Theocracy

What’s the bottom line? Or what’s the price I’d take to leave it all behind? To trade a cross of shame for glory of mankind To sell a crown of life for pennies on the dime And trade eternity for one moment in time For if the key to life is right here in my ha...

We march to the beat of a different drummer Duty, decree, and a sense of wonder Enemies gathering on all sides A single voice echoing deep inside Destroying the fear And drowning out the thunder Listen soldiers, gather 'round All the strongholds must be found...

Behold the tower brick by brick we raise it upward to the sky To reach the heights of heaven and beyond With eyes of fire and burning pride our power cannot be denied So God Himself can look at what we've done Questioning my own intent and motive Babel, are y...

The stage is set A courtroom where I stand shackled in chains No defense to fight the charges brought against my name Guilty on all counts And the penalty is death I cannot say a word because I have no words to say For I deserve the final judgment br...

All I Want For Christmas Well Santa had to close up his workshop Sometime after Christmas '09 'Cause sadly the economy's a mess and jobs are hard to find It's sad to see our holiday heroes Struggling to just make a dime But it's sink or swim, 'cau...

Build a fire and fan the flame Sacrifice without a name Offerings on the altar to the unknown god Multitudes of gods cover our landscapes and our lives Images of deities and halls of sacrifice Philosophers and scholars and sophisticates we are Our gods...

Hey weary traveler, have you finally lost your way? You dream of turning back the clock to yesterday What seemed so simple then has now faded away And you‘d often wonder why The truth surrendered as the years went by You grabbed the simple gift and held...

Why do we only call Your name when there’s no one else to call? And we only really seek You when our mighty towers fall Why do we say You’ve failed us and You’ve turned Your eyes away When we’re only sleeping in the bed we made? Why do we call for free wi...

All my life, I've waited and watched through the eyes of faith To see the consolation of Israel And even though the flame of my life is now growing dim I know I'll see the Savior of Israel For the Spirit of the Lord has promised unto me That I would not see de...

Destitution, all the others have gone Lert you there all alone Don't be afraid, this world is not your home Disillusioned, just a pilgrim passing through Disdained in everything you do But there's a single light that's shining through the dark Because of...

[Angels We Have Heard on High] Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plains And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo. [Carol of the Bells - Instrumental] [We Three King...

She's alright, she lies and tells herself Through every artificial smile Since he walked, and left her with their unborn child Denial Stop the world Life's a ripoff and she's more than paid the price Looks around at what‘s leit of her burning paradise...

see a ghost, a spirit Walking on the water He bids me come to Him Without a boat To walk upon the sea So I jump over the edge And take a step upon the water I’m getting closer As I feel the sea move Underneath my feet I feel the wind and hear The...

Three days in darkness far below Death hearkens from an age ago The ancient promise that we waited for so long Has gone away All hope is lost, left upon that cross A bloodstained robe It seems redemption's dream has died Visions and the prophecies all washed...

Messenger of ages Carried on the wings of second birth Unto the silent secrets of the earth Justice generation Anthem for the sense of purpose we lost We rise above and count the cost We are the ones the others left behind Breath of life from the four w...

A child in sweet duplicity For innocence? Or slavery to nature And the bents that haunt him straight out of the womb? He doesn’t have to learn the things unseemly that his instinct brings To carry like a burden from the cradle to the tomb You’ll never hav...

I am the light upon your path when you have lost your way I am the footprints in the sand the ocean's tide can't wash away I am the shelter from the storm that rages on and on The incorruptible foundation that the wise man builds upon I am the bread that f...

The price upon my head is death They've pushed us underground For all who dare to speak the name The Iron Fist comes down Face the test, put to death if discovered It's the price we pay Lord, bless my brothers with courage, I pray (Enemies castigate B...

As I sit alone and tired, with time to spare Temptation rears its ugly head Born from a deceptive dream into a nightmare It calls to me again Testing me to see if I will break this time Or at least how far I'll bend I can see its glowing eyes and hear its evil...

So the candle’s gone out, it’s been soaked by the rain And the cold winds of doubt have extinguished the flame The lighthouse sits idly in darkness again As the ship sails ocean alone The sun’s frozen over and all has gone cold And the fires of the past h...

Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum A new born King to see, pa rum pum pum pum Our finest gifts we bring, pa rum pum pum pum To lay before the King, pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, So to honor Him, pa rum pum pum pum, When we come. Li...

Courage not of this earth in your eyes Faith from far beyond lies deep inside With your life you dedicate with your death you permeate Frozen hearts and unbelieving minds Watch the whole world watch See the whole world see Courage into sleep Life and death su...

What do you see when you look around? In the shadows where you would think no light could be found It’s there Pictures and signs in these modern times? It’s there to be seen if you read between the lines Everywhere Tell me, do you see what I see? Tools...

I. The House of Mirrors Listen to the tale I tell a haunting dream I know so well When walking home alone one night my path revealed by candlelight Ahead I see an open door with no idea what's in store I glance inside the door to see a hall of mirrors...

I'm searching to find what's beyond each horizon To the end of one world and on to a new on (Always chasing golden sunsets) I'm struggling out to the depths of the valley And my weary legs have failed me once again (So I give my broken soul to You) And...

I’ve been working for my whole life to get to the other side And try to achieve true righteousness All the scourges and whips I cracked The flesh I ripped off my back It only led me to emptiness Here I am, a broken man who’s done all that a man could do...

In my dreams I have seen beyond In my dreams I have seen what I am coming from Visions of my eternity Visions of a celestial holy city Twelve gates of Jerusalem Twelve angels surround the wall Only one way leads inside the gates Only one way prepared f...

The tears stream down her face onto the cold hospital bed Just like a prisoner between four ugly walls The fear she can't control is running rampant in her head With every day she spent just waiting for that call And I will never leave her side We walk the tig...

Fake tears in the aisles Lies, fear and denial Glass cages and rivals False threats of reprisal One more rally cause and off we go We've got 'em primed and ready to explode The narcissist machinery, forging a self-made victims' new society This world i...

Shame covers me What was Light has turned To Dark Pain torments me Where there once was something holy now beats my blackended heart Sin has tangled me My life is broken and I bleed eternally Grief’s controlling me So I cry out to the only one who can...

A supernatural visitation at the highest order Reanimation of the flame once blazing Somewhere along the way we lost the spark of passion to replacement Complacent Amazing Glimpse of heaven Reclaiming glory raining down We once were Anointed Appointe...

Close your eyes, you little dreamers Numbered as the grains of sand Do you believe there is a treasure you can’t hold in your hand? Stewards of My great Creation I will give this gift to you A language that can speak your heart when words could never do...

1. The Gift Gloria gloria underneath a burning star seeking their salvation see them searching for the ONe who's come to heal their nation prochecy incarnate holiness in flesh arrived the star has shown the path to life and hope is now alive For unto...

Born into the darkness Thrown into the viper's den The serpent in the cradle takes the child into its nest of sin Slowly suffocating The souls of victims it has found Into the vicious cycle, on the path that only leads us down Rate-race-fuled machiner...

She stares ahead in silence again Her eyes tell me of struggles, loss and pain A mask to hide a world of sorrow Where hollow, painted smiles remain The flesh whispers its lies to me And walks me to the edge so far to fall I'll never have another chance i...

Paradoxes of all time, limitations of the mind Darkly looking through a mirror, parallel distorted lines All our knowledge and our plans, every circumstance of man All the wisdom that we’ve gathered never reaches the divine (Wake the wonder of it all)...

As the circle forms tonight And I take my place to execute my "right" Call the filthy ones into my sight Bring the sinners one by one Stones of judgment shall avenge the things they've done But then I raise my head and stare into the Son Oh, then I feel my bl...

At the center of my heart there sits a throne That the rightful occupant's not always free to call His own For how can I give the King His place of worth above all else When I spend my time striving to place that corwn upon myself Battle cry, to engage...

[I. Descent Into The Valley Of The Shadow] Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will not fear Yea, though I breathe heavy struggle in every breath I will draw near [II. Passage Through The Valley] I have broken bread with e...

Sin ripped apart my family like a jackal on the carcass of a beast exposing all the vultures who were waiting in the wings to join the feast Descending like spiders, preparing to poison your prey you smile on the outside while planning a way to make the gui...

Concrete and coldness Cobwebs and chaos Poison and promises Liars and lies Deception falls like ashes from the skies Intentions and motive lost to distraction It sometimes seems easier to leave it alone And sort through the wreckage when the buzzards l...

I. A Christmas Curse December 7 North Pole, 3 p.m. I am Festus Claus, the son of Santa And I've got a thing for Frosty's daughter Father says, "No way, because a month from now she'll turn into a puddle of water This December love affair is doomed becau...