Lyrics
Everything for All the Right Reasons
Nothing more to say in Desperation,
´Cause I thought you knew – Girl, I thought you knew -
This Great Mistake should have never been made,
But it was all up to you. And it’s still up to you.
Now we´re Strangers; Is there Something I missed?
´Cause there is nothing Stranger or Sadder than this.
But then you Call me and Tear the Wound again,
´Cause you say that youre Leaving – moving in with him.
Did you do Everything for All the Right Reasons?
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
Suppose
Suppose – Suppose that I am weak and I need your love just to carry me.
Presume – Assume that I have lost all hope
and my fears around me are crashing down.
Attend to – Defend for my Soul.
Give me Hope Everlasting!
Take Control and Suppose.
Reject – No, do not Accept a Law of Neglect for things that you do.
Design – Assign a sort of Emphasis
for all the Brokenness you see all around you.
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
Undertow
Do You feel a Sick and Heavy pull like a Carcass in the Undertow?
Is it just me or is Somebody down there? Dead or Dying…
Who’s Tried or is Trying to Coax Another Soul, “Come on Man, let go!
And just Sink beneath these Ocean Waves. Release into the Cold.
Come on Man, let go! And just Sink beneath these Ocean Waves.”
My hands seem bound to Weakened States of Condition
And my Knees never Fail to Buckle with the Weight of my Traditions.
I might Drown ’cause pound for pound I’m so Weak!
And I’m fighting with a Beast who’s never Lost!
I can’t keep my Dignity with a Beast who’s never Lost!
Do You Feel the Pull? Can You Feel the Pull?
On and on Time creeps ever forward and I cannot believe what I see!
I keep Working my way towards Land,
but I keep getting Washed out to Sea!
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
Grinder
If I could change, I would.
I’d trade these Fins for Wings and Ascend.
But this is my life and I guess I’m doing fine.
Amidst the Coral and the Kelp You hear my cry,
It’s getting Cold and Dark down here. Just wait for the Tide
To turn and then Descend for me. ’cause this is my life and I’m not doing fine.
I can’t afford to Marry – still My Heart beats
Though Buried In a shallow grave of my Ineptitude.
I find Extraordinary Moments in nearly every Way that You move.
Now that the Twilight’s getting Dimmer, I look to the Skies.
Is there Hope on the Horizon? Or could this be my last Night?
This is the Grinder where Dreams, Hopes and Lives
Are Crushed like a Pile of Stones!
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
Reason to Stay
Life’s worth living no matter how hard it gets.
How much Time have I wasted being down?
Time will bring you Healing. (This life is just a Season.)
Time will bring you Home. (And in Truth there is a Day)
Time will Overcome this Feeling. (When Hope and Love will Overcome this Feeling)
And it’ll go Away.
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
Snow of Unknowing
Grant me Freedom to move. I see what Shackles can do.
Release my Soul to Dance and not just to Stand.
Warm my Heart anew. Make me see as You.
Leave me no longer to Skirt this Issue.
So Simple for You. Not so Simple to do.
This pain Resides in me, but you’re my Solace from the Enemy.
I Await to see Your Eyes andHear the Thunder in Your Voice.
For you I dare to live my Life in the midst of the Raging Storm.
Let the Passions of my life beat stronger than Blood,
When it’s pounding out its Rythyms in the Veins of my Body -
Leaving Nothing Untouched! Leaving Nothing!
The Story’s untold, the Truth is unknown,
And my Heart is left cold in the Snow of Unknowing.
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
The One Relief
Cloudy Day breaks Light into Starry Night. It’s too late for Sun Settings.
All that remains: The Calming of Steps on this cool damp Grass
Breathes in more than Breaths of Fresh Air.
Sky bleeds brightly – bright with Colors that are so True.
Midday Gray hid the Light that tried to Shine straight through.
Now Peace Warms the Heart looking for more than Stars
Under aHeaven of Black and Blue.
Treasured Things are pondered clearer now
as Thoughts follow the Lonely Breeze.
All that remains:
The Knowledge that You are the One Relief
Brings the Stars close enough to Grasp.
Waiting now for what is next.
Graciously receive this night’s rest.
Copyright © 2005 by Dan Wilton
Breaking Stops
I can’t wait ’til this Breaking stops
And I’m saved in the Name of God.
For the Sake of my Jesus Christ
I will Live and Die.
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
Keeping the Courage Up
Carbon Paper Treaties mocking my Commitment.
A frayed and failing Witness making Vows with Two.
Keeping Up the Courage.
I am not Alone. No, I am not Alone.
There are so many Forces at Play
begging Us to be Reckoned with…
Common Guilty Pleasure: Automatic Gift ofHeaven
Hid in Homes more than Shared.
Contempt I hope I never Dare.
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer
Flight
Take to Flight, I just might leave these Waters I’ve Succumbed to.
Or will I fail to fly and Tread these Waters I’ve Grown used to?
I hate that I once felt Right and found Comfort in this cold Womb.
The Darkened Sky looms on High, weaving Fear in all I Choose.
I letting Die all that I held much too close to Me.
I’m Wet, but Dry from Salt and Light aching painfully to be Clean.
The Sky is Wild and full of Fire.
It speaks my Name. It speaks my Name.
On Even Tides I will abide
And Eventually Embrace
The Darkened Sky.
Copyright © 2005 by Scott Troyer, Dan Wilton, Nathan Hamlin
The Message
Knowledge opens
and from my mouth
words are spoken,
“I have no doubt!”
As I’ve discovered,
Life’s no art.
It’s in our children.
Let’s let them talk.
‘Cause we need a message
That leaves us no defense
and it might divide us,
but I’d rather die than live like this!
We form committees.
They vote for us.
They bring the stars out
To gain our trust.
So we trade ideas,
But i think we’re just
Exchanging diseases.
I’ve been to the bottom
And I’ve seen the top.
And this place is worthless.
Yeah, it’s worth giving up.
So we need a message
That leaves us no defense
And it might divide us,
But i’d rather die than live like this!
Copyright © 2003 by Scott Troyer
Wake Me
I’ve come to terms with what I once feared was a tragedy:
Me making me making me king of my kingdom,
Bidding for the loyalties of all those that I thought I needed.
I’m tired, broken, alone and most of all defeated.
So wake me when you’re ready to whisper your intentions in my ear
And I’ll prepare this battlefield of love being lost and found here.
I’ve seen the front lines, the trenches and war torn beaches.
The captor, the traitor, I’ve been on both sides of invasions.
What’s holding me here?
And what have I to fear?
Copyright © 2003 by Nathan Hamlin and Scott Troyer
Find A Better Way
Find a better way to be who you are.
I won’t mince words with you now.
Are you listening or just yessing me like usual?
I don’t have time for this now.
‘Cause your wicked ways are breakin my heart
and I can’t go on just accepting this.
My life is here and now and it’s only just begun.
I’ve got a life to live and you’re in my way.
Do you have to be so impossible?
Let’s change things this time around.
Megaphones and parallels won’t help me out – can’t help me now.
I’m captured on the carousel. I’m stuck here and spinning.
Phone rings while Bono sings an unrestricted melody.
And I’m left here wondering, “Can you even hear this?”
Copyright © 2003 by Scott Troyer