FAITH TO FAITH

FAITH TO FAITH

A YOUNG DRUM WARRIOR WITH JUST ONE GOAL,
AGES OF ROCK HAD FINALLY TAKEN TOLL
BUT THE ROCK OF AGES SAVED MY SOUL,
ATONEMENT SOMETHING NEW TO ME
AND GOD ALONE MY JUDGE AND JURY NOW,
NO MORE PAIN AND NO MORE FURY NOW
WITH YOU BESIDE ME I AM STRONGER NOW,
BACK TO BACK AND FAITH TO FAITH
SO MANY PEOPLE TRIED TO TELL ME HOW,
TO LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY THAT THEY’D ALLOW
THEN I MET THREE MEN THAT I TRUSTED MOST,
FATHER SON AND HOLY GHOST
I’M TIRED OF TRAVELLING THIS LONELY ROAD,
I’M TIRED OF CARRYING THIS HEAVY LOAD
I’M TIRED OF TRYING TO KEEP OUR DREAMS ALIVE,
LET ME BE STILL LET ME ARRIVE
FOR MANY YEARS I TRIED TO SING MY SONGS,
I NEVER KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING WRONG,
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WHAT WOULD BE WOULD BE,
BUT GOD HAD OTHER PLANS FOR ME.
AND GOD ALONE MY JUDGE AND JURY NOW,
NO MORE PAIN AND NO MORE FURY
NOW WITH YOU BESIDE ME I AM STRONGER NOW,
BACK TO BACK AND FAITH TO FAITH
BACK TO BACK AND FAITH TO FAITH
WE’RE BACK TO BACK AND FAITH TO FAITH

GOD KNOWS

I WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE THERE WHEN THOSE THOUGHTS CAME BACK TO ME
I WAS HAPPY TO BE ANYWHERE, HAPPY JUST TO BE
I WAS SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING THE LIARS AND THE JUST
SICK AND TIRED OF FEELING THAT I COULD NEVER TRUST
THEN I SAW YOU STANDING SMILING AND MY HEART JUST TOOK CONTROL
I TOLD YOU OF MY MANY LIVES AND BARED MY VERY SOUL
AND YOU LISTENED TO MY STORIES AND YOU SAID YOU’D BE MY FRIEND
BUT I PRAYED THAT YOU WOULD STAY WHEN THE STORIES END

AND I THANK GOD YOU LOVE ME IN MY DARKNESS YOU ARE THERE
I YOUR EYES I SEE A FUTURE WHEN YOU SMILE I KNOW YOU CARE
IN THE BARREN WASTELANDS OF MY HEART THE SEED OF YOU LOVE GROWS
HOW YOUR LOVE HAS FOUND ME? GOD KNOWS.

I TOLD YOU THAT I’D LOST SOMEONE THE PAIN WAS CLEAR TO SEE
A PERSON DIED SO LONG AGO THAT PERSON’S NAME WAS ME
AND I SAID I’D BEEN A FIGHTER AND A KILLER TO MY SHAME
BUT IF I’D KILLED THAT MAN INSIDE MY HEAD TO GOD THAT’S JUST THE SAME
FOR YOU SEE BY CRYING WOLF SOMEHOW I HOPED A WOLF WOULD COME
AND THEN I COULD SAVE YOU FROM IT AND BE A HERO TO SOMEONE
AND YOU LISTENED TO MY STORIES AND YOU SWORE YOU’D BE MY FRIEND
BUT I PRAY THAT YOU WILL STAY WHEN THE STORIES END

IN HIS EYES

I MET A MAN LAST FRIDAY A KILLER I’D BEEN TOLD,
THEY SAID THAT HE WAS TROUBLED BY THE STORIES HE’D BEEN SOLD,
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WHEN THE CONVERSATION DIED
I COULD SEE A KINDNESS IN HIS EYES

HE HAD THE FACE OF CITY THUNDER AND A HURTING DEEP INSIDE
A LOST AND WOUNDED LION STILL SEARCHING FOR HIS PRIDE,
HE SAID THE CITY’S JUST A PRISON WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF BARS,
HE SAW THE MOON BUT ONLY REACHED THE SCARS

HE SAID I HOPE THAT THEY WILL LEAVE ME TO LIVE MY LIFE IN PEACE,
IT’S ALL THAT I CAN HOPE FOR WHEN I FINALLY FIND RELEASE
AND I KNOW IT WON’T BE EASY TRYING TO START MY LIFE AGAIN,
BUT I HOPE I FIND A TRUE LOVE WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THE PAIN.

HE SAID YOU BUY IN TO THE SYSTEM WHERE THE SYSTEM LETS YOU DWELL,
SO HE BOUGHT A CHUNK OF HARDNESS, THE KIND THAT PRISONS SELL
AND HE SAID THAT SHE’D BEEN FAITHFUL AS FIFTEEN YEARS WENT BY,
BUT I COULD SEE A SADNESS IN HIS EYES.

HE HAD A REPUTATION THAT EVEN I HAD HEARD HE COULD
DISTURB THE COMFORTABLE AND COMFORT THE DISTURBED,
BUT DEEP INSIDE THIS FIGHTING MAN I HAD MET THE WISE
AND I COULD SEE A SON RISE IN HIS EYES.

WHEN WE FINISHED TALKING HE SHOOK ME BY THE HAND,
HE SAID YOU DIDN’T JUDGE ME AND I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT’S PAST IS PAST AND WHAT’S AHEAD IS WAY TOO FAR TO SEE,
WHAT MATTERS MOST IS WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME.

I MET A MAN LAST FRIDAY A KILLER I’D BEEN TOLD
I COULD SEE THAT HE WAS TROUBLED BY THE LIES THAT HE’D BEEN SOLD
BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HIS CHILDREN I SAW THE LOVE INSIDE
AND I COULD SEE A FUTURE IN HIS EYES.

SONG FOR ALEX

IF IT WASN’T FOR THE FACT THAT I DON’T HAVE ANY MONEY
I’D BUY THE WORLD AND GIVE IT ALL TO YOU
I KNOW THAT YOU STILL FIND THAT KIND OF FUNNY
BUT DEEP WITHIN MY HEART I ALWAYS KNEW
THAT EVERY TIME I TRIED TO STOP THESE FEELINGS
I KNOW YOUR HEART IS CALLING OUT MY NAME
YOU TAKE AWAY THE PAIN AND START THE HEALING
AND LEAD ME FROM MY ANGER AND MY PAIN

AND THEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
AND I CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR KISS
AND I CAN TELL THE WAY YOU HOLD SO TIGHT
THAT YOU NEED A LOVE LIKE THIS

I KNEW IT FROM THE MOMENT THAT I SAW YOU
THE HUNGER AND THE SORROW IN YOUR EYES
YOU TOOK MY HEART AS IF IT WAS PART OF YOU
IT HELPED YOU FIND THE TRUTH BEYOND THE LIES
SO MANY TIMES YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU NEED ME
AND HOW YOU NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE
BUT EVERY TIME YOU LEFT MY HEART WAS BLEEDING
THIS ANGEL NEEDS TO LOVE YOU SO MUCH MORE

BUT THEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
AND I CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR KISS
AND I CAN TELL THE WAY YOU HOLD SO TIGHT
THAT YOU NEED A LOVE LIKE THIS

TO BE STILL IS WHAT HE TAUGHT ME
LIKE THE DUST UPON THE SHELF AND I THANK THE LORD
YOU CAUGHT ME AND YOU SAVED ME FROM MYSELF

STICKS AND STONES

WELL SHE THOUGHT ABOUT THE NIGHT THEY MET THE FRUIT WITHOUT THE PASSION
THE LOCAL HEARTTHROB TOUGH AND LEAN THE LOOK THE BUILD THE FASHION
WELL HE LIED TO HER AGAIN THAT NIGHT BETRAYAL TEARS EXCUSES
A STRANGE NEW PERFUME FILLED THE AIR THE PAIN THAT LEAVES NO BRUISES

AND SHE SAID BABY PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHENEVER WE’RE APART
STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES BUT YOUR WORDS BREAK MY HEART

HE THOUGHT THAT HE COULD READ HER RIGHT AND GET INSIDE HER HEAD,
BUT SHE COULD READ BETWEEN THE LIES AND HEAR WHAT WASN’T SAID
BUT WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN WE FISH AROUND FOR EXCUSES IN THE DARK,
NEVER GETTING DOWN TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER OR THE MATTERS OF THE HEART

HE WONDERED WHAT WAS BEHIND HER FRONTS, BUT SHE COULD HEAR HIM THINKING,
HE SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE FLOATING AROUND WHILE HER BROKEN HEART WAS SINKING

AND SHE SAID BABY PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHENEVER WE’RE APART
STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES BUT YOUR WORDS BREAK MY HEART
AND BABY PLEASE REMEMBER EVERY TIME YOU START
STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES BUT YOUR WORDS BREAK MY HEART,

THE BALLAD OF MICKEY SILVER

IT WAS SIX THIRTY IN THE MORNING TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY
THE TOWN FOLK WERE ALL GATHERED, A MAN WOULD HANG TODAY
MICKEY HAD ALWAYS BEEN A LONER, SINCE THE WAR HAD BROUGHT HIM HERE
TOUGH AND HARD AND BATTLE SCARRED THEY WOULD NEVER SEE HIS TEARS

WON’T YOU TELL THEM MICKEY SILVER, WON’T YOU TELL THEM OF YOUR PAIN
WON’T YOU TELL THEM MICKEY SILVER, TELL THEM ALL HER PRECIOUS NAME
WON’T YOU TELL THEM HOW SHE HELD YOU
HOW SHE CALMED THE RAGE INSIDE
AS YOU TAKE THAT FINAL STEP TO YOUR LOVER’S SIDE

WELL SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG ONE, BUT WAS PURE AS DRIVEN SNOW
SHE TOOK THE WORD OF JESUS WHERE THE ANGELS FEARED TO GO
BUT SOME MEN ARE NOT FOR TELLING AND SOME MEN WANT MUCH MORE
HER SCREAMS HAD DIED TO SILENCE WHEN MICKEY WALKED IN THROUGH THAT DOOR

HE COULD SEE THEIR LEERING FACES AND THE DEED THAT THEY HAD DONE
HE WATCHED IT TURN TO HORROR WHEN THE FLAMES CAME FROM HIS GUNS
THE SILENT NIGHT WAS SHATTERED SATANS BELL BEGAN TO RING
THROUGH THE SOUND OF DISTANT THUNDER HE HEARD HIS ANGEL SING

CAN YOU HEAR ME MICKEY SILVER, CAN YOU FEEL ME STANDING NEAR
DON’T BE FRIGHTENED MICKEY SILVER I WILL TAKE AWAY YOU FEAR
STANDING SIDE BY SIDE FOREVER IN A LAND BEYOND THE SKY
WHERE WE WILL NEVER HEAR THE SOUND OF ANOTHER’S CRY

THE GALLOWS ARE STILL STANDING AND THE TOWN FOLK STILL RECALL
THE SMILE ON MICKEY SILVERS FACE WHEN HE TOOK THAT FINAL FALL
MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED UN-NOTICED WINTERS MELTING IN TO SPRING
AND IF YOU LISTEN VERY CLOSELY YOU CAN STILL HEAR MICKEY SING

DON’T YOU CRY FOR MICKEY SILVER DON’T YOU CRY FOR ME YOU HEAR
DON’T YOU CRY FOR MICKEY SILVER DON’T YOU CRY A SINGLE TEAR
DON’T YOU CRY FOR ME TOMORROW DON’T YOU CRY TO GOD ABOVE
FOR TONIGHT I’M IN THE ARMS OF THE ONE I LOVE.

THE OTHER HALF

IN THE HALF LIGHT OF THE EVENING FROM A HALF MOON IN THE SKY,
THERE’S A HALF CUT MAN JUST SITTING WATCHING HALF HIS LIFE GO BY
AND HE NEVER COULD REMEMBER WAS HE HALF RIGHT OR HALF WRONG,
AS HALF THE THINGS HE STARTED FAILED WHEN HALF TIME CAME ALONG

HALF THE TIME, HALF THE PICTURE THE OTHER HALF IS OUT OF REACH,
LIKE PHOTOGRAPHS TORN IN HALF
AND YOU ONLY HAVE HALF EACH

YOU SHARE HALF YOUR LIFE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS ALWAYS HALF ASLEEP
AND WHEN YOUR HALF GONE WITH YOUR HALF PINT THEN YOU’RE IN THE HALF THAT’S DEEP AND YOUR NEWLY FOUND HALF BROTHER TALKS YOU IN TO HALF A DAY
THEN YOU END THE NIGHT HALF CRAZY BECAUSE YOU’VE ONLY GOT HALF PAY

HALF THE TIME, HALF THE PICTURE THE OTHER HALF IS OUT OF REACH, LIKE PHOTOGRAPHS TORN IN HALF AND YOU ONLY HAVE HALF EACH

HALF A LOVE HE NEEDED SO JUST LEARNED HALF THE DANCE
BUT WHEN THIS HALF FOOL WAS HALF EMPTY HE JUST WANTED HALF A CHANCE,
BUT IN HALF AN HOUR HIS HALF LOVE WILL BE HALF A WORLD AWAY
AND HE THOUGHT FOR HALF A SECOND THAT HALF HER HEART WOULD STAY

HALF THE TIME, HALF THE PICTURE THE OTHER HALF IS OUT OF REACH, LIKE PHOTOGRAPHS TORN IN HALF AND YOU ONLY HAVE HALF EACH

UNWANTED

EVEN THE CITY HAS ITS SEASONS, IN AUTUMN PEOPLE TURN TO GREY
THROUGH LONELY SUMMERS SOME ARE LONELY, THEN WINTER WINDS BLOW THEM AWAY
LIKE LEAVES THAT GATHER UNINVITED, FROM DOWN BELOW HE LOOKS ABOVE,
HE COULD SEE THE WAY THEY LIVED LIFE, HE JUST WONDERED IF THEY LOVED
HE HAD LEARNED HIS LESSON EARLY THAT POVERTY BEGINS AT HOME
METHADONE WAS IN HIS MADNESS AS HE WANDERED ALL ALONE
LOOKING AT UNWANTED POSTERS OF UNWANTED SOULS,
UNWANTED LOVERS PLAYING UNWANTED ROLES,
UNWANTED HATE, UNWANTED PAIN,
UNWANTED CHILDREN, UNWANTED AGAIN
FOR EVERY MAN THERE IS IN PRISON, THERE ARE OTHERS DOING THE TIME,
MOTHERS, FATHERS, SISTERS LOVERS WITH CHILDREN LIVING ON THE LINE
DON’T YOU KNOW THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, YOU BOAST ABOUT ITS REPUTATION,
BUT THE WAY YOU TREAT EACH OTHER, IT’S AN UN-UNITED NATION.
IT’S A DIMINISHING REPUBLIC NOT FOR POOR OR SICK OR OLD,
OR THE YOUNG WHO ARE DOWNTRODDEN, OR THOSE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD
LOOKING AT UNWANTED POSTERS OF UNWANTED SOULS,
UNWANTED LOVERS PLAYING UNWANTED ROLES,
UNWANTED HATE, UNWANTED PAIN,
UNWANTED CHILDREN, UNWANTED AGAIN

WAIT FOR ME

IF I SHOULD LEAVE THIS WORLD BEFORE YOU
PROMISE ME WE WILL NEVER PART
FOR ALL THE TIMES I HELD YOU
AND ALL THE LOVE YOU BROUGHT TO MY HEART
THE LIGHT ABOVE THE CRYSTAL WATER
THE BRIGHT REFLECTION OF YOUR SMILE
UPON OUR SECRET ISLAND
STANDING SIDE BY SIDE FOR A WHILE
THE LOVE WE HAVE WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
UNTIL THE ONE WE LOVE HAS GONE
THOUGH OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY
SOMEHOW WE FIND THE STRENGTH TO GO ON
WHEN YOU CALL AND NO ONE ANSWERS WHEN THE SILENCE MAKES YOU CRY
TOO LATE TO SAY I’M SORRY FAR TOO LATE TO SAY GOODBYE
LIKE A SHIP OUT ON THE WATER, AT THE MERCY OF THE SEA
LIKE A LAMB LEAD TO THE SLAUGHTER, I JUST WANDER AIMLESSLY
THROUGH THE DAYS I HEAR YOUR LAUGHTER STOP IT’S AT NIGHT I GO INSANE
NO MORE HAPPY EVER AFTERS, UNTIL I’M HOLDING YOU AGAIN

BENEATH THE CALIFORNIA SUNSET BLOOD RED SUN CRIES ON THE SEA
THERE I’LL CALL YOUR NAME OUT AND I WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE WITH ME
BUT IF YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEFORE ME KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER REST
UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR ME AND I CAN FEEL YOUR HEAD ON MY CHEST
UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR ME AND I CAN FEEL YOUR HEAD ON MY CHEST

YOU ARE

YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
YOU ARE A LOVE SO FINE A LOVE DIVINE
YOU ARE MY DAILY SUNLIGHT
YOU ARE MY ONLY MOONLIGHT
YOU SMILE MY DARKNESS IN TO LIGHT
YOUR LAUGHTER BRIGHTENS UP MY DAY

YOU ARE A SPECIAL PLACE
YOU ARE A PRECIOUS GRACE
NEARER CLEARER
YOU TAKE MY HAND YOU UNDERSTAND
YOU ARE THE STARS IN MY SKY
YOU ARE MY STRENGTH WHEN I CRY
YOU LIFT ME HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS
I WANT TO SHOUT YOUR NAME OUT LOUD

YOU ARE SO MAGICAL
YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL
SWEET FACE, SWEET GRACE
I WATCH YOU SLEEP IN LOVE SO DEEP
AND EACH MORNING WHEN YOU RISE
THE SKY TAKES BLUE FROM YOUR EYES
THE FLOWERS CALL YOUR NAME OUT LOUD
YOU MAKE FEEL SO VERY PROUD

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