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No Don’t Leave Me Alone - Emilie & Erin

Lyrics

At eighty-five years old
To me her story she told
She said my love learn from the old
God hears the cry of ever broken soul

And through dim eyes and with a smile
She told me of how at ten her love had died
And how deep in the night to her far God she'd cry
For all of her unsaid goodbyes

Screaming take the feelings I'm afraid to feel
Take the word I'm afraid to write
For when it's out loud I'll know it's real
The hurt I've been keeping inside
And all the heartache deemed unworthy of pain
Oh Lord I feel the pain just the same
Father heal the wounds I kept bleeding out inside
It's getting too heavy and I don't know where I am to hide

I knew his face better than the back of my hand
Know his voice know his laugh
Watched him as he ran
And I saw the innocent boy break
The world tore him into three
And that was all he could take

And I screamed take the feelings I'm afraid to feel
Take the word I'm afraid to write
For when it's out loud I'll know it's real
The hurt I spent ten year trying to hide
And all the heartache deemed unworthy of pain
Oh Lord I feel the pain just the same
Father heal the wounds I kept bleeding out inside
It's getting too heavy and I don't know where I am to hide
There's no room left inside

See daughter the world is cold
It takes you breaks you makes you old
But His love over comes the world
You see He hears every cry that your soul makes
Every time your heart breaks
When you think that all of your mistakes
Are too much gone too far
When you think your soul is stolen, that you're too far gone
That's when He comes and He fixes every single broken piece of you
That's when He comes and He takes away of every fear you ever had in you
That's when He comes and He holds you, never ever leaves
That's when you know, you know you found what you're looking for
You found what you're looking for

He'll take all the feelings You're afraid to feel
And every word you've been afraid to write
When you say it out loud oh it'll be real
But He'll be right by your side
And all the heartache deemed unworthy of pain
He knows you've felt the pain just the same
He'll heal the wounds You kept bleeding out inside
It won't be heavy, it'll be oh it'll be so light
Daughter it'll be so light

What You're Loooking For

Featuring my fave "cousins" Bona Abadir and Marina Boshra. I can't even remember when we recorded this but was happy to stumble upon it recently.

Create In Me a Clean Heart -- Abanoub Abadir, Marina Boshra, Monica Youssef

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Based on the prayer in Jonah 2, with my lovely sister :)
Original Arabic words by Fr. Makary Younan
*Related saying by St. Macarius the Egyptian below lyrics!

(Chorus)
Hear my cry Lord, I pray to Thee, 
And to my voice incline Your ear, 
(Hold me and have mercy on me,) x2
(For You O Lord I am in great need.) x2

(Verse 1)
My soul is troubled in the deep, 
And my eyes are full of tears, 
(Now I remembered You indeed,) x2
(For Your salvation is so near.) x2

(Verse 2)
All of the waves came upon me, 
And I was drowned in the deep sea, 
(I asked for help, where could it be) x2 
(But in the hands of my Lord dear.) x2

(Chorus)
So hear my cry Lord, I pray to Thee, 
And to my voice incline Your ear, 
(Hold me and have mercy on me,) x2 
(For You O Lord I am in great need.) x2

(Verse 3)
My heart is trembling in great fear,
And my head is wrapped in weeds, 
(Out of the depths I cried to Thee,) x2
(Save my soul and set me free.) x2

(Verse 4)
God ordered the whale in the sea, 
To safely drop Jonah down in peace, 
(In the whale's belly Jonah kneeled,) x2
(And thanked the Lord for His great deed.) x2

* "Suppose a man were in the middle of a river in full flood, and overwhelmed by the water lay lifeless, drowned, with dreadful monsters all round him. If another man, who is not used to swimming, should wish to save the one who fell in, he too is lost, and is drowned with him. Clearly there is need of a skilled swimmer, an expert, to go out into the depth of the water of the gulf, and dive, and bring up the drowned man there among the monsters...The soul, in the same way, has been plunged and drowned in the abyss of darkness and the deep of death, and is dead and parted from God among dreadful monsters; and who is able to go down into those secret chambers and the depths of hell and death, except that expert Workman who fashioned the body? In His own person He enters into two quarters, into the depth of hell, and into the deep gulf of the heart, where the soul with its thoughts is held fast by death, and brings up out of the darksome hole the Adam that lay dead." + Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St. Macarius the Egyptian (Homily 11.12)

Jonah's Prayer/Hear my Cry (اسمع صراخي يا سيدي) - with Carol Eskandar on Violin

Artwork by: George Makary - Coptic Icons

Lyrics:

Lord Make me present like You
How often I underestimate that virtue
How often am I distracted, constantly rushing 
through the little you entrusted me to
This day you gave me as new; You wanted me to rejoice in it with You
Instead, I anxiously run from service, from prayer, and further away from You


O Lord, Im often deceived, why so I think the whole world depends on me?
 “If I don’t give it my best, If I’m not there on time, it will be a catastrophe”, 
Lord show me my littleness, before You, Omnipotent One who upholds all life,
Oh My Lord Jesus Christ; Ever-Present Being, the Lover of Mankind; 

What mystery is it to us that You hold up the universe - yet with everyone
You made them feel like the only one there in the world, You saw what no one else did,
Lord when they looked in your eyes,
They saw the face of love and they were stopped in time.

O Lord how can I witness? The fruit of Your Spirit is not evident inside me
How can I be loving when I’m not patient nor kind, not gentle; without mercy 
Lord I want to look like You; my Father, Role Model, Please Lord, make me anew! 
You promised to take on tomorrow, why can’t I be vulnerable and give you control?

I can’t seem to want to be anywhere you place me
Lord help me to stop closing my eyes to your presence and blessings in each precious moment;
Which you have prepared from the foundation of time, that I may walk in it
But Lord I’m often decieved: Always saying yesterday was lighter, tomorrow will be brighter, but Lord, teach me in the present to find You
Always saying, yesterday was lighter, tomorrow will be brighter, but Lord, teach me in the present to find you
Always saying, yesterday was lighter, tomorrow will be brighter, but Lord of Love make me present to find You

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I wrote this song in a period of my life where I really struggled with despondency and busyness. Until now, I really struggle to find the beauty of Christ's presence in each moment I live.
This song came through being genuinely baffled by the paradoxical mystery of our beautiful Lord Jesus who can oversee the entire cosmos for all of eternity, but is simultaneously, infinitely present and poured-out for His creation in each moment. This song is a prayer for deeper communion with Christ and the world around me and for a more true experience of Him in the days He has given me.

Please keep me in your prayers, I hope this song can become a prayer for you too!

Erin Melek

Present

1- Oh beloved, oh beloved; nailed unto the cross for me
O what sin hast Thou committed; Thou who callest all to be.
Oh beloved, wish that I could; spend the rest of life with Thee
Worshipping Thine holy passion, crucifying the flesh for Thee.

2- Daughter of Zion behold Me; stricken and smitten for Thee
Friend and kin, me have forsaken; there is none to comfort me.
All alone I'll tread the winepress, all alone I'll drink the cup
Shedding my blood for Thee to ransom, and my flesh for Thee to sup.

3- I was bound, and I was smitten, and they did spit in my face.
I was stripped, and I was scourged, I was condemned in your place.
Your sins became my crown of thorns; Oh that you would understand
Everytime you sin a new, it's one more nail in my hand.

4- Like a lamb brought to the slaughter, like a dumb sheep to be sheered.
King, Creator, Lord, and Master, by His creatures, mocked and jeered.
Despised, rejected, with grief acquainted, and of men was not esteemed.
Bruised and wounded, sore afflicted, yet, with His stripes we were healed.

5- Lord create in us a fountain; that with tears will ever flow.
And a heart contrite and broken, and the spirit within renew.
Oh that we could shed the tears over Thy feet pierced and bruised
Oh that we always remember, for our sins Thou wert abused.

O Beloved - Ft. Erin Melek

The Greatest Love - Medley

Featuring: 
	⁃	Tony Morgan
	⁃	Farah Matta
	⁃	Karen Soliman (producer) 

Lyrics: 
Oh Beloved, oh Beloved; nailed unto the cross for me
O what sin hast Thou committed; Thou who callest all to be.
Oh beloved, wish that I could; spend the rest of life with Thee
Worshipping Thine holy passion, crucifying the flesh for Thee.

(A lamb led to slaughter, You did not open your mouth.
A silent sheep, They led you down the harsh way of the cross). x2

He was bleeding from the beating, there were stripes upon His back
And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head 
He bore with every step the scorn of those who cried out for His death

Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering 
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King
But He chose to walk that road out of His love for you and me 

Oh Beloved, oh Beloved; nailed unto the cross for me

(So why are You here crucified and I the sinner am free and boastful)x2

(Ill never see a love, greater and stronger than Your love, Crucified on the cross oh My Lord, 
You chose it willingly, Yet it is a just punishment for myself the sinner) x2

He loves me My Lord, Na3am a7abany
Jesus still loves me, Le2ana Meta 3any.
My Lord loves, a7abany, He loves me (He loves me) 

Oh beloved, wish that I could; spend the rest of life with Thee
Worshipping Thine holy passion, crucifying the flesh for Thee.

Medley: 
	⁃	Oh beloved 
	⁃	La Lan Ara 7oban (original translation)
	⁃	Via Dolorosa
	⁃	Barabas Hymn 
	⁃	Ya 3agaban Mo5alessy (original translation)

The Greatest Love

O Creator of Love Lyrics and Guitar Chords

Capo 2

         Am  		              C
1-	O Creator of Love, O Refuge of my soul
Dm	 			 Am	  	       E
You are the guarantee in the midst of my journey
Am				C
I am in need of You, I am in need of You
Dm				     Am              E
I need from You a power to raise me,
  Am			C
You O Lord alone, You O Lord alone
Dm				    Am  	  E
You aid me when I’m weak and have mercy

 Am		          C
(O my Master, I want to delve so deep in You,
Dm
Revive me give life to me
				Am			      E
I want to see the light of Your love Shining inside of me. ) 2

Refrain
Am
(O CREATOR OF LOVE, HERE I AM TO YOU SCEAMING
E							                       Am
I AM RETURNING TO YOU, TO YOU I’M RETURNING) 2

			  Am	
(TO YOUR EMBRACE I’M RETURNING,
						          E
TO YOUR PATH I’M RETURNING, TO YOUR LIGHT I’M RETURNING
		             Am
O CREATOR OF LOVE.) 2

2- O Creator of love, O source of my power
While in the midst of my sorrows, You are my Comforter
I am longing for you, I am longing for You
 I long for You to live in me, O my King 
You by Your spirit, You by Your spirit
Throughout my life and journey You are leading
(O my Master, Come change my life by Your Spirit,
And rein over my will Touch my heart, my senses
And the world wherein I dwell.) 2

George Beshara's Album

Oh Creator of Love

Here I Am Lord

My Fathers The Monks

Good God - Lyrics

I am the girl, the girl who stepped out onto the waves
And in Your eyes oh how the rest of the world it fades
But I could hear the waves calling my name
Told me to look down at the water below and it was then I caved

And in the blink of an eye
In came the storm

And the wind raged
The ocean waves
Took me tossed me like a stone
Do You not care
Can You not see
The waves tearing me away from home
Are You asleep
O did You dream
How could You leave me here alone
And I screamed where
Jesus where
O where did my good God go

I am the girl, the girl with nothing left to give
Nothing but these tears to wash Your feet, my hair to dry them with
I am the girl reaching for You in the crowd
Who climbed the tree to see Your face
I couldn’t from this ground

And in the blink of an eye
In came the storm

And the wind raged
The ocean waves
Took me tossed me like a stone
Do You not care
Can You not see
The waves tearing me away from home
Are You asleep 
O did You dream
How could You leave me here alone
And I screamed where
Jesus where
O where did my good God go

I am the girl caught red handed looking down
And as the world picked up their stones
I saw You write their sins on the ground
Waiting for what I deserved I heard You calling my name 
Saying sin no more My love be not afraid 

And in the blink of an eye 
In came the storm 

For the wind raged 
The ocean waves tried to toss me like a stone 
But You were there holding me 
And with one word You calmed the storm 
You stood in front of me and the waves ceased
The One the wind obeys is on my boat 
And I screamed why Jesus why 
To this broken girl would a good God would go
 
And I screamed why O Jesus why 
To this broken heart a good God would go

Good God

His Sweet Voice - Erin Melek & Anthony Marcos feat. Father Suriel Costandi
Oud by Moura Raghib

Once I wandered so far away
from my Good Savior Jesus.
He came to me, He who saved me,
and called for me to return.

Refrain: 
His sweet voice did call me, call me:
“Prolong not thy straying away.
O dear child, return quickly, 
and come to Me, come to Me!”

Cruel thorns left my feet to bleed out,
wounds and agony unparalleled.
I heard the Voice call out to me,
“Thou art in error, return.”

Never did I ever care to 
heed to Him, nor to His words.
Therefore I walked away with His
warnings of pain in contempt.

My path grew ever more treacherous,
menacing darkness has prevailed.
I cried in my profound anguish:
“Where is Thy delightful Face?”

My grief has exceeded limits
due to my straying away. 
Desolated, I requested: 
“O my Savior! Come to me!”

Straightaway, a light shone brightly,
O how radiant it was!
My tender Redeemer with a
smile appeared to my aid.

Good God

Mira Ghaly

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