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Becoming
05:28
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My ways lead me down that road
My ways lead me down that road
And the longest way around is the fastest way home
But the cost of the road leaves me alone,
leaves me alone, leaves me alone
But my hands let you down didn’t they
And when you needed me I ran the other way
With those tears in your eyes, you turned away
In the sorrow that I caused let me stay, let me stay, let me stay
What have I become and what have I done
I walked away but you teach me how to run
When we get there what will we become
Will it all fall down or will we learn how to run,
learn how to run, learn how to run
But my hands let you down didn’t they
And when you needed me I ran the other way
With those tears in your eyes, you turned away
In the sorrow that I caused let me stay, let me stay, let me stay
But my hands let you down didn’t they
And when you needed me I ran the other way
With those tears in your eyes, you turned away
In the sorrow that I caused let me stay, let me stay, let me stay
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Goodbye Indiana
05:59
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I came to you to learn, about tears and laughter
My heart full of zeal, but prisoner to its fear
The unlikely sight of snow, falling from a blue and sunny sky
So rightly reflects the bittersweetness of my time here
You reach out your hand, like a healing branch to those who grieve
The poor and weary find rest and shade beneath your leaves
I’ll make many friends, I’ll see many hearts in far away lands
But nothing compares to a family that always understands
Indiana hold my heart though now I go and leave this part
This piece of land that saw me change, and gave me a new heart
Now that I go I see your praise, the simple things that hold my gaze
And with the family that I found, can’t help but make a joyful sound
You were planted to show the splendor of the Lord
And your justice cries out against the oppression of the sword
May you have peace, may you have love that floods cannot swallow
And when I go I know that love will follow
Someday I’ll return and walk the rows of corn in sunlit fields
Someday I’ll join the oaks of righteousness in shaded woods
And if I get to run with lightning bugs and the light they wield
Someday you’ll call me home again you know you really should
Indiana hold my heart though now I go and leave this part
This piece of land that saw me change, and gave me a new heart
Now that I go I see your praise, the simple things that hold my gaze
And with the family that I found, can’t help but make a joyful sound
Hallelujah to the King, he puts the lonely in families
Hallelujah to the Lord, he binds us together with his chords
Hallelujah to the One, he was the first of many sons
Hallelujah to our God, he is here, though we are not
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3. |
Heartless
04:06
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Tried to teach you how to grieve
And how to sing loud, how to sing loud
Tried to teach you to be brave
And to stand your ground, to stand your ground
But you dug into my skin, wouldn’t let go
Didn’t know it was that thin, let the blood flow
Oh you found the weakest thing, and you pulled hard
Didn’t know you broke the string between our hearts
May they lay down their rods
With the sharpness that breaks their souls
Upon their sickness I would have trod
They gotta learn how to use their hearts
May they send us to a home
Oh they can buy back their souls
Until then in this cage I’ll roam
They gotta learn how to use their hearts
The things that I learned
Made me watch you, till I caught you
When you dropped your guard and turned
Oh I lost you, never crossed you
But you dug into my skin, wouldn’t let go
Didn’t know it was that thin, let the blood flow
Oh you found the weakest thing, and you pulled hard
Didn’t know you broke the string between our hearts
May they lay down their rods
With the sharpness that breaks their souls
Upon their sickness I would have trod
They gotta learn how to use their hearts
May they send us to a home
Oh they can buy back their souls
Until then in this cage I’ll roam
They gotta learn how to use their hearts
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4. |
70 Years
08:11
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As you sit by the rivers of babylon
Children of brokenness
Remember the city of holiness
Remember her lights and weep
As you make your way through babylon
Waiting for seventy years
Waiting to travel home
Trying to quell your fears
Hang up your harps, let not your hearts forget
Jerusalem
As we sit hear by the rivers
We hear the mockers call
Sing us your songs of joy
But we'll feed you the pain we feel
Hang up your harps, let not your hearts forget
Jerusalem
Oh zion, come to the earth
Let the reign of the son
Shine on the nations
Everyone bow for the king of redemption lives
Oh zion, come to the earth
Let the reign of the son
Shine on the nations
Everyone bow for the king of redemption lives
I will arise on the last day
With people from thousands of years
I'll walk these old streets and byways
I'll sing as everyone hears
Pick up your harps and play them
Everything has been made new
As the son shines on our new city we will sing
Oh Zion you've come to the earth
Now the reign of the son
Shines on the nations
Everyone bows for we see our redemption here
Oh Zion you've come to the earth
Now the reign of the son
Shines on the nations
Everyone bows for we see our redemption here
Oh Zion Come
Oh Zion Come
So come to the city and meet him
And healing will flow from his hands
And though we don't see it yet fully
The king and his city have come to our land
Come to our land
Come to our land
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Angels walk down my street, their footsteps so sweet
A sparkling dust in the heat
And calling to their hearts was my gold, it never grew old
In the winter you bought and sold
You were my children, it hurt when you left, I cried
First you stripped my riches, then you stole my pride
Like so many devils seeing their prey, you took it away
And the people ran as they may
And your fires, tired, mired down in the mud
I miss the fall of your trudging sweat, it fell to the earth with your blood
Now I see the trees and your beauty, those rivers and streams
I hadn't noticed since the first discovery
It was my fate, the state, it left my borderline
I guess thats fine, I’ll trade in the gold for pine
You were my children, it hurt when you left, I cried
First you stripped my riches, then you stole my pride
Ooo, talkin bout a fateful night,
Runnin to the river and riding till morning light
Ooo, no one saw my plight,
With the laughter and the gun smoke,
And the President taken in the night
Learnin to say goodbye to the gold and the speck in my eye
You took my curse away and left me to die
You took my curse away and left me to fly
You left me to fly
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6. |
My Colonial Hero
07:39
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We crossed the great expanse away from tyranny
But what have we become, what have we made
We only wanted righteousness and purity
But the more we were right, the less love we gave
We could've bought, we could've traded in their land
But you take what you want as you step onto the sand
And I know I’m a preacher but sometimes I think I don’t know the truth
How could I when my words fall on bloody hands
Oh, how have stumbled from Grace
I see how I was wrong, and I brought you all along
Oh, how You have shown me my own face
So listen close my friends, listen to my song
And so I spoke my words that love must temper truth
How can we all learn if first we don’t belong
So open up your doors and let them see there’s room
We’ll question what we’ve heard and sing a truer song
But I guess my point was proved and all my friends were gone
And the government we made said that I was wrong
Now that I’ve run away my true friends are here
They take my family in and sing a loving song
Oh, how I have stumbled into Grace
I know what I believe, but Love takes it all
Oh, how You have shown me Your face
I sowed the seeds of Love, now I see the call
Providence, I have seen Your face,
Mighty One, I will spread Your Grace
Providence we see you, mighty is your Hand
Providence we seek you, mighty in the land
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Sun Like Flower
07:18
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When the world was younger, and the oceans took their hold
The creatures that rose from it would make your blood run cold
No sun in the summer, No midnight winter moon
In the dark they do their running and we’re taken far too soon
We once thought you mighty
We had thought you brave
But the light that you reflected
Took more than it gave
We hoped the sun would starve them, And scare them all away
But we can't stop it from setting, Oh the nighttime is their day
Is there no great savior, No mighty man of war
Do the gods hate our behavior, for it seems we’ll never settle the score
We once thought you mighty
We had thought you brave
But the light that you reflected
Took more than it gave
We once thought you mighty
We had thought you brave
But the light that you created
Took more than it gave
Then the strangest story, A child against them all
Holding a flower with glory and the creatures met their fall
It seems the little things, the overlooked, afraid
Were chosen to topple kingdoms,
And the creatures, they would fade away
We all knew you mighty, we were not so brave
But a little flower would end you, send you to your grave
We all feared you mighty, We were all your slaves
But the light so imitated sent you to your graves
Place the sun upon my door
Place the sun upon my door
Place the sun upon my door
Place the sun upon my door
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8. |
Missoula Revolution
05:57
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Wall of ice, too high to climb
Holds back the flood, till the right time
When summer winds melt it down
Oh we’re in for it now
You've held your depth, You've stayed in step for so long
You let go now, your dreaded power will kill us all
We've grown so tall, how could you fall upon us
And break the boundary of cold, the boundary of old
Stay, stay in lonely peace
Don’t break the wall, don't sound the call, you’ll have it all
But you can never leave, you can never go home
I’m stronger now, I’ve been fed well from above
Despite your tries to hold me back, I’ve found what I love
It won't be long and you can’t stop the coming fall
I will belong to greater things, the deep has called
Stay, stay in lonely peace
Don’t break the wall, don't sound the call, you’ll have it all
But you can never leave, you can never go home
The time has come, I lift my head, the crushing sound
Calls to me it’s time to run
Sorrow and stillness have been my lot, now the deep calls to me
Come home
Fly, fly across the land
You’ll never stop, every last drop will cross the sand
Someday they’ll learn
You will always come
Fly, fly across the land
You’ll never stop, every last drop will cross the sand
Someday they’ll learn
You will always come home
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9. |
The Brink
06:54
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Can’t you see my face, can't you see my body
The message I’ve been told has helped me see the truth
I’m not worth your time, if you only saw me
Without the blinders of your love you’d see it too
I’ve heard it my whole life, so you cant surprise me
I’ve been told who I am,
I’ve been stabbed with a knife and you’ll never untie me
The words ring in my head, I think I’ve always believed them
My worth has left me for dead and the whispers fill my head,
fill my head
Can anyone free me from things I believe, and the crying of my soul
I don’t want to hear, I don’t want to see, I don’t want to grieve
So I let go
Keep telling me what you think as I walk to the brink
You can let go, let go
I wish I could say, I wish I could sing
How you light up the whole world with all that you bring
I'd give all my time, driven on by your beauty
Love hasn't blinded me, it opens my eyes to see
Maybe you’ll never see yourself the way that I do
You’ve been told who you are, you’ve been brought down before,
what can one lonely voice do
But listen again
and you’ll hear those faint words that your beauty inspires
All of heaven is shouting for joy cause your worth is the angels’ desire, the angels’ desire
I may never free you from what you believe,
but I’ll always hold your hand
I’ll sing it over and over again that I adore you
Would you hold my hand, hold my hand, hold my hand
Hold my hand, hold my hand
Hold my hand, hold my hand
Don’t let go, don’t let go of me
Don’t let go, don’t let go of me
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Evergreen Machine Boise, Idaho
Evergreen Machine is a four piece folk rock band based in Boise Idaho led by singer and songwriter, Michael Gill. Some of the songs have a folk rock or bluegrass feel common to central and southern Indiana. Others are emotional, raw, and acoustic. Still others are heavily rhythmic and more in the realm of alternative rock, yet still retain a beautiful acoustic quality. ... more
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