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Your eyes deceive you
You cannot see the bigger picture; reality
This is not real, this cannot be
Hallucination, took for a ride by tricks of light
And when we travel forward, in current space and time
May we trust in our maker and not with blinded eyes
The Lord sees not as man sees, man looks to the outside
The Lord looks on the heart and appearance is not always as it seems to be
And their blinded eyes, still staring still
Just like Bethsaida, restoration of sight
Jesus had laid on hands and brought vision to the blind
We too can see more clearly if we trust Jesus Christ
Our eyes alone deceive us, sensory data weakness
The Lord sees not as man sees, man looks to the outside
The Lord looks on the heart and appearance is not always as it seems to be
Beyond the eyes, lies the unseen
Hidden things we believe, mysteries so serene
A world of wonder, we call our home
Through the veil, we catch a glimpse
Defying order
The darkness beckons
Propelling forward
Our fate is sealed
Illusions lurk in every corner and bend,
Mysteries of life we cannot comprehend.
The unknown haunts, a terror that's real,
Our minds deceived, what can we feel?
My veil is thin, so hard to grasp
Evil lurks, in every path
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The veins inside our bodies are another sign
That points to God's creation, His perfect design
The roots beneath the trees and dendrites in our cells
Life-force directed and used to bring life to these shells
Even the lines of an orange, after you've peeled inside
Remind me of the perfection of our God's design
These roots like veins, sinking deep into the flow of life
Marvelous revelation of how we're all tied
I would wander lost in search of signs that point to God
And I found nothing, nothing
Now I clearly see and I see my God in everything
And I doubt nothing, nothing
The veins inside our bodies are another sign
That points to God's creation, His perfect design
The roots beneath the trees and dendrites in our cells
Life-force directed and used to bring life to these shells
Even the lines of an orange, after you've peeled inside
Remind me of the perfection of our God's design
These roots like veins, sinking deep into the flow of life
Marvelous revelation of how we're all tied
Fractals in the trees and fractals in my veins
Fractals in the sky and fractals digging deep into the earth
The veins inside our bodies are another sign
That points to God's creation, His perfect design
The roots beneath the trees and dendrites in our cells
Life-force directed and used to bring life to these shells
Even the lines of an orange, after you've peeled inside
Remind me of the perfection of our God's design
These roots like veins, sinking deep into the flow of life
Marvelous revelation of how we're all tied
I would wander lost in search of signs that point to God
And I found nothing, nothing
Now I clearly see and I see my God in everything
And I doubt nothing, nothing
Fractals in the trees and fractals in my veins
Fractals in the sky and fractals digging deep into the earth
God is found in everything, uniting us to earth and to ourselves
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Pneuma (Remastered)
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(Instrumental)
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Wandering the dead of the night
They’re running from the light
To seek blood and to feed on all our life-force
They’ve come to take a bite
To drain you of your life
The solution is clear; behold the crucifix
Wretched and parasitic, existence is based on leeching off a host
And lacking all symbiosis, these creatures will only take what they can
And feeding is all that matters
Survival is just a bite to the neck
And keeping to the shadows
In secret, these vampires hide from the light at night
We let them in
We kept them here
They’ll hunt with spite
Until we turn on the light
Wandering the dead of the night
They’re running from the light
To seek blood and to feed on all our life-force
They’ve come to take a bite
To drain you of your life
The solution is clear; behold the crucifix
Minions controlled by Satan
Vampires among us feed off our sins
Until we all seek repentance
Sin-nature something will bind us to our leeches
Living with the mosquitos, our sinning has only moistened the swamps
And if we don’t band together, vampires will hunt us one by one by one
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Life begins the process of finding why we are here and where we go next
Death completes the cycle, but only one of the keys unlocks the door of life
Cycles begin again, of searching through all the keys to find the one that fits
And as we sin again, the grace of God covers all who will repent and follow Him
One key will fit the lock
One way to live again
One name above all names
Jesus Christ, the way and truth and life
One key will fit the lock
One way to live again
One name above all names
Jesus Christ, the conqueror of death
There will come a time for you to stand for
Everything that you believe and what you came to die for
All will have to come before the King in all His glory
To give account for everything that happened in this story
Sanctified
Sin. Repent. Repeat. Sin. Repent. Repeat
We need a change of heart
I ask the Holy Spirit descend upon my life
Fill me with your grace O Lord
We need a change of mind
Blessed son, pour blood
Sanctification
Cycles begin again, of searching through all the keys to find the one that fits
And as we sin again, the grace of God covers all who will repent and follow Him
One key will fit the lock
One way to live again
One name above all names
Jesus Christ, the way and truth and life
Way and truth and life
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Sinners at first bite
We were born into this world of sin
All creation forced to grapple with
Forces of the darkness of this world
And we must fight
Rise up now, you sons and daughters
Sin can never win as long as we hold Christ inside
Conqueror of sin within us
We are the heirs of a fallen existence
We are the ones who must battle with sin
Lies of the serpent and his persuasions
Tempting us all but we cannot let him win
Smash the serpent’s head
Decapitate the beast with the Sword of His Word
Kill the serpent dead
Authority to cast out the snake and his lies
The fall of Eden set the stage
For our tragedy of life to take place
The fallout permeates all the air
As we breathe the sin, blackening our life’s existence
Sinners at first bite
We were born into this world of sin
All creation forced to grapple with
Forces of the darkness of this world
And we must fight
The fall of Eden set the stage
For our tragedy of life to take place
The fallout permeates all the air
As we breathe the sin, blackening our life’s existence
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Through the fire, refined as silver and after, tried as gold
They shall call His name and He will hear them, Lord my God
Chosen in the furnace of affliction, He’s chosen us
Far beyond material, His trying is of our hearts
Sharpening the Iron that’s inside, a friendly countenance
Stronger every time the iron’s stricken, new competence
Thicker skin to wrap around our insides, shield against the vain offense of men
Gains are made and then are surely paid by a humble price of struggle and of pain
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Through the fire, refined as silver and after, tried as gold
They shall call His name and He will hear them, Lord my God
Chosen in the furnace of affliction, He’s chosen us
Far beyond material, His trying is of our hearts
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Chink in your armor
But here is where I stand
Uphold His righteousness
I call you to be a better man
It takes two to spar
Forged by fire, cooled by grace
Evidence of scars
Sharpening the Iron that’s inside, a friendly countenance
Stronger every time the iron’s stricken, new competence
Thicker skin to wrap around our insides, shield against the vain offense of men
Gains are made and then are surely paid by a humble price of struggle and of pain
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
[Zachariah 13:9, Isaiah 48:10, Proverbs 17:3, Proverbs 27:17]
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Through the fire, refined as silver and after, tried as gold
They shall call His name and He will hear them, Lord my God
Chosen in the furnace of affliction, He’s chosen us
Far beyond material, His trying is of our hearts
Sharpening the Iron that’s inside, a friendly countenance
Stronger every time the iron’s stricken, new competence
Thicker skin to wrap around our insides, shield against the vain offense of men
Gains are made and then are surely paid by a humble price of struggle and of pain
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Through the fire, refined as silver and after, tried as gold
They shall call His name and He will hear them, Lord my God
Chosen in the furnace of affliction, He’s chosen us
Far beyond material, His trying is of our hearts
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Chink in your armor
But here is where I stand
Uphold His righteousness
I call you to be a better man
It takes two to spar
Forged by fire, cooled by grace
Evidence of scars
Sharpening the Iron that’s inside, a friendly countenance
Stronger every time the iron’s stricken, new competence
Thicker skin to wrap around our insides, shield against the vain offense of men
Gains are made and then are surely paid by a humble price of struggle and of pain
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
Striking, rising of the flames and
Forming, forged by the hand of God
[Zachariah 13:9, Isaiah 48:10, Proverbs 17:3, Proverbs 27:17]
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