Jars Of Clay Album

you name me
who am I
that I should company with something so divine
mercy waits, overjoyed
prospect of finding, freeing
freeing me

CHORUS:

love is the thing this time I'm sure
and I couldn't 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 spins
wicked tales
here lies reflections of
deceptions of

[CHORUS]

missing the me from you you gave to me
i don't like the one I have created today
crossing nameless from the one I've earned
to be the one, the one you gave to me

you name me
name me
finding, freeing me

[CHORUS x 2]

overjoyed, overjoyed

if you put your arms around me
could it change the way I feel?
I guess I let myself believe
that the outside might just bleed its way in
maybe stir the sleeping past
lying under glass
waiting for the kiss
that breaks this awful spell
pull me out of this lonely cell

close my eyes and hold my heart
cover me and make me something
change this something normal
into something beautiful

what I get from my reflection
isn№t what I thought i'd see
give me reason to believe
you'd never keep me incomplete
will you untie this loss of mine
it easily defines me
do you see it on my face?
that all I can think about is how long
I've been waiting to feel you move me

close my eyes and hold my heart
cover me and make me something
change this something normal
into something beautiful
into something beautiful
into something beautiful

and i'm still fighting for the word
to break these chains
can I still pray when I look in your eyes
stare right back down
into something beautiful

so close my eyes and hold my heart
cover me and make me something
change this something normal
into something beautiful
into something beautiful
into something beautiful
into something beautiful

You have led me to the sadness
I have carried this pain
on a back bruised, nearly broken
I'm crying out to You

I will sing of Your mercy
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
to rivers of joy

when death, like a gypsy
comes to steal what I love
I will still look to the heavens
I will still seek your face
but I fear You aren't listening
because there are no words
just the stillness
and the hunger
for a faith that assures

I will sing of Your mercy
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
to rivers of joy

alleluia, alleluia
alleluia, alleluia

while we wait for rescue
with our eyes tightly shut
face to the ground using our hands
to cover the fatal cut
though the pain is an ocean
tossing us around, around, around
You have calmed greater waters
higher mountains have come down

I will sing of Your mercy
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
to rivers of joy
I will sing of Your mercy
that leads me through valleys of sorrow
to rivers of joy
alleluia, alleluia
alleluia, alleluia

arms nailed down
are you telling me something
eyes turned out
are you looking for someone

this is the one thing
the one thing that I know

blood-stained brow
are you dying for nothing
flesh and blood
is it so elemental

this is the one thing
the one thing that I know

blood-stained brow
he wasn't broken for nothing
arms nailed down
he didn't die for nothing

this is the one thing
the one thing that I know

trace the shape of my heart
'til it becomes more familiar to your eyes
I've been lost without you
cold without your love
it's taken days and nights to make me realize

CHORUS:
rescue me from hangin' on this line
I won't give up on giving you
the chance to blow my mind
let the eleventh hour quickly pass me by
I'll find you when I think I'm out of time

take the place of my heart
'til I become a stranger to my life
I've been down without you
wrong without your love
in time will I be what you're thinking of?

[CHORUS]

I've been down without you
cold without your love
in time will I be what you're thinking of?

[CHORUS] x 2

time
time
time

I had a big idea
I had a crazy eye
I broke the sacred seal
I told a lazy lie
I've had my conscience bent
I've had my patience tried
I've been up in the desert and
down by the riverside

will the eagle fly
if the sky's untrue?
do the faithful sigh
because they are so few?
remember when I cried?
remember when you knew?
remember the look in your eyes?
I know I do

and count the stars to measure time
the earth is hard, the treasure fine
to the sea, I crawl on my knees

feel it coming in
feel it going out
water covers sand
blood covers doubt
so I begin again
again, the healing bow
there was a time when I might have surrendered
but not now

consult the cards to measure mine
the earth is hard, but the treasure fine
to the sea, I crawl on my knees
consult the cards to measure mine
the earth is hard, but the treasure fine
at the sea, I'll wait on my knees
at the sea, I'll wait on my knees
at the sea, I'll wait on my knees

we made it to a strange town
going down the wrong road
like any story retold
couldn't find a common ending
we're way gone, be gone,
looking for our own way
we needed a distraction
you said you were redemption

we knew it as a wrong turn
we couldn't know the thing we'd gain
when we reach the other border
we look out way down past the road
we come from
we're looking at redemption

it was hidden in the landscape
of loss and love and fire and rain
never would have come this way
looking for redemption

we were looking out past the road we came from
looking at redemption
it was hidden in the landscape
of loss and love and fire and rain
never would have come this way
looking for redemption

in the eyes of sorry, eyes of rage
what a sordid histories they played
the drama of redemption
redemption

in open fields of wild flowers
she breathes the air and flies away
she thanks her Jesus for the daises and the roses
in no simple language
someday she'll understand the meaning of it all
he's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
as close a heartbeat or a song on her lips
someday she'll trust him and learn how to see him
someday he'll call her and she will come running
and fall in his arms
and the tears will fall down and she'll pray

i want to fall in love with you (x 4)

sitting silent wearing sunday best
the sermon echoes through the walls
a great salvation through it calls to the people
who stare into nowhere
and can't feel the chains on their souls

it seems too easy to call you "Savior"
not close enough to call you "God"
so as i sit and think of words i can mention
to show my devotion

i want to fall in love with you

he's more than the laughter or the stars in the heavens
as close a heartbeat or a song on our lips
someday we'll trust him and learn how to see him
someday he'll call us and we will come running
and fall in his arms
and the tears will fall down and we'll pray
i want to fall in love with you

my heart beats for you

convinced of my deception
i've 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

CHORUS:

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

blessed are the shallow
depth they'll never find
seemed 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

[CHORUS]

frail

Written by Jars of Clay

For those under the clouds
Staring up in awesome wonder
As tears come slowly down
I'm reaching up a needful hand

CHORUS:
You are my eyes when I cannot see
You are my voice, see, sing through me
You are my strength in weakness be

To find that I could fall
And still your grace surrounds, pursuing
To freely stumble down
I feel your hands around my heart

[CHORUS]

You are my strength, my voice, my eyes
I lift up needful hands
You are my strength, my voice, my eyes
I lift up needful hands

[CHORUS]

I watch you smile
you steal the show
you take a bow
the curtain falls in front of you
you're magical, on display
I gaze into your eyes and
you turn to look the other way

but I'd really love to know
I'd really love to climb
my way into your heart
and see what I could find
I'd walk into your skin
swim through your veins
see it from your eyes
cause i'd really love to try, yeah

standing still
but in my mind
trying to escape
lookin' for a place to hide
it's not safe, but I'm so near
invading every place you go to disappear

I'd really love to know
I'd really love to climb
my way into your heart
and see what I can find
I'd walk into your skin
swim through your veins
see it from your eyes
I'd really love to try

I'd really love to know
I really want to climb into your soul
walk into your skin
swim through your veins
see it from your eyes
I'd really love to try
I'd really love to try

yeah, try

I'd really love to know
I'd really love to climb
my way into your heart
and see what I can find
I'd walk into your skin
swim through your veins
see it from your eyes

I'd really love to try
I'd really love to climb my way into your heart
and see what I could find
I'd walk into your skin
swim through your veins
see it from your eyes
I'd really love to try
I'd really love to try
yeah, yeah

yeah, I want to get inside the you you're hiding from
(yeah)
yeah, I want to get inside the you you're hiding from
(yeah)
I want to get inside the you that you are hiding from
(yeah)

dear God, surround me as I speak
the bridges that I walk across are weak
frustrations fill the void that I can't solely bear
dear God, don't let me fall apart
you've held me close to you
i have turned away and searched
for answers i can't understand

they say that i can move the mountains
and send them falling to the sea
they say that i can walk on water
if i would follow and believe
with faith like a child

sometimes, when i feel miles away
and my eyes can't see your face
i wonder if I've grown to lose the recklessness
i walked in light of you

they say that i can move the mountains
and send them crashing to the sea
they say that i can walk on water
if i would follow and believe
with faith like a child

LITTLE GIRLS:
"i've got joy like a fountain"
"be kind one to the other"
"in Jesus Christ your son"

they say that i can move the mountains
and send them crashing to the sea
they say that i can walk on water
if i would follow and believe
they say that love can heal the broken
they say that hope can make you see
they say that faith can find a Savior
if you would follow and believe
with faith like a child

you're cold that way
and that's why you say
the things that you say
you can't attract
the things that you lack
you're trying in vain

CHORUS:

it seems it's always the crazy times
you find you'll wake up and realize
it takes more than your saline eyes
to make things right

you spiral down
you've broken your crown
you don't feel like a queen
you've seen the proof
but you're still crying wolf
you'll never believe

[CHORUS]

you try to climb a broken ladder
grip the missing rungs
and fall down, down, down
seems sometime ago you said
this wouldn't last
and now you sit here crying

beside your bed
you feel left for dead
you kneel in the dark

it takes more than your saline eyes
to make things right

[CHORUS]

strangely out of place
there's a light filling this room where
none would follow before
I can't deny it burns me up inside
I fan the flames to melt away my pride
do I want shelter from the rain
or the rain to wash me away?

CHORUS:
I need you, I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you, I need you
you're all I'm livin' for

I might sound like a fool
but I think I felt you moving closer to me
face to the ground to hide the fatal cut
I fight the weight, I feel you lift me up
you are the shelter from the rain
and the rain to wash me away

[CHORUS]
I need you, I need you, I need you
you're all I'm livin' for
(all I'm livin' for)
all I'm livin' for
(all I'm livin' for)
you're all I'm livin' for

face to the ground to hide the fatal cut
I fight the weight, I feel you lift me up
I can't deny it burns me up inside
I fan the flames to melt away my pride
I only had a second to spare
but all the time in the world to know you're there
you are the shelter from the rain
and the rain to wash me away

I need you, I need you, I need you
(all I'm livin' for)
I need you, I need you, I need you
(all I'm livin' for)
I need you, I need you, I need you
you're all I'm livin' for
(all I'm livin' for)
all I'm livin' for
(all I'm livin' for)
you're all I'm livin' for
(all I'm livin' for)
all I'm livin' for
(all I'm livin' for)
you're all I'm livin' for

trace the shape of my heart
'til it becomes more familiar to your eyes
I've been lost without you
cold without your love
it's taken days and nights to make me realize

CHORUS:
rescue me from hangin' on this line
I won't give up on giving you
the chance to blow my mind
let the eleventh hour quickly pass me by
I'll find you when I think I'm out of time

take the place of my heart
'til I become a stranger to my life
I've been down without you
wrong without your love
in time will I be what you're thinking of?

[CHORUS]

I've been down without you
cold without your love
in time will I be what you're thinking of?

[CHORUS] x 2

time
time
time

Words by Dan Haseltine
Music by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Stephen Mason, Charlie Lowell

All heavy laden acquainted with sorrow
May Christ in our marrow carry us home
From alabaster come blessings of laughter
A fragrance of passion, joy from the truth

Grant the unbroken tears ever flowing
From hearts of contrition only for you
May sin never hold true that love never broke through
For God's mercy holds us; we are his own

This road that we travel
May it be the straight & narrow
God give us peace & grace from you
All the day
Shelter with fire
Our voices we raise still higher
God give us peace & grace from you
All the day through

be still
let your hand melt into mine
the part of me that breathes when you breathe is losing time
I can't find the words to say
I'll never say goodbye

CHORUS:
and I'll fly with you through the night
so you know I'm not letting go
I'm not letting go
my tears like rain fill up the sky
oh, my love, I'm not letting go
I won't let you go

I saw the host of silent angels waiting on their own
knowing that all the promises of faith
come alive when you see home
hold still and let your hand melt into mine

[CHORUS]

shed your heart and your breath and your pain and fly

now you're alive
now you're alive
now you're alive
now you're alive

I won't let you go
I'm not letting go
I won't let you go
I'm not letting go
I won't let you go

it was the fear of God that led me to you
and it's the fear of you that takes getting used to
I've never been one to hang my heart on a thread
but you spun me around and you loved me instead

I know I could turn to something other than you
'cause I don't understand you and why you're after me
I've never been the saint you wanted me to turn to
and I can't see the view from the eyes you look at me through
oh, no

but I'm alright; i'm alright
I'm alright; I'm alright
I'm alright; I'm alright
I'm alright

so cut below the surface and try hard not to notice
that I could be so foolish thinkin' I'm alright
I've got no one to hold me; I've got no one to carry
everything inside of me that I won't let you see

peace takes a taxi to the underground
I want to love the world, but I don't know how
I blame it on the d.j. playin' all the fast songs
ain't spinnin' anything that I can sing along

so if you know the words, then try to sing along
and when you get the beat, grab a hammer, bang a gong
'cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belong
to be a revolution, yeah
to be a revolution, yeah

if you wanna learn to play the rock guitar
throw down your guns, you're gonna be a star
you got to begin with who you know you are
to be a revolution, yeah

'cause the time is right to cross that line
to let love find a way

so if you know the words, then try to sing along
and when you get the beat, grab a hammer, bang a gong
cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belong
to be a revolution, 's alright
to be a revolution, 's alright, yeah

yeah

alright

so if you know the words, then try to sing along
and when you get the beat, grab your hammer, bang a gong
'cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belong
to be a revolution, alright, yeah

if you know the words, then try to sing along
and when you get the beat, grab a hammer, bang a gong
'cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belong
to be a revolution, alright, yeah, yeah

if you know the words, then try to sing along
and when you get the beat, grab your hammer, bang a gong
'cause you don't got to fight or make yourself belong
and be a revolution, yeah, yeah, yeah
a revolution, yeah

be a revolution, yeah

rain, rain on my face
it hasn't stopped raining for days
my world is a flood
slowly I become one with the mud

CHORUS:

but if I can't swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
lift me up so high that I cannot fall
lift me up
lift me up - when I'm falling
lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
lift me up - I need you to hold me
lift me up - keep me from drowning again

downpour on my soul
splashing in the ocean, I'm losing control
dark sky all around
I can't feel my feet touching the ground

[CHORUS]

calm the storms that drench my eyes
dry the streams still flowing
cast down all the waves of sin
and guilt that overthrow me

[CHORUS]

lift me up - when I'm falling
lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
lift me up - I need you to hold me
lift me up - keep me from drowning again

I am the only one to blame for this
somehow it all adds up the same
soaring on the wings of selfish pride
I flew too high
and like icarus I collide
with a world I try so hard to leave behind
to rid myself of all but love
to give and die

to turn away and not become
another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves
more deeply than the oceans
more abundant than the tears
of a world embracing every heartache

can I be the one to sacrifice
or grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow

to love you - take my world apart
to need you - I am on my knees
to love you - take my world apart
to need you - broken on my knees

all said and done I stand alone
amongst remains of a life I should not own
it takes all I am to believe
in the mercy that covers me

did you really have to die for me
all I am for all you are
because what I need and what I believe are worlds apart

I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
and wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
more and more I need you now
I owe you more each passing hour
the battle between grace and pride
I gave up not so long ago
so steal my heart and take the pain
and wash the feet and cleanse my pride
take the selfish, take the weak
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
the sin-soaked heart and make it yours
take my world all apart
take it now, take it now
and serve the ones that I despise
speak the words I can't deny
watch the world I used to love
fall to dust and thrown away
I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
so wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
so steal my heart and take the pain
take the selfish, take the weak
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
take my world apart, take my world apart
I pray, I pray, I pray
take my world apart