1. |
Heartless
02:49
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When I’m hard pressed
I don’t know what I’ve accomplished
Can I be the hands and feet
Here in this mess
It’s hard holding to the promise
Sometimes if I’m being honest
But Robby and his wife and kid
They’re off to France to make a difference
This kind of This is always hard
Now everything is changing
But at least I’m not too far
When I’m heartless
and absent in the darkness
Remember I’m not forgotten
It’s my heart that needs to soften
It’s August
my friends are moving back to college
while I’m crawling in an organ
to make the rent
This kind of thing is all we are
At least Luke’s still busy painting
& Graham’s still playing the Jaguar
I know I need to be bolder
I know
I need to hold her
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2. |
Capacity
03:34
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Breathe out
Lungs are filling quickly
I’m crying out for space
I need to make some
What an expectation
I can’t fix everything
I pray for healing
Do You pray for healing?
Oh my God
We’re still recovering
And have mercy on me
I am still so sorry
The words they won’t stop ringing
Ringing
We’re reaching capacity
Unfold these things we tried
We tried to bury
In a moment of weakness
I can’t be everything
I can’t be everything I hate
Do you pray for healing?
I pray for healing
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3. |
Shape
03:18
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Harboring on 91st
I harken back to then
I don't know how to heal
how to heal what's happening
How did we take this shape
From keeping the neighbors awake
I’ll watch you blur
No music or embrace
Maybe you’re just scared
of losing, of ruining
How’d we get so lost
How’d we get so caught
How do I care for you
I love you man
I'm just hurting
I’m hurting
I sat across from you
I said "what can I do"
You start listing all the things
that bother you
Dating back to when we first moved in
You carried this like a burden
And I'm still torn wondering
Where I lost you man
How'd we get so caught
How'd we get so lost
How's we get so caught
How'd we get so lost
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4. |
Raining Red
04:37
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I know too well, the passing time
We were unashamed and longing by design
The burn went cold, I knew the lie
Because it never satisfied
All around you it’s raining red
There are open arms to crash into again
There’s a love, a fire, a homestead
Can’t you find a place to rest your head
My friends
I’ll wait for the day, you find room in your heart
To pick up your cross, You wouldn’t know where to start
Now we both know It’d tear you apart
Your bones & quip they’re not enough
Let’s write it out, write it all out
You throw out your questions
You’re sharpening your doubt
Distrust your creator, by creating something else
Ring it all out,
You’re running out
You shout it out
You’re running out
You shout it out
The years they died
The fear & life
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5. |
What We Brought
04:20
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My heart can’t hear another might
My arms, now heavy all the time
I’m shaking at the thought of the sight
No affirmation not this time
And if I’m honest to myself,
I’m troubled at the thought,
But Times like these there’s nothing else
We’re left with what we brought
We were spelling out three letter words,
Making straight lines
Spoken slowly, treasuring time
Tainted visions easily
Senseless entirety
It’s still weighing down on me
I’ll trust eventually
We’re left with what we brought
Here is a test of growth
Now that I know
I never would have thought
We’re left with what we brought
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6. |
Altitude
01:41
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7. |
All I Have (Statues)
04:59
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Can I muster up an offering
or just put it down again
Can I turn this in to anything
Or turn up nothing again
The sun set yesterday
I turn restless till I forget
Am I giving all I have to you
Am I giving it all I have
I think in terms
of building statues
I don’t stop
long enough to hold you
I’d grapple up a mountain
to find a way to you
I won’t stop to catch my breath
Until I reach altitude
I’m torn up and I’m worn out
I collapse at the end of the day
It’s my heaviness you’re carrying
The weight of everything
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8. |
Fortify
03:48
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Fortify your heart, your mind
Separate to multiply
Slow to compartmentalize
Substantiate with passing time
It’s getting harder here to let you go
It’s getting harder here to lose control
And I’ll lay myself awake
In the middle of the night
Inconsistency
is cutting the light
Anticipate a slow reply taller i
Knowing home as city lights
Stayin’ occupied and keepin’ busy
To keep my mind off of the city
Take it all
And draw us in
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9. |
New Storm
03:39
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Father shake me awake
Rip the ground from underneath
I want to feel everything
& I, I want to radiate
Father what do I have to do?
To stay feeling close to you
Maybe if I write it all out
Maybe I’ll abandon myself
Can I wash this off my hands
Can I make it calvary on which I stand
& here’s a new storm
& it’s rolling in
& I’m in my head
& I’m in my head
It’s that time of year again
The leaves, they’re finally falling
& I’m not alright With how I’ve been living
I, I’ve gotta learn to listen
I was made in the image
Yet I’m still afraid & insufficient
But I remember Nate and all of his convictions
The shed blood, and the sacrifice of Jesus
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10. |
Birthday
05:51
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You called me on your drive home
You needed to know that I’m all alone
You couldn’t wait to tell me that you kissed her
And this time you wanted it to be better
It’s real this time
it’s a different kind
The look in her eyes
It’s an honest crime
On your birthday, make a mixtape every year
I don’t want to tear down what we’re building here
But this is how I’m feeling
And I’m okay with that
But this is how I’m feeling
And I’m okay with that
You snuck out of your parents house
to swim in the pond at the bottom of the hill
Drive until the sun comes up
As if there’s no such thing as time to kill
You called me on your drive home
Told me you were all alone
You couldn’t do it anymore
You said through tears you couldn’t see the road
She said she feels just like the rest of them
And she was really trying
Said even good things sometimes end
And she just wants the best for him
Now you only ask about each other from time to time
You never told her that you loved her
you didn’t want to cross that line
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11. |
Parting Us From Doubt
03:25
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I know I’m just letting this freak me out
I guess that’s just my way
Now I’m parting us from doubt
I’ll hold this thing together, I’ll find us a way
and I know He’s got me covered,
There is a plan there is a way, I’ll never do it by myself
There are words, there are words to say.
We’re losing sight of what home is
We’re crashing through the waves
We’re closer than ever now the move is
It’s coming any day
I’m holding fast to the promise
But I’m still so afraid
There’s nothing wrong and I trust you
I’m just terrified of change
Don’t run
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