Distant Lights - If You Only Knew... - Witness for the Defense - Men At Arms

One Man War - All For The Good - Asleep on the Watch


Distant Lights
music and lyrics by Daniel Quinn

So long, goodbye

I'm not coming back this time

I'm off to follow distant lights

I need some space from the darkness of this place

To somehow get this smoke to leave my eyes


You called and I came running

Out of where I was before

I reach for You

You called and I came running

Faster than I was before

Stumbling, Stalling, Crawling the whole way home


You can keep my things

I don't need them anyway

All that I can't take I'll leave behind

They don't see what I see

They can't look past the night

I'm heading off to follow distant lights


You called and I came running

Out of where I was before

I reach for You

You called and I came running

Faster than I was before

Stumbling, Stalling, Crawling the whole way home


And even through the longest winter's night

I will follow, I will follow

I can see those distant lights

I will follow, I will follow


You called and I came running

Out of where I was before

I reach for You

You called and I came running

Faster than I was before

Stumbling, Stalling, Crawling the whole way home


If You Only Knew...

music and lyrics by Daniel Quinn


Do you even know how far you've gone?

All out of gas and your windshield's busted

Running from your wrong turns and mistakes

Going down the mountain with no brakes

Bet you've gone about a million miles

Ran from the truth and you never looked back now

Whatcha gonna do when the darkness falls?

Your shadows will catch up to you


It's all out of hindsight now

Your rearview mirror shows everything somehow

And you're all out of open road

You just want to go back home

If you only knew the way


You roll your windows down

Try to drown those voices out

You can hide, but you can't run from what you carry with you


It's all out of hindsight now

Your rearview mirror shows everything somehow

And you're all out of open road

You just want to go back home

If you only knew the way


Why are you running from Him?

Why do you want to be alone?

If you could open up your heart

Love will lead you home

Love will lead you home

Love will lead you


Everything is changing now

These things you thought you knew

The floor came crashing down

And you're still falling through

It's about time you turned around,

looked at all those tracks you made

All you need is one good right turn

tears will dry and scars will fade


It's all out of hindsight now

Your rearview mirror shows everything somehow

And you're all out of open road

You just want to go back home

If you only knew the way


Witness for the Defense
music and lyrics by Daniel Quinn

Did You want to give up, did You want to collapse

With the weight of the sins of the world on Your back?

And each drop of blood that You spilled on the way

Marking a path I would follow someday


Do You think this covers me?

Does this really cover me?


Not one word of protest, not one denial

No last minute repreive as You walked the last mile

No one argued Your case as they drove the nails in

You gave all of yourself to cover my sin


Do You think this covers me?

Does this really cover me?


You are my witness

You are my defender

Help me to be strong

Help me to remember

That all this covers me

And all this covers me


The judge is presiding

The verdict is in

I wait in Your chambers as guilty as sin

You're standing beside me, I'm covered in blood

Washing away everything that I was


You are my witness

You are my defender

Help me to be strong

Help me to remember

That all this covers me

And all this covers me


Men At Arms
music and lyrics by Daniel Quinn

Ready your rifles and sharpen your swords

We're supposed to be waiting,

We've forgotten what for.

Losing the battle, but winning the war

We wait for day to come

We wait for day to come


To all of the ones who have fallen behind:

The world-weary wounded, the wandering blind

This burden is easy, this burden is light

Wait for day to come

Wait for day to come


We faithful, we few, we fragile with hope

Turning our backs to the cold

And we wait for day to come

We wait for day to come


How long has it been since we've come to this place?

Standing still for so long, we've forgotten your face

Our souls marching onward, our bodies in place -

We wait for day to come

We wait for day to come


The night burns too slow, and the fires just don't catch

The flames from the dawn haven't kindled us yet

It's too cold to sleep and our bones are too wet

So we wait for day to come

We wait for day to come


We faithful, we few, we fragile with hope

Turning our backs to the cold

And we wait for day to come

We wait for day to come


One Man War
music and lyrics by Daniel Quinn

Your weapon is your pride

You're bleeding from your heart

Blinded by the light

Hiding in the dark

You're in the line of fire

They've got you in their sights

You might not take a bullet

But you'll never leave alive


And if they take you down tonight

You go down all alone

A martyr to the lost

Who never made it home

Did you ever ask yourself

What you're still fighting for

Have you thought about surrender?

You can't win a one man war


The Captain died to save you

His blood is on the field

You cling in desperation

To wounds that never healed

Why are you so angry?

Why do you still hate?

They're all useless weapons

And you should throw them all away


And if they take you down tonight

You go down all alone

A martyr to the lost

Who never made it home

Did you ever ask yourself

What you're still fighting for

Have you thought about surrender?

You can't win a one man war


You'll never walk away

You love this old crusade

Get them in your sights

And then you blow someone away

Staring at the Devil

down the barrell of a gun

Taking on the world

In a war that can't be won


And if they take you down tonight

You go down all alone

A martyr to the lost

Who never made it home

Did you ever ask yourself

What you're still fighting for

Have you thought about surrender?

You can't win a one man war


All for the Good
music and lyrics by Daniel Quinn

Broken, bleeding

Losing all feeling

Standing, reeling

I think that I have lost my feet again


And still you say this too shall pass away

I wonder how it is that you can say

It's all for the good


Stalling, crawling

Hardly walking

Feeling so betrayed

Are You by my side today?

And still you say this too shall pass away

I wonder how it is that you can say

It's all for the good


From the floor it all looks different

I can see I'm so dependent

Hold me now, I finally see

That You are always here with me

You were always here with me


And still you say these things will pass away

And still you say these things will pass away


And still you say this too shall pass away

I wonder how it is that you can say

It's all for the good


Asleep on the Watch
music and lyrics by Daniel Quinn

Tired of fighting sleep

It's so hard to stay awake

Hours pass like weeks

I don't think you'll come tonight


And I'll just close my eyes for a minute while you're gone

And I won't be awake when you come home


Used to be so bold

Used to be so vigilant

Now my heart is cold

Wonder where the fire went


And I'll just close my eyes for a minute while you're gone

And I won't be awake when you come home


I feel asleep waiting for you

But I've gotten so comfortable now

They say to watch for you

But I'd rather just lay down


And I'll just close my eyes for a minute while you're gone

And I won't be awake when you come home

 

 


 

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