Weaving New Blankets of Words
Thread Topic: Weaving New Blankets of Words
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I love some of these songs 😊
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*returns two weeks later oops*
Yay~ :)
I bought Theocracy's albums lately and woot more lyrics to add here. -
As the World Bleeds - Theocracy
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 will, but reject all consequence?
Why's the path we've made to Heaven stained with the blood of innocence?
Why'd we ignore the warnings that we've read and always known
And get angry when we reap the things we've sown?
So we blame You
'Cause our world's not come out right
While the devil's masquerading
As an angel of the light
Just imagine
All the pride and all the nerve
To ask where You've been, when we're the ones we serve
It's not a mystery, it's been foretold
But we ignored the warning bell so long ago
There's a way that seems right unto men, but we'll die with the wages of sin
As the world lies bleeding
The giant is no longer sleeping
Poisoned harvest reaping
Blindly we just carry on, but the glory is gone
Gone
We live our lives like we could care less what You have to say
Then curse the skies when You don't come clean up the ugly mess we've made
But You gave us a choice and we made it and dug ourselves into a hole
We always thought we knew the way despite the things You said
We just ignored the pile of bodies and the bloodstains on the bed
Painting ourselves right into a corner as life spiraled out of control
As the world lies bleeding
The giant is no longer sleeping
All we've sown now reaping
Blindly we just carry on, but the glory is gone
See us Our promised land of milk and honey
Became a land of filth and money
Like Babylon and Rome before
A land of greed and sin and guilt, a stained and scarlet whore
See us Living in our ivory towers
Self-appointed kings with no power
Built a monument to man
We're passing down empty decrees like a disease across the land
This is the system we've created
This is the world so devastated
This is what it looks like when mankind asks You to just leave us alone
This is the monster now awakened
This is our legacy creation
This is the place we end up when we say that we can do this on our own
This is our masterpiece: corruption
This is our monument: destruction
Game point of life and death, the nadir of existence painted black
This is the road to hell we've wandered
This is inheritance we've squandered
So raise a glass to all we've lost and wonder if we'll ever get it back
Nations calling "Our will be done, mankind answers to no one"
But now it has begun In death, our sin hath borne a son
Please forgive us for we've only made it worse
Even after You had warned us
Sin would only bring a curse
Guess we knew better so we went a different way
Now we're only sleeping in the bed we made
All the glory and the power left this place
When we turned our backs upon You
And chose to live in our disgrace
But You warned us
And You let us have our way
Now we're only drowning in the mess we made
Blood on our hands
Blood on our hands
Blood on our hands
Blood on our hands -
i really like this song yo
The Master Storyteller - Theocracy
What do you see when you look around?
In the shadows where you would think no light could be found
Its there
Pictures and signs in these modern times?
Its there to be seen if you read between the lines
Everywhere
Tell me, do you see what I see?
Tools of the Creator to tell His story
All that ever was and will be
Is it really hard to believe?
Turn the pages, all down through the ages
See the Master Storyteller bring His masterpiece alive
All the shadowed glimpses, scattered fingerprints align
And tie the threads together to the Architect of Life
Turn the page, the story is alive
Everything good comes from above
Every picture of grace and sacrifice and love
Its Him
Music that makes your spirit fly
Its His signature painted right across the sky again
I can see His hand everywhere
Even in the dark its so obvious Hes there
Its really not a surprise
If you only open your eyes
Turn the pages, all down through the ages
See the Master Storyteller bring His masterpiece alive
All the shadowed glimpses, scattered fingerprints align
And tie the threads together to the Architect of Life
Turn the page, the story is alive -
Alter to the Unknown God - Theocracy
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 are our religion and religion is our god
A stranger came to town one day and fearlessly proclaimed
"The unknown God you worship on this altar has a name"
He said, "This God is not an image or a statue of the dead
In Him we live and have our being as your own poets have said"
Build a fire and fan the flame
Sacrifice without a name
Offerings on the altar to the unknown God
Dance around the altar blaze
Bring the works your hands have made
Place them on the altar to the unknown God
He dwells not in temples built by human hands
He needs no assistance or service of man
The nameless you worship is greater than all
Your idols of death never answer your call
All nations He formed from the flesh of one man
He marked out their times and the boundaries of lands
Your life and your breath He bestows with the day
So seek Him and find Him for He is not far away
Fire upon the altar burns the sacrifice
Sacrificial lamb was slain to pay the final price
Come, ye heavy laden, sinner's mercy cry
The unknown God you call upon is nigh
Gather 'round the altar
Stoke the holy fire
Purifying flames of righteousness are rising higher
Come ye hungry, eat the bread of life and drink the wine
Altar to the living God divine
No image of stone or of silver and gold
No effigy mankind has raised to behold
The day and the hour of judgment is set
He's proven Him by the resurrection of the dead
Build a fire and fan the flame
Sacrifice without a name
Offerings on the altar to the unknown God
Stand before the altar blaze
Bring the lives His hands have made
Place them on the altar to the one true God
Your unknown God
Is the one living God -
30 Pieces of Silver - Theocracy
Whats 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 hand
Why would I trade it for an hourglass of sand?
Or choose the riches of this mortal coil
Forego the incorruptible for praises of man
All the treasure in the world so blinding
30 pieces of silver shining
Tell me whats the price you seek
To place the kiss of death upon His cheek?
Blood money and the serpent winding
30 pieces of silver shining
Treasure fades away
What a price to pay anyway
What's the price you've named?
Well is it money, power, acceptance, or fame?
And will you sell out for a temporary gain
Or dare to stand up undeterred and unashamed
And let the glory fall to whomever it may?
When all the world is asking you to sell your soul
And to deny the cross for silver and for gold
The kiss of Judas or the bended knee?
Vainglory or humility?
The ultimate goal
All the treasure in the world so blinding
30 pieces of silver shining
Tell me whats the price you seek
To place the kiss of death upon His cheek?
Blood money and the serpent winding
30 pieces of silver shining
Treasure fades away
Sold out for the price of slave
Treasure blinding
Silver shining
Redefining -
Light of the World - Theocracy
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 have been bought and then sold
And the light on the porch is abandoned and old
So the child cannot find his way home
Arisen
Forbidden
We keep our candles hidden
Born leaders
That follow, floating with the tide
"You are the light of the world," He said
But we've blown out our candles
And left men for dead
Singing "we are the light of the world, He said"
As the darkness descends on us all
If we were the light of the world today
Would we hide in the shadows
And scare them away?
Are we the light of the world
Or are we failing to answer the call?
Men love the darkness
Much more than the light
For their deeds can be kept out of mind
Out of sight
And the line has eroded
Between wrong and right
Like it's all relative after all
To stand like a wall and resist the temptation
To sell ourselves out
For hollow acclimation
And cheapen the message
A weakened foundation
Revealing the cracks in the wall
No power
No glory
No one to tell their story
No wonder
It's all unraveling
"You are the light of the world," He said
But we've blown out our candles
And left men for dead
Singing "we are the light of the world, He said"
As the darkness descends on us all
If we were the light of the world today
Would we hide in the shadows and just look away?
Are we the light of the world
Or are we failing to answer the call?
To lift up the fallen
To stand for the downtrodden
The poor and the hurting
Are our ministry
"You are the light of the world," He said
But we've blown out our candles
And left men for dead
Singing "we are the light of the world, He said"
As the darkness descends on us all
If we were the light of the world today
Would we hide in the shadows and darken the way?
Are we the light of the world
Or are we failing to answer the call? -
The Lakes of Canada - The Innocence Mission
Look for me another day.
I feel that I could change,
I feel that I could change.
There's a sudden joy that's like
a fish, a moving light;
I thought I saw it
rowing on the lakes of Canada
Oh laughing man, what have you won?
Don't tell me what cannot be done.
My little mouth, my winter lungs,
don't tell me what can't be done.
Walking in the circle of a flashlight
someone starts to sing, to join in.
Talk of loneliness in quiet voices.
I am shy but you can reach me.
Rowing on the lakes of Canada,
rowing on the lakes of Canada.
Oh laughing man, what have you won?
Don't tell me what cannot be done.
My little mouth, my winter lungs,
don't tell me what can't be done.
Look for me another time
Give me another day
I feel that I could change
Rowing on the lakes of Canada -
Misread - Kings of Convenience
If you want to be my friend
You want us to get along
Please do not expect me to
Wrap it up and keep it there
The observation I'm doing could
Easily be understood
As cynical demeanor
But one of us misread
What do you know?
It happened again
A friend is not a means
You utilize to get somewhere
Somehow I didn't notice
Friendship is an end
What do you know?
It happened again
How come no one told me
All throughout history
The loneliest people
Were the ones who always spoke the truth
The ones who made a difference
By withstanding the indifference
I guess it's up to me now
Should I take that risk or just smile?
What do you know?
It happened again
What do you know? -
Chasm - Flyleaf
Break up already wake up now
Walk away take it all back now
Don't be quick to lick the scab off
You're spitting in his face with the rest of them
Break up already wake up now
Walk away take it all back now
Don't be quick to lick the scab off
You're spitting in his face with the rest of them
Please give me something I'm so thirsty,
I'm so thirsty
Oh please, let me warn them,
Don't you come here, don't bring anyone here
The chasm isn't fixed yet.
Take this water
Drinking ever deeper, living water
Please give me something I'm so thirsty
I'm so thirsty
Oh, please, let me warn them.
Don't you come here, don't bring anyone here
Please
Please give me something I'm so thirsty
I'm so thirsty
Oh, please, let me warn them.
Don't you come here, don't bring anyone here -
2009 and 2010 were especially hard years from my past. I came close to committing suicide, but this is one of the songs that gave me hope. At the time I wanted to tattoo "Arise and be all that you've dreamed" on my arm, a reason to continue living. This will always be my anthem. Death did not win.
Arise - Flyleaf
Tell the swine
We will make it out alive
There's a note in the pages of the book
So sleep tonight,
We'll sleep dreamlessly this time
When we awake we'll know that everything's alright
And sing to me about the end of the world
End of these hammers and needles for you
Hold on to the world we all remember fighting for,
There's still strength left in us yet
Hold on to the world we all remember dying for,
There's still hope left in it yet
The snow on your face, and your razor blades
The twilight is bruised and there you lie
And sing to me, about the end of the world
End of these hammers and needles for you
We'll cry tonight, but in the morning we are new
Stand in the sun, we'll dry your eyes
Hold on to the world we all remember fighting for,
There's still strength left in us yet
Hold on to the world we all remember dying for,
There's still hope left in it yet
And sing
Sing
Arise
Arise and be,
All that you dreamed, all that you dreamed
Arise and be,
All the you dreamed, all that you dreamed
Arise and be,
All the you dreamed, all that you dreamed
Arise and be,
All the you dreamed, all that you dreamed -
Red Sam - Flyleaf
Here I stand
Empty hands
Wishing my wrists were bleeding
To stop the pain from the beatings
There You stood
Holding me
Waiting for me to notice You
But who are You?
You are the truth (You are the truth)
Out screaming these lies
You are the truth (You are the truth)
Saving my life
The warmth of Your embrace
Melts my frostbitten spirit
You speak the truth and I hear it
The words are I love you
And I have to believe in You
But who are You?
You are the truth (You are the truth)
Out screaming these lies
You are the truth (You are the truth)
Saving my life
My hands are open
And You are filling them
Hands in the air
In the air, in the air, in the air
And I worship
And I worship
And I worship
And I worship
You are the truth (You are the truth)
Out screaming these lies
You are the truth (You are the truth)
Saving my life -
Heavy Prey - Lacey Sturm feat. Geno Lenardo
Who sent me here
Betrayed by your kiss,
Hurry finish,
You wasted your chance, I'm provoked,
So I bleed till it is finished,
And I prove that my gifts have revoked,
And I won't repent from this, I won't repent from this,
Blood is binding,
Love you were meant for this flesh, you were meant for this life,
By dying,
I won't repent from this I won't repent from this,
Blood is binding,
Love you were meant for this flesh, you were meant for this love,
You're my flesh and blood
You're my flesh and blood
You're my flesh and blood
You'll never feel at home,
Anywhere, anywhere you go,
And when you sit around,
All your questions they start to grow,
They won't give you any answers,
And they lie about what they don't know,
But I won't repent from this, I won't repent from this,
Blood is binding,
Love you were meant for this flesh, you were meant for this life,
By dying,
I won't repent from this, I won't repent from this,
Blood is binding,
Love you were meant for this flesh, you were meant for this love,
You're my flesh and blood! Blood! Blood!
You only know my heart when it's cold,
But it burns when I hear my affliction in your voice,
Don't you see all my soul that is yours?
When you stand in the truth,
Upholding you
I won't repent from this, I won't repent from this,
Blood is binding,
Love you were meant for this flesh, you were meant for this life,
By dying,
I won't repent from this, I won't repent from this,
Blood is binding,
Love you were meant for this flesh, you were meant for this love,
You're my flesh and blood
You're my flesh and blood
You're my flesh and blood! -
Justice and Mercy - Flyleaf
We can't be oblivious,
We are not ignorant,
Blood in our hearts,
Blood on our hands,
We're human, we reason, we're breathing,
Protecting the living and dying, surviving,
We're trying to breathe in safety,
Come home safely
Mercy screams it's violent love,
Justice and mercy, justice and mercy,
The depth of us created for,
Justice and mercy, justice and mercy,
This is where they kiss
Life here sacrificed,
Someone who paid the price,
Blood in our hearts,
Blood on our hands,
We cry out, we're fighting, it's warfare, we're dying,
Believing we're winning, it's ending, we're singing,
It's already done, we've overcome
Mercy screams it's violent love,
Justice and mercy, justice and mercy,
The depth of us created for,
Justice and mercy, justice and mercy,
This is where they kiss
With a life on the line (Fire!),
That consumes or refines (Fire!),
To ascent or decline, to retreat or to climb,
Out of sight, out of mind 'til attacked from behind.
Will this fire consume or refine?
Mercy screams it's violent love,
Justice and mercy, justice and mercy,
The depth of us created for,
Justice and mercy, justice and mercy,
And this is where they kiss -
Okay - Flyleaf
I won't be satisfied with okay
And I can't be okay with alright
So point me to the edge of life
I'll stand up on my toes
Stretch my fingers out to there and bring it back here
It's too important for us to forget
We'll unify our thoughts
God will hear and save
God will hear and save us
All together standing up on our toes
Reaching for a freedom that they don't know
So catch it as it pours
We know what we need
Don't get tired when you're running back to show them
It's too important for us to forget
We'll unify our thoughts
God will hear and save
God will hear and save us
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