BLOOD FOR BLOOD

ZION TAXI Lyrics

1. HANDS ON THE WHEEL

2. ONE WAY TICKET

3. BLOOD FOR BLOOD

4. I AM

5. JAGGED EDGE

6. MOUNTAIN TOP

7. ROAR

8. REDEMPTION

9. MIGHTY FINE

10. ONE SIZE FITS ALL

More to come!!!

1. HANDS ON THE WHEEL

Verse 1

Crusin' down the highway in a pickup truck

Got the windows down and the radio up

Watching all the mile markers passing by

Racing the sun across the sky

Chorus

Oooh...Got my life back now

Oooh...I'll make it by somehow

Got my hands on the wheel

Got my eyes on the road

And got my foot on the gas

Verse 2

People back there wonderin why I ain't there

Let 'em say what they want about me. I don't care.

They were bringing me down, down, down, down, down.

So glad I found the light. Tired of messing around.

Verse 3

Don't know where I'm going and I don't care,

Because I know who it is that's leading me there.

I'm chasing that horizon 'till I hit the sky.

I'm gonna live and breath freedom 'till the day I die.

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2. ONE WAY TICKET

Verse 1

I'm sick and tired of waiting

Round here at this station.

Waiting for a connecting flight.

Planes arriving. Planes departing.

And I feel like I've been here all night.

CHORUS

Cause I've wasted enough time looking around

I haven't been satisfied with anything I've found.

So all I want is just a one-way ticket

To you.

Verse 2

I never had much of a

fear of flying.

It's the crashing that I don't care for.

I haven't crashed for quite some time, but I..

I've been sleeping on the floor. (CHORUS)

Verse 3

I'm not concerned with my

destination.

Where I land, you know, I really don't care.

Just promise me about this new location.

Promise me that you will be there. (CHORUS)

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3. BLOOD FOR BLOOD

Verse 1

Blood for blood, life for life

A man takes retribution for his children or his wife.

And who's gonna point a finger, say it shouldn't be?

Probably not you, and probably not me.

Verse 2

Tooth for tooth, eye for eye.

What compensation must you make for a lie.

For every wrong, there's a ransom. A price you've gotta pay.

But can you make atonement with just one life to give away?

CHORUS

Blood for blood, it was the ancient way.

Neither gone nor forgotten, it's still just as true today.

Written with a flame on the dark corners of our souls.

It drives our wicked hands to snuff out life where it grows.

Blood for blood.

Verse 3

On a hill called Calvary so many years ago,

There went a man named Jesus, the Bible tells me so.

Innocent blood stained the ground that day.

Blood for blood, a price that we could never pay.

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4. I AM

Verse 1

I am the one. I am the maker.

I hold the stars in my hands.

The mountains tremble when I whisper.

The winds obey my commands.

Oh, don't you know my name? Oh, don't you know my name?

I am a gentle voice. I am a simple choice.

And I am everything you need.

I am I am. I am I will be

I am I've always been.

I am the truth. I am the victor.

I am the faithful friend.

Oh, don't you know my name? Oh, don't you know my name?

I am the perfect lamb. Do you know who I am?

And I am everything you need.

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5. JAGGED EDGE

Verse1

It's so easy

to cross that line.

I couldn't see up ahead,

too busy looking behind.

When the dream was over,

and there was nowhere to run.

I found out there's a price to pay for the fun.

I'd say it isn't black and white,

but only shades of gray.

And any time I want to

I can turn and walk away

I had myself convinced I wouldn't go too far,

but blind to all the dangers, can't see where you are.

Ignoring all the warnings saying run away

And I'd say that it's ok I'll make a change

but not today

CHORUS

Step away (step away)

From the jagged edge.

Back away (back away)

From the jagged edge

Verse 2

You see it's all imagination.

Just playing pretend.

I had myself believing

That it wasn't gonna end.

But the clock was ticking,

And the fuse was lit.

Dance too close to the serpent and you're gonna get bit.

I turned around to see I'd passed

the point of no return.

Wandered too close to the fire

And couldn't escape the burn.

And now that it's too late I finally looked behind

Realized what I had I didn't want to find.

I tried to tell the others they should run away,

But they say it's shades of gray, not black and white,

And so I say... (CHORUS)

Verse 3

Looking back

It all seems so clear.

They say your vision's 20-20

Looking to the rear.

A little older and wiser,

But I still have a scar.

Reminding me it's so easy to go too far.

Now I've heard it isn't black and white

But only shades of gray.

But I've been down that road,

And I ain't going back that way.

There's always people around to whisper in your ear.

For a price they'll tell you anything you want to hear.

But they've fallen from the edge, no matter what they say

And want to take you down with them so hey, Hey, HEY!

(CHORUS)

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6. MOUNTAIN TOP

Verse 1

I had a dream the other night

Dreamed I was standing on a mountain top

All the world lay below me.

And nothing could touch me, nothing could harm me.

So then I asked myself

What does it mean? What does it mean?

Then I realized

That it was true. The dream was true.

(CHORUS)

'Cause we're standing on a mountain top.

And nothing the world can do can make us fall.

Yeah, we're standing on a mountain top.

If you believe it in your heart

It will always protect you, and

Take care of it all.

Verse 2

So as I stood up on the hill

I saw a friend coming to join me.

And although the climb was rough,

He wouldn't give up until he was free.

So then I asked myself

What can I do? What can I do?

Then I realized

That it was up to me. I had to help him be free.

BRIDGE

I see my friend

I reach out my hand

The mountain sets him free

And now he stands by me

And now I realize

That the mountain has changed me

Yeah, it became a part of me

And now I understand

That I can never leave, no, I can never leave.

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7. ROAR

Verse 1

I shout to heaven, but it seems you’re nowhere near

Though everything inside me is crying out for you to hear.

Now you say the only thing we need

Is just to have a faith as small as a mustard seed.

Well I don’t need the mountains to move.

When it would take so very little for you to prove

I’m not…

(CHORUS)

Talking to hear my head roar.

Beating my head against the wall

‘cause you won’t open the door.

Talking to hear my head roar

Throwing my hands up in the air

‘cause I can’t take any more.

Verse 2

I keep on asking, but still I don’t receive.

I start to question, “Am I crazy to believe.”

I start to wonder do you really care.

I start to wonder if you’re even there.

And what difference does it make if I pray,

If when I need you most you’re looking the other way.

It’s like I’m… (CHORUS)

(BRIDGE)

In this silent time I look within.

Haunted by the ghosts beneath my skin.

But irregardless of the way I feel,

At the core of me I know you’re real.

So I choose to put my trust in you.

And trust that you will ever guide me through.

Verse 3

Seems my priorities were out of place,

becoming focused on emotion and not on grace.

So when a single set of footprints I see,

I know those are the times that you carried me.

And I ain’t… (CHORUS)

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8. REDEMPTION

Verse 1

I don't think

that the reason we're alive

is to sit around and wait.

These walls

separate.

They are only in our mind,

made of fear and guilt and hate.

And we say, there will come a day

When everything is gonna be alright.

And we stand, but don't use our hands.

The walls remain, the reason that we fight.

And nothing's gonna change, without redemption.

Verse2

We look inside

and we don't like what we see

ashamed of all the things we hide

And we know

that we can't win,

so we give up on ourselves,

and we multiply our sin.

And we say, there's just no way.

How can I change the world if I can't change myself?

So we stand by, let our friends destroy their lives,

because we think we're in too deep.

We think that we can't help.

And there's no way to escape, without redemption.

Verse 3

I believe

There's forgiveness to be found

if we're willing to receive,

and there's a voice from up above.

And if we open up our mind,

we can understand His love.

And sure we've made mistakes before

But we can always learn from past mistakes

And there's a plan to heal this wounded land

And our willing hands are all it takes

And love can rule the world, with sweet redemption.

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9. MIGHTY FINE

Verse 1

I don't need nobody to tell me who to be.

And I don't like the images I'm seeing on TV.

I done got me a maharishi,

mighty fine, mighty fine.

It may not be what's trendy, but I know it's genuine.

CHORUS

I don't care what they say.

It don't make no difference anyway.

I ain’t here to please society

I don’t think they’re too concerned about me

Verse 2

People on TV tell me how to cut my hair.

They try to sell me soap and beer,

and tell me what to wear.

Well I figure my opinion's

Mighty fine, mighty fine.

They got their sense of purpose, and I guess I got mine.

CHORUS

I don't care what they say.

It don't make no difference anyway.

I ain’t here to please society

I don’t think I want what they’re selling me

Verse 3

I'm told that my philosophy's a little out of date.

But sacrificing truth to stay in style

Ain't all that great.

Well, I estimate my creedo's

Mighty fine, mighty fine.

The wackos out in Hollywood ain't gonna change my mind.

CHORUS

I don't care what they say.

It don't make no difference anyway.

I ain’t here to please society

I think I’ll stick with the man who died for me.

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10. ONE SIZE FITS ALL

Verse 1

Feeling like such a nobody.

Just a face in the crowd.

Nobody thought enough to look twice

In so long.

Then your mind goes to wondering,

Maybe everybody's right.

I've got a closet full of dreams

That all went wrong.

CHORUS

It's hard enough to make it

Without going it all alone.

We need someone to catch us when we fall

I don't know all the answers

But I do know a few

And when it comes to salvation

One size fits all.

Verse 2

Eighty years, give or take a few

We're all trying to find a way

To scribble our initials

on the pages of time.

But then when it's all over,

And our time's come and gone.

Does anybody really care about

what gets left behind? (CHORUS)

Verse 3

We're all riding this Ferris Wheel,

Just trying to hold on.

We all need a hand to hold, now and then,

To make it worth while.

So when the music stops playing,

And it's time to say goodbye,

I wanna say, Thanks for the company,

and smile...

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