Marvelous Things: September 2011

Skinny Mean Man by Say Anything
I saw, I smelled what he did to you, girl.
And to be frank, the thought makes my innards curl.
How he prayed on your ripe insecurities
The thorn in your side is alive and its killing me.
If only you'd meet me here soon.
If only you'd start breathing, I'd court you exclusively.
With my shovel I'm poundin earth til suddenly I see...
You awake from the dirt and the grime
Stretch your fractured pretzel spine
Out to take your revenge for your crime
Filled with fire and finally mine.
Paraded you around like a second place prize:
Hair done up, black holes painted on your eyes.
Held a book burning in your back yard,
While your parents observed from their window, slightly scarred.
And I've watched with my shovel in hand.
I have in faith in you, child.
From his nightmares I've plucked a plan,
Where that prick, to the world, is revealed as a wicked man.
This is a prayer from your biggest fan.
If only you could see me, we'd dance like a heart attack.
With a wail you let them know you're furious, you're back.
You awake from the grave that he dug,
Pulsing, boiling, angry blood.
Well aware that I'm falling in love.

I am a Transylvanian by Say Anything
You're bent over the grand piano.
Feel my eyes slide over you.
Legs that curve the same as hers could run as quickly too.
My lazy tongue lies low and ready.
It cannot seem to speak its words.
I'd axe it off to shut me up but you've already heard the murders have occured.
The path into this heart is littered with corpses and strewn with body parts of those who came before
And of strongers souls than you.
So just give up.
Take me where they cannot see us and lay me down on coffin rich dirt.
Tonight, I am a Transylvanian.
A taste of you won't hurt.
Because i am numb to every feeling and stubborn ears will hear no sound.
My last few rounds have left me reeling.
My teeth are on the ground and I've taken pound for pound.
So child, don't go getting your hopes up.

Narcissus by Say Anything
I'd rather die than let you chew upon my energy.
I know you're no friend to me.
After all you've done I'm free and I can finally see.
I'd rather die than let you ever get away with this.
You are the antithesis, narcissus this kiss could be upon my own lips.
I'd rather die.
Yesterday I caught myself dreaming of the day we lay in the flux of fate
In denial of our sick and dying love
As those tiny suns die in the onyx above.
My friends never liked you. Now they truly hate you.
So jump in a polluted great lake.
Go fishing for snakes.
You have no alibi. Your bright and burning lie
You won't convince me the devil's a reasonable guy
Cause he loves you. After all he loves you.
Baby you'll be dying soon
Deafened by a sonic boom
Drowning, dying in the sea.
Sink beneath the brine for me.
You will die and I will live.
I have no more love to give
Knowing all the wrong steps
To pull you from your sinking end

Indwelling Sin by Lecrae
Sin:
Hey look what's good man? It's me again,
The one you used to call your friend.
I know you ain't forgot me.
Lecrae:
Oh yeah you always get me caught in sin.
Sin:
Aw Here you go with that again.
You act like we ain't cool or somethin.
Let's go smoke a Kool or somthin,
Talk and sip a brew or somethin.
Lecrae:
No man I ain't trustin you,
Ain't nothin but lust in you.
Thanks be to God I obeyed the teaching I was entrusted to,
Cuz when you pass by, you just want your boy to backslide.
Have me feelin sick like I'm comin down off a crack high.
Sin:
Oh come on man, that's a flat lie.
You act like I'm the bad guy.
You know when me and you get together we have a grand time.
Let's take it back, all the way to like the sixth grade,
Last thing your mind back in the day was trying to live saved.
Remember house parties? Kissing in the dark?
Man, that was innocent fun, come on.
Lecrae:
Now don't start.
See dawg I live by the Spirit so I don't gratify,
All them old sinful desires that never satisfy.
Sin:
Hey come on kill that,
Look me in my face and tell me I'm a lie.
You ain't feeling chasin women, gettin drunk and gettin high?
Stacking money, stayin fly? Livin up the playa's life?
We was having fun, now you gone try to be religious guy.
Lecrae:
First of all, lower your voice!
Who you talkin to?!
Handcuffed in August 02, yea I got caught with you.
Truck flipped over on 35, that was all from you.
I mess around and lose my life, man, tryna walk with you.
I'm standin on these stages and got these people believin' me,
What I look like tryna gratify this disease in me?
Sin:
So now I'm a disease? Man please! I got your back dawg.
I ain't sayin drop the Jesus and be a rap star.
All I'm sayin is when it's you and me, let's be real folk,
We ain't gotta be sellin drugs and tryna kill folk.
Maybe just a little..
Lecrae:
What? A little this, a little that,
A little BET, late at night, That's like a little crack.
See you ain't gone lie to me, I see how you be tryna be,
BET tonight becomes addiction to pornography.
And that's in no way honoring the God's who ruling sovereignly.
Sin:
Hey man you know you miss them old days.
Lecrae:
Yea you right, possibly,
But after that I sober up, think of Jesus holdin up,
His skin up on the cross for all those drunken nights I'm throwin up.
Every thought of blowing up in captured in His flowin blood,
I start thinking Phillippians 4 and 8 when you showin up.
Sin:
Hey you know I ain't gone quit, right?
Lecrae:
Yea I know,
But I'm dead to you.
And one day I'll be present with Jesus who died and bled from you.
Colossians 1 and 15, that's the God that I trust in,
The Father crushed Him, in doing so He has crushed sin.

To Who it May Concern by The Civil Wars
Why are you so far from me?
In my arms is where you ought to be
How long will you make me wait?
I don't know how much more I can take
I missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh but I want to
How I do
Slowly counting down the days
Till I finally know your name
Ooo the way your hand feels round my waist
The way you laugh
The way your kisses taste
Dear whoever you might be
I'm still waiting patiently

Jesus Christ by Brand New
Jesus Christ, that's a pretty face
The kind you'd find on someone that could save
If they don't put me away
It’ll be a miracle
Do you believe you're missing out?
That everything good is happening somewhere else
But with nobody in your bed
The night is hard to get through
And I will die all alone
And when I arrive I won’t know anyone
Well, Jesus Christ, I’m alone again
So what did you do those three days you were dead?
Because this problem's gonna last
More than the weekend
Well, Jesus Christ I’m not scared to die
I’m a little bit scared of what comes after
Do I get the gold chariot?
Do I float through the ceiling?
Do I divide and fall apart?
Cause my bright is too slight to hold back all my dark
This ship went down in sight of land
And at the gates does Thomas ask to see my hands?
I know you'll come in the night like a thief
But I’ve had some time alone to hone my lying technique
I know you think that I’m someone you can trust
But I’m scared I’ll get scared and I swear I’ll try to nail you back up
So do you think that we could work out a psalm
So I’ll know it's you and that it's over so I won't even try
I know you'll come for the people like me
But we all got wood and nails,
And talk dirt at hating factories
And we sleep inside of this machine.

Millstone by Brand New
I used to be such a burning example,
I used to be so original.
I used to care, I was being cared for.
Made sure I showed it to those that I love.
I used to sleep without a single stir,
'Cause I was about my father's work.
I used to pray like God was listening.
I used to make my parents proud.
I was the glue that kept my friends together,
Now they don't talk and we don't go out.
I used to know the name of every person I'd kissed.
Now I've made this bed and I can't fall asleep in it.
Well take me out tonight,
This ship of fools I'm on will sink.
I'm my own stone around my neck,
{If you'd} be my breath, there's nothing I wouldn't give.
Throw me that lifeline,
This ship of fools I'm on will sink.
I'm my own stone around my neck
{If you'd} be my breath, there's nothing I wouldn't give.

Psalm 118:5-6
In my anguish I cried out to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalm 118:14
The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.

2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Hebrews 10:17
Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.

Hebrews 10:35
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness, instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

Matthew 5:13-16
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Colossians 4:6
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Romans 7:14-8:4
...basically The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me.

Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Ephesians 5:19-20
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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The Highlands of Louisville

My Crazy Family

Concerts

Art

The Lakehouse

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