God's truth set to beautiful music! Thanks for the blessing, Doug.

They say...
Verse 1
Those who forsake the truth of God
Wander by a thousand paths
Their actions fail to satisfy
Their lust that never lasts

The fleeting thrills of life decay
And leave a hollow cry
But hope remains for those who turn
To God who hears their sighs
He hears your sighs

Chorus
A thousand paths
You have known
But peace comes through
Only one

A thousand paths
But nothing gained
Cuz only one will lead you home again 
Again

Verse 2
Think about where you have been
Ignore all your regrets
This is not a judgment of
The times you can’t forget

Just an observation that
Those paths were dead end roads
Some were fun some were sad
But now all them are closed

Chorus 2
A thousand paths
You have known
But peace comes through
Only one

A thousand paths
But nothing gained
Cuz only one will lead you home again 

Bridge
All the paths behind you
Led you to this place
To the path that leads you home
Back to God’s embrace
His embrace

Chorus 3
A thousand paths
You have known
But peace comes through
Only one

A thousand paths
But nothing gained
Cuz only one will lead you home again 

Outro
Home again
Back to Him
To the place
Of His embrace
Back to Him
Home again
Home again
Home again


A Thousand Paths

[Verse 1]
Finally sober for the first time in my life
Excuses are over and the truth fits just right
Finally over all the drama and the lies
Finally over saying sorry one more time

[Chorus]
Oh this damage
Every time I fix one another one pops up
Burns me like an acid
Seeps beneath my skin and melts around my blood
Oh this damage
Try my best to stop it and try to play tough
But there's a crack in my dam and
Oh it does

[Verse 2]
Who have I hurt? You're deserving more than this
I'll free you from these knives drippin' with my selfishness
Who have I killed just from loving them too much
Pumped the brakes 'fore I crash and burn 'cause one touch ain't enough

[Chorus]
Oh this damage
Every time I fix one another one pops up
Burns me like an acid
Seeps beneath my skin and melts around my blood
Oh this damage
Try my best to stop it and try to play tough
But there's a crack in my dam and
Oh it does

[Bridge]
It was 2002 the last time I felt pretty
He told me I was dark and twisted
Fast forward twenty-three years later
He does it again just like my father did

[Chorus]
Still this damage
Every time I fix one another one pops up
Burns me like an acid
Seeps beneath my skin and melts around my blood
Oh this damage
Try my best to stop it and try to play tough
But there's a crack in my dam and
[Outro]
Oh this damage
Burns me like an acid
This damage

This Damage

#haunting #lovesong #songwriter #emotional #dark #soulful


I’d pour myself through the sands of time
Baby, Just To find you. (To find you, baby.) 
Tossing, twisting in a cascading storm 
Just to find you. (To find you.) To find you.
Tumbling through an hour glass 
Among a million grains.
Filtering into an abyss 
Baby, just To find you. (To find you, baby) to find you.

No time. No space. No form of matter.
Can keep me from you.  (From you. From you.)
Can keep me from you.
No matter what is in my way
I will get to you (to you)
Get to you. (I will get to you.)
No matter will stop me. No matter will slow me down.
I will get to you (to you)
I will get to you (get to you.)

I’d fire myself into a black hole
Baby, Just to find you. (To find you, baby).
Baby, just to find you. 
Propel me, blasting me into the unknown 
Just to find you. (To find you.) To find you.
Gravity pulling, stretching me
Among a million stars 
Sending me beyond time into singularity 
Baby, just To find you. (To find you, baby)

No time. No space. No form of matter.
Can keep me from you.  (From you. From you)
No matter what is in my way
I will get to you (to you. To you. To yiu) 
Get to you. (I will get to you.)
No matter will stop me. No matter will slow me down.
I will get to you (to you)
I will get to you. 
 

Nothing can prevent my getting to you
I search each night in the depths of my mind
as I sleep. as I fall asleep
Maps. realms. pasts and futures
I map out and comb
Never landing. (Never landing)
Always floating. (Floating)
Never falling.  (Never falling.) 
Always searching. (Searching) 
Always searching (always)
For one I never knew. For one I never knew. (The one I never knew)

No time. No space. No form of matter.
Can keep me from you.  (From you.)
Can keep me from you.
No matter what is in my way
I will get to you (to you)
Get to you. (I will get to you.)
No matter will stop me. No matter will slow me down. (Slow me down)
I will get to you (to you)
(To you. To you. To you.)

i will get to you

A cardboard house full of plastic chairs
Digital fish in the fish tank stare
Love for sale on the OLED screen
Paper is better, words kept unseen

I'm looking at the screens
You’re looking at the screens
We’re looking at the screens
Stop looking at the screens

I wanna be someone else's kid
Refrigerator full of smash-and-grab
I'll make you a crown out of paper straws
Tell me a joke that I haven't heard

I'm looking at the screens
You’re looking at the screens
We’re looking at the screens
Stop looking at the screens

I bought you a hat to match all your tee shirts
Soft static and shades of yellow suburban
I will be Frank and you'll be my ma cherie
Coat full of patches and kaleidoscope daydreams

I'm looking at the screens
You’re looking at the screens
We’re looking at the screen
Stop looking at the screen

Cruella - Screens

Forgive them for they do not know
That breakin’ these stained glass windows
You can take the soul of new arrivals
The innocence of a child you stole

I would tell ’em again
I’d tell ’em ’til they fall on their knees
And if you wanna harm the little ones
Shame on you eternally
I’ll scream it at the top of my lungs
Did I stutter? Or do you need me to repeat?

Prayin’ confession may set you free
We all do things you can’t explain
But I’m beggin’ you
Don’t hurt the babies
Then walk and act like you’re sane

Yeah
This isn’t rocket science [no no]
It isn’t rocket science
It’s not even theology [no no]
We’ve seen the worst in humanity And it feels like an eternity

If it’s not so easy to believe
Then why do we hide our little ones?
Why can’t we walk in the light of God?
You’re smashin’ these stained glass windows of ours
They might forgive
I’ll never forget
I was the one who suffered from it
The truth’ll come to light in the end
I tried so hard to tell ’em

I would tell ’em again [I'd sure tell 'em again]
I’d tell ’em ’til they fall on their knees
And if you wanna harm the little ones [harm the little ones]
Shame on you eternally
I’ll scream it at the top of my lungs [at the top of my lungs]
Did I stutter? There’s no need for me to repeat?

Cruella - Stained Glass Windows

Verse 1
Sometimes I think it was wasted time 
The times I spent with you 
But you were the best mistake 
That I ever made 

Sometimes I think the time I lost 
Would never come back to me
But sometimes we grieve unnecessarily
Like the game has already been played

Chorus 1
Through the highs and lows
I learned to grow
Now every moment, every twist 
Every turn I know

You were the spark 
That lit up my way
That you were the light
On my darkest day

Verse 2
Sometimes I see that the time we spent 
Had a different purpose for me
You were the one who brought me to a place
A place where I could finally see

Chorus 2
Through the highs and lows
I’ve learned to grow
Now every moment, every twist 
Every turn I know

That You were the spark 
That lit up my way
That you were the light
On my darkest day

Bridge
We started out as friends
And ended up there too
We thought that we might be more
But that never came true

What you revealed to me
Was that I needed more than you
I needed faith in God
And we prayed and that came true

Chorus 3
Now through the highs and lows
I’ve learned to grow
Now every moment, every twist 
Every turn I know

You were the spark 
That lit up my way
You were the light
On my darkest day

Outro
Now through the highs and lows
I’ve learned to grow
Now every moment, every twist 
Every turn I know

You were the spark 
That lit up my way
You were the light
On my darkest day

You were the light
On my darkest day
You were the light
On my darkest day
  
And my darkest day
Became my brightest day
My brightest day
My brightest day
My brightest day


My Brightest Day

Echoes in an Unwritten Labyrinth by Hot Cookie

[Verse 1]
I built this maze with hands I barely know,
Each brick a question, every turn a slow unravel.
The air hums static, thick with what I owe,
To versions of myself I couldn’t travel.
The walls are paper-thin, but still they hold,
A thousand stories etched in fading gold.

[Chorus]
I’m the builder, the ghost, the tangled thread,
A storm of whispers turning in my head.
Every corner bends, a deeper shade of red,
I’m chasing silence, but it’s louder instead.

[Verse 2]
I painted constellations on the floor,
But they dissolved beneath the weight of time.
The door I locked is rattling once more,
A rhythm I can’t place, a broken rhyme.
I hear the hum of engines I can’t name,
A symphony of loss I can’t reclaim.

[Chorus]
I’m the builder, the ghost, the tangled thread,
A storm of whispers turning in my head.
Every corner bends, a deeper shade of red,
I’m chasing silence, but it’s louder instead.

[Bridge]
The spiral tightens, but I see the crack,
A sliver of the world I’m coming back.
The weight begins to lift, the shadows thin,
A fragile light I’m learning to let in.
The storm still turns, but now it feels like home,
A quiet revolution in my bones.

[Verse 3]
I walk the maze, but now I feel the ground,
The walls are shifting, softer now, unbound.
The echoes fade, replaced by something new,
A melody I’m finally moving through.
The labyrinth dissolves, the air turns clear,
And in the stillness, I can finally hear.

[Outro]
I’m the builder, the ghost, but now I’m free,
A storm of whispers turning into me.
Every corner bends, but now I see it true,
I’m chasing silence, and it leads me to you.

I’m chasing silence, and it
 leads... me... to... you...( leads... me... to... you..)...

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Echoes in an Unwritten Labyrinth by Hot Cookie

I’m still alone

nicht-von-menschen-kam-das-wort

Cette chanson évoque l’amour inoubliable, les silences partagés, et la trace indélébile que laisse une âme dans une autre. Entre poésie moderne et émotion brute, cette mélodie parle à celles et ceux qui ont aimé vrai, même dans l’éphémère. Une ode intime à la mémoire des sentiments profonds, pour ne jamais oublier… ce que c’était d’aimer.

Souviens-toi de nous ainsi

Verse 1
The life of faith has many comforts
Many blessings too
But added to the mix I find
Trials I must go through

No earthly joy can satisfy
I stand at mercy’s gate
The best of my intentions can’t ever
Keep His love away

Chorus 1
Holy God
Tender and kind
Knowing what I need
All of the time

Blessing or struggle
Both can sustain
To live is Christ
To die is gain

Verse 2
Blessings always bring a smile
Trials bring distress
Why can’t I see both the same
Cuz the same God brings each test

I’m afraid that I’ll fall down
And not get up again
But that’s where Jesus lifts me up
As He takes me by the hand

Chorus 2
Holy God
Tender and kind
Knowing what I need
All of the time

Blessing or struggle
Both can sustain
To live is Christ
To die is gain

Bridge
Into every life some rain must fall
But rain is not the end of it all

Chorus 3
Holy God
Tender and kind
Knowing what I need
All of the time
Blessing or struggle
Both can sustain
To live is Christ
To die is gain

Outro
Blessing or struggle
Both can sustain
To live is Christ
To die is gain


To Live is Christ

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To Live is Christ

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