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| 01 Barrier
Words and music: Mike Schmitz Been watchin' you, listenin' to your velvet words Funny how a little spark starts a fire Seems like you've forgotten that we were brothers in the fight Like a pup at your heels, I wanna know what's come between us It's a barrier A wall of doubt, mistrust and confusion A barrier You're throwin' me a crust when I'm starvin' for a meal A barrier I think I know you but I come away wonderin' If we could only find a way to step across that line And break the barrier Yeah, you told me - don't wanna feel the labor pains Just wanna see the child and keep on walkin' But you're in this too - somehow I gotta get to you All the jazzin' is fine - can't we just cut it to the bone? And break the barrier This wall of doubt, mistrust and confusion A barrier I'm shakin' my head as I hang up the phone A barrier I think I know ya but I come away wonderin' If we could only find away to step across that line A touch of fear and a pre-conceived notion Really not meant to accuse you Can't talk that way coz it's not in style Just wanna reach you A cloud of semantics in a sky of options Don'tcha think I know your joy and feel your pain To go ten feet gotta walk a mile Because I love you, I wanna get it right Break the barrier A wall of doubt, mistrust and confusion A barrier Together we could turn it into a door A barrier I think I know you well enough to say Together we can find a way to step across that line Break the barrier And break the barrier Break the barrier And break the barrier |
| 02 Joyous Grave
Words and music: Mike Schmitz and Greg X. Volz They said it would be cold here Said I wouldn't find a light Said that all my plans are over No reason left to fight It should be full of death here Darkness swallowing my dreams But now I know that treasure Isn't always where it seems And the door that shut above me Is gonna open to the day Soon you're gonna wake me from this joyous grave Call me out and take me from this joyous grave The only thing I've lost here Is my fear of passin' time What I sowed in tears I'll reap with joy In fact, it's already arrived There's nothin' greater than a promise When it's real in your soul You're true - I see it clearly now There's no way you'd let me go It's easy to be patient When you know the end is sure Though it's dark all around me I believe when I pray That the door that's shut above me Is gonna open to the day |
| 03 Livin' For The Bell
Words and music: Mike Schmitz Blue collar men mill around the dock Their work is forgotten as they watch the clock Just a few more minutes and they're thru for the day In their minds they're already drivin' away The manager says you oughta be there some night If you don't think the dead can come back to life Livin' for the bell - like a fighter that fell When ya leave it's just as well Coz your heart's not in it when you're livin' for the bell The students all hang on the edge of their chairs Nervous anticipation fairly clouds the air The teachers know better than to try to teach them Coz those final moments don't belong to them They stay at their desks to escape the stampede Coz there ain't no fury like the recently freed The meetin' is cookin' - the preacher is hot Collection's been taken - sinner's on the spot They sing about Jesus is coming again An' they can't wait till they fly away with Him There's a lot to get done 'fore the end of the show But it's hard to get to it when you just wanna go, just wanna go |
| 04 Still Waters
Words and music: Jonathan David Brown, Greg X. Volz and Carl Marsh When I'm shaken by my trials and I lose my way Lose my way When I'm stumblin' in the darkness watchin' for the day Will it ever come When I'm thirstin' for Your presence I begin to pray Lead me to still waters Lead me to still waters Lead me to still waters Lead me to still waters To the waters that never will run dry Though a storm is all around me and I feel the waves I do feel the waves Yet I know Your love surrounds me and I'm not afraid Never, never, never afraid If I keep searchin' for Your harbour You will light my way |
| 05 All I Can Do
Words and music: Jonathan David Brown, Greg X. Volz and Mike Schmitz I am surrounded - there's no way out - I must fight A nasty situation On the horizon - reinforcements coming in sight To face the confrontation And tho I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil I know by His power He will give me that rest Which passes understanding All I have to do - for Him to pull me thru Stand on the word and He'll fight the battle All I can do, all I can do is praise Him Praise, praise, praise Him again All I can do, all I can do is praise Him Praise, praise, praise Him again All I can... All I can do Without a vision I would fade away in the night He knows the way I'm going My vict'ry will come when I rely on His might It is His love He's showing He will hold up His name - He will not let it fall No matter who's against Him If we are found in His will we will conquer it all And see the restoration All we have to do - is keep our hearts true Stand on the word and He'll win the battle And tho I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil I know by His power He will give me that rest That perfect rest |
| 06 Heaven Is Within You
Words and music: Mike Schmitz and Greg X. Volz Looking for heaven - there is a fire in your eyes The night is fallin' - and all that darkness implies It is the time of the outward man Freedom in a can - but it's built on sand Sources keep changin' - you are so sure that it's there Reach out to take it, take it - your fingers close on thin air Staring in pain at your empty hand And the miles you ran - can't you understand that Heaven is within you Given when your God is true Heaven is within you Given when you will is thru Who's that shinin' man you're chasin' - chasin' thru shadows in your heart He's who you really worship - you seek what He alone imparts He does not hide, for the job is done And the war is won, for it's just begun This heaven that lives in you Given when your God is true Heaven is within you Given when you will is thru You were a child and you knew the way But now you say that it's not for today |
| 07 The River Is Rising
Words and music: Mike Schmitz I hear it in my sleep, I hear it everyday I hear it like a strand that's woven into what the heroes say I hear it on the streets, I hear it on the road I hear it in the silent, waiting rocks where the waters once flowed And the river is risin' - the river is risin' The river is risin' and it's barely beginnin' to rain I see it in the signs, I see it in the times I see it in the open words and scattered in between the lines I see it in the book, I'm told it's written in the stars It's the smoky light that shines from eyes starin' out behind the bars Some people runnin' from the slow train Some people runnin' from the cloud Some people runnin' from the old man down the road Some people hidin' in the crowd But the banks cannot protect you, no, you can't outrun the flood Coz it's comin' from the depths of you, yeah, it's runnin' in your blood |
| 08 Break Out Of The Trance
Words and music: Mike Schmitz Go to work the foreman treats me like dirt Day after day don't realize how it hurts Deep down inside justice burns like a flame But I go straight home and treat my children the same Who's in charge of this program here? Break out of the trance I get nowhere advancing to the rear Break out of the trance Break out of the trance Break out of the trance You don't get this chance too often, when you're out with your pals You'll be sick in the morning, but you don't think about that now You're an upstanding person, you'd never go too far But you're sitting with your friend who's too drunk to walk And he's driving your car We all you know you haven't lost your mind Break out of the trance But if you close your eyes, you're just the same as blind Break out of the trance Break out of the trance Break out of the trance We go and sit for the preacher, and he lulls us to sleep We're under the stupor of the regimen we keep The routine is comforting - don't wanna face the unknown But we give up our shot at the freedom we're shown Go and take what you've been taken for Break out of the trance You can't miss it - there's only one real door Break out of the trance Break out of the trance Break out of the trance |
| 09 Hold On To The Fire
Words and music: Mike Schmitz You look around - see your pleasant days disappearing Feel like a paper hat in the path of a howling storm Things can turn so cold and the wind seems to never lose its breath Till the light inside is all that's left to keep you warm When ya see all you've worked for blowin' away And ya look at your accusers and have nothin' to say Hold on to the fire - to the truth that lights your desire Let it burn, burn, burn deep in your soul Hold on to the fire - as the flames climb hotter and higher Let the work that has begun be done in you Well, you can get sidetracked tryin' to search down these little alleys And ya usually find that there ain't much there at all An' I know how it feels to be stuck down in the valleys But sometimes you're held down so you won't die when you fall Coz the light's burnin' brighter - brighter than the day When all of the shadows are out of the way What have you got that they can't take away? You can choose what you'll do in the face of dismay When ya just wanna run to your shelter and hide And it feels like someone's fightin' a world war inside |
| 10 Man Like You
Words and music: Mike Schmitz Here I sit just like a gloomy little boy Staring down at all my broken toys There's no playmates today b'coz it's pourin' rain There's somethin' missin' that the good times didn't bring A hidden verse that I don't know how to sing No, I don't know what to call it; but I want it all the same Oooh, how the pulse of life cries out to me Oooh, I even hear it when I sleep But things are not always what they seem And how I hope it's more than a dream That keeps alive this hope inside me I wanna be a man like You - but my heart won't face the task I wanna be a man like You - but I tremble when I ask Oh, the light that shines in darkness All that's good and true Take me from myself and make me new Coz I wanna be a man like You I hear their voices, see their faces as they smile They say we'll be together in a little while... Am I the folly of the fool? Am I the wisdom of the wise man? Oooh, all the crystal visions that I long to see Oooh, but I just want to be your friend But things are not always what they seem If I could only see what they mean But what I need is to be still... and know... I wanna be a man like You - but my heart won't face the task I wanna be a man like You - but I tremble when I ask Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down But I remember what I've found, to make me true Coz I wanna be a man like You All my life has come to this point in time And I wanna live All that is before, and is behind Is what You have to give I wanna be a man like You Yes, I really wanna see it thru... |