… and All Just Because

But I give myself … to what looks like love And I sell myself … for what feels like love And I pay to get … what is not love And all just because I see things upside down —Derek Webb, “What Is not Love” (I See Things Upsidedown)

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You Go a Little Numb

I tried to make you like me with some words and a six-string It was really just a cry of sorts and some fancy conjuring And even when it got cold, I hardly knew I’d died I guess you go a little numb before going empty on the inside –Bill Mallonee, “Songwriter (Numb)” (Dear Life, [...]

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The Stumbling Turtle

  WHAT IF I STUMBLE? What if I stumble, what if I fall? What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all? Will the love continue when my walk becomes a crawl? What if I stumble? And what if I fall? – DC Talk, “What if I Stumble?

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… There’s a Prison Cell

Inside this Shell there’s a Prison Cell + Switchfoot, “Free” (Hello, Hurricane – 2009) —

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I Don’t Belong Here

It was a Beautiful Letdown When I crashed and burned When I found myself alone, unknown, and hurt It was a Beautiful Letdown The day I knew That all the riches this world had to offer me Would never do In a world full of bitter pain and bitter doubt I was trying to fit [...]

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Wounded Heart – Will You Set Me Free

So long ago I drew a line For myself in the sand Time after time I moved that line when I crossed it again and again Here we are back at the same old place Down on the ground on my knees Will you set me free? + Mike Roe, “I Buried my Heart at [...]

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There Was a Boy

There was a boy who had the faith to move a mountain And like a child he would believe without a reason Without a trace he disappeared into the void and I’ve been searching for that missing person + Michael W. Smith, “Missing Person”

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Driving the Nails

I’ve been driving the nails firmly in your tree You’ve been talking to your Father on behalf of me Nothing at these check points I care to defend So why do I raise the hammer up and drive the nails again? + Bill Mallonee/Vigilantes of Love, “Driving the Nails” (1995)

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Chameleon

ADDICTION I am the adulteress and the penitent man I’m the cunning culprit and the little lamb and I love all God’s creatures all but one: this Chameleon —Mike Knott, “Chameleon” (Life of David – 2001) (Painting also by Mike Knott)

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I am Wrong …

I repent I repent of my pursuit of America’s dream I repent I repent of living like I deserve anything Of my house my fence my kids my wife In our suburb where we’re safe and white I am wrong and of these things I repent + Derek Webb, “I Repent”

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