1. |
Expatriate
06:03
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now after all this time I feel you like a phantom limb
your absence forms the shape
of secret treasures that will never be unearthed again
and promises unmade
so this is how it ends
alone with my regrets
the sea gave up its dead
but I just can't forget
no I won't forget
no I won't forget
I just can't forget
I just can't forget
and after all this time you haunt me like a murdered friend
as if I’m guilty too
I guess you needed me to make the fantasy complete
as much as I needed you
so this is how it ends
alone with my regrets
the sea gave up its dead
but I just can't forget
no I won't forget
no I won't forget
I just can't forget
I just can't forget
more than anything I’d love to sing the songs of Zion
more than anything
more than anything I’d love to sing the songs of Zion
more than anything
more than anything
more than anything
more than anything
more than anything
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2. |
O Jesus
03:19
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O Jesus
I don’t know what to do without you
I’m as lonely as a barren womb
O Jesus
I miss everything about you
I want to crawl inside the empty tomb
where’d you go?
I can’t hear you
where’d you go?
I can’t feel you
where’d you go?
I turned and you were gone
O Jesus
I don’t know how long you’ve been missing
or for which of us I should grieve
O Jesus
is it all just aimless drifting?
all I want is something to believe
where’d you go?
I can’t hear you
where’d you go?
I can’t feel you
where’d you go?
I turned and you were gone
O Jesus
I am so lost without you
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3. |
Tongues Of Fire
03:34
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I miss the wonder of the bread and wine
I miss the promise of eternal life
I miss the terror of the rugged cross
I miss the days of Pentecost
I miss the magic of the empty tomb
I miss the spirit of the upper room
I miss the touch of the hand of God
I miss the days of Pentecost
oh holy, holy tongues of fire
we were holy, burning with desire
I miss the certainty of being good
I miss the faith of my childhood
I miss everything that I have lost
I miss the days of Pentecost
oh holy, holy tongues of fire
we were holy, burning with desire
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4. |
In Absentia
06:35
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when I was a child
I talked like a child
I thought like a child
I believed like a child
when I was a man
I talked like a man
but I thought like a child
I believed like a child
now those days are done
and I guess it's well enough
faith and hope are gone
but at least I've got love
the void is ever nearer
there's no reflection in the mirror
no face behind the glass
or a glimpse of your back
you weren't on the mountain
you weren't in the cave
you weren't in the earthquake
or any other place
you weren't in the desert
you weren't in the flames
you weren't in the stillness
when all was burned away
you weren't in my weakness
you weren't in my faith
you weren't in my spirit
or any other place
you weren't in the ocean
you weren't on the plains
you weren't in the forest
when all was burned away
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5. |
Leviathan
06:22
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where were you when the earth was made
borders set and foundations laid?
where were you when the sky was raised?
where were you when the land took shape?
where were you when the sea burst forth
robed with clouds, restrained by ancient doors?
where were you when the sun was formed?
where were you when this world was born?
if you really made all this
out of nothingness
why can’t you stop earthquakes
or plagues or wars?
if I could believe you
I never would leave you
but I don't believe you anymore
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6. |
Promises
04:28
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you said that you would come back soon
and take me away to be with you
but I've been waiting like a fool
I’ve been waiting like a fool
you said that you would dry my eyes
but that was just another lie
I must have cried a thousand nights
I must have cried a thousand nights
all those promises
such sweet promises
all those promises
you made to me
all those promises
such sweet promises
all your promises
I believed
you said that you would keep me close
like Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
but that ain't even what hurts the most
that ain't even what hurts the most
you said the truth would set me free
and it did, eventually
but it don't feel like free to me
no, it don't feel like free to me
all those promises
such sweet promises
all those promises
you made to me
all those promises
such sweet promises
all your promises
I believed
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Ichabod
03:24
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come to my tent and touch my hip
I want to walk with a holy limp
touch the coal to my lips
I want to feel you again
open up the ground and throw me in
the sons of Korah are my closest kin
I don't know how to begin
but I want to feel you again
I used to feel you all the time
I used to feel you all the time
now I miss you more than I should
now I miss you more than I ever thought I could
turn my body into salt
I looked back, it's my own fault
I'd be like Samson beneath the walls
just to feel you at all
I'd be like Samson beneath the walls
just to feel you at all
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8. |
Songs Of Zion
10:34
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more than anything I’d love to sing the songs of Zion
more than anything
more than anything I’d love to sing the songs of Zion
more than anything
more than anything I’d love to sing the songs of Zion
more than anything
more than anything I’d love to sing the songs of Zion
more than anything
more than anything
more than anything
more than anything
more than anything
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