If I could hold you ‘til the end of time
Melt your body into mine
I would hold you until the world stood still
If I could steal the tears you cry
Take your pain and make it mine
I would swallow it all. 
I would drink my fill.

But I am just a man.
I’m no hero.
So the best I can
Is to hold you for a while

Sink into my arms, my love,
And wrap yours around me
And if you cannot cry
I will shed the tears for you
Seated on the bedside here,
A sacred communion
As all the world fades away,
My resolve fades too.

Hold me close, intertwined
As if the planets have aligned
And we are caught up in a mutual eclipse.
You and I in orbit here,
Your breath so close, it makes me scared
And it takes everything I am to bite my lips

For I am just a man,
And we are human
But for now the best I can
Is to hold you for a while

Sink into my arms, my love,
And wrap yours around me
And if you cannot cry
I will shed the tears for you
Seated on the bedside here,
A sacred communion
As all the world fades away,
My resolve fades too.

If I Could Hold You

Candlefire dancing in your eyes
As your smile brightens up my soul
The summer rain sings to us tonight
A serenade as gentle as our love

Hold me close in this pure embrace
Tonight all is born again
Worship Him with the love we make
As tonight we rediscover Eden

Heaven's light dancing in my soul
I never dreamed in a million years
I could ever know such overwhelming joy
After such a life of shadow and tears

Hold me close in this pure embrace
Tonight all is born again
Worship Him with the love we make
As tonight we rediscover Eden

A brand new life held between us both;
I begin to guess at my own name:
A promise made before I was even born,
A testament to His undying grace.

Hold me close in this pure embrace
Tonight all is born again
Worship Him with the love we make
As tonight we rediscover Eden

Love Songs of Grace

Rediscovering Eden

Lyrics:

The music quickens
And I start stumbling
'Cause I'm weary and worn
And I'm barely holding on.
But I won't leave the dance.
No, I'm staying right here,
Though my stumbling feet
Butcher the steps, and I'm weary and weak
To the core...
I refuse to leave the dance floor!

Chorus:
Call me a rebel, call me a fool,
But I won't give up 'til I've broken through.
Yeah, I'll keep dancing 'til I drop,
And even then, I still won't stop. No.
And I'll keep fighting, though I lose the round,
Grappling with You on holy ground.
Struggling with angels, wrestling with God.
I won't leave 'til the music stops. No!
I won't leave the dance floor
'Til You show up.

So in sorrow  I dance,
weeping my praise.
Crying to You,
I dance in the rain you have sent.
'Cause I refuse to leave.
In worship I groan and stumble and cry,
Clinging to the God who seems so far from my pain.
Here I am weeping Your praise! (Chorus)

In exhaustion I fall at Your feet.
Broken and humbled I fall.
For I can expect nothing from You,
And yet You've given it all.
I know my Redeemer lives.
And though He slay me,
Still I'll trust in Him!

(Chorus)

Til The Music Stops

Lyrics:

Let me sleep, let me dream,
Don't wake me just yet.
I'm not tired, just tired of life.
I'm happy in my romance
With the brother of Death.
If I never wake up that's just fine.

Let me remain in my comatose state.
If I'm unconscious just let me slumber.
Awake, I'm too lonely to care anyway.
What good is life without a lover?

Brother of Death, come pull my heartstrings.
Come pull the wool over my eyes.
Woo me to bed and your welcome embrace.
Be my escape from this life.

Let me remain in my comatose state.
If I'm unconscious just let me slumber.
Awake, I'm too lonely to care anyway.
What good is life without a lover?

Man of Sorrows, come romance my heart.
Even in my dreams You haunt me.
If there's no escape from Your awe-full embrace,
You may as well haunt me completely.

Don't let me remain in my comatose state.
Awaken me from my slumbers.
Asleep or awake- there is no escape:
Life is just death when devoid of The Lover.

Life Is Just Death

Lyrics:

The greatness of God for the works of His hand,
That were a thing I could grasp.
But to somehow believe that this child is God become man-
That were too hard to ask.

How could it be, these things I have heard
From the angels outside and now my own heart within.
To believe such a thing- 'tis ludicrous, absurd!
So why can't I keep from trembling?

Could this be God? The Messiah foretold?
Emmanuel- what a name!
This child so small-the King of the world?
Who could believe this unbelievable thing?

These tears that He cries, they seem so deep
As is drawn from the well of the depths of our pain.
The tears of the world staining His cheeks?
Who could believe such a thing?

Could this be God? The Messiah foretold?
Emmanuel- What a name!
God with us, weeping our tears,
Born to share in our pain.
Who could be believe this unbelievable thing?

Hear His cries? They darken the sun,
And the very earth seems to mourn.
Could this be God's Chosen One?
Will He bear the scars we should have borne?

Now He sleeps, an innocent lamb.
Spotless and purer than snow.
Could this be He, of whom the prophet spoke?
Could this be the Man of Sorrow?

Could this be He come to bear our shame?
Could this be the Christ of God?
Who could believe this unbelievable thing?
Who would believe if told?

Could this be God? The Messiah foretold?
Emmanuel- What a name!
God with us, weeping our tears,
Born to share in our pain.
Who could be believe this unbelievable thing?

I believe.

This Unbelievable Thing (A Shepherd's Song)

Lyrics:

Teardrops fall from dead, cold eyes,
Squeezed from this hard, dead stone inside;
The demons come to terrorize,
And here I am again.
This is the creature I become
When I turn my heart from my First Love.
Here I am, a reckless son
Of the Damned.

And it will always be the same
If You leave me to my own way-
My heart will lust for Death and Decay
And hunger for the Dark.
My bed I make in the open grave;
In the coffin, I, my pillow lay.
I will always run away
From You.

So chase me down
And raise me up.
Kill this flesh and breathe Your breath into me.
Drain me dry
To fill my cup.
Cut Your way through my heart to set me free.
Jesus, You are all I'll ever need.

So on I march to my demise
With a dreamer's heart and empty mind,
Pretending I hate my prison made
Of Pain.
But at least I know I'm welcome here,
And these demons cause me no fear,
For they held me close
When everyone else
Had gone away.

But in the dark they bleed me dry
And poison my heart with evil lies,
And still something deep inside
Screams for You!
JESUS!

Chase me down
And raise me up.
Kill this flesh and breathe your breath into me.
Drain me dry
To fill my cup.
Cut Your way through my heart to set me free.

Jesus, You are all I've ever wanted,
Yet here I am, chasing everything You're not!
Jesus, won't You please come and save me-
Kill me in myself to raise me up!

Chase me down
And raise me up.
Kill this flesh and breathe Your breath into me.
Drain me dry
To fill my cup.
Cut Your way through my heart to set me free.

Chase me down
And raise me up.
Kill this flesh and breathe Your breath into me.
Drain me dry
To fill my cup.
Cut Your way through my heart to set me free.
Jesus, You are all I'll ever need.

Chase Me Down (All I'll Ever Need)

Lyrics:

Jesus, here I am,
S afraid to bear Your name upon my lips.
Jesus, once again,
I'm ashamed of Your Grace and Your kiss.

But here I am, nonetheless,
Calling out Your name,
Praying that the whole world hears me now.
Let the whole earth know
That I am unashamed
To scream the Name of Jesus aloud.

Jesus!
     I'm proud to make You known!
Jesus!
     No more will I hide!
Jesus!
    You have called me to be bold!
So I stand and scream Your Name to the skies!
Jesus! Jesus!

Why am I so ashamed
Of the One Who gave me breath to breathe?
Why am I so afraid
To make it known that He died to set us free?

Here I am a feeble voice,
Faltering and abashed.
Afraid to proclaim my deepest Love.
But even though I tremble,
Still I will lift my voice,
And I will announce the Love of God.

Jesus!
     I'm proud to make You known!
Jesus!
     No more will I hide!
Jesus!
    You have called me to be bold!
So I stand and scream Your Name to the skies!
Jesus! Jesus!

Nothing can silence me!
Nothing will stop me now!
Jesus is everything!
Jesus is all you need!

Nothing can shut me up!
I will not keep quiet!
I will proclaim His Love!
I'm shattering the silence!

Jesus!
     I'm proud to make You known!
Jesus!
     No more will I hide!
Jesus!
    You have called me to be bold!
So I stand and scream Your Name to the skies!
Jesus! Jesus!

Jesus!
     I'm proud to make You known!
Jesus!
     No more will I hide!
Jesus!
    You have called me to be bold!
So I stand and scream Your Name to the skies!
Jesus! Jesus!

Proud To Make You Known

Lyrics by Ryan Wait and Josh Crain. Music by Josh Crain.

Lyrics:

From the faith of a harlot, the birth of a King.
From the Rock springs new hope.
Destruction delivered, salvation to bring,
Destruction delivered for the craziest things.

Mountaintops crumble
While oceans break.
Fountains of life awake.
Streams sing a new song
To the rumble and quake.
The dreams of a King
Echo in the wake.

Destruction delivered at the hand of a whore-
A vow bound with red rope
Down to the heart of the King.
Destruction delivered for the craziest things.

Mountaintops crumble
While oceans break.
Fountains of life awake.
Streams sing a new song
To the rumble and quake.
The dreams of a King
Echo in the wake.

Tears of the ages
Cry out since creation-
We're broken, we're empty, we're dead.
Harlots and Godless,
We scream of Salvation,
But life rises from death.

Mountaintops crumble
While oceans break.
Fountains of life awake.
Streams sing a new song
To the rumble and quake.
The dreams of a King
Echo in the wake.

Streams sing a new song
To the rumble and quake.
The dreams of a King
Echo in the wake.

Rahab

Lyrics:

Do you know how it feels to be broken beyond repair?
Do you know what it means to be lost in the depths of despair?
Do you know what it's like to give up on life?
To lose every reason to care?
     I've been there.

I've been lost.
I've been crushed.
And I'm still trying to find my way.
I've been hopeless,
And I am broken,
And I feel empty nearly every day.
I've been tear-less, yet still weeping,
Screaming for a better way,
Longing for the final day.

Do you know what it's like 
To loathe your own life,
To wish you could just disappear?
When the person inside, 
Just won't coincide
With the person you see in the mirror?
     I've been there.

I've been lost.
I've been crushed.
And I'm still trying to find my way.
I've been hopeless,
And I am broken,
And I feel empty nearly every day.
I've been tear-less, yet still weeping,
Screaming for a better way,
Longing for the final day.

And yet, in the midst of our pain,
Jesus stands.
And in the middle of our shame,
Jesus stands.
And He stands when we fall,
And He reaches when we call.
And even when we don't, He's still there.
Jesus stands through the storm,
Though we're battered and torn.
Though we mock Him with scorn,
He still holds us in His arms.

So why do we still turn to the shadows?

I've been lost.
I've been crushed.
And I'm still trying to find my way.
I've been hopeless,
And I am broken,
And I feel empty nearly every day.
I've been tear-less, yet still weeping,
Screaming for a better way,
Longing for the final day.

Do you know what it's like
To lay down your life,
Lift up your cross and be free?
To feel the burden inside 
Just shrivel and die,
And to know the hope of peace?
Do you know what it means to be alive?
To be forgiven and free?
     I've been there.

I've Been There

The Burning Place (Amanda)

To survive the fire
Is to become the flame
The passion required
And the heat that endures
Is nothing like you've ever felt before

Powerful cynical flame
You're caught on the line
Between you and I
This way we both go on by

Like a moth to a flame
I'm sought to come again
Return to sender, my friend
For now you see what it means
To feel it on your skin

Powerful cynical flame
You're caught on the line
Between you and I
This way we both go on by

Fear is but a tale and we both know why
This tie unto soul until we die
Our connection fulfills the destiny
That was meant to course through like a burn

Powerful cynical flame
You're caught on the line
Between you and I
This way we both go on by

Powerful cynical flame
You're caught on the line
Between you and I
This way we both go on by

Unprepared and ignored so we sizzle out
Because the heat that endures is nothing
Like we've ever felt before

Soul Arising

A moody, weird acoustic take on a punk song. Nihilistic and satirical, this song is basically making a subtle (or maybe not so subtle) mockery of atheism and it's empty, hopelessness. 

Lyrics:
Welcome to the jungle,
Hear the primal screams
Act like an animal,
It's a circus theme
Utter something guttural,
We'll label you profound,
And if you make it sexual, 
We're giving you a crown

We're all animals, We're all animals, We're all animals,
Anything goes.

Welcome to insanity
It's a psycho dream
Forget you inhibitions
Chasing the obscene
Anything you want,
Do whatever you feel
God is dead and nothing is real.

We're all animals, We're all animals, We're all animals,
Anything goes.

We don't need religion in the age of modern man
We have been enlightened and your faith is just a sham
Fuck it up, Buttercup, till the final bell,
'Cause no one's gonna save you from Peter Singer's hell.

We're all animals, We're all animals, We're all animals,
Anything goes.
We're all animals, We're all animals, We're all animals,
Anything goes.

Animalistic (Acoustic Version)

Animalistic Acoustic Version

This is the first render of Sing To Me. This is still very much a work in progress. I plan to completely redo the drums. Everything needs to be EQ'd still. Backing vocals need to be added. Plus various other tweaks and adjustments.

Sing To Me

Lyrics:
Born to die, our peasant King
His infant cries broken ring,
For in the straw, The Promise saw
A world of sin and pain.
Yet "Peace on Earth" the angels sing
And to the flock "glad tidings" bring,
For Immanuel has come to us.
God with us is Jesus.

Oh, sacred night!
Into which was born The Light
That He might live and die to set us free!
Oh, sacred Grace!
For He has crushed the Grave,
That we might be born again-
What mystery!

The Sacrifice is born at last
Unto us a spotless lamb.
And these tears of His are older than the rain.
So here He lies in swaddling cloth,
These newborn eyes foresee the Cross.
And Mary cannot understand her newborn baby's pain.

Oh, sacred night!
Into which was born The Light
That He might live and die to set us free!
Oh, sacred Grace!
For He has crushed the Grave,
That we might be born again-
What mystery.

Who are we that He should deign
To shed His blood in our place?
Redeem us with His own gruesome death?
El Elyon. Adonai.
El Roi. El Shaddai.
God with us. The God who died.
The God who conquers Death.

Oh, sacred night!
Into which was born The Light
That He might live and die to set us free!
Oh, sacred Grace!
For He has crushed the Grave,
That we might be born again-
What mystery.

Born To Die (A Christmas Lament)

Picture Of Grace

Resurrect is the pseudonym used by singer-songwriter Josh Crain

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