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I. Perhaps
02:28
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Perhaps my dreams weren’t big enough
Perhaps my mouth went dry
Perhaps the words escaped my lips
But no one heard me cry.
Perhaps your father’s sick of work
Perhaps your brother’s blind
I walked for hours aimlessly
And no one seemed to mind.
I walked for hours aimlessly
And no one seemed to mind.
I showed up late to work one day
And no one asked me why
And through the window next to me
I caught a stranger’s eye.
She lingered there a moment passed
She mouthed the words, “goodbye”
Then disappeared so carefully
Into the western sky
Then disappeared so carefully
Into the western sky.
And I heard it once said
That heaven’s all around
And one day when we’re older
We’ll leave this tired ground.
Come see the things they’ve found!
I wait for the alter
I sing for the lamb
I keep my eyes open,
Or at least the best I can
So, yes dreams my dreams weren’t big enough
And yes, my mouth went dry
I kept the words internally
But someone heard me cry
I kept the words internally
But someone heard me cry.
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II. When I Fall
03:16
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When I fall, I'm gonna get back up, gonna get back up, you're gonna fill my cup
Lord, don’t take me down, don’t take me down.
I was blind and now I see, but sometimes you’re not clear to me
Lord, don’t take me down, don’t take me down.
Now the road, won’t be easy, you said to me.
There’ll be doubts, there’ll be worry – just cling to me.
When I cry you gonna wipe my tears, gonna wipe my tears, gonna calm my fears
Cause this mess inside of my mind head it will drive me insane
Great is Thy faithfulness, great is Thy faithfulness
I am the stoic and I am the pessimist
Help me get out of this
Apathy, artiface, rage.
Now you said, your yoke was easy, your burden was light
And you’d capture us in lightness and you’d blot out the night
I am a weary child
I walk a lonely mile
Only cause I refuse to look beside me
I am the far out one
I question and I run
But I need a Savior, I know.
Now you said, your yoke was easy, your burden was light
And you’d capture us in lightness and you’d blot out the night
And when I fall I’m gonna get back up
My Savior, Amen.
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III. Mighty Fortress
02:27
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A mighty fortress
A mighty fortress is our God
He cannot be shaken
He will not be made a fool of
Behold the lofty mountains
the high hills, they will run with water
in that day of great slaughter, when the towers fall
the clay regards the potter
oh, can I be your daughter?
When the fire burns
Will you call me by name?
But how? How can it be?
When all I do is doubt and
Trust my own feet?
What, mercy. Sweet mercy he has on me.
He calls us to the waters
He calls us to the wilderness
He calls us child, forgiven, free
He calms the storm inside
His righteousness is victory
His death, it lives inside of me
Oh resurrect us, resurrect me
He’s faithful now forever will be
And when we fail his faith will still be
Oh, God don’t turn your face from me.
God you’re all I ever wanted
Every needed, ever spotted
In the beauty of this mess
My God, my God, my mighty fortress.
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IV. Shepherd
02:53
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He is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
Calming the waters
Calming my thought.
Lay me down in pastures of your making.
Green and cool – the mountains ‘round are shaking.
Even though the valley’s dark as death
I fear no evil, you fill me with steadfast breath.
A table before me, in the presence of foes
Anoint me with oil, my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow my days
Forever you’ve changed me, in every way.
My dwelling place, the household of my Lord.
Love like thunder, words sharper than any sword.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Amen.
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V. Waiting
03:11
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Waiting for you is like
Waiting for sun in the winter
It’s getting cold
But I can wait here
With this red scarf around my neck.
It’s getting late
The candle sputters in the window
Dimming all the places we know
Now I can’t see the way to go.
I waited a time
But time, how it passes
And the years, they go by
And oh, how we waste them
We waste them.
Waiting for you is like
Waiting for rain in the summer
The garden thirsts
But it still sits there
Hoping for changes
In the wind.
I came to you once
To tell you how I was feelin’
Told you I was free
But man, I guess I was lyin’
I was lyin’ to my self…
In Colorado, babe.
I sit here, Lord,
Thinkin’ bout grace and how you gave it
And Im so glad cause I can’t fake it
I’m desperate for the love you give.
Waiting for You is like
Writing the words to a song
All this time I am still searching
But you’re right there all along.
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VI. Be Thou Vision
02:45
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Be Thou my vision
Oh, Lord of my heart.
Naught be all else to me
save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought.
Waking or sleeping, my life.
Be Thou my wisdom,
be my true word.
High King of heaven,
my victory won.
May I reach heaven's joys?
Oh, bright heaven's sun.
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VII. Ms. Pat's Song
01:47
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Spirit,
fall on us like the rain,
fall on us like the rain, Holy Spirit.
Blow on us,
blow on us like the wind,
blow on us like the wind, Holy Spirit.
Shine on us like the sun,
like the sun.
Sanctify and heal us,
make us one.
Oh, Lord my God,
how great Thou art.
How great Thou art!
Spirit,
fall on us like the rain,
fall on us like the rain, Holy Spirit.
Blow on us,
blow on us like the wind,
blow on us like the wind, Holy Spirit.
Shine on us like the sun,
like the sun.
Sanctify and heal us,
make us one.
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