LYRICS

JOURNEY OF TRIALS

Bitter envy, selfish ambition
There you will find disorder
Where’s your treasure
Where’s your heart
They seem to be drifting apart
The weakness has been made known
Press on

Would you lift my burdens away
Help me learn from my mistakes
In this valley A new horizon
Through this journey of trials
With decisions to make

In the silence, In the waiting
A test for you to trust without seeing
Self reflection, search your heart
Find that fire you had at the start
Let the light that you have be shown
Press on

Would you lift my burdens away
Help me learn from my mistakes
In this valley A new horizon
Through this journey of trials
With decisions to make

Would you help me break through the darkness all around me
Explode it with all of your light
With all of your light
Explode it with your light
With your light

UNTAMED

I’ll try to explain

How thoughts can be so misleading

Into the void we go

The tongue is a fire

Where curses and blessings flow

Into the world we know

It goes untamed

Shouldn’t be this way

Your ways are higher than my ways

Help me to understand

Your ways are higher than my ways

Some things are beyond understanding

Crafty little prick

Who whispers of sweet illusions

Into the ones we love

The enemy A liar

Who preys on our weaknesses

Keeping us from above

He goes unashamed

Knowing he burns away

Your ways are higher than my ways

Help me to understand

Your ways are higher than my ways

Some things are beyond understanding

Who am I

To speak such things

Who am I

I don’t mean to pry

Who am I

As I fade to dust

Who am I

Guide me from inside

HOPE IS SLEEPING IN GRAC'E ARMS

Would you take my impatient heart and slow down the pieces so I can find where You are

So many times I jump ahead and fall behind

But You’ve always been kind to me

Oh why do I doubt You

When everything that I’ve learned about You

Shows me Hope is sleeping in Grace’s arms

Would you help me draw closer to You

Calm the noise around me and let me hear through

Let wisdom settle in and bear fruit in my mind

It gets pulled every which way

Oh I can do nothing without You

And with everything that I know about You

I see Hope is sleeping in Grace’s arms

I can see there’s a Hope

I can see that there’s a Hope down here (repeats)

I can see there’s a Hope found here

I can see You making all things new

Hope is sleeping in Grace’s arms (4x)

In Grace’s arms (4x)

THE SHADE

I like to hide in the shade

Though the light shows a new creation

I like to blend in the haze

Here there is no transformation

I can hold on to a broken dream

Or break away from the scenes

I peek through

I see things Just as they are

A shell of what could be

I’ve fixed my eyes on a phase

And I’m in need of a change

To renew myself

I like to hide in the shade

I can wander here as I please

I like to blend in the haze

Hoping it will fill all my needs

I can go on being deprived

Find me a way to be fully alive

I peek through

I see things

Just as they are

A shell of what could be

I’ve fixed my eyes on a phase

And I’m in need of a change

To renew myself

Where do you wanna hide

Step out of the shade

Where do you wanna hide

Step out of the shade

THE VIRUS

This enemy is alive

It comes to us in our humanity

Spreading to survive

Dividing us in our uncertainty

No remorse

To connect is to disconnect

I’ll reap what I’ve sown

I’ve washed my hands clean of this

And the future is unknown

To connect is to disconnect

I’ll pray in my home

I’ve washed my hands clean of this

Am I in this alone?

I feel it deep inside

This overwhelming sense of humility

Weakened, heavy eyes

A reminder of my own fragility

Showing no remorse

It’s showing no remorse

Let it run its course

I’ll let it run its course

To connect is to disconnect

I’ll reap what I’ve sown

I’ve washed my hands clean of this

And the future is unknown

To connect is to disconnect

I’ll pray in my home

I’ve washed my hands clean of this

Am I in this alone?

I feel this poison fill the air

Crippling,

paralyzing me

And I feel it fueling off my fear

Consuming everything here

This enemy is alive

All this calamity

Weakened, heavy eyes

All this adversity

Find me a peace

TO EXIST

You might say I’ve wandered outside
The boundaries of a world I’ve known
It never really knew me
I watched it connect its ends
It all flowed in perfect harmony
And left me behind

I'll stand here and ponder why I have such a lack of significance
Wait here while all my intentions cease to exist

As I fade the whole world turns away
Turns away

I begin to embrace the decline
Into a state of nothingness
You’ve made me a fool

I'll stand here and ponder why I have such a lack of significance
Wait here while all my intentions cease to exist

As I fade the whole world turns away
Turns away

A TASTE OF CONFLICT

A taste of conflict fills the room

Each man becomes consumed

Ideas and opinions

Tension begins to loom

If we could only come together

And agree on the path to choose

Is there any way we can open a door

To something more than a hopeless oblivion

Would You keep us in line, shape our hearts and minds

Help us to find a way out of oblivion

A taste of conflict fills the air

We aren't getting anywhere

It keeps us on our toes

What comes next no one knows

If we could only find the answer

Can the music flow on its own?

Is there any way we can open a door

To something more than a hopeless oblivion

Would You keep us in line, shape our hearts and minds

Help us to find a way out of oblivion

Is there any way we can open a door

To something more than a hopeless oblivion

Would You keep us in line, shape our hearts and minds

Help us to find a way out of oblivion

SPIRIT DRIVEN

I was a sight for sore eyes

In my mind the light wouldn't shine

Erased my horizons

I lay desolate on this beach of mine

I was in need of something

Far beyond what I truly knew

Create my horizons

Spirit driven, I give myself all to

You Just when I hit rock bottom

You showed me who I had become

He dwelled in me from above

If you had told me that I would believe in the Bible

I would have said,

"Isn't that obsolete, used for mind control

to enslave the gullible and weak?"

Wisdom and understanding

Would you keep my soul in line?

Strengthen my horizons

So I can follow You home and never die

Just when I think I know it

You show me that there's so much more to learn

Guided me from my birth

If you had told me that I would believe in the Bible

I would have said,

"Isn't that obsolete, used for mind control

to enslave the gullible and weak?"

Forgive me I knew nothing

(Guide me home)

Forgive me I knew nothing

REJUVENATE ME

Disregard me

I know what I do

I put myself ahead of You

I try to be faithful

I try to be strong

I try to understand how You've known me all along

You've known me from the start

Please forgive me

I'm set in my ways

I've walked down that road that rots and decays

I wanna shine Your light

Break the dark and give sight

I look up to You to make things right

You promise to use all things for good

Rejuvenate me

I grow numb to the world

It's so hard to feel in a world so cold

Rejuvenate me, Rejuvenate me

Will You answer my call?

BROTHER

Brother, where are you?
You're nowhere to be found
Brother, where are you?
I'm afraid you're not around

Drain me
Oh drain me dry
So I can't feel the rain
When It's falling down

Brother, where are you?
Did you leave us behind?
Brother, where are you?
Standing outside of time?

Drain me
Oh drain me dry
So I can't feel the rain
When It's falling down

And as I look at the sky
I remember all of the times
When we both pondered this life
(We're a rare breed you and I)
Well I guess when it rains it pours
Struggling even more...more...
Well no more...

Ohh I don't know
Ohh where did you go?
Where did you go?

A LIFE TO COME

Where did I come from?

This place seems so strange

I look up at the sky

Just floats around in space

There's all these other people wandering around

I often interact with them

With this voice that makes sounds

And all along I'm thinking

Why are we here?

There's so much confusion, So many tears

So many tears...

Deep in the heart of man we desire the things that decay

If we don't guard our hearts we give in and wither away

I'll invest it all in a life to come.

Help me be grateful for what I hold to be true

My call for answers have all led me to You

So much of this world seems to throw away

The guide of Your Word and the promises You've made

I still continue thinking "Why am I here?"

I was so lost and blind for so many years

So many years...

Deep in the heart of man we desire the things that decay

If we don't guard our hearts we give in and wither away

I'll invest it all in a life to come

I'll invest it all...

FOR THE WEARY

I've been kicked when I'm down

I was in a blind free fall

I followed the crowd

I've been ignorant to it all

This world pushes you from the Way

There's no room for neutrality

You keep drifting further away

Your a victim to reality

There's a good that I see in all of us

But we don't have a lot to show

There's a good that I see in all of us

But we've got a long way to go

I know that many are weary

This world has a way of beating you down

And some may be angry

Searching for a light that cannot be found

In the midst of this darkness

It's been pursuing you all along

Stop using your eyes

And open your hearts as you sing this song

There's a good that I see in all of us

But we don't have a lot to show

There's a good that I see in all of us

But we've got a long way to go

SUBMIT TO THE DIVINE

For all the times I've tried

I found a way into submission

Who ever said you can't omit pride

Must have been suffering with the same conviction

You hold on to me while I am weak

You hold on to me...

I've grown to know You and its Your will above mine

I submit to the Divine, Divine, Divine, Divine, Divine

For all the times I claim victory

Remind me that It's not through my deeds

Help me view myself more humbly

As through repentance you meet my needs

You hold on to me while I am weak

You hold on to me...

I've grown to know You and its Your will above mine

I submit to the Divine, Divine, Divine, Divine, Divine

And while this world walks away The devil reigns I will focus on you

IMAGINARY THINGS

I've fallen into the pit of imaginary things

I've come out of the darkness and the emptiness it brings

But was it ever real?

Was it ever real?

I believed in the creations of my mind

And I clang to them

Yeah I sang to them

Let me see,

Let me grow

Show me things that I didn't know

Make me feel,

Make me stronger

Give me a pill to make my life a little longer

I've fallen into the pit of imaginary things

I've ran around in circles lost grasp of everything

I was told it wasn't real

I believed in the creations of my mind

And I clang to them

Yeah I sang to them

Let me see,

Let me grow

Show me things that I didn't know

Make me feel,

Make me stronger

Give me a pill to make my life a little longer

Sometimes you have to examine yourself

And bow down to ask Him for His help

So I clang to them

While I sang to Him

I sang

Let me see,

Let me grow

Show me things that I didn't know

Made me feel,

Made me stronger

Gave me a pill to make my life a little longer

THE HOLE

n his hole as he lies

With darkness creeping on the light he was seeking

He comes to realize

The hole he dug is too deep and the climb is too steep

He cries out to the sky

"I alone demise, I alone demise"

Oh he sees dreams of another life

Where his soul hasn't faded away

And he hopes of being reconciled

Alone he stands in his way

I pray

Pray for a change

My sanity I must find a vitamin for my mind

A cure of some kind

In the depths of his heart

He doesn't know where to start

He is torn apart

Time is ticking away

He doesn't see the light of day

He's been led astray

He must get up and rise, He must get up and rise

Oh he sees dreams of another life

Where his soul hasn't faded away

And he hopes of being reconciled

Alone he stands in his way

I pray

Pray for a change

My sanity I must find a vitamin for my mind

A cure of some kind

My sanity I must find a vitamin for my mind

A cure of some kind

I've begun to recognize my way out came with a price

MAKE A DECISION

I could twist You into a god of my making

But You will still remain the same

I could try to manipulate Your words for my desires

But then I would never change

I could turn a blind eye

Or I could turn to You

I'm at a fork in the road

And the dust and the wind keep clouding my vision

And it all starts to fade as I stand there in a daze

Make a decision

I could follow the trend of this dying world

But wicked hands spread the disease

Pity myself with all these excuses

Be false light nobody sees

Nobody sees...

I could turn a blind eye

Or I could seek the truth

I'm at a fork in the road

And the dust and the wind keep clouding my vision

And it all starts to fade as I stand there in a daze

Make a decision

I could turn a blind eye

Or I could turn to You

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Imaginary Things: (Inside the Mind of a Schizophrenic) From Darkness...To Lunacy...To Light written by Michael Nicholas