Value Pac (Self-titled)
1) Graduation Day -
Today is the greatest day of our young lives. I look back at
what I've known for so long. Today is the day we leave our
past behind. Today we say our last good-byes. Memories in
the back of my mind held close by 'till the day that I die.
Good luck my friends. Make it to the end. I wish you all the
best until we meet again. I can't believe it seems like
yesterday. Just kids and now it's time to grow up. That
thought makes me feel sick now I want to cry. Separated for
the rest of our lives. I don't know why it turned out this way.
We always thought things would work out OK. Now I see
everybody telling me what I must be, when all I want to do
is go back in time with you. Today is the saddest day of our
young lives. Today we go our separate ways. The sky's the
limit for each one of us. Make good with everything you've
got.
2) One Way Out -
All alone in this world you don't want it. Not anymore oh
no! The cares of this world can choke you out. You got no
direction. You can't find your way out. Trapped in this maze
that you call life, you're not gonna make it until you see the
light so bright. These walls, you built them up yourself. Locked
from the inside, can you break your way out. Which way is
up? Which way is down? Walking in circles, you can't find
your way around. But Jesus will find you, and He'll never let
you go. Jesus will find you. He won't leave you standing all
alone. He's gonna find you, and He'll never let you down.
Jesus will find you. He'll help you out. What are you gonna
do? The ways of this world have let you down. You wanna
make it, but you don't know how. Losing the game someone
called life, you've had enough. You've had it for the last time.
So watch your back as you walk astray. Turn around and
walk the other way. You only want to live for you. Someday I
hope you get a clue/but it's up to you.
3) Come Back -
I ask myself the question, "Why before I break down and cry,
my friends are falling left and right?" Was it faith or just an
act that got you to the point you're at? I don't know but I
want you back. So just tell my why? - I really want to know
no way - I'll never let you go no I - am with you 'till the end.
Just bring back the old you. Once again I never will forget
those words from you mouth that I once heard. You don't
know how much they hurt. You told me you could care no
more for something you used to live for. This can't be
happening to you. So make up your mind. There's not much
time. The answer is waiting for you. Every knee is gonna bow,
and all the people will confess what Jesus Christ is all about.
Here's the reason you must know, so you don't become one
of those all by yourself in the end, left wondering, WHY?!
4) Final Request -
Something's wrong inside. Her problems she can't hide. I'm
a victim of a good time. My life is over know, and it hasn't
yet begun. She left me here to die. Mommy don't go! Another
casualty of irresponsibility is what's become of me. So don't
go saving me a seat in class. Today I'm a permanent
absentee. I wish I could go out and play, but not today. So
just scratch my name off the list cuz I'll never exist.
5) Happy Star -
My heart is telling me You're more than praiseworthy. I bow
before your name every day because You're the only one
for me yeah! No more living in fantasy. You took away my
hypocrisy. I thank You for everything. You're the only one.
Once I was lost, nowhere to be found. That was then and this
is now. You freed me from my chains of sin. You broke the
lock that I locked within. You gave me hope and peace
inside. You're the only one for me yeah! I'm kneeling down
as I sing this song. I want to praise you all day long. I thank
you for everything. You're the only one. Once I was blind, I
couldn't see. You took my blindfold off of me. You're my
God. I'm not. Saved me, my Lord and King.
6) Blank -
I see the people I pass by in the streets well, nothing but
empty looks. I see the people who put trust in who they meet
well, nothing but empty lives. I don't want to see that. I see
the faces who's eyes cry out in pain well, nothing but empty
souls. Why do I see these people, day after day lord? Just
what are you telling me? And then I walk by thinking to
myself just maybe they've seen the way. Then I turn my head
and walk the other way. The easy way out is such a cop-out.
I'm such a fool. I don't want to hide this hope no more. So just
show me Your way. I don't know what I'm afraid of
when I got You by my side. I know I have the cure for this
lost world. Why do I run and hide? So here I'm asking You
for a little help now. I'm such a pity all alone. I need Your
love so I can see through Your eyes and try to heal those
searching lives. Why do I lean on my own understanding? Why
do I put trust in myself, when You know everything? I
have the answer and I pretend like I don't know it. What
makes me so afraid? Just make me realize there's nothing
to it. Ain't got no fear in perfect love. So just show me Your
way.
7) Sunday Christian -
Sunday is your day for worship and your praise and all. But
when Friday night comes, you won't feel no pain at all!
Smoke and toke until you choke. Wash it down with some
whiskey and some rum. Bottoms up and you'll have fun!
Why can't I be like everybody else. What kind of question is
that? Sunday Christian. What's that thing I see hanging around
your neck? Tell me, is there meaning in that crucifix?!
Or just a fad that will fade with the lie you live today? Who
are you to say?! Practice what you preach only one day a
week, then the cross goes back under your shirt. Sunday
Christian. Mediocrity your mistaken identity. Not too hot and
never to cold. You just want to be lukewarm! That's not all
right. That's not the way it ought to be. Change your ways
today! Preach to your friends when your no different from them.
Who'd wanna be like you? Sunday Christian. Now
you've gone away. You'll never be the same. In other words,
you're gone. Sunday Christian!
8) Missing You -
When we were friends, everything was all right. And all our
worries, just kiss them good-bye. We were always helping
one another. Division makes no sense at all, especially when
it creates such a wall that puts you and I so far apart. I just
don't know where we went wrong and had to let each
other go. I miss you so. You know you gotta miss it too. Well
what was the thing that made you turn your back on
everybody? How could you do that? Where is the friendship
we once had? Funny how we were once bound as one then
all of a sudden the good times are gone. Well, I guess those
days are lost in time. Do you remember those times we had
together? They're just so hard to forget (don't forget). I never
thought one day they'd end. But then egos had to get in the
way for reasons I just can't explain. What's the use in all this
pain? I'm in pain cuz I realize there's just to much hate. I
don't want it anymore. Why don't we end this war?! Friends
may come and friends they may go. But I won't listen to that
anymore. I just wish it could be like it was before. I want to
see each and every face where once again we'll be as one.
9) Down & Out -
You see it every single day. Wish it could all just go away.
But it stares you in the face. Tired of the same old life. You
can't wait until you die. No one knows the pain you hide.
And you say, "When will this whole thing end, or else on who
can I depend?" The backs are turned on me now. Who can I
call my friend? Who can I call my friend? You pull the knife
out from your back that your friends placed as you turned.
Now you sit their all alone if you could only find a way to
make it all just go away. Everything would be OK. So now
you site and contemplate about your past and present state
this life you live it fades away. You're tired of looking for the
truth that you know you'll never find. This life is just a waste
of time (John 14:6).
10) Lean on Me -
You don't know what you mean to me. You are my family.
Don't tell me otherwise. I used to say "What's in this life for
me?" Thank you for showing me my hope is in Christ. Life is so
hard when I don't have all of you by my side. So please
stick close by and please don't think twice about it brothers
and sisters. Just lean on me. We're family. Your problem is my
problem and we'll get through it somehow. Just lean on me.
We're family. Cuz if we stick together, everything's gonna be
OK. Keep me in line and I'll make sure you're doing fine.
Pick up each other. I will not let you down. I don't know what
this future holds. It doesn't matter, just as long as you are
here. You know, it's true. My love is so real for all of you. By
the way, come any day. I'll be here.
11) Sticks and Stones -
I'm not ashamed of what I live for. Go right ahead and call
me what you will. There's nothing you can say to hurt me so
go back to your worthless sticks and stones, GO! I do not
mind if this goes on. I do not care because I know you are
so wrong. I pray to God there's any hope for you. I pray to
God someday you'll get a clue. Do you think you're gonna
make it on your own? Do you think you're gonna take it all
alone? I'll tell you, you don't even stand a chance. Your next
breath just may be your last. I see you standing here before
me. Finger straight up and spitting at my feet. Does it bother
you that you don't bother me? Well I don't know, but I won't
ever change. You think it's funny when you mock me? The
Funny thing is you're sealing your own fate. You're gonna
stand before your Maker and He'll say, "Depart from Me. For
you I never knew." Always running away, well there's a price
you'll pay.
12) Fun For Now -
I wonder whatever happened to the little girl that I once
knew. The smile's left her face. Oh no, where did it go? Now I
think back to a time when you were just a little girl. You
wouldn't let this happen to you. Now you're gone and you're
all alone. It's not as it seems, oh no it's not as great as you
thought it would be. You're so deceived. You know about as
half as much as you think. The road is forking up ahead.
Which way is she gonna go? (I don't know) She says she's
out there for a good time. So why does she seem so
unhappy to me? She sees what's laid out on her table.
Doesn't know what to take (walk away). It may be fun for
now, but where will she be when the ground beneath her
falls and she's in way to deep?
13) The Ballad -
Betrayed by a man who was with me every step along the
way. Today you do the same unto me. You do the least unto
them. Walking around with your head up in the clouds.
Everyone's too good for everyone. You judge these men when
you're just like them. This is the story of my life. Denied by a
guy for me who he said he would die. Oh why can you not
try to help just the least of mankind? When will we live in
harmony? (Harmony) When will we make each other see?
You say that'll be the day (so you say). That's the day that I
come back. No more hate.
14) Loner -
There's a blond-haired, blue-eyed girl I'd like to know. But
she won't give me the time of day. I don't know what it
is that's so wrong with me, but the ladies just don't look my
way. So let me think about the reasons there might be. Is it
cuz I'm so unattractive? Maybe if I played a sport or made it
to the top, all the ladies would stand next to me. Then they'd
look at me and sing some cheers for me, and I would be
more than they could ever dream. But that's not the truth,
and I know it'll never be. Guess we'll just have to face reality.
We're ugly, so ugly. I've been told so many times there's
more fish in the sea. I'm just using all the wrong bait.
Cuz I've played guitar and with sports I've had luck. I just
wish I was a strapping buck. Wait a minute. Stop the song.
That's not true in Ben's case cuz he's so pretty, so pretty,
but we're still?
15) Brethren -
We are the ones. Chosen generation. Royal priesthood.
Persecuted holy nation. Yeah we're the ones who all stand
together. Can't come undone. We're united by the Son. Our
comradery has no end. We're there to lend a helping hand.
Time is running out. We're living for the now. The end is near,
look out it won't be long. Well death could never part, cuz
that's where we start. Life begins up there. Don't you know?
Don't you know? We are the few who won't go away. No
We're here for you until the curtain falls. We'll stay yeah. We're
the few, ain't no doubt about it. Chosen to be set apart. We're
living in a lie, so we're being told. But lies don't walk on streets of
gold. Well these are the days that for us the Lord made. And
we're to be called "His family." Family, that's how we'll stay!
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