1. parasite
on the 13th day of the 13th month at the bastard birth of a first and last son.
before the first breath was breathed in little babylon.
they said, "you'd be better off getting rid of this one -
he'll never be a king. the royalty will never even know his name.
his people will not be changed. they'll stay under the hands of their oppressors."
this so called tax on society of man.
this parasite perservered and rose up to the task.
despite his faults and obstacles he rose again and again.
"if God would be for me, who would think to come against?
i'm gonna be a king.
i'm gonna make the royalty hate my name.
my people will be changed.
and perhaps I'll be granted to lead against our oppressors."
one fine day, one glorious hour,
we'll watch the parasite kings step into this power.
how many men and women throughout history,
despite everything against them,
changed the world we live in?
imagine what a person, with the blessing of our Father,
could do to touch this world and to glorify our God.
common kings.
remove their royalty and take their place.
the world will never be the same.
thrown down this society and our oppressors.
common kings.
remove their royalty and take their place.
the world will never be the same.
thrown down this society and our oppressors.
2. manifesto
no more speeches.
no more words.
no more talking.
no more lies.
i heard your speech.
you didn't tell me anything i hadn't heard before.
you gotta give me something more, something more.
no more speeches.
no more words.
no more talking.
no more lies.
i heard your speech.
you didn't tell me anything i hadn't heard before.
you gotta give me something more, something more.
i've heard enough.
i've heard enough to last a lifetime.
(?)
but if i don't see it in your own life,
how and why will it affect mine?
if i don't see it in your own life.
if you're just reciting lines.
in the end it's just another lie, just another lie.
i want something real.
no more speeches.
no more words.
no more talking.
no more lies.
i heard your speech.
you didn't tell me anything i hadn't heard before.
you gotta give me something more, something more.
3. dirty hands
take me to the place (where can i go?)
where i can be content without running in this race (where are we going?)
and i can just be a man without looking for the praises (for vanity)
or the respect of man.
just when i think that i can stand,
i look down at my dirty hands.
i'm dreaming. keep me awake.
keep me awake.
my life begins when this one ends.
let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation.
the rich man, like a flower, he will fade away.
soon as the sun has risen with burning heat,
the flower fades and beauty perishes.
take me to the place (where could it be?)
where I can be content. i'm stepping out of this race (so let them think!).
i still know who i am. no matter what they say (i just can't care!),
i know where I stand,
reminded by my dirty hands.
i can't escape the curse of man.
i'm dreaming. keep me awake.
keep me awake.
my life begins when this one ends.
4. separ8 st8
i tried to tell her there was nothing here.
i tried to walk away, but she had something else in mind.
what is the greater cost?
and she may gain as I weep her loss.
i can't pull her soul across this great divide.
this is eternal immortality in mind.
this is looking past into the other life.
this is my time of preparation (time of preparation).
there is a purpose to these things (a purpose to these things).
in this process of separation (time to separate),
i'll find the joy in what it brings.
set apart, i separate from here.
and thought by thought, i must press on into a mind divine.
in this state of grace, my hope, in faith.
to see Him face to face,
the promised everlasting life,
eternal peace of mind.
this is eternal immortality in mind.
this is looking past into the other life.
this is my time of preparation (time of preparation).
there is a purpose to these things (a purpose to these things).
in this process of separation (time to separate),
i'll find the joy in what it brings.
i have joy in the harshest of realities.
i kind of like that they don't understand.
i have joy in the face of the coming days.
i kind of like that you don't understand.
my God prepares me
a table in the presence of my enemies.
he anoints my head.
my cup runneth over.
i know that you
don't understand,
i know that you don't understand.
my God prepares me
a table in the presence of my enemies.
he anoints my head.
my cup runneth over.
5. cooked
the flash, the heat,
a little drama in the street.
sister's got a brand new set of friends.
little, tiny men with big, black boots and bright white laces
and the reddest pairs of braces they could find.
reckless in the head.
add in the beer and crystal meth'
and baby's on the way to screwing up her life.
here in beautiful Huntington Beach,
there's blood spilled in the streets.
who couldn't see this coming
in "America's Safest City?"
the flash, the heat,
a black man facedown in the street.
sister's got a whole new kind of mess.
her big, strong boyfriend packing heat to prove he was a man.
i'm sure he's adjusting well to prison life.
and since she lost that boyfriend to the big, black boys up in the pen',
baby cranks away what's left of her mind.
what's wrong?
do you feel numb?
i can't understand, you're slurring your speech.
what's wrong?
what's going on?
how long's it been since you've been to sleep?
here in beautiful Huntington Beach,
there's blood spilled in the streets.
who couldn't see this coming
in "America's Safest City?"
the flash, the heat,
the Southern California scene.
on the outside, all is well and innocent.
with not enough to do and more than enough to spend
and the children running wild means trouble's coming.
baby's gaining weight again.
her teeth have stopped grinding,
but her drama ends in anonymity...
6. unscene
another night, another show.
an opportunity to leave behind another mark on eternity.
but then i see myself slip into stupidity
falling in with all the talking and slandering.
i'd like to find some hideaway,
so quiet and unknown.
the only scene i'd deal with would be the one outside my window.
every show, every town, it's the same thing.
so hard to tell between the rumors and reality.
can i keep my mouth shut --do i care enough?
would i lift a brother up?
do i show them love?
i'd like to find some hideaway,
so quiet and unknown.
the only scene i'd deal with would be the one outside my window.
how did we come to this?
is this the child of our idleness?
can someone tell me what we missed?
can someone tell me what we missed?
i'd like to find some little hideaway,
somewhere quiet and unknown.
the only scene i'd deal with would be the one outside my window.
another night, another show.
an opportunity to leave behind another mark on eternity.
may you increase and may i decrease,
and your love be all that is remembered of me.
i'd like to find some hideaway,
so quiet and unknown.
the only scene i'd deal with would be the one outside my window.
7. it must be wonderful
explaining time again.
the question, the defense.
how come he never smiles?
why hide my happiness?
a season to laugh, a season to cry.
i'm just living my life with respect to my times.
i'm just passing through.
trying to stay true.
i'll stay true to me, you stay true to you.
our walk's a narrow road
and there's a whole lot more to go
hope yours is filled with sunshine.
right now that's not my world.
it's not my place and that's alright.
abundant life to many, joy is to survive.
i'm just passing through.
trying to stay true.
i'll stay true to me, you stay true to you.
i think back and it's sad
all the high hopes that i had.
years passed so fast.
in the end i just hope i last.
meanwhile i might smile -
but it's grace mile after mile.
"through grace i carry on"
and that grace will lead me home...
our walk's a narrow road
and there's a whole lot more to go
hope yours is filled with sunshine.
right now that's not my world.
it's not my place and that's alright.
abundant life to many, joy is to survive.
joy is to survive.
8. sloburn
slipped from his sleep.
that same old ceiling closing in.
i know i gotta do somethin'
i know i gotta do somethin'
i know i gotta do somethin'
'cause too late's too late.
everything had died.
while i was wasting time.
in the end this "scene" was empty.
slo-burn
watch us fade away.
before you know, it's too late.
gotta get away, gotta get away.
i know i gotta do something.
do something with my life.
do something with my mind.
if i don't get out now i never will.
'cause too late's too late.
'cause everything will die while we are wasting time.
and the scene?
the scene is empty.
slo-burn
watch us fade away.
before you know, it's too late.
gotta get away, gotta get away.
i know i gotta do something.
do something with my life.
do
something with my mind.
if i don't get out now i never will.
'cause too late's too late.
9. imposter
i can't believe it.
feels like somebody died.
fond memories that have lasted through the chaos have turned ugly to my eyes.
you've taken something true and duplicated it.
something way before you and imitated it.
you've taken something true, pre-fabricated it.
and this goes way before you and now it's ugly to my eyes.
and it's a tragedy.
i see you've got it down.
you've got the clothes, the hair, the style
and you know just the words to drop when you're around.
you've taken something true and duplicated it.
something way before you and imitated it.
you've taken something true, pre-fabricated it.
and this goes way before you and now it's ugly to my eyes.
burn it down and let it be already.
you've taken something true and duplicated it.
something way before you and imitated it.
you've taken something true, pre-fabricated it.
and this goes way before you and now it's ugly to my eyes.
(have you gotten it yet?
this is your biggest clue...)
10. clean break
ok, it's the beginning of the end.
we must be near that final day.
i can feel this.
i can feel this withering away.
what once was healthy brings us pain.
that splash of color? it's a stain.
time for change,
time for change to have its way.
in need of a clean break,
we need a new take.
leave those three old chords
on the cutting room floor
and let someone else take the stage.
i'm not opposed to those who have chosen to
express experience and their integrity and truth.
it's the taking,
it's the faking
of something close, another secret that has been abused.
do what you wanna do.
do what you wanna do.
i just hope it moves you.
does it move you?
i hope it's part of you
and it's absolute.
as for me,
it has to be true.
it's the beginning of the end.
we must be near that final day.
i can feel this,
i can feel this withering away.
in need of a clean break,
we need a new take.
leave those three old chords
on the cutting room floor
and let someone else take the stage.
in need of a clean break,
we need a new take.
we need a clean break.
we need a clean break.
11. creator's creation
i guess i'm at a loss,
a loss for words that describe what i am feeling.
i guess i just had hoped that everyone would just move on,
that creativity would keep it strong,
but i was off the mark all along,
"loud, confident, and wrong."
but i'm still waiting.
i want to see
creator's creation
putting into motion our abilities.
so i guess i'm at a loss,
a loss for words that would capture what i'm feeling.
i guess i just had hoped that everyone would move on,
that conviction would keep it strong,
but i was off the mark all along,
"loud, confident, and wrong."
but i'm still waiting.
i want to see
creator's creation
putting into motion our abilities.
if in everything we would do,
we'd do it as unto Him,
tell me what they'd see,
tell me what they'd see.
if in everything we would do,
we'd do it as unto Him,
tell me what they'd see,
tell me what they'd see.
i wonder what they'd see.
He is the image of the invisible God,
firstborn over all creation,
for by Him all things were created
in Heaven and on Earth (i wonder what they'd see),
visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones or dominions
or principalities or powers.
all things were created by Him and for Him.
He is before all things and in Him all things consist.
if any are raised in Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.
set your minds on things above,
not on the things of Earth.
for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
when Christ, Who is our life appears,
then you will also appear with Him in glory.
whatever you do, in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through Him.