tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54796952011-07-14T17:26:39.971-04:00The Up-the-Sleeve songsSongs that move my heart enough that they need to be shared with others. I just happened to write some of them.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1110224775298622262005-03-07T14:38:00.000-05:002005-03-14T22:45:39.066-05:00All Too Familiarit's so hard to hold these horsesfrom breaking into a runwhen that's the only speed they've knownAm i crazy to let myselfi could almost swear i told myselfthat this would not happen yetBut i know this feelingit's all too familiaryeah i know this feelingit's all too familiarmy tongue has no reinsand this forest is your heartso why cant i keep from burning downbecause i know this Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1090870228445173662004-07-26T15:13:00.000-04:002004-07-26T15:30:28.446-04:00Drawn
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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1084245771314266192004-05-10T23:16:00.000-04:002005-03-07T14:38:11.476-05:00New Day ComeSitting awakeNo way i can sleepFor i've already done it too muchThis day of this weekBut my future's uncertainAnd my faith has been triedBy the ghosts and the demonsThat i try to hideEverything's doneEverything's done-Then it all starts againLiving my lifeIn the ebb and the flowAnd reading the workOf experience toldI learn from what it tells meMost of the timeBut i'd lie if you asked Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1076398174751316062004-04-12T22:22:00.000-04:002004-04-12T22:41:55.856-04:00Grace
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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1080228175264716482004-03-25T10:22:00.000-05:002004-03-25T10:25:26.170-05:00Healing 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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1078848527659054552004-03-09T11:08:00.000-05:002004-03-09T11:11:02.856-05:00May 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 deserveAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1077257264411131112004-02-20T01:07:00.000-05:002004-03-25T10:27:18.123-05:00Honesty
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 brokenAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1070654921001649742003-12-05T15:08:00.000-05:002003-12-05T15:09:21.793-05:00Of 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
everAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1070654369590092842003-12-05T14:59:00.000-05:002004-02-10T02:32:58.390-05:00Let 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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1070653852782783072003-12-05T14:50:00.000-05:002003-12-05T14:51:32.996-05:00I 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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1070652118611726002003-12-05T14:21:00.000-05:002003-12-05T14:22:39.200-05:00Run
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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1066880451917931202003-10-22T23:40:00.000-04:002003-12-05T14:11:41.373-05:00Storm
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"
Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1066880050159889912003-10-22T23:34:00.000-04:002003-12-05T14:12:23.983-05:00In 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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479695.post-1066878766660186142003-10-22T23:12:00.000-04:002003-10-22T23:12:46.643-04:00Saul, 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 Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10421418138755214720noreply@blogger.com