You Are My Passion I hide in your shadow and bask in your light. I cry in your sorrow, christen your ship in delight. Cling to you like the dew of morning. Refresh you like a summer's soft rain. You circle your wagons in defense. It's no use 'cause I'm coming straight for your heart, Like an arrow that craves its target, Like a sun beam that melts your fortress - Here I come! You wonder if I care: draw from this well of my tears for you. My fire in your hearth, shivering souls find My warmth in you. I am the quilt of flames that doesn't burn you. You are my favorite sweater that lines my heart (Repeat V2-Chorus) In case you're wondering, In case there's any doubt, In case any question remains, You are My passion! One Upon the path I see the way But not the burden I'm carrying Familiar anvil on my back Knee-deep footprints - all I track Entering my pain as one Breaking chains we break and run Following the setting sun I'll see you there Shed the shackled tomb Step out of the womb Sprint out on the ocean Swept away by your wind Molting skin off like a snake Melting weapons into salve Bleeding with my enemies As one we realize we're now free Entering my pain as one Breaking chains we break and run Following the setting sun Shed the shackled tomb Step out of the womb Sprint out on the ocean Swept away by your wind (by your hand) Swept away by your wind (by your hand) Grey Cloud Hey Grey Cloud, unbeknownst to you, you are loved Hey Burned Out, take a deep breath and let it out Hey Shadow, soak in some sunshine before you go Hey Sad Song, resolution comes before long And I will try to find The words to bring you up when you are down And I will try to find Your silver lining for you, my Grey Cloud Hey Low Fuel, getting by on fumes - nothing new Hey Dry Well, softer rains are coming, don't you know? And I will try to find The words to bring you up when you are down And I will try to find Your silver lining for you, my Grey Cloud And I will try to find Your silver lining for you, my Grey Cloud Under the Skin Staring down at the sidewalk Clouds veiling the sun As intense light emerges So does my shadow Hurts and disappointments Like an old radio Radiate static tatter - So hard to let go Under the skin there is light Under the skin there is light Weathered heavy hand gently Wipes the tears from a face Tender still from a hope that Smolders in the dark Searching for some forgiveness And my cupboard is bare Can I actually will it Will this pain ever die Under the skin there is light Under the skin there is light Burning deeper, burning higher This furnace inside, my skin's on fire This death I'm wearing, always in style Gives way to passion, to light burning high Under the skin there is light Under the skin there is light Fly Mystified, we ride as these days run together Like a bird floating on driftwood down the river And we long to soar and we long to fly We long to burn our names in the sky But we don't even try We don't even try I will climb up this mountain of doubt I will run through this forest of fear I will fly Fragile dreams, childhoods, and lifetimes Being severed Like a rose laid in a closet There to wither And we long to soar and we long to fly We long to burn our names in the sky But we don't even try No we don't even try I will climb up this mountain of doubt I will run through this forest of fear I will fly Thought not lost, I will wander Ford the brooks and knives of hunger Call the shots that call me closer To continents adrift in wonder To wonder... To fly... Crush Oftentimes in life we have to go through something really hard to get to something wonderful, like a butterfly has to struggle through the end of its cocoon to properly form its wings which are its flight and beauty. It's a mystery that I am dying in order to live. Body broken, soul is groping, gasping for breath. And Life's chalice turns blood of grapes into stale water. And the digging reveals the chest, empty or with treasure. We crush the olive to get to the oil We crush the grape to get to the wine It's so good, yet so painful It's so hard, yet so fruitful In my mind In my heart In my life Butterflying after struggling through the eye of the needle. Pain is fading as mother beams with babe in her arms. CHORUS And the one thing that drags me up this mountain of tears Is the love that paints the sky with childish delight. CHORUS Your Hands Heal the sharp shards of my heart in your warm hands Gather scattered slivers of my mind in your strong hands Hold the broken pieces of my life in your soft hands Heal the sharp shards of my heart in your warm hands Gather scattered slivers of my mind in your strong hands Hold the broken pieces of my life in your soft hands In your hands... Clothe my cold and naked soul with your warm hands Build the holy temple of my mind with your strong hands Mend the open sores of my life with your soft hands With your hands... Quotes "Where morning dawns and evening fades you call forth songs of joy." -Psalm 65:8b "Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery." -Annie Dillard
