My Lyrics Page

 

 

(arranged alphabetically by Song Title)

 

While the musical accompaniment of a multitude of songs from a multitude of styles has served to captivate my soul, the lyrical richness of a song can send my spirit soaring.

 


Flora’s Secret by Enya

Lovers in the long grass
Look above them
Only they can see
Where the clouds are going
Only to discover
Dust and sunlight
Ever make the sky so blue
 
Afternoon is hazy
River flowing
All around the sounds
Moving closer to them
Telling them the story
Told by Flora
Dreams they never knew
 
Silver willows
Tears from Persia
Those who come
From a far-off island
Winter Chanterelle lies
Under cover
Glory-of-the-sun in blue
 
Some they know as passion
Some as freedom
Some they know as love
And the way it leaves them
Summer snowflake
For a season
When the sky above is blue
When the sky above is blue
 
Lying in the long grass
Close beside her
Giving her the name
Of the one the moon loves
This will be the day she
Will remember
When she knew his heart was
Loving in the long grass
Close beside her
Whispering of love
And the way it leaves them
Lying in the long grass
In the sunlight
They believe it's true love
And from all around them
Flora's secret
Telling them of love
And the way it breathes, and
Looking up from eyes of
Amaranthine ...
They can see the sky is blue
Knowing that their love is true
Dreams they never knew

And the sky above is blue

If the World Lost All Its Love by Natalie Grant

 

All around us these days,
There are souls that cry so deeply,
To fill the emptiness we feel inside.
We look around so hard to try and find,
The kind of love we know that will survive.
But here within a heartbeat,
Is a love that so completely,
Will take away the fear we try to hide,
And even though we often wonder why,
He gives us love so strong we can't deny.

If the world lost all its love,
He would still have some to give you!
And if the stars should lose their light,
We'd still have His to hold back the night!
This hope is mine,
If the world lost all its love,
His still would shine!

Hearts in need of kindness,
Often stumble into blindness,
When the dream world and the real world pull apart.
It leaves us with a cold and empty heart.
You'd think that we would know right from the start.

If the world lost all its love,
He would still have some to give you!
And if the stars should lose their light,
We'd still have His to hold back the night!
This hope is mine,
If the world lost all its love,
His still would shine!

Lost inside the hearts we hide,
There's hope that He will take us in.
To take away the suffering,
And let new life begin.

If the world lost all its love,
He would still have some to give you!
And if the stars should lose their light,
We'd still have His to hold back the night!
This hope is mine,
If the world lost all its love,
His still would shine!

Outside by Mariah Carey




I can SO identify with this sog…though I’m sure we have all identified with it at some point or another.




 
It's hard to explain




Inherently it's just always been strange




Neither here nor there




Always somewhat out of place everywhere




Ambiguous




Without a sense of belonging to touch




Somewhere halfway




Feeling there's no one completely the same









[Chorus:]




Standing alone




Eager to just




Believe it's good enough to be what




You really are




But in your heart




Uncertainty forever lies




And you'll always be




Somewhere on the




Outside




 
Early on, you face




The realization you don't have a space




Where you fit in




And recognize you




Were born to exist









 
[Chorus]




 
And it's hard




And it's hard




And it's hard




 
Irreversibly




Falling in between




And it's hard




And it's hard




To be understood




As you are




As you are




Oh, and God knows




That you're standing on your own




Blind and unguided




Into a world divided




You're thrown




Where you're never quite the same




Although you try - try and try




To tell yourself




You really are




But in your heart - uncertainty forever lies




And you'll always be




Somewhere on the outside




You'll always be

Somewhere on the outside

 

Watch the Lamb by Ray Boltz

 
Walking On the Road
To Jerusalem,
The time had come to sacrifice,
Again.
My two small sons,
They walked beside me down the road,
The reason that they came,
Was to watch the lamb.
"Daddy daddy,
What will we see there?
There's so much that we don't understand,"
So I told them of Moses,
And Father Abraham,
And then I said dear children,
"Watch the lamb.
There will be so many,
In Jerusalem today,
We must be sure the lamb
Doesn't run away,"
And I told them of Moses,
And Father Abraham,
And I said "Dear children,
Watch the lamb."
When we reached the city,
I knew something must be wrong,
There were no joyful worshippers
No joyful worship songs.
I stood there,
With my children,
In the midst of angry men,
Then I heard the crowd cry out,
"Crucify Him!"
We tried to leave the city,
But we could not get away.
Forced to play in this drama,
A part I did not wish to play,
Why upon this day were men condemned to die?
Why were we all standing here,
When soon they would pass by?
I looked and said,
"Even now they come,"
The first one pleaded for mercy,
The people gave him none.
The second one was violent,
He was arrogant and loud,
I can still hear his angry voice,
Screaming at the crowd.
Then someone said,
"There's Jesus,"
I scarce believed my eyes,
A man so badly beaten,
He barely looked alive.
Blood poured from His body,
From the thorns on His brow,
Running down the cross,
And falling to the ground.
I watched as He struggled,
I watched Him as He fell,
The cross came down upon His back,
And the crowd began to yell.
In that moment I felt such agony,
In that moment I felt such loss,
Till the roman soldier grabbed my arm and screamed,
"YOU! Carry his cross!"
At first I tried to resist him,
But his hand reached for his sword,
So I knelt and I took
The cross from the Lord.
I put it on my shoulders
And started down the street
The blood that He'd been shedding,
Was running down my cheek.
They led us to Golgatha
They drove nails,
Deep in His feet and hands.
And on the cross,
I heard him pray,
"Father, forgive them..."
Never have I seen such love
In any other eyes
"Into thy hands I commit my spirit,"
He prayed,
And then He died.
I stood for what seemed like years,
I lost all sense of time,
Until I felt two tiny hands
Holding tight to mine.
My children stood there weeping,
And I heard the oldest say
"Father please forgive us,
The lamb,
Ran away.
Daddy daddy,
What've we seen here,
There's so much that we don't understand,"
So I took them in my arms,
We turned and faced the cross.
And I said,
"Dear children
Watch the lamb."