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ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD
I wake up in the morning, see the same old sky
The clouds are forming, I know not why
The mailman comes and drops it in the slot
It might take me forever to realize what I’ve got
All things are possible with God
It’s not a dream
All things are possible with God
It’s not a dream
I hear my children comin’, runnin’ up the stairs
I don’t know their secrets, their hidden fears and cares
They’re headin’ out the door into the great wide
I don’t know what they’ll meet up with, or with what they’ll collide
All things are possible with God
It’s not a dream
All things are possible with God
It’s not a dream
The night is comin’ on, don’t know where it’s comin’ from
The streetlights all turn on, I hear them start to hum
There’s people out there walkin’ in the night
Lookin’ for a window with a light
All things are possible with God
It’s not a dream
All things are possible with God
It’s not a dream
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what a human is for
03:16
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WHAT A HUMAN IS FOR
I don’t wanna hear about it anymore
I keep tellin’ you I got enough, you keep tryin’ to give me more
Lessons on new ways of takin’ it on the chin
You’re workin’ on my very last nerve, my very last nerve’s wearin’ thin
But I am only human, not a proxy in this war
I am only human, born to live, cry and die
And find out what a human is for
All the people that I know are underneath a load
In cubicle situations or strung out along the road
Trading the viewpoint of the eagle where they could see it all
For the perspective of a keyhole in a lavatory stall
But I am only human, not a proxy in this war
I am only human, born to live, cry and die
And find out what a human is for
Now the gears are bearing down as the walls begin to shake
The whole structure is collapsing as the earth begins to quake
The ceiling falls away that had obscured the sky
The people step out from the darkness, they begin to cry –
But I am only human, not a proxy in this war
I am only human, born to live, cry and die
And find out what a human is for
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if only you would fall
04:02
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IF ONLY YOU WOULD FALL
When you have no words
And every breath is like a curse
You hear the approaching hearse
And you’re calling for the nurse
Out upon life’s bleakest shore
Where you can’t lose any more
You can rule over it all, you can even hear Jesus call
If only you would fall
So concerned with how you come across
You always have a smile,
how much does that smile cost?
If only you would bend
Maybe there would be a friend
You could help each other mend,
Share the greatest gift of all
If only you would fall
Your black crow cries
But it just as often dies
You’ve been so long hypnotized
That you’re hard to recognize
Now that everything is gone
There’s no act you need to put on
You can have it all, Cinderella at the ball
If only you would fall
Now that all is said and done
It’s time to see what can be won
By letting go instead of trying to hold on
The last thing that you wanna do
Could be what release you
You can dissolve the wall
It could be a free for all
If only you would fall
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AIN’T GONNA GO DOWN WITH YOUR SHIP, MATE
He’s rude and crude and loud, no-one has less reason to be proud
He’s fillin’ up all the air and shovin’ me into the crapper
He says “Come and work for me, you can be my worker bee –
Make me rich and I’ll discard you like a wrapper.”
But I ain’t gonna go down with your ship, mate
I got somethin’ else to do and it can’t wait
Find someone else to trim your sails and to cut bait
‘Cause I ain’t gonna go down with your ship, mate
The devil comes and says to me, in my time of misery
“You look tired, honey baby, do you need a rest?
Deny the God who gives you life, I’ll save you from all pain and strife
Become another stressed-out robot like the rest.”
But I said I ain’t gonna go down with your ship, mate
I got somethin’ else to do and it can’t wait
Find someone else to trim your sails and to cut bait
‘Cause I ain’t gonna go down with your ship, mate
Jared Kushner met the law, then he saw his dad-in-law
Who said “Did you tell them anything, boy, did you squeal?”
Jared said “A young man like me’s got no place in a penitentiary
So I’m sendin’ you there instead, you rotten heel.”
I ain’t gonna go down with your ship, mate
I got somethin’ else to do and it can’t wait
Find someone else to trim your sails and to cut bait
‘Cause I ain’t gonna go down with your ship, mate
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you can walk on water
03:32
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YOU CAN WALK ON WATER
You can walk on water
And leave the land behind
Across the hulls of all shipwrecks
Your feet can find
You can talk to people
You can’t even see
You can walk on water
If only for a moment
In that moment you are free
You can speak in languages
That you’ve never known
To dispel the illusion
That you’ve ever been alone
Nothing that you need to pardon
Or even to atone
You can walk on water
If only for a moment
In that moment you are known
Reachin’ out your hand as you begin to sink
Starin’ straight into the sun as you wait for it to blink
You can walk on water
Even if it’s but a drop
Or a flood that breaks the levee
And embarrasses a mop
Passing through a doorway
That you once thought was a grave
You can walk on water
If only for a moment
In that moment you are saved
You can walk on water
To the coast of Africa
To the port of Monte Christo
To the shores of Shangri-La
Working from a blueprint
By an otherworldly hand
You can walk on water
If only for a moment
In that moment you can stand
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lifelines
04:44
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LIFELINES
I’ve been to the place where the flowers don’t grow
Where the trees cast no shade, where the rivers don’t flow
Where the bounty lies spoiled and wasted on the earth
And death is a miracle, just like your birth
On the threshold of a doorway to another life
On the head of a pin, on the edge of a knife
On the toss of a coin, on the turning of a card
Where your love goes on forever but your fear don’t get far
When your thoughts are a forest and your feelings are snow
Your last chance expired some time ago
All earthly propositions add up to nil
Your coffers must be emptied before they are filled
Phantasmal spirits that you kind of recognize
Forming and re-forming before your eyes
Like the echo of a voice that resounds through the years
Too joyful for laughter, too painful for tears
The edges are sharpened, the road is rough-hewn
You’re greeted by animals you’ve never known
Silhouettes in the mist, shadows on the plain
Reflections of life are all that remain
At the border where they confiscate all that will rot
There’s nothing you own, nothing you’ve got
Except this moment like a bird that flutters and flits
And disappears in the moment you’re conscious of it
The force of the hands bidding you back is so strong
The battle is met but for who knows how long?
How many struggles went on through the night
And left you fighting with nothing in the dawn’s early light?
The canyon of clouds by the setting sun is cleaved
Like a soul reaching out for what it believes
Like the merciless night strikes the light from the sky
Leaving only the outlines of the earth to go by
So many ghosts lining up to haunt you
So many graves for you to fall into
Down the path faint and faded, through the smoke and the dust
Not easy to follow but follow you must
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