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Compassion
04:36
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"Compassion"
from "Words To The Song" album.
Set me free from the numbness
Let me be completely awake
Call me out of this culture of apathy
Give me a heart that's willing to break
Chorus: Compassion, Compassion, yeah
I want to feel the things that cause you pain
Compassion, yeah
I want to hear your story
I want your tears to fall on me
I want to know the reasons why you cry
I want to be moved by your history
Chorus:
Bridge: God break my heart with the things that break your heart (repeat)
I want to weep with those who weep
Rejoice with those who rejoice
I want to suffer with those who suffer
I want to suffer with, suffer with
Chorus:
I want to be more like Jesus
Someone moved by other's pain
I want to do whatever I can do
To give this world the Savior's embrace of...
Chorus:
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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Mystery
04:52
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"Mystery"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Mystery"
Color of my skin, color of my eyes
Color of my hair, this is the disguise
Hiding who I am
Mystery of life, mystery of love
Mystery of God, this is the glove
My hand fits in
Color of the land, color of the sky
Color of the night, this is the world
I live in
Meaning of it all, meaning of the Christ
Meaning beyond death, these are the questions
That never end
Chorus: I think I'm going back
Back to where it all began
What will I find there?
Mystery
Color of my room, color of my car
Color of my house, these are the boxes
I live in
Is this who I am, I this all I know
Can anyone tell me the reason
Why I was born?
Chorus: I think I'm going back
Back to where it all began
What will I find there?
Cosmic chance and a nameless cause
Or love's design and the hand of God
What best explains this Mystery? Mystery
Meaning of it all, meaning of the Christ
Meaning beyond death, these are the questions
That never end
Mystery
..
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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Truth
03:44
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"Truth"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Truth"
Search for what is real
Search for what will stand the test of time
Truth will be revealed
Everyone who seeks will find
Chorus: God honors the honest search for Truth
God honors the honest search
God honors the honest search for Truth
God honors the honest search for the
Truth is, every honest search
Somehow leads to a long look. . .at Jesus
God loves honest doubts
And lessons learned through honest mistakes
Truth is often found
In the least expected place
Chorus:
Bridge: If you're honestly
Searching for the Truth
I believe you'll see
Truth when you look at Jesus
Chorus:
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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4. |
Redemption
03:54
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"Redemption"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Redemption"
Some fall short of expectations
Some fall flat on their backs
Some fall into some kind of trouble
Some just fall through the cracks
Some fall off and get right back on
But some just never do get up
Some fall out of favor with someone
Some fall in and out and in and out of love (but)
Chorus: You cannot fall so far away
That God will stop reaching
You cannot fall so far away
That God will stop reaching for you
Some fall back and some fall forward
Some fall in and some fall out
Some keep falling for some kind of con job
And some fall deep into doubt
But if you feel like you've fallen
Somehow forever out of place
If you've hit the bottom so hard
It feels like you must have fallen from grace
Chorus:
Bridge: It just might help to look at the cross
And see how far love will reach
To lift you up and set you back on your feet
Chorus: (3 times)
Tag: . . . reaching for you; God is reaching for you
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Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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5. |
Justice
04:22
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"Justice"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Justice"
I pray for justice; O God use me
To work for fairness; And for dignity
Jesus chose to start his public ministry
By reading from Isaiah's prophecy
(he read these words)
Chorus: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me
I've come to set the prisoners free
The oppressed will be released from their captivity
And there's good news for those in poverty
Justice and Jubilee
Justice means asking , who's been done wrong
What are the reasons, what can be done
Justice means analyzing systems
Who they serve and why
Whose rights are constantly being denied
Chorus:
Bridge: Justice, Jesus we long for justice (repeat)
Justice is determining what belongs to whom and returning it; returning it
God help us be the voice of the voiceless (2 times)
We pray for justice; O God use us
To stand for fairness; for respect and love
Jesus chose to start his public ministry
By reading from Isaiah's prophecy
Chorus:
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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6. |
Mercy
04:34
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"Mercy"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Mercy"
Everyone needs a little mercy sometimes
Everyone needs to have their failures forgotten
To be understood from the inside
To have someone see the reasons why
Chorus: Mercy
We all need to show a little mercy sometimes
We all need to walk a while in someone else's shoes
To understand another from the inside
To try to see through someone else's eyes
Chorus:
Bridge: I have found a place of Mercy
In the arms of God
All that could be held against me
Was washed away by Love
Chorus:
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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7. |
Integrity
03:23
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"Integrity"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Integrity"
When the poetry of your highest ideals
Coincides with the prose of your life
When the poetry of your highest ideals
Coincides with the prose of your life
Chorus: That's integrity, integrity
When there's no hidden agenda, and nothing up your sleeve
When the deeds match the words, and the words match the deed
When life is free from hypocrisy, false dichotomy, and duplicity --
When you're who you truly are -- consistently
Chorus:
Bridge: Look at Jesus, see a man
Whose every thought, every word, every deed
Flowed from the very source of love, the heart of God
Love was his purpose, Love was his aim
Love was his platform, love his campaign
Love was the very reason he came
(Repeat Verse One)
Chorus:
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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8. |
Community
04:15
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"Community"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Community"
In this culture of individualism
Autonomy, property, you or me
I am choosing to live an alternate vision
Common good, neighborhood, where it is understood that
Chorus: We were made to live inside the circle
God's embrace, the arms around us all
In this place, we receive each other
For who we are and who we're meant to be
Community
In this culture of constant competition
Private wealth, out for self, trophy shelf
I am choosing to live an alternate vision
Sharing gifts, working with, building partnership
Chorus:
Bridge: We are all connected; we're interdependent
The autonomous individual is an illusion
The truth of who we are is wrapped up in the scars
Of the One who lived and died the way of communion
Chorus:
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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9. |
Change
03:37
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"Change"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Change"
Feeling immobilized
Stuck without an option left to take
Trapped in something negative
No easy way to make a break
You've tried to turn this thing around,
But you can't seem to find a way
Chorus: God is the power to change
God is the power to change
Change your life, change the world (repeat)
A world of so much suffering
At times it seems there's not much we can do
They say its human nature to be selfish
But I wonder, is that true?
Do we have to live this way
Or could our nature be renewed?
Chorus:
Bridge: God can change this world through us
We are not in checkmate
We have always got this move
To say, God we're doing all we can,
But we need strength that comes from you
Christ of transformation
Come and help us make this new
Chorus:
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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10. |
Freedom
04:18
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"Freedom"
from "Words To The Song" album.
"Freedom"
When I'm still inside, I hear the cries for freedom
I feel the longing for release from a thousand kinds of prison
Prisons of iron bars, prisons inside the human heart
Chorus: All I know is that walking with Christ
Is the way to freedom (2 times)
All I know is that walking with Christ
Sets the prisoners free
I can see the chains, systems of selfishness and greed
Generations bound; vice grips of grinding poverty
Sweatshops and crack house streets, 21st century slavery
Chorus:
Bridge: I've seen prisoners locked in chains of addiction
Longing for freedom; for the strength to let go and walk away
And there've been times when I've longed for the freedom of forgiveness
To be loved with a love so big that all my guilt would just wash away,
wash away, wash away
Chorus:
Tag: Verse 1 - first 2 lines
Credits:
Music & Lyrics By Bryan Sirchio & Joe Steinke
Crosswind Music, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
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