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Jars of Clay
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MUCH AFRAID


OVERJOYED

YOU NAME ME WHO AM I THAT I SHOULD COMPANY WITH SOMETHING SO DIVINE MERCY WAITS OVERJOYED PROSPECTS OF FINDING FREEING FREEING ME

LOVE IS THE THING THIS TIME IM SURE AND I COULDNT NEED YOU MORE NOW THE WAY THAT YOU SAW THINGS WERE SO PURE OVERJOYED

YOU NAME ME ENTERTAIN THOUGHTS OF PEACE CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING MIRROR SPIN WICKED TALES HERE LIES REFLECTION OF DECEPTIONS OF

LOVE IS THE THING THIS TIME IM SURE AND I COULDNT NEED YOU MORE NOW THE WAY THAT YOU SAW THINGS WERE SO PURE OVERJOYED

MISSING THE ME FROM YOU YOU GAVE TO ME DONT LIKE THE ONE THAT I HAVE CREATED TODAY CROSSING NAMELESS FROM THE ONE IVE EARNED TO BE THE ONE THE ONE YOU GAVE TO ME

YOU NAME ME NAME ME FINDING FREEING ME

LOVE IS THE THING THIS TIME IM SURE AND I COULDNT NEED YOU MORE NOW THE WAY THAT YOU SAW THINGS WERE SO PURE OVERJOYED

LOVE IS THE THING THIS TIME IM SURE AND I COULDNT NEED YOU MORE NOW THE WAY THAT YOU SAW THINGS WERE SO PURE OVERJOYED

OVERJOYED OVERJOYED


FADE TO GRAY

OH ITS NOT HARD TO KNOW WHAT YOURE THINKING WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN ON ME NOW YOUR TRANCE OF LOVE IS SEEKING TO TURN THIS WORLD AROUND BUT IN MY STATE OF BLIND CONFUSION NO GOD CAN PULL ME OUT I SEE YOU LOVE IS WILLING TO TURN ME INSIDE OUT

AND THEN I SEE YOU THERE THE LONELY TEARS I CRY I WISH THEYD RELASE ME

ITS IN DESPAIR THAT I FIND FAITH SUMMONS THE NIGHT TO BOW DOWN TO DAY WHEN IGNORANCE IS BLISS WONT YOU SAVE ME FROM MYSELF

AND THEN I SEE YOU THERE WITH YOUR ARMS OPEN WIDE AND YOU TRY TO EMBRACE ME THESE LONELY TEARS I CRY THEY KEEP ME IN CHAINS AND I WISH THEYD RELEASE ME COLD IS THE NIGHT BUT COLDER STILL IS THE HEART MADE OF STONE TURNED FROM CLAY AND IF YOU FOLLOW ME YOULL SEE ALL THE BLACK ALL THE WHITE FADE TO GREY

FADE TO GREY YEAH FADE TO GREY YEAH

AND THEN I SEE YOU THERE WITH YOUR ARMS OPEN WIDE AND YOU TRY TO EMBRACE ME THESE LONELY TEARS I CRY THEY KEEP ME IN CHAINS AND I WISH THEYD RELEASE ME COLD IS THE NIGHT BUT COLDER STILL IS THE HEART MADE OF STONE TURNED FROM CLAY AND IF YOU FOLLOW ME YOULL SEE ALL THE BLACK ALL THE WHITE FADE TO GREY

AND THEN I SEE YOU THERE WITH YOUR ARMS OPEN WIDE AND YOU TRY TO EMBRACE ME THESE LONELY TEARS I CRY THEY KEEP ME IN CHAINS AND I WISH THEYD RELEASE ME COLD IS THE NIGHT BUT COLDER STILL IS THE HEART MADE OF STONE TURNED FROM CLAY AND IF YOU FOLLOW ME YOULL SEE ALL THE BLACK ALL THE WHITE FADE TO GREY


TEA AND SYMPATHY

FARE THEE WELL TRADE IN ALL OUR WORDS FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY WONDER WHY WE TRIED FOR THINGS COULD NEVER BE PLAY OUR HEARTS LAMENT LIKE AN UNREHEARSED SYMPHONY

NOT INTEND TO LEAVE THIS CASTLE FULL OF EMPTY ROOMS OUR LOVE THE CAPTIVE IN THE TOWER NEVER RESCUED AND ALL THE VICTORY SONGS SEEMED TO BE PLAYING OUT OF TUNE

CAUSE ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE DONT TRADE OUR LOVE FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY NO NO ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE
YOU BEGIN ALL YOUR WORDS FALL TO THE FLOOR AND BREAK LIKE CHINA CUPS AND THE WAITRESS GRABS A BROOM AND TRIES TO SWEEP THEM UP I REACH FOR MY TEA SLOWLY DRINK IN

CAUSE ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE DONT TRADE OUR LOVE FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY AND ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE DONT TRADE OUR LOVE FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY

FARE THEE WELL THE WORDS THE BAG OF LEAVES THAT FILL MY HEAD I COULD TASTE THE BITTERNESS AND CALL THE WAITRESS INSTEAD CAUSE SHE HOLDS THE ANSWER SMILES AND ASKS ONE TEASPOON OR TWO

CAUSE ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE DONT TRADE OUR LOVE FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY AND ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE DONT TRADE OUR LOVE FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY

CAUSE ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE DONT TRADE OUR LOVE FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY AND ITS NOT THE WAY THAT IT HAS TO BE DONT TRADE OUR LOVE FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY

DONT TRADE US FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY DONT TRADE US FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY WE CAN WORK IT OUT DONT TRADE US FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY DONT TRADE US FOR TEA AND SYMPATHY WE CAN WORK IT OUT WE CAN WORK IT OUT


CRAZY TIMES

YOURE COLD THAT WAY AND THATS WHY YOU SAY THE THINGS THAT YOU SAY YOU CANT ATTRACT THE THINGS THAT YOU LACK YOURE TRYING IN VAIN
IT SEEMS ITS ALWAYS CRAZY TIMES YOU FIND YOULL WAKE UP AND REALIZE IT TAKES MORE THAN SALINE EYES TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT

YOU SPIRAL DOWN YOUVE BROKEN YOUR CROWN YOU DONT FEEL LIKE A QUEEN YOUVE SEEN THE PROOF BUT YOURE STILL CRYING WOLF YOULL NEVER BELIEVE

IT SEEMS ITS ALWAYS CRAZY TIMES YOU FIND YOULL WAKE UP AND REALIZE IT TAKES MORE THAN SALINE EYES TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT

BESIDE YOUR BED YOU FEEL LEFT FOR DEAD YOU KNEEL IN THE DARK

IT TAKES MORE THAN YOUR SALINE EYES TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT

IT SEEMS ITS ALWAYS CRAZY TIMES YOU FIND YOULL WAKE UP AND REALIZE IT TAKES MORE THAN SALINE EYES TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT


FRAIL

CONVINCED OF MY DECEPTION IVE ALWAYS BEEN A FOOL I FEAR THIS LOVE REACTION JUST LIKE YOU SAID I WOULD A ROSE COULD NEVER LIE ABOUT THE LOVE IT BRINGS AND I COULD NEVER PROMISE TO BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS

IF I WAS NOT SO WEAK IF I WAS NOT SO COLD IF I WAS NOT SO SCARED OF BEING BROKEN GROWING OLD I WOULD BE I WOULD BE

BLESSED ARE THE SHALLOW DEPTH THEYLL NEVER FIND SEEMS TO BE SOME COMFORT IN ROOMS I TRY TO HIDE EXPOSED BEYOND THE SHADOWS YOU TAKE THE CUP FROM ME YOUR DIRT REMOVES MY BLINDNESS YOUR PAIN BECOMES MY PEACE

IF I WAS NOT SO WEAK IF I WAS NOT SO COLD IF I WAS NOT SO SCARED OF BEING BROKEN GROWING OLD I WOULD BE I WOULD BE

I WOULD BE I WOULD BE FRAIL


FIVE CANDLES

A PROMISE OR A DARE I WOULD JUMP IF I KNEW YOUD CATCH ME STARING OVER THE EDGE I CANT TELL IF YOULL BE HERE FOR ME

I CLOSE MY EYES AND MAKE A WISH TURN OUT THE LIGHTS AND TAKE A BREATH PRAY THAT WHEN THE WICK IS BURNED YOU WOULD SAY THAT ITS ALLA BOUT LOVE

YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN

YOU WERE NEVER HERE

I REMEMBER YOU SAID
LOVE WAS NORE THAN YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS

EMPTY BOXES ON THE FLOOR THINGS IVE NEVER ASKED YOU FOR I PRAY THAT WHEN THE WICK HAS BURNED YOU WOULD SAY THAT ITS ALL ABOUT LOVE

YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN

AND I CANT SEE THE PROMISE OF EXCUSES YOU FALL UPON SO I PRAY TO GOD NOT HOLDING ON TO THINGS YOU LEFT UNDONE

YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN

YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU YOU WERE THERE WHEN THE SKIES BROKE WIDE WIDE OPEN

YOU WERE THERE WHEN I YOU WERE THERE WHEN I YOU WERE THERE WHEN I NEEDED


WEIGHED DOWN

LIGHT OF THE WORLD ARE YOU STILL HERE AND ARE WE ILUMINATING WHEN LOVE BECOMES A DELICATE DISPLAY SO WEAK DISSOLVED BY ANYTHING

LOVE LIES HERE WAITING ALL ALONE CAN A KING BE A KING WEIGHED DOWN

OUR HEARTS A BUBBLE MAKERS DREAM MOVED ON BY WINDS OF EVERYTHING AS WE DENY THAT LOVE IS STILL THE KING NOT AS WEAK AS WE MAKE HIM OUT TO BE

LOVE LIES WAITING ALL ALONE CAN A KING BE A KING WEIGHED DOWN

WEIGHED DOWN WEIGHED DOWN WEIGHED DOWN


PORTRAIT OF AN APOLOGY

LOOK WHAT IVE DONE THIS PICTURE IVE PAINTED IT LOOKS LIKE MY HEART OR WHAT STILL REMAINS CONVINCED OF THE WEIGHT YOUR INTERPRETATION ARE NOT WHAT I SEE I WISH THEY COULD BE

CAUSE I REMEMBER IT MUCH REDDER AND I REMEMBER IT MUCH BRIGHTER

CAN YOU STAY FOR A WHILE TRY TO IMAGINE THIS COULD YOU BE FOR A WHILE I CANT REMEMBER IT COULD YOU FALL FOR A WHILE CAUSE I CANT ESCAPE FROM THIS

TRY TO EXPLAIN THE WAY THAT THE FRAME DOESNT QUITE FIT THE IMAGE OR SURROUND THE EDGE IT STANDS ON DISPLAY WHAT DO YOU SEE BEHOLD ALL THE NEW GREY WHATS BECOME OF THE OLD ME

CAUSE I REMEMBER IT MUCH REDDER AND I REMEMBER IT MUCH BRIGHTER

CAN YOU STAY FOR A WHILE TRY TO IMAGINE THIS COULD YOU BE FOR A WHILE I CANT REMEMBER IT COULD YOU FALL FOR A WHILE CAUSE I CANT ESCAPE FROM THIS

CAN YOU STAY FOR A WHILE CALLING CRYING ASHAMED OF WHAT I AM NOT REALLY FAILING FALLING INTO THIS CAGE AND I CANT ESCAPE NO I CANT ESCAPE NO I CANT

SO LOOK WHAT IVE DONE PICTURE IVE PAINTED DOESNT QUITE FIT OR SURROUND THE EDGE BUT I REMEMBER IT MUCH REDDER

CAN YOU STAY FOR A WHILE TRY TO IMAGINE THIS COULD YOU BE FOR A WHILE I CANT REMEMBER
IT COULD YOU FALL FOR A WHILE CAUSE I CANT ESCAPE FROM THIS

I CANT ESCAPE


TRUCE

FAULTLESS IN THE EYES THAT I COULD NEVER OPEN WIDE ENOUGH TO SEE ME THROUGH MUCH TO MY SURPRISE IT NEVER ORBITS ROUND THE THINGS YOU SHOULD HOLD ME TO

I STAND HERE WONDERING AND IM WAITING

MY EAR IS TWISTED IN ALL THE THOUGHTS A GLIMPSE OF TRUCE JUST BECAUSE ITS ALWAYS ALMOST NEVER CLOSE I CLOSE MY EYES HIDE THE DISTANCE

ENCHANTED BY THE FACE OF PEACE AND WHEN IT TURNS TO SUNKEN EYES AND WATERFALLS UNSATISFIED WITH SIMPLE THINGS ENTANGLED IN THE CORDS I CANT TAKE ANY CALLS

I STAND HERE WONDERING AND IM WAITING

MY EAR IS TWISTED IN ALL THE THOUGHTS A GLIMPSE OF TRUCE JUST BECAUSE ITS ALWAYS ALMOST NEVER CLOSE I CLOSE MY EYES HIDE THE DISTANCE

WAITING AROUND FOR SOME KIND OF PEACE HOPING YOULL FIND ME IN MY NEED

MY EAR IS TWISTED A GLIMPSE OF TRUCE JUST BECAUSE

MY EAR IS TWISTED IN ALL THE THOUGHTS A GLIMPSE OF TRUCE JUST BECAUSE ITS ALWAYS ALMOST NEVER CLOSE I CLOSE MY EYES HIDE THE DISTANCE


MUCH AFRAID

EMPTY AGAIN SUKEN DOWN SO FAR SO SCARED TO FALL MIGHT NOT GET UP AGAIN SO I LAY AT YOUR FEET ALL MY BROKENESS I CARRY ALL OF MY BURDENS TO YOU

ALL OF THESE THINGS HELD UP IN VAIN NO REASON OR RHYME JUST THE SCARS THAT REMAIN OF ALL THESE THINGS IM SO MUCH AFRAID SCARED OUT OF MY MIND BY THE DEMONS IVE MADE SWEET JESUS YOU NEVER EVER LET ME GO OH SWEET JESUS YOU NEVER EVER LET ME GO

SO HAPPY TO LOVE YET SO FAR TO GO YOU LEAD ME ON TO WHERE IVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE

ALL OF THESE THINGS HELD UP IN VAIN NO REASON OR RHYME JUST THE SCARS THAT REMAIN OF ALL THESE THINGS IM SO MUCH AFRAID SCARED OUT OF MY MIND BY THE DEMONS IVE MADE SWEET JESUS YOU NEVER EVER LET ME GO OH SWEET JESUS YOU NEVER EVER LET ME GO

NO NO NO SWEET JESUS YOU NEVER LET ME GO


HYMN

OH REFUGE OF MY HARDENED HEART OH FAST PURSUING LOVER COME AS ANGELS DANCE AROUND YOUR THRONE MY LIFE BY CAPTURED FARE YOU OWN

NOT SILHOUETTE OF TRODDEN FAITH NOR DEATH SHALL NOT MY STEPS BE GUIDE ILL PIROUETTE UPON MY GRAVE FOR IN YOUR PAT ILL RUN AND HIDE

OH GAZE OF LOVE SO MELT MY PRIDE THAT I MAY IN YOUR HOUSE BUT KNEEL AND IN MY BROKENNESS TO CRY SPRING WORSHIP UNTO THEE

WHEN BEAUTY BREAKS THE SPELL OF PAIN THE BLUDGEONED HEART SHALL BURST IN VAIN BUT NOT WHEN LOVE BE POINTED KING AND TRUTH SHALL THEE FOREVER REIGN

OH GAZE OF LOVE SO MELT MY PRIDE THAT I MAY IN YOUR HOUSE BUT KNEEL AND IN MY BROKENNESS TO CRY SPRING WORSHIP UNTO THEE

SWEET JESUS CARRY ME AWAY FROM COLD OF NIGHT AND DUST OF DAY IN RAGGED HOUR OR SALT WORN EYE BE MY DESIRE MY WELL SPRING LYE

OH GAZE OF LOVE SO MELT MY PRIDE THAT I MAY IN YOUR HOUSE BUT KNEEL AND IN MY BROKENNESS TO CRY SPRING WORSHIP UNTO THEE

OH GAZE OF LOVE SO MELT MY PRIDE THAT I MAY IN YOUR HOUSE BUT KNEEL AND IN MY BROKENNESS TO CRY SPRING WORSHIP UNTO THEE

SPRING WORSHIP UNTO THEE SPRING WORSHIP UNTO THEE