Josh Garrels

There’s a time in our lives To return, sacrifice Wild grass has grown high On the path between our lives There’s a light in the trees It’s closer now, I’m on my knees Oh Father, forgive me, please I came a long, long way back home To see you one more...

I have seen enough to know that Your love's the only anchor for my soul so please, don't ever let me go if You do, I would be lost forever, Lord swept away by the waves in the storm Oh, Lord of the wind and the waves if You're with us, we will not be af...

I went the ways of wayward winds In a world of trouble and sin Walked a long and crooked mile Behind a million rank and file Forgot where I came from Somewhere back when I was young I was a good man’s child ‘Cause I lost some nameless things My innoce...

May all of your days shine brightly And your nights be blessed with peace Wherever you lay down to sleep And all things are made good For those who believe May you grow from a seed Into a strong, fruitful tree As the days unfold Hold your brea...

Stand on the shores of a site unseen The substance of this dwells in me Cause my natural eyes only go skin deep But the eye’s of my heart anchor the sea Plumbing the depths to the place in between The tangible world and the land of a dreams Because every...

I came into the world, into the wild No place for a child Used my voice to howl With the ghouls of night In the dying light Had to learn, to get what I need In the dark, empty Instincts are guiding me Like a beast to some blood And I can’t g...

I was wrong, everybody needs someone, to hold on Take my hand, I’ve been a lonesome man, took a while to understand There's some things we can’t live without, A man’s so prone to doubt, Faithful are the wounds from friends. So give it just a little time,...

Children of the earth once dust but now life living in times of flesh and bone Behold, spiritual warfare set a flame in my heart Illuminate the darkest hours where I wait, before the dawn to see the glory and the power of the Lord Hallelujah the...

Lift up your shoulders, child Breathe in Carry the weight of love You’ve been given Storm is passing by Light breaks in As you learn to sing Every color can Be unwound Woven into a wave Of beautiful sound Open the heavenliness and Shak...

We can feel creation groan It’s crying out for God Every night when stars come out I hear creations song It sings, Oh Lord We sing, Oh Lord You are light and you are love You are flesh and you are blood Peace will come to those who love Peace will...

Brother, come on, open up you eyes Quit believing all those lies That the devil's been telling you Sister, I know that it happened again But girl, you know that you’ve got a friend I’ve been there too Brother, you can take off that mask you wear Quit...

When we were young We walked where we wanted to Life was ours And now we’re old We go where we’re told The Lord’s Spirit calls He’s singing "Follow my road to sorrow and joy Be intertwined And find All things are under my wings And rise...

Please, don’t wait for me I lost my way again I lost my job, I walked away From the life that I was leading with my friends When I was young, I dreamed Of a life that had freedom that had joy Oh, life, it crushed my soul With its cruel demands an...

Farther along - we’ll know all about it Farther along - we’ll understand why Cheer up, my brothers, live in the sunshine We’ll understand this, all by and by Tempted and tried, I wondered why The good man died, the bad man thrives And Jesus cries...

Higher than the yonder mountain and deeper than the sea From the breadth of the east unto the west Is the love that started with a seed Stronger than the wildest horses and the rising tide The chords of death hung so heavy round our necks Will be left at...

Got so much I’m dying to tell you But you can’t bear to hear me now In a little while I must move on But I’ll send my love to you You can call my name And I will find you Heaven and hell can’t separate our love I’m doing this all for you my love...

Broken wing, forgotten dream, shattered thing That a man's hands can’t ever truly mend Shadow land, desert sand, a man searches For a love that’ll never die Truth be known, you’re not alone Your aching bones will find a home In place where God, he...

Take my hand I won’t let go We’ve waited so long And all my life I walked alone To you, my heart, my home Like the first man I was cut so deep by heaven’s knife When I awoke from my sleep Oh my Lord, she’s beautiful She’s a part of me She’s my wif...

Who is there at the end of lonesome roads? All of us hope there’s a home A place to rest where wounds get dressed, the table’s full The sound of laughter in the halls Light the fire, gather ‘round Join together, sing it loud Raise the glass and j...

sitting on porches since Friday while the sky tilts like a watery glass we wait for downpours a drenching joy a carnival sky but what I don't say what I can't say is that with this joy comes a mourning something left behind blue lined, teary, mingle...

All my love, all I’ve done Falls apart, is undone Built a tower - You tore it down I am weak - You are strong Who can tame Leviathan? Mouth of Sheol sings a lonely song Yahweh gives and takes away Will you curse or bless the Name? Trial tests...

Feel the wind blow, through the window, I know, that we’ll make it through It’s a million miles from, where we begun, and I, I still love you I remember, as clear as ever, the day, when we first met Lord you know I, l love to hold her eyes, in mine eve...

There’s a place, a garden for the young To laugh and dance in safety among The shimmering light in the shade of the trees But steal a bite and paradise is lost With darkened hearts we didn’t count the cost Forgot all we left behind Life picks up speed b...

I will arise and follow you Savior please, pilot me Over the waves and through every sorrow Savior please, pilot me When I have no more strength left to follow Fall on my knees, pilot me May your sun rise and lead me on Over the sea’s, savior pilot m...

Run, run so fast Over fields and grass At last, at last We escaped from the trap With the rabbit and the bear And the sparrows of the air Come one, come all The hunter is gone And this is our chance To crawl under the wire Through the dar...

Had a dream I was alone A vast expanse of complete unknown Sea of glass so clear it shown, Like gold Then a voice like thunder clapped, As a dead man I collapsed I am the first, I am the last, Now rise my son Then behold ten thousand kings, And every...

I hung my head, for the last time In surrender and despair Before I’m dead, I’ll take the last climb Up the mountain, face my fears The time has come, to make a choice Use my voice for the love of every man My minds made up, never again Never again, wil...

The times are changin' I can feel it in my bones 'Cause I'm standing on the edge of the other side of all that I've known It's been a long time comin' I take one last breath With my eyes open wide, smilin' up into the skies it begins with a step F...

ref. Praise the Lord, when it's all gone wrong Everything fades but our love shines on Praise the Lord, when your hope is gone Everything fades but our love shines on Like waves on the ocean singing old songs Like waves on the ocean breaking beyond S...

Hold on, before I slip away The flames gone dark, I am afraid How strong is flesh and blood I cannot take back what I’ve done To you, my sweetest friend I betrayed you, I walked away again Now all that’s left is what might have been Please forgi...

Sweet songbird singing in the morning hour Waking me up to tell me how Another day passes along I love that simple song that reminds me I’m getting closer to you And every time thoughts tumble down My mind is unwound So much to say Maybe on an...

An arrow is stuck between my ribs And I pray to God, "Don’t let it end like this" I fought like a man with will to live But I was betrayed by the man within How on earth did it all go down like this? I’ve got no words to make sense of it My shield...

You left on a Saturday In her hands you passed away On seashores we laughed and played Only months ago And I know you tried so hard To heal the space between our hearts And now your work is done For your daughters and sons ref. Swing low to the groun...

I was born into a system constructed for failure It’s a sinking ship manned by drunken sailors An escape artist behind the bars of a jailor An asthmatic attack when we forgot the inhaler If the shoe doesn’t fit what good is a tailor In the midst of a cris...

I’m holding on to the hope that one day this could be made right. I’ve been shipwrecked, and left for dead, and I have seen the darkest sights. Everyone I’ve loved seems like a stranger in the night But Oh my heart still burns, tells me to return, and search...

When the night comes, and you don’t know which way to go Through the shadowlands, and forgotten paths, you will find a road Like an owl you must fly by moonlight with an open eye, And use your instinct as a guide, to navigate the ways that lays be...

Heaven and the earth will pass away But your words all remain And my hands are growing old And weary with pain Still I fold them to pray To the one unchanged Yesterday and today Oh YHWH I will try to stay awake Take my last breath of faith...

Oh, great mammon of form and function Careless consumerist consumption Dangerous dysfunction Disguised as expensive taste I’m a people disgraced By what I claim I need And what I want to waste I take no account for nothing If it’s not mine I...