I am particularly proud of this video as I edited it together myself. I used to spin this dusty, old gem of a tune on my turntable back in the day. I remember going to see this band once with my roomate who was also my cousin during my freshman year at Oklahoma Christian College. Good times… good times. I think this song stands up to time pretty well. Its simple, direct and potent.
Lyrics:
Change, change, it’s all rearrangin’ Lookin’ around at the situation Go back, see what you’re doin’ The way you’re takin’ life, you’re goin’ To rack and ruin
I’m turning circles, so stay away We’ve all got somethin’ wrong to say
Slow down, see where we’re headin’ The way things are goin’ now Your life it ain’t pleasin’ Had my share of up and down Don’t spend time, don’t spend time Rushin’ around
I’m turning circles, so stay away We’ve all got somethin’ wrong to say
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Here, Mark Driscoll describes precisely the reason why I post some of the music and other items that I do on this blog.
Lyrics:
I don’t care about the state of my hair I got something out of nothing That just wasn’t there And your kiss kiss kiss Is never gonna blow me away Dreams of escape keep me awake I’m never gonna get out or make it away I’m a stone dead tripper Dying in a fantasy Like a cracked open sky it helps you to die Don’t split it scrape it You’re screaming automatic pain Your’re too young kid you’re gonna get hit Looks like your never gonna make it Off the government list I don’t mind about the state of my mind But you know it’s good for nothing And I left you behind It’s a sick sick city But it’s never gonna make me insane If you’re talking for real Then go cut a deal You’re facing up to living out The way that you feel And you shake shake shake ‘Cause you know you’ll never make it away Well I guess that’s why I’ve always Got the blues
I heard women crying everywhere Babies born and no one cares People sleeping on the ground See the rain come falling down There’s decisions to be made There has to be some give and take For this the road we walk along Is not the road we started on Have you heard the full time score We’re living under Murphy’s Law
I’ve been walking ‘cross vast empty spaces I feel I’ve been looking for one face I know that is real I’ve been walking ‘cross vast empty spaces
Let’s talk about the way I feel The whole wide world’s become unreal
Time’s like money it’ll soon be spent Let’s talk about the government They’re selling England by the gram We’re stranded in the strangest land There’s not enough to go around No one knows what’s going down Nothing ventured nothing gained Why should we feel so ashamed ‘Cause every dog must have it’s day And I refuse to be your slave
I’ve been walking ‘cross vast empty spaces I feel I’ve been looking for one face I know that is real I’ve been walking ‘cross vast empty spaces
Let’s talk about the way I feel The whole wide world’s become unreal Let’s talk about the way I feel The whole wide world’s become unreal
London’s mourning skies turned black They’ve gone too far we can’t turn back Free the ravens from the tower We’ve yet to have our finest hour Don’t believe the news at ten That happy days are here again Where’s the Union Jack and Jill ‘Cause we should not be standing still Listen to me- understand A hungry man’s an angry man
Let’s talk about the way I feel The whole wide world’s become unreal Let’s talk about the way I feel The whole wide world’s become unreal
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill As the day begs the night for mercy love The sun so bright it leaves no shadows Only scars Carved into stone On the face of earth The moon is up and over One Tree Hill We see the sun go down in your eyes
You run like a river, on to the sea You run like a river runs to the sea
And in the world a heart of darkness A fire zone Where poets speak their heart Then bleed for it Jara sang - his song a weapon In the hands of one whose blood still cries From the ground
He runs like a river runs to the sea He runs like a river to the sea
I don’t believe in painted roses Or bleeding hearts While bullets rape the night of the merciful I’ll see you again When the stars fall from the sky And the moon has turned red Over One Tree Hill
We run like a river Runs to the sea We run like a river to the sea And when it’s raining Raining hard That’s when the rain will Break the heart
Raining…raining in your heart Raining into your heart Raining…raining into your heart Raining, raining…raining Raining into your heart Raining… Raining your heart into the sea
Oh great ocean Oh great sea Run to the ocean Run to the sea
8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Begone Satan! For it is written, ‘YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD, YOUR GOD, AND HIM ONLY YOU SHALL SERVE’”
Do Not Love the World __________________________
1st John 2:15-17
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
I wish I could have found a better version of this tune. But… the lyrics are just awesome. this was one of my all time favorite bands. Mr. Been is an Okie like me…a nice bonus.
LYRICS:
I been in a caveFor forty daysOnly a sparkTo light my wayI wanna give outI wanna give inThis is our crimeThis is our sin
But I still believeI still believeThrough the painAnd the griefThrough the liesThrough the stormsThrough the criesAnd through the warsOh, I still believe
Flat on my backOut at seaHopin’ these wavesDon’t cover meI’m turned and tossedUpon the wavesWhen the darkness comesI feel the grave
But I still believeI still believeThrough the coldAnd the heatThrough the painAnd through the tearsThrough the crowdsAnd through the cheersOh, I still believe
I’ll march this roadI’ll climb this hillDown on my knees if I have toI’ll take my placeUp on this stageI’ll wait ’til the end of timeFor you like everybody elseI’m out on my ownWalkin’ the streetsLook at the facesThat I meetI feel like I like I want to go homeWhat do I feelWhat do I know
But I still believeI still believeThrough the shameAnd through the griefThrough the heartacheThrough the fearsThrough the waitingThrough the years
For people like usIn places like thisWe need all the hopeThat we can getOh, I still believe
He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he went by. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows* that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God for his own sins! Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 . Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.
Was Jesus acquainted with bitterest grief and sorrows before He took up our weaknesses?
It occurs to me that this passage may imply that Christ knew sorrow prior to taking our infirmities upon him.
What might Jesus’ sorrows have been, i.e. His sorrows which were his alone and apart from mankind?
I have always thought that Jesus only knew grief, vicariously through mankind. But, what if He knew grief in His own right; what if He experienced personally a grief that was unique to Him and His own life, would that make a difference on how I perceive my Lord? It seems to make a difference to me. Does it make a difference to you?
1 Then Job spoke again: 2 “If my sadness could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales, 3 they would be heavier than all the sands of the sea. That is why I spoke so rashly. 4 For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. He has sent his poisoned arrows deep within my spirit. All God’s terrors are arrayed against me. Holy Bible : New Living Translation. 1997 . Tyndale House: Wheaton, Ill.
