kick your door in with my smile

by-Matthew F. Blowers III


The first smoke 
of the day is best, 
my third Black Velvet 
nightly bliss 
but Baby I can't 
live like this... 
I can't live like this

I get much higher 
when we kiss 
those smokey eyes 
they do the trick 
no nicotine is strong enough 
to match the buzz 
that shares your love..... 

Chorus- 

Lost in the velvet 
of your arms 
the blackest nights 
hold endless charms, 
I need you there when my alarm 
wakes me to face 
your lovely form 
my rose before life's 
endless thorns. 

I've sampled all 
the endless brews 
but up against your 
lips they lose, 
I've savored herbs 
they make me snooze 
and so much 
hungrier for you 
my rose before life's 
endless thorns. 
my rose before life's 
endless thorns. 

I guess I should 
go join up with 
Lover's anonymous 
in a tiff, 
and share the myth 
that absence makes 
the heart grow fonder 
pure bullshit 

But I would so 
much rather be 
fast forwarding 
past all my wait 
until we share 
another date. 

Chorus- 
, 
Lost in the velvet 
of your arms 
the blackest nights 
hold endless charms, 
I need you there 
when my alarm 
wakes me to face 
your lovely form 
my rose before life's 
endless thorns. 
my rose.... before 
life's endless thorns...

The first smoke

Débranche-toi

Burning Lights

Awake My Soul (feat. Lecrae)

Some artists enter the studio determined to make a radical departure from who and what they are, or indulge some musical flavor of the month in a bid to expand the fan base. In either event, those strategies often backfire — though in staying true to his calling, GRAMMY® winner Chris Tomlin thinks not of popularity, but rather the populace his music can touch and encourage.

“I’m not trying to make a different kind of record,” says Tomlin of his latest effort, Love Ran Red “It’s still the same path I started down: writing songs for the church, songs people can sing, songs that connect with people in their heart and move them in a way only songs can. That’s not changed — and yet this collection I feel is the strongest I’ve ever done.”

That’s setting the bar quite high for his tenth studio recording, given that his last effort “Burning Lights” kicked off 2013 as a No. 1 album. It also led to sold-out tour dates, Billboard Music Awards, being named a BMI Songwriter of the Year and receiving the K-LOVE Fan Award for Male Vocalist of the Year and Dove Award for Songwriter of the Year.

Yet Love Ran Red picks up where its predecessor left off. True to its title, it expresses beating-heart faith and channels love’s ceaseless flow into a dozen songs to get the blood pumping and spirits soaring.

To that end, Love Ran Red shows Tomlin reaching and stretching forward, even as he leans back on what’s always worked best. Produced by longtime friend and collaborator Ed Cash (Kari Jobe, Vince Gill, David Crowder* Band, Dave Barnes, Steven Curtis Chapman), the album strikes stirring tones of hope, praise and the peace found only in God’s presence. 