a day I'm gonna show you a love in every language I'm gonna speak with the words that need no form I'm gonna give you what you never had before You're beautiful...

[verse] Take Take till there's nothing Nothing to turn to Nothing when you get through Won't you break Scattered pieces of all I've been Bowing to all I've been Running to Where are you? Where are you? [verse] Did you leave me unbreakable? You leave me frozen...

I love the way, the way you carry on You make me wanna say, you make me wanna sing another love song Sing another love song, sing another love song Sing another love song to you Bury my head for the shame, you pick me pup, you say I look like you Though it m...

It's not my problem anymore You see it never really was So you can stop 'caring' as you call it and I'll be fine right here You see that I can play a pretty convincing role So I don't need you, I don't think I need you [Chorus:] But you see through my forev...

[verse] If you put your arms around me Could it change the way I feel I guess I let myself believe That the outside might just Bleed it's way in Maybe stir the sleeping past Lying under glass Waiting for the kiss That breaks this awful spell Pull me out...of t...

Sunny days keepin' the clouds away I think we're coming to a clearing and a brighter day So far away. Still I think they say The wait will make the heart grow stronger or fonder I can't quite remember anyway So if you're waitin' for love Well it's a promise...

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 poc...

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 Looking for place to hide Waiting for the wind to rise My soul is waiting Looking for a place to hide I need a little...

Fare thee well Trade in all our words for tea and sympathy Wonder why we tried, for things that could never be Play our hearts lament, like an unrehearsed symphony Not intend To leave this castle full of empty rooms Our love the captive in the tower never res...

She always knew the things to say She had a smile to end a frown Sometimes it seems she didn't notice Sometimes she dreams Sometimes she tries to dance She calls out "Hi Ho Silver" from her chair She dreams of somehow saving the day The chair a pressing door...

[verse] Have you ever been haunted The way I've been by you? And have you ever felt The measure of the days That I've spent waiting Pining for you? [chorus] I can't see the sun for the daylight I can't feel Your breath For the wind I don't want to step from T...

[verse] Trace the shape of my heart Till it becomes more familiar To your eyes I've been lost without you Cold without your love It's taken days and nights To make me realize [chorus] Rescue me from hanging on this line I won't give up on giving you The chanc...

I'm sure that I could never make it through the night without you here the fires in the sky illuminate the demons closing in have mercy on my soul if I am not the last have mercy on my soul if I am not the last to go as I crawl around these trails a...

There is a river that washes you clean There is a tree that marks the places you've been Blood that was spilled, although not your own, For all of your tears, are the wages for things you have done And all of those nights Spent alone in the darkness of your m...

[verse] Not much for conversation I still find need to pray Sometimes I get tired of walking Through these ordinary days If nothing else I get to see you Even if we never speak The harm of words though sometimes We don't quite know What they really mean [chor...

My wings don't sail me to the sky On my own these wings won't fly Jesus told me so Still I'm not so sure that I know Can't find no rest for my soul Can't find no rest on my own Jesus told me so Still I'm not so sure that I know Man, the trouble is We don't k...

Faultless in the eyes that I could never open wide enough to see me through Much to my surprise it never orbits around the things you should hold me to I stand here...wondering And I'm waiting [Chorus:] My ear is twisted in all the thoughts A glimpse of tru...

I never minded calling You a King If that meant that I could count on You To give me everything I never thought to ask You I always thought You knew It was never my intention to question You You never minded calling me a child Well, I guess that's how I acted...

I'm afraid it's been too long to try to find the reasons why I let my world close in around a smaller patch of fading sky But now I've grown beyond the walls to where I've never been And it's still winter in my wonderland I'm waiting for the world to fall I'm...

I do not love you the way I did when we met There are secrets and arguments that I haven't finished yet It's only that grace has outlived our regrets We're still here Maybe we can stay 'Til the last drop of water flows under the bridge We can stay 'Til the la...

Light of the world Are you still here? And are we illuminating? When love becomes a delicate display So weak, dissolved by anything Love lies here waiting all alone Can a king be a king Weighed down? Our hearts, a bubble maker's dream Moved on by winds of ev...

[verse] All her wants to fill a need She wants to save you with Her bandages after she makes You bleed Like a vampire, a parasite Stretch the necks of her victims She finds her prey in broad Daylight So when you're up, she's down You're down, she's up It whips...

The mood is right The spirits up We're here tonight And that's enough Simply having a wonderful Christmas time Simply having a wonderful Christmas time The party's on The feeling's here That only comes This time of year Simply having a wonderful Christmas t...

Just in case, I will leave my things packed So I can run away I cannot trust these voices I don't have a line of prospects that can give some kind of peace There is nothing left to cling to that can bring me sweet release I have no fear of drowning It's the b...

I am the only one to blame for this Somehow it all ends up the same Soaring on the wings of selfish pride I flew too high and like Icarus I collide With a world I try so hard to leave behind To rid myself of all but love to give and die To turn away and not b...