Sunday, February 20, 2011

please come close, for i long for you to hear, hear the sound, that will rid you of your fears






When the music's not forgotten (Deadman)


Please come close, for I long for you to hear
Hear the sound
That will rid you of your fears
In a land, where no water can be found
In a place, where there is no fertile ground
Longing for, yearning not to be forgotten
In an age, when the music is forgotten
In an age, when the music is forgotten

In the truth (in the truth)
Speaks of great and mighty things
Teaching us (teaching us)
What the peace of heaven brings
We must give (we must give)
We must give to all the others, to those in need (those in need)
Who we fear to call our brothers

Reaching out (reaching out)
So that we are not forgotten
In a time (in a time)
When the music is forgotten
In a time (in a time)
When the music is forgotten

If we stand on a hill and do not touch
How can we do good?
If we wash our hands with all our friends
Where change can really come
If we hide our fears and don't draw near
Have we really lived?
Or are we all just standing here
Hoping there is grace?

In a dream (in a dream)
That I had not long ago
Visions of (visions of)
In a city made of gold
And a sound (and a sound)
That I never heard before
Such a sound (such a sound)
Saturating to the core
Such a sound (such a sound)
One that cannot be forgotten


In a time (in a time)
When the music's not forgotten




Absalom! Absalom! (Deadman)

absalom absalom where have you gone?
are you running out of fear out of hate?
ashamed to move toward a precious reward
afraid that you're lacking in faith?
that's okay boy no one's counting and no one is keeping score
you're burning down houses
because it arouses the depth of love from the core
and your heart opens wide the demons you fight
they still haunt you
someone told me of revolution
with a cause that is worth fighting for
and when i arrived on the terrible fight
the revolution was no more
and so many had paid the price
so many didn't even know why
i can't even see how it ever came to this
i can't even remember why we tried
and the heart opens wide
the demons you fight
they still haunt you
so much more you've seen it
so much more between us between us
there is peace peace that flows like a river
and just like rivers flow to the sea we move on we forgive one another
absalom absalom golden boy don't bring me no terrible news
it took us so long to sing the victory song
even though we've got the blues
and the heart opens wide the demons have died
and kingdom come your work here is done
not in vain not in vain not in vain

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