Prince of Hearts

So many actors on this empty stage
Wearing masks on the endless charade
Hiding because only loneliness knows
The longing that this heart in secret shows
 
So what part are you playing?
How steep is the price
To go on pretending
And closing your eyes
And nothing round you
On this fading globe
Will satisfy your hunger
Will bring you home
 
Are you a warrior, [...]

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I Surrender All

I breathe your name in prayer
And sing your name in church
But I feel another call
A deeper need
My Lord you’re always there
You’re much more than a word
Not a human thought
But the Living Word
 
And in our shallow religion
And in our part-time faith
You’re calling for your people
To give their heart away
 
Full surrender
I lay down my life
To honour [...]

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At the End of the Day

The long day is over and the day is giving way
The evening of silence is filling your mind
When all has been done, said all that’s to say
Are you left empty-handed at the end of the day?
 
Relentlessly striving for reach each our goal
A job or position, a hand to hold
Running and reaching and stretching to see
A [...]

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TESTIFY

We so sparingly give our words and actions
To the ministry we give our life in fractions
When a generation hungers, do we feed?
To a falling nation, do we meet the need?
 
We sing “I surrender all” with fists so tightened
Is it God we fear, or are we simply frightened?
God is asking when this people intend to move
Out [...]

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So Here’s the Thing

Forgive me, forgive me. Today was so rough
It was one of those days when you’re just had enough
I know you’d have liked me to help out my friend
But I felt “number one” should come first in the end
I know that you’ve asked me to give everything
But I had a good reason, Lord
So here’s the thing…
 
Have [...]

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Sunday

A silent room. A waiting room. The tears of the archaic heavens cover the window. They baptize the window in hot, golden rain. The carpet feels rusty top bare feet and the door accuses the window of wreckless transparency.
Above, an unwanted stranger spins his web of silk and safety, unaware of the ruthless effeciency of [...]

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Such Shoes

To bind my tongue with just one word
Wisdom bordering on absurd
To tie me down with chords of love
and through them set me free
To take my tightened fists of hate
into your hands the scars will stay
to give me hope that I might chose
who in the world could fill such shoes?
 
To hold my heart and let it [...]

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