tick tock

We have made ourselves a home, in this mess we've made

We have made ourselves a bed, a bed in the grave

Tossing and turning, tossing and turning, what are you waiting for?

Tossing and turning, tossing and turning, what are you still here for?

So run, run, run out of this place

Run, run, run out of this place!

We have bound ourselves with chains, and cuddled in its warmth

We have chose to wait it out, to die in the storm

Settling down, sitting around, our bodies waste away

Settling down, looking around as the seconds fade away

So run, run, run out of this place

Run, run, run out of this place!

This world isn't getting any younger than the treasures we hold dear

The clock isn't ticking any slower than our hearts that beat with fear

If we could turn back the hands, we would make amends

But where do we go? Cos were never coming back here again!

We're never coming back, we're never coming here again

We're never coming back, we're never coming here again

You gotta run, run, run out of this place!

Run, run, RUN OUT OF THIS PLACE!

Do you hear the sirens scream though those walls

Do you hear the sirens scream through those walls

So what are you still here for?

Beautiful end (let down the nets)

Luke 5:5-6

Once in awhile I take a stroll down this path the winding one

Once in awhile I let doubt have its way over me

Cos I’ve rode the heights of the land, but I still taste the dirt on the ground

I listen up in the silences, but hope doesn’t make a sound

Hope doesn't make a sound

I've worked hard all night, and I haven’t got anywhere

But because you say so, Ill do this one more time

Toss and turn all night, but it seems so far from the end

But because you say so, Ill keep doing this over again

I walk to the fight packed my bags and said goodbye

But surrender is more than waving this white flag high

I know this path chosen for me, was not for me to choose

And I know you wont take away what you wont give back in full

With something more beautiful

We work hard all night, and were still hanging on the edge

But because You say so, we’ll do this one more time

We’ve been up all night, but it seems so far from the end

But because You say so, we'll keep doing this over again

Sometimes you gotta stay asleep with the nightmare, to see its beautiful end

Christmas wish

Like little ones, we would bow before the tree

What lovely gifts, what presents are in store for me?

And by the fire, we would do some caroling

Busking in the joy the season brings

I ask You, would You grant me, my christmas wish this year

And suddenly, You make everything so clear

I fall to my knees

I fall to my knees

The greatest gift of all is hanging on the tree for me

As older ones, we would exchange expensive things

It may cost me, but its something I can afford to bring

But what present, what gift, would you bring the king of kings?

In this gift exchange, its a one way game

I ask You, would You grant me, my christmas wish this year

And suddenly, You make everything so clear

I fall to my knees

I fall to my knees

The greatest gift of all is hanging on the tree for me

The greatest gift of all is hanging on the tree for me

The greatest gift hangs there on a tree for me

Like little ones, I bow before the tree...

Ceylon

I am a poor boy, putting on the best that I have
And a sickness, is the only thing I have to bring

I am a poor girl, and to get there I must travel afar
But I won't be late cos I've a meeting with the King of Kings


I am a host, appointed by the heavenly hosts
So by the crashing waves thats where I'll pave the way for the Lord of Lords

I am an addict, addicted to everything wrong
And my only cure is to call upon the name above all names


And I know you won't reject their desperate plea
I know you won't hold back your hand that heals
I know you won't refuse to come down here
Cos the people are hungry here
The people are empty, and you're near

I have reason to believe you'll come
I have reason to believe you'll come
Cos you hear, and have compassion on the broken ones
I have reason to believe you'll come
I have reason to believe you'll come
Cos you heal, and you love the little ones


Hear their cry, and heal their land
Hear our cry, and heal our land

You

Watch how the rain falls on the dry ground, and nourishes
The plants in the fields they rejoice, at the clouds above

Look to the sky without the street lights, and then you'll see
How it was mean't to be the countless stars, in the galaxy


Yet there's none of them compares to you
Theres no shooting star that shines as bright as you

When your dreams they fade and seem so far
Don't look at the signs to find out who you are
Look at me
Look at me

You are you
You are you
Because you're you
Because you're you

I love you, because you're you


Watch how the ocean beats the sand in sheer might, in harmony
They toss and they turn and they make you realize, how small you can be

Feel the earth shake in pure fright, beneath your feet
Cities built in years torn apart, so instantly


Yet my eyes are always fixed on you
There's no flower in the field as beautiful as you

When you're starring at the sea so still
Don't let your reflection tell you what to feel
Look at me
Then you'll see


You are you
You are you
Because you're you
Because you're you

I love you, because you're you

The Ride of your Life

V1
If you wanna be free this is the party to be
C'mon, c'mon
If youve had enough of those morning afters
C'mon, c'mon

So go get your friends along
And we'll dance to the break of dawn
Our hearts still beating strong
And when they ask whats going on
I'll respond

Chorus
How can I comprehend the love given to me
I dont understand and it makes no sense how I am free
So would you take my hand, take my hand tonight
Come on board the ride of your life

v2
If youre done with the temporary fixes
C'mon, c'mon
If you wanna stand up and be counted
C'mon, c'mon

If youre sick of moving with the trends
You think its time to make ammends
To live your life for what its meant
This is your very chance
Your chance, your chance

Chorus
How can I comprehend the love given to me
I dont understand and it makes no sense how I am free
So would you take my hand, take my hand tonight
Come on board the ride of your life


This party is something more
than a drug that leaves you needing more
Its all youve been searching for
All and so much more
Much more, much more

To the Cross

V1
Back to the cross I went
Where we first met, my friend
And I recall how I was lost, but now I stand here with you

Took my place at no cost
Wore my crown of thorns
I'm suppose to be the one, but there you bleed for me

I saw my saviour cry that night
You asked your father was there another way to make my blind eyes see...

Chorus
Then to the cross, on calvery
Tell me was it really worth saving me?
It still remains a mystery
How the King of Kings hangs thiere on a tree
And He thought of me

v2
And I ask which hurt you more?
Was it the nails that you bore?
Or my heart that turned from you, My Lord

Came as a mortal man
Became the one we condemmed
Yet in your last dying breath all you cried was 'Forgive them'

I saw my saviour die that night
And now I'm kneeling at your feet hanging on for my dear life...

Chorus
To the cross, on calvery
Tell me was it really worth saving me?
It still remains a mystery
How the King of Kings hangs thiere on a tree
And how He thought of me

He thought of me, he thought of me?
How can it be, how can it be?
It still remains a mystery
How this precious grace is all for free
And its all for me


Oh that cross, on calvery
How can it be worth saving me?
It still remains a mystery
How the King of Kings hangs there on a tree
And He thought of me...

The storm

I have seen
Blind man see
Dead man rise
They walk free

I have seen miracles
But they don't happen to me
I'm an expired miracle
Just waiting to be

But as I wait
You are here
The storm whispers clear
I need not fear

The waves form a cave around me
The best thing I could do was to lean on your shoulder
The currents are strong as can be
The best thing I can do is to lean on you

I have tried
To trust in me
I have drowned
So helplessly

I am a proud man
But I learn from my mistakes
Whats it gonna take me
Whats it gonna break

To let go
To lose my hold
Close my eyes and hope
That Ill stay afloat

The waves form a cave around me
The best thing I could do was to lean on your shoulder
The currents are strong as can be
The best thing I can do is to lean on you

Better again

This is for the new yr, the years before, and the years ahead.

V1
Hey you, hey you in the corner
Are you the ghost from my past?
Reminding me of who I was before

Why are you, why are you so empty?
Do you see the chance of your life time
Thats knocking on your door

I'm still that boy, just with different voice
I'm still that boy, just with a different choice
To follow You, to follow You

Chorus
And I cant help wanting more
Cos Im higher than I was before

Every year it seems
I get more than what I ask for
I see more than what Ive seen
And this keeps getting better and better

With You!

V2
Hey you, hey you in the back seat
Why are you so queit?
Its as if your mouth has been tamed

Why do you, plunge your fist to the ground
Do you hear the voice around you
Calling out your name

I'm still that boy, just with different voice
I'm still that boy, just with a different choice
To follow You, to follow You

Chorus
And I cant help wanting more
Cos Im higher than I was before

Every year it seems
I get more than what I ask for
I see more than I have seen
And this keeps getting better and better

With You!

Gift Exchange

Its that special time of yr again...this yr lets look at the concept of the routine gift exchange we do on christmas night. This ones called 'Gift Exchange'


Hows it feel to leave the place you love
To a race that did not deserve
You

Yet you came and asked for nothing in exchange
And became a slave to my sinful trade
You came along

When you were lying in the manger,
Hidden safe within the covers
Did you see the desperate faces
Longing for a saviour

To provide a solution
To this cruel earths conclusion
To come and save the day
And well say:

'Happy birthday'
The whole earth sings
'Happy birthday'
Cos its the happiest day
'Happy birthday'
The angels hail the King

Two thousand years ago on this starry night
A widow loses hope, she waits to die
Shes giving up the fight

Little does she know this special night
A little baby boy is humbly born to life
He can save her

When you were peering down from heaven
To this earth you created
Did you hear her desperate voice
Calling for a saviour

To provide a solution
To this fear and dillusion
To come and save the day
And we say

'Happy birthday'
The whole earth sings
'Happy birthday'
Cos its the happiest day
'Happy birthday'
The angels hail the King


And You came to trade the gift of Your life
To a world that greeted You with despise
On that bed of hay lies a mystery
How this Gift Exchange seems so unfair to me

Im an Impatient patient

V1
Before Im done with one thing
Im on to the next
I just need to hold on to some thing
I just need a fix

Time is of the assence
Lets make it count
But when time is in abundance
I just wish the clock spins round
Faster...faster

C
Lord give me patience
And I want it NOW
Give me patience
I want it now

Cos to me silence is the most deafening noise
And to me being still is the most tiring choice
Oh let me hear your voice, I just wanna hear your voice

V2
I've never been good at
Waiting for things to happen
Nothing seems to work
Nothing brings me satisfaction

Oh help me learn to trust you
Help me learn to lean
That the only thing ill ache for
Is for you to be
Closer...Closer

C
Lord give me patience
And I want it NOW
Give me patience
I want it now

Cos to me silence is the most deafening noise
And to me being still is the most tiring choice
Oh let me hear your voice, I just wanna hear your voice


I know what you have is worth the wait



I know that you're here, in the wait

More than you know

You may keep running away
And when I call you do not answer
But when you come crawling back, you don't need to explain

It did not last long the last time we met
It did not last long the last time you sat, by my shoulder
By my shoulder
Just let me say...


I love you, more than you think you know
Even in your darkess moment, I hope you know
Cos my love is bigger than what you make it out to be
And my love is bigger than what your tiny eyes can see
Oh my love is bigger than you
My love, is more than you think you know


I know how you feel
You feel you've some sort of debt to repay
But for the record just let me say, I would you anyhow and anyway

And you are never ever not beautiful
You are never not wonderful
To me

You are never not lovely
How can you ever be not lovely
To me


I love you, more than you think you know
Even in your darkess moment, I hope you know
Cos my love is bigger than what you make it out to be
And my love is bigger than what your tiny eyes can see
Oh my love is bigger than you
My love, is more than you think you know

corporate lives

V1
Little boy
You don't know what its like to be out here
In this dog eat dog world
Where the climb to the top is full of blood and sweat and tears

Little girl
Oh the battles I fight just to make this life
A better one for you and me
With my transactions and my policies

Were living our corporate live$
We vote but we don't beautify
And we dontate but we won't sacifice our TIME

Cos
Were too busy working hard
Were too busy working hard
Were too busy working hard
But the proceeds, the proceeds goes out to you

V2
Older one
I'll never forget all you've done for me
Take heart I will
Always be there, to pay your bills

Hungry one
If only my hands could reach out to you
But i'll send this letter out
Praying someone will do something about you

Were living our corporate lives
We can't be there but we can sympatize
We wish you well and if only we all had more time..

but
Were too busy working hard
Were too busy working hard
Were too busy working hard
But the proceeds, the proceeds goes out to you

Bridge
We all need a little time
We all need a little time

Were all guilty of this crime
Were all guilty of this crime

Rain on my window

Gonna jot this one down before i forget..its a song again about the least of them. The poor, the brokenhearted, the captive, the prisoner. Or whoever might be that forgotten person in your life that needs your help. A hard one to swallow, a Prelude to my other song 'bedtime stories'


Hey there, am I of any concern to you
And would stop if you saw me burn
Hey there, I'm putting on a brave front now
You won't see the real me crumbling down, crying out

Did you catch the tears that rolled down my face
Did you catch the tears that rolled down

Or are they like rain?
Rain falling on your window pane
So easily wiped away

Are they like rain
Rain crashing on your window pane
Just watch me drip away

Hey there, you talk about how strong your God is
And Im glad you have something for yourself to believe in
But if this God was the one who caused the clouds to cry tonight
Then can he feel my pain? Can he hear my plea?

Cos im screaming but no one hears
And theres no one to wipe these tears

These tears like rain
Rain falling on your window pane
So easily swept away

Are they like rain
Rain crashing on your window pane
Just watch me fade away

You see me, but do you feel me?

Rude awakening

Follow me into the dark
But don't leave me there
Im scared
A rude awakening for this hardened hearts repair

Get rid of this shallow repentance
This false sense of security
Get rid of these lies of comfort
My death is my complacency

Empty rituals and mindless prayer
Will bring me & you despair
Unhelpful thoughts and heartless songs
Won't hold me up for long

Get rid of this shallow repentance
This false sense of security
Get rid of these lies of comfort
My death is my complacency

And I know the fall of me is my humanity
Its no wonder I keep slumbering in my selfishness
I'm tired of this half-hearted take at humility
Your arms outstrecthed again to my ungratefulness


Slap some sense into me
Cos I hate this reflection I see
Awake me from my sleep, awake me from my sleep

Get rid of this shallow repentance
This false sense of security
Get rid of these lies of comfort
My death is my complacency

And I know the fall of me is my humanity
Its no wonder I keep slumbering in my selfishness
I'm tired of this half-hearted take at humility
Your arms outstrecthed again to my ungratefulness

From my broken heart to yours

"The Lord is close to the broken-hearted, He rescues those whose spirits are crushed"

V1
I'm not gonna tell you don't cry, cos I know that it hurts
And you don't have to pretend that you're fine, when you're down in the dirt

But when you feel like letting go
Feels like theres nothing left to hold on to
Hold on..
To the one that does not change
To the one thing in life that remains the same
Hold on, just keep holding on

Chorus
If you're going through the heartbreaks of life, don't lose control
Cos itll only be a matter of time, where you'll see the glow, in all this
If you're going through the hardships of life, stay strong and fight
Just know that Hes been with you all this time, and He's in control, of all this

V2
Theres always another side to this story untold
And someday you'll realise that you were'nt that alone

One day soon,
A stronger you will sing this tune
Hold on..
To the one that does not change
To the one thing in life that remains the same
Hold on, just keep going on

Chorus
If you're going through the heartbreaks of life, don't lose control
Cos itll only be a matter of time, where you'll see the glow, in all this
If you're going through the hardships of life, stay strong and fight
Cos what you have left is more than enough, and He's in control, of all this

Bridge
Who holds the universe?
Who made the heavens and the earth?
Who took the weight of the world?
Who holds your world in His hands, who holds your world in His hands
Who holds your world in His hands

Bedtime Stories

I shake my head at the television screen
Theyre talking bout war again, and bitter things
A land of milk and honey for those who can afford
Our arms filled with destruction yet unseen

Then I go to bed
Thinking bout how our world has fallen
And I utter out a nobel plea

Won't someone help them?
Wont someone save them?

I walk down the pavements of these lonely street
At the side of my eyes, a begger on his knees
And theres the girl with such beauty in her eyes
Yet shes selling herself tonight, the only way shes known

As I walk on by
Thinking about all the misery
And i utter out this noble plea

Won't someone help him?
Won't someone save her?

My friend is hurting my friend is in need
Talks about giving up, and hopeless things
Why can't they see what I see
Why can't they spread their arms and just be free

I lie down here
Thinking about the mess we've created
And I utter out this noble plea

Won't someone help them?
Won't someone save them?
Why does no one help them?
Why does no one save them?

Then I close my eyes...



I close my eyes
And tommorrow I wake up again
The sun will rise
And everything will go on the same

I close my eyes
Put to bed these empty prayers
The light will come
And life goes on the same...
-----------------------------------------

Have they become just bedtime stories?

my conclusion

I need you so
I need you so

I've been running around in circles
And I'm back here once again
Finding for the solutions
But im still clueless, less this conclusion

That I need you so, I need you so...

How many times must I fall?
For you to pick me up again
How many times must I realise
Again...

That I need you so, I need you so...


When everthing comes to nothing
When my crowns burn down to the ground
When I lose grasp of all I hold
When my heart stops beating again...
I need you so
I need you so

How many times will I fall?
How many times will I crumble?
How many times will I come crawling back again

How many times will I break?
How many times my heart will cry out...
I need you so
I need you so

.

V1
I said 'Take away, everything of mine
The things that confine
This heart offered to you'

I didn't know, I was holding on so tight every night I cried
'I surrender all to you'

How can a swimmer take the ocean on, with his feet caught in the sand
Can a bird fly with its wings still in the nest?

Chorus
All I gained, is my loss today
But my broken heart will sing
Praise to the one
Who gives and takes away

V2
The only time that Ive truly won your heart
Is when im standing here with mine torn apart
And the only time that I'll ever give enough
Is when you take it all away, and theres nothing left to part from

Chorus
All I gained, is my loss today
But my broken heart will sing
Praise to the one
Who gives and takes away


You give, and you take away
Who am I to hold?
What is not mine anyway

All you give, is more than I deserve
I have more than enough and more
When Im riding here in your love

Choices

Someone reminded me I havent wrote a fast song in a long time. Well I was thinking..its probably not the season in my life, being it a time of quietly trusting in the midst of lifes challenges and uncertainties, that I would be writing a fast song. But then I realised, again through talking to someone, the best way to tackle the hardtimes is to face them with a heart of thanksgiving and joy. Sometimes its just about being thankful for the greatest gift you have received alr. And everything just becomes brand new...

V1
It feels like im on the edge
On this line between life and death
So easy to rise or fall
Oh I dont know what took me this long

Just to find you
Cos everythings so good with you
Now that Ive found you, now that ive found you...

Chorus
Whoa...It feels so right I just cant explain
Whoa...Its suddenly so obvious to me
Whoa...And I know that I will never be the same
Cos youre here in my life

V2
The choices we have to make
The decisions that twist our fate
The moments that pass us by
Could define where our destiny lies

So glad I chose you
Cos everythings so good with you
So glad I chose you, so glad I chose you...

Chorus
Whoa...It feels so right I just cant explain
Whoa...Its suddenly so obvious to me
Whoa...And I know that I will never be the same
Cos youre here in my life


You set my feet to dancing
You set my feet to dancing
You set my feet to dancing
To dancing, to dancing...

Bringing heaven into hell

V1
When every step
Is agony and pain
When the light dims
And the striving seems in vein

When my strength is gone
How do I carry on?
But then I realise, I realise...

How can this be a living hell? When youre with me
How can it be anything less than heaven? When youre here with me

Chorus
My fortress
Lift me above the waves
So I can breath...
My refuge
Lift me above the pain
So I can run...
To You

v2
You ask me to run
When I can hardly walk
You ask me to soar
When these fragile wings are torn

You ask me to face, this test of my faith
Will I let you down, will I let you down

But I can hold on a little bit longer, cos I'm holding on to you
I can be just that little bit stronger, cos I'm strong with you

Chorus
My hope
Lift me above the waves
So I can breath...
My shield
Lift me above the pain
So I can run...
To You


How can this be a living hell? When youre here with me
How can it be anything less than heaven? When youre here with me

My God
He lifts me above the waves
So I can breath...
My God
He lifts me above the pain
So I can run...

" Because he loves me, I will deliver him from pain
I will rescue him, for he acknowledges my name
I will cover him, in the shadow of my wings"
Says the Lord, says the Lord

The weight of the world

Just our own burdens to carry, and its already too much to bare. The burdens of this evil world to carry, certainly a task no one would bring upon himself. Yet he held on..with all he had in him. Cos he knew he had to.

V1
Can't take this weight, the world is getting me down;
Im on the edge of breaking down
Daggers fly from end to end;
Piercing where it hurts most

I think I have the right, the right to complain;
Of all these wrongs that I face
Just so unfair, all the despair;
Too much for me

But then, I remember
The price you paid
This pain I carry
Is just a fraction of the pain that you had to take away

Chorus
You held on, cos my life depended on it
You endured, Cos all my hope was in your hands
Even when, the pain was all that you could bare
You held on, held on to the very end

v2
How heavy was it? The weight of the world;
On the shoulders of a man
Pressed down with force
With our fallen hands

I can barely go on, I can barely keep it up;
This burden on my back
I just keep falling, falling down again
Waiting for you to save me

Then I remember
The price you paid
This weight I carry
Is just a fraction of the chains you had to take away

Chorus
You held on, cos my life depended on it
You endured, Cos all my hope was in your hands
Even when, the pain was all that you could bare
You held on, held on to the very end

You held on, just for the chance I might return
You stayed strong, cos you could not bare to watch me burn
You held on, cos I would not know what eternity could be
If you had not held on

What are we now?
But shadows that fade
What are we now?
But shadows that fade

When the light stops shining
We seize to exist
When the light stops shining
We seize to exist

Who are we now?
But dust on the scales
Without the potter
Our ambitions they fail

Our ambitions they fail
Our ambitions they fail
Who are we now?
But dust on the scales

Who is man?
But grass in the fields
And all his glory
Like the flowers they yield

But the grass withers
And the flowers fall
The valley rises
And the mountains fall

No sooner theyre planted
No sooner theyre sown
No sooner theyre rooted
No sooner theyre grown

That we fall down
We fall down down down
We fall down
We fall down down down

Do you not see?
Do you not hear?
Lift your eyes and look at the heavens
See the stars shine clear

Do you not know
Have you not heard?
Do you not know
Have you not heard?



Our Lord is the everlasting God
Creator of the ends of the earth
He will not grow tired
He will not grow weary

His strength, gives strength to the weak and the poor
And the strong man will stumble and fall
But those who hope in the Lord
Will soar...

Before the rooster crows

Sometimes I dont understand. Why am I ashamed of the one thing in my life I have to be proud of.

v1
You did not ask too much of me
I remember how you touched my eyes and made it see
Seeing things I dared not believe
I remember how you came into my life and made me believe

And how did you feel?
As you faced the crowds disappeal
Such rejection, you feel
The least I could do is to acknowledge you

Chorus
You gave me so much to live for
So much to die for
All I was searching for
All I searched for and so much more

And three times theyll ask me, who do you serve?
And even if I have to
Ill die with you
I won't disown you

V2
How could say I would do that to you?
Can you not see my heart that beats for you
How could you say I would do that to you
Did I not lay it all down just to follow you

How can it be true?
Did my feet not stand on the water too?
Even if all fall away, I never will
And the least I can do is to acknowledge you

Chorus
You gave me so much to live forSo much to die forAll I was searching forAll I searched for and so much more And three times theyll ask me, who do you serve?And even if I have toIll die with youI won't disown you
.
.
.
In the shadows, I cry to you
Why O why, did I deny you?
My Lord & King
This must be wrong
Did I feel this way all along?

Did it haunt you? While you slept in the grave
Did my betrayal leave those scars on your hands
Because of me, I chose to spare my own life
Because of me, you chose to give your own life

I gotta make this right, make this right, make this right
Im gonna make this right
I live for you even when it means to die...