Derek Webb Album

here's another story about the invisible knives
the elephant in the room trumpeting these lies
the slow hate, the hesitating voices in the dark
here's another story about the invisible wives

we've really got to stop talking and meeting like this
there's a better way coming and we both know what it is
but it's a hard sell, the ringing bell and you're licking your lips
we've really got to stop talking and thinking like kids

this is the end
this is the end
it's just the end

this is my murder trial
I'm going to testify
and I'll love you to the very end
the very end
the very end

cross my heart, hope to die
you are my firefly
and I'll love you to the very end
the very end
the very end

you are the anti-curse
death going in reverse
and I'll love you to the very end
the very end
the very end

what would you do
if someone put a gun to your head
and ask you to tell them a lie
what would you say
if you were pushed that way
to betray yourself to keep yourself alive
is life worth so much

(Chorus)
there's got to be a love that's stronger than our fear
of everything being out of control
everything being out of control

what would you do
if someone would tell you the truth
but only if you torture them half to death
tell me since when do the means justify the ends
and you build the kingdom using the devil's tools
can time be so short

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
there is a day that's been inaugurated but has not yet come
that we can proclaim by showing that there's a better way

I wanna marry you all over again
I wanna meet you and I wanna be friends
I wanna chase you all the way to Tennessee
I'll meet your parents at the airport bar
I'll take you out in my rental car
I wanna court you on the record label's dime

(Chorus)
come on baby let's go back to the start
take it back sugar then gimme your heart
don't you know baby I would do it all over again

I wanna buy you an old upright
I wanna accidentally stay all night
I wanna read the Bible and I wanna make out
I wanna marry you all over again
I wanna fall in love and say we're just friends
I wanna race you all the way to Kansas City

(Chorus)

I wanna give you a diamond ring
and then we'll run into my ex-girlfriend
oh, I wanna sing songs while the sun's going down

(Chorus)

I don't want to be right anymore
I don't want to be good
I don't want to change your mind
to feel it like I do

I don't wanna sell graves
peddle them door to door
a little something to ease your mind
and prepare you for what's in store

(Chorus)
I don't want to fight
brother I'm not joking about peace
we can have it here tonight
it all comes down to you and me

you never asked me to save anyone
not in whole or in part
like I was some kind of Holy Ghost
come to change their hearts

(Chorus)

you know the tree by the fruit
but just between me and you
I never do what I want
I do what I'm taught
and I've been learning a lot
about the violence I'm capable of

so I'm walking away from this
before I hurt someone
'cause I'm facing enemies
on both sides of the gun

(Chorus)

oh my darlin', you've must be a moving target just like me
they'll call you right, they'll call you left
they'll call you names of all your friends

you never know
what you'll have to do
baby don't let ‘em
don't let ‘em put a name on you

there's no categories just long stories waiting to be heard
(if there's love in your heart)
don't be satisfied when someone sums you up with just one word
(if there's love in your heart)

blindfold your heart
and feel for a clue
baby don't let ‘em
don't let ‘em put a name on you

(Bridge)
you say you wanna know the people I know
you say you wanna come in and crack my code, uh huh
catch me if you think you can
but count on me for nothing man, uh huh
it's gonna take more than hearing you say the only words you think I know
the truth may be with you today but may be gone tomorrow

baby don't let ‘em
don't let ‘em put a name on you

I'm not scared to look into your eyes
even with him standing right beside you
love is hard, especially when you're not mine
so here's to you, you can take my heart 'cause I've lost my mind

(Chorus)
I can't be with you but I can't be without you
there's not a doubt in my mind
I can't be with you but I can't be without you
wherever I go you're always close behind

I'm not ashamed to tell you how I feel
that's not a crime even in Nashville
it's dangerous to keep it all behind your eyes
'cause we both know the truth is stronger than the lies

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
behind the words I say to you
there is something bluer than your eyes

(Chorus)

it's the desire of my heart
it's the anthem of my birth
I love you till you cross the line
then watch my faith turn into works

here's to hoping we evolve
here's believing that we will
blessed are those who seek for peace
in control are those who kill

(Chorus)
an I for an I
will never satisfy till there's nothing left to see

I was born to go to war
it comes so natural to me
sure as a hammer finds a nail
death is the only way to peace

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
I've got a killer instinct bringing out all of my best
I've got a poison conscience telling me to go with that
this may not work and I don't guarantee that it will
but I've got no choice unless you tell me who Jesus would kill

(Chorus)

I'm so tired of these mortal men
with their hands on their wallets and their hearts full of sin
scared of their enemies, scared of their friends
and always running for re-election
so come to DC if it be thy will
because we've never had a savior on Capitol Hill

you can always trust the devil or a politician
to be the devil or a politician
but beyond that friends you'd best beware
'cause at the Pentagon bar they're an inseparable pair
and as long as the lobbyists are paying their bills
we'll never have a savior on Capitol Hill

(Bridge)
all of our problems gonna disappear
when we can whisper right in that President's ear
he could walk right across the reflection pool
in his combat boots and ten thousand dollar suit

you can render unto Caesar everything that's his
you can trust in his power to come to your defense
it's the way of the world, the way of the gun
it's the trading of an evil for a lesser one
so don't hold your breath or your vote until
you think you've finally found a savior up on Capitol Hill

people love you the most for the things you hate
and hate you for loving the things that you cannot keep straight
people judge you on a curve
and tell you you're getting what you deserve
this too shall be made right

children cannot learn when children cannot eat
stack them like lumber when children cannot sleep
children dream of wishing wells
whose waters quench all the fires of Hell
this too shall be made right

the earth and the sky and the sea are all holding their breath
wars and abuses have nature groaning with death
we say we're just trying to stay alive
but it looks so much more like a way to die
this too shall be made right

there's a time for peace and there is a time for war
a time to forgive and a time to settle the score
a time for babies to lose their lives
a time for hunger and genocide
this too shall be made right

I don't know the suffering of people outside my front door
I join the oppressors of those who i choose to ignore
I'm trading comfort for human life
and that's not just murder it's suicide
this too shall be made right