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1.
You said I was a tree Putting down roots by a stream You told me I would be strong No matter what went wrong But I’m creaking and bending in the storm Through wind and hard rain, I am worn You said I was a bird Everyday you’d provide, that’s what I heard You told me I could fly Without a care, without a sigh But these wings are so tired and sore Afraid of what tomorrow has in store You said I was a child Hanging on to you in every trial You told me a kingdom was mine That you would hold me for all time But lately I’m feeling alone Would come back and take me home?
2.
Let me make it plain. I believe like a child that suffering will be healed And made up for, that all The humiliating absurdity of human contradictions Will vanish like a pitiful mirage, like the despicable fabrication of the impotent and infinitely small mind of man, That in the world’s finale, at the moment of Eternal harmony, something so precious will Come to pass that it it will suffice for all hearts, for the comforting of all resentments, For the atonement of all the crimes of humanity, Of all the blood they’ve shed; that it will make it not Only possible to forgive but to justify All that has happened with men I believe like a child I believe like a child I believe
3.
Foxes have holes and birds have nests But I have nowhere to lay my head Follow me and leave your loves behind And let the dead bury their own dead For I’m on a way narrow, steep and long Hear what I say: to me you belong Mother may call and beg of you Father may scoff and turn his back But don’t you fear, no, don’t you weep For I will give you all your lack For I’m on a way narrow, steep and long Hear what I say: to me you belong These are the days of greedy men Feeding on the poor and weak Would you climb a tree with me And show the world how to speak? There comes a day wrongs will be put right The schemes they’ve made, brought into the light
4.
Mansion Door 03:45
All of the people were smiling Dressed up and looking so fine Tasting the best of the harvest Drinking the finest of wine But then-- Suddenly up stood a man with Fury and love in his eyes Wondering what was the problem Everyone looked as he cried, as he cried: Just outside this mansion door Lie the desperate, starving poor While you laugh and take delight They will surely die tonight Bothered though somewhat amused they Said we blameless and free Proudly defending their virtues, Questioned, “And who might you be?” “I am a friend or foe for It depends on what you hide Will you go on in your blindness Or let them join you inside?” Just outside this mansion door Lie the desperate, starving poor While you laugh and take delight They will surely Rage and hatred did consume Every soul which filled the room Rushing on him hands and knife On that night they took his life Inside laughing Outside shivering
5.
I was a wandering orphan and you took me in Naked and cold and alone, you covered my skin Gave me your name and your song Took everything I’d done wrong Oh my God! Father and mother, they fell and they left me for dead All of their words and their lies still ring in my head But oh how sweet the sound Your grace to me came round Oh my God! Now I’ve more brothers and sisters Than all of the sand on the shore of the sea And I am a part of a story that’s pulling me Right into eternity When I look back it’s so clear that I should have died Troubled, afflicted and threatened from every side Surely I’d be in the grave Had you not come to my aid Oh my God! Since I’ve been under your roof there is nothing to fear Knowing I’m safe and I’m loved And you’ll always be here Even through fire or flood I have been sealed in blood Oh my God!
6.
You say that you are only natural, That we're just cycling round You say it's all a part of life, So don't you wear a frown But why then to do we paint our loved ones Up to look like clowns And pretend that all is well As we drive them through the town With our coffins and our hearses All polished to a shine We're putting on our funerals And reciting all your lines You keep us in denial, We're convinced you are a friend Patiently waiting for us Right up 'til the very end (but I say) Death, you are an enemy, a parasitic spy Masquerading quietly you think you cannot die Yet another service ends, Every eulogy's been read But we can't help but wonder If the dead are really dead Seems there's something in our bones On which we can agree We know that it's all wrong, Not the way it's supposed to be So I don't want your truce Or your so-called peaceful terms What I want is something more Than a graveyard can discern For I know you can't be trusted And that's a guarantee If I listen to you sales pitch, I never will be free Death you are an enemy, You only speak in lies I'm not giving into you Or what your smile implies No, I'm not hearing your song, No, I'm not singing with your tune But following my brother Right up and out of the tomb
7.
Oh Adam, what have you done? You buried us, your daughters and sons Without a word you just stood by Let her take and swallow the lie Yet everything was given to you, A world so beautiful and so true But you went and threw it away For a night without a day Cover up----with your pride You can run-----but you can’t hide Oh Adam, where have you gone? You know he knows where you belong And now he’s calling out your name Think you can carry all of your shame Oh Adam, how can this be? With your silence and apathy You brought a fall we can’t reverse Now it’s clear, we’re under a curse Cover up----with your pride You can run-----but you can’t hide Going down---the human race To the grave---if there’s no grace Oh Adam, what have you done Given us a world of greed and the gun Took the fruit and intro our blood Came an evil like that of a flood Cover up----with your pride You can run-----but you can’t hide Going down---the human race To the grave---if there’s no grace
8.
We have left the room Walked to a garden And yet more road to tread We have entered the gloom Walked to the garden And yet there's more to be said My soul is very sorrowful Even to death Remain here and watch with me Even to death We have left the room Walked to a garden And now my brow is red My soul is very sorrowful Even to death Remain here and watch with me Even to death I’m going to set this world aright No matter the cost I’m going to take you through the night No, nothing will be lost My soul is very sorrowful But I will pay the cost Remain here and watch with me No, nothing will be lost
9.
Oh my Love, you are mine Still you run time after time Why do you leave me for these things which cannot fill? Why do you turn away to those who only kill? Soon your way, you’ll not find Come to see, you’re lost and blind So I will seek you, bring you back from brokenness Then I will heal you, raise you up with tenderness All of the lies, every scheme, All of the stories you’ve told I will unravel, I will uncover, I will not let you be sold All of your lovers, they never sought you, Blessed you or made you alive I alone know you, suffered and bought you, Took you and made you mine Oh my Love, you are mine Still you run time after time So I will seek you, bring you back from brokenness Then I will heal you, raise you up with tenderness Oh my Love, where have you gone? Jealousy is my song

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Recorded live over three sessions between August '10 and January '11 at Cross Point Church, Green Lake and Covenant Presbyterian, Issaquah.

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released February 11, 2011

Hannah Irwin: Viola
Luke Morton: Vocals, Guitar
Mark Ribera: Piano, Chord Organ, Vocals

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