All Too Familiar


it's so hard to hold these horses
from breaking into a run
when that's the only speed they've known

Am i crazy to let myself
i could almost swear i told myself
that this would not happen yet

But i know this feeling
it's all too familiar
yeah i know this feeling
it's all too familiar

my tongue has no reins
and this forest is your heart
so why cant i keep from burning down

because i know this feeling
it's all too familiar
yeah i know this feeling
it's all too familiar

but i'm a hypocrite and i'll use you
to get my own way
i am a hypocrite and i'll use you
cause i've got to have my way

i know this feeling
it's all too familiar
i know this feeling
it's all too familiar

  posted by Andy @ 2:38 PM

 
Drawn

Three candles burn bright on the windowsill
to cover red brick with fragrant wax
and bring color to these dull grey walls
that could tell years and years of tales

And I'm up later than i should be
it's a re-rerecurring theme
I've been drawn like a moth to this flame
and i cant find the words to tell myself no

I've been reminded of my own mortality
just as my youth and strength demand responsibility
for my power to destroy far overwhelms
any desire to heal

And my anger is so strong within me
it's a re-rerecurring theme
And I'm drawn like a moth to this flame
and I dont want the words to tell myself no

But i am as easily extinguished
as these candles on my windowsill
But i know your flame will burn
to mold and refine

You take away my worry and my fear
it's a re-rerecurring theme
I'm drawn like a moth to your flame
and i dont need to say no


  posted by Andy @ 3:13 PM

 
New Day Come

Sitting awake
No way i can sleep
For i've already done it too much
This day of this week
But my future's uncertain
And my faith has been tried
By the ghosts and the demons
That i try to hide

Everything's done
Everything's done-

Then it all starts again

Living my life
In the ebb and the flow
And reading the work
Of experience told
I learn from what it tells me
Most of the time
But i'd lie if you asked me
If i confide

Cause i hate being so dependent
I cant stand it, i dont wanna change
But i'm sick and dying, i am dying
i am dying

But a new day's come
A new day's come

And i'm alive again

  posted by Andy @ 11:16 PM

 
Grace

Let the words speak for themselves.

I see him at the table
wanting more cigarettes
and he's talking on the cell phone
to the woman that he loves
He doesnt know I'm watching
and he doesnt know I care
Just trying to go on living
giving his fish a blank stare

He calls to us on the street
says, "That's what I like to see
two young people in love
There isnt anything better"
So he gives us each a flower
says he doesnt want to be paid
A little bit of generosity
in an unexpected way

What do we do
With this gift that we've been given?
And will we share
This Love You have given to us
It has been given to us

I see you through history
teaching thousands on the street
Changing lives by the masses
Through every word you preach
I know that I'm not worthy
Cause every word says I'm not
But You give it anyway
Lord, it takes all I've got

So what do we do
With the gift we have been given?
Will we share
this Love You have given to us
It has been given to us.

  posted by Andy @ 10:22 PM

 
Healing in the Hurting

I am worn and weary from my burden
and my heart longs to be free
from these neverending chains of memory
but i know there is healing in the hurting
yes i know there is healing in the hurting

The worst weeks seem to follow the best
I guess I know how Elijah felt
When he fled from the top of Carmel
But still i know, there is healing in the hurting
Yes i know, there's still healing in the hurting

Every time that you get close
I get scared and run away
And everytime you remind me
You are here to stay

Dissapointment always follows close
behind the joy that is so rare
Lord, it hurts to know it's not my time
But i know that there's still healing in the hurting
Yes i know, there is healing in the hurting

  posted by Andy @ 10:22 AM

 
May Your Name Be Holy

May your name be holy
In this place
For you were crushed
for our sin

May your will be done
in our lives
for by Your stripes
we are healed

And we, the barren ones
will sing from the top of our lungs
of who you are
and what you've done

You took the nail that was our sin
and you bore every curse that we alone deserve

  posted by Andy @ 11:08 AM

 
Honesty

The shaking of my hands
betray a raging battle
between my soul and skin
for the hill of my mind

But i'm afraid to fight
cause i know You will win
and i just want the glory
for myself, for myself

My prideful heart longs for
someone to fill it up
with complementary words
and blessings of the tongue

and I dont care
who i have to kill
just so long as
i get my way, my way

I hide my broken bones
within this whitewashed tomb
where no eye can see
the chaos that ensues

Let my anger die
Nailed to Your cross
That these bones may rise
from the tomb, from the tomb

Let my anger die
Nailed to your cross
that these bones may rise
from the tomb, from the tomb

These words dont give peace
Cause it's in silence you will find
The roaring whispering
It's been there all the time

  posted by Andy @ 1:07 AM

 
Of You

My first love song...i think.

My heart feels black as night
from overcoming
Coming to my senses
All too late

And you still haunt me
you're a ghost i cannot shake
though years go by
they cant erase the pain

of you
of you

I have no idea
why these words pour forth
maybe something in my past
is unresolved

But there's no denying
That i'm deep in love now
And there's no ghost that can
ever change the fact

of you
of you

  posted by Andy @ 3:08 PM

 
Let Justice
(updated 1-23-04)

The main focus of this song was taken from Amos 5, and was largely written a long time ago, but i wrote the bridge last weekend.

She has fallen, and will not rise again
The virgin Israel
She lies neglected on her own land
There is none to raise her up

Let justice roll down like living waters
And righteousness flow as a stream
Let my people come and cleanse their hands
That they might be free, indeed

You who turn justice into bitterness
And throw righteousness to the ground
You have stolen the work of her hands
And the bread from her mouth

A voice is crying in the wilderness
"Come near and bow down to the ground"
Come and repent of your great sin
Turn from that way that brings you death

But the church has grown complacent behind their wall of stone
And it's time for us, time to make a change
We've got to wake up and

Let justice roll down like living waters
and righteousness flow as a stream
Let my people come and cleanse their hands
That they might be free, indeed

  posted by Andy @ 2:59 PM

 
I Am

"I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins."-Isaiah 43:25

I didnt write these words, they were written long ago by the pen of the prophet Isaiah, through the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Fear not, O Israel,
For I have redeemed you
I have called you by name
You are Mine

The water and the flame
will not overwhelm you
For I, I will hold you
In My hands

For I am the LORD your God
The Holy One of Israel,
For I am the LORD your God
The Holy One of Israel,
Your Savior

Because you are precious
In My eyes
I would trade the nations
for you

I'll round up all your
scattered children
pull them in from east and west
north and south

For I am the LORD your God
The Holy One of Israel,
For I am the LORD your God
The Holy One of Israel,
Your Savior

  posted by Andy @ 2:50 PM

 
Run

This is a song that i've been riding pretty much since summer. If you've been to new city since then and heard me play, then you know this song, and it needs no introduction. But if you havent, this is a song about the grace of God, and how it doesnt stop being the grace of God when you reject it.

My sin is great and heavy
as Uriah's wife lies next to me
My heart is tired from fighting you so long
when i remember the blood you shed for me

And i run,
and i fall on my knees
and who am i to take up this love that you give?
Cause i still run

You call us to be your imitators
and to live a life of love as your sons
But many times we fall short of your standard
But when we're empty, we get up and come again

And we run,
and fall on our knees
And who are we to take up this love that you give?
Cause we still run

You died on the cross of suffering and shame
to cover over every sin
When you rose on that third day
It was love and it was joy you gave

And you run,
and you fall on your knees
And who are we to take up this love you give?
Because you run,
And you fall on your knees
Lord, who am i to take up this love you give?
Cause i still run

  posted by Andy @ 2:21 PM

 
Storm

written after a church lock-in while watching the low grey clouds break into rain

Storm clouds building in the western sky
The trees are blooming in the predawn light
The wind is stirring and moving me
From this canyon where i can hardly see

The wind changes and rain begins to fall
Upon this dry and thirsty land
Creation rejoices as it hears Your call,
"Come near and drink of Me again"

You call us, and we will answer Your Name
You call us, and we will never be the same

We leave our broken lives
To follow Your will
Forgetting what is behind
We press toward your hill

The weather's shifted and spring has turned to fall
Everything is cold again
But i know your light soon will come
And the cold will be warm today

  posted by Andy @ 11:40 PM

 
In Your Love

verses and pre-chorus by me, chorus by adam whipple

Your Faithfulness abounds
Even as i run, Even as i fall

You come and seek me
even in my sin
And You come and free me
so i can live again, again

And in Your Love there is Joy
In Your Joy there is Hope
In Your Hope there is Peace
And in Your Peace there is Love (2x)
But at the beginning
and still at the end
there is Love

Your Grace is undeserved
especially to a sinner like me

  posted by Andy @ 11:34 PM

 
Saul, Saul

I watched as they hurled
the rocks at his head
held their robes, found the smoothest stones
even told them where to throw

I walked toward Damascus
with death in my hand
but i was stopped by
the Nail Scarred Hand

And He said, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?
For I've chosen you to bear My Name (2x)
To the ends of the earth

As the light fades away
the darkness fills my eyes
my friends grab my hands
and lead me into town

Three days passed
before Ananias came
to bring back the light
and fill me with the Spirit

And i sang, Jesus is the Son of God
Who died and rose again (2x)
For the sins of the earth

Since that day
i've endured many things
many perils and
many storms

I have learned
that it's not my strength
but in my weakness
the Lord is Strong

So i sing, Your Grace is sufficient for me
For Your Power's made perfect (2x)
In my weakness

  posted by Andy @ 11:12 PM