RADIANCE
(instrumental)

SPEAK
All the hollow voices
Come like a storm
No voice of reason
I'm too tired to try again so
Speak
Listening for the answer in the fire
I didn't hear the whisper

And I'm getting it wrong once again
I'm growing tired of the pain
I was looking for signs of the rain
But we all got it wrong once again
You have spoken

Come like a whirlwind
Come like the fire
Come shake the earth and we will
Miss you once again so
Speak

And I'm getting it wrong once again
Didn't want it to be all the same
I'm growing tired of the pain
Reckless absence of shame
I was hoping the answer was rain
Take the mystery away
I was looking for something to gain
And I'm getting it wrong once again

You have spoken

FADE TO GREY
Dead man -- Motion picture phrases
All the lines are strung out -- Clear across the pages

Night time -- Come out to the place where
All the actors go to -- Fade to grey together
All the children fade to grey
Every star will fade away
Holy Ghost will come to stay
All the children fade to grey

Lifetime -- Criminal offenses
I have been the victim -- I've lost my defenses

So I -- Crawl into my corner
Fill myself with painless -- Killer anesthesia

All the children fade to grey
Every star will fade away
Holy Ghost will come to stay
All the children fade to grey

O HOLY NIGHT
O Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night
Of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world
In sin and error pining
'Til He appeared
And the soul felt it's worth

The thrill of hope
The weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born

O night
O holy night
O night divine

COME AND DIE
Long before you drove the nail
It was I who selected you
It was I who called to you
Twisting in the wind of your heartbreak and despair
Despite the death in your lifeless heart
It was I who awakened you
It was I who enabled you
To believe in Me, to go with Me, to the grave

Come and die
Behold, I make everything new again
Come and die
Come and hide in the shadow of My wings

Through the dark winding corridors
It was I who searched for you
It was I watching over you
Sanctifying you, to present you in the end

Come and die
Behold, I make everything new again
Come and die
Come and hide in the shadow of My wings

ONCE DARKNESS
(instrumental)

TRUSTING
When there is no answer
When I want to run
In the time of failure
I am beaten down
I am holding tightly
By a single thread
I am only trusting

As I reap the whirlwind
Staring at my sin
In the darkened hallway
I am wandering blind

In the harsh betrayal
As my love grows cold
As my love grows cold

I am holding tightly
By a single thread
I can see no further
I can only trust
I am only dust
I am only trusting

PRAYING HARD
Turning off the light upon the west
Raise another toast among the rest
And time will tell
We'll wait and see, wait and see
Years go by and take what they want
Leaving me with what I really needed all along
Days arrive; there's nowhere to hide
I'm catching on to how the rival never sleeps
(I can tell by the hours they keep)

Praying hard

Lost some precious coins along the way
Words that never saw the light of day
Oh tears of time
You live in me, live in me
Years go by and take what they want
Leaving me with what I really needed all along
And it's no time to be alone
Drifting carelessly toward endless sleep
(And I think I can feel the fire beneath the street)
Years go by and take what they want
Leaving me with what I really needed all along
Sometimes it hurts my eyes to see
And then again, the path of suffering is always bittersweet
('Cause there's a light unto my feet)

Praying hard

SOON
Hands of wisdom
How they tremble
Drink from the sweet cup
It's bitter still
All this heartache
Poison water
A little bit longer
A little bit more

Soon
Clouds appear and lights go dim
All will pass
Home at last

Close up all the doors
Bring the music low
Break the silver cord
Turning back to dust

Soon
Clouds appear and lights go dim
All will pass
Home at last
Night is falling
For this stranger
Sparks fly upward
Then disappear

Soon
Clouds appear and lights go dim
All will pass
Home at last

WAR OF ROSES
Even now, as the red sun
Even as the stars
Even though, everyone's gone
When I saw, I saw them
Canon fire filled sky
The roaring noise, as I ran
Through fields of flowers
On the TV, back home
They'll talk about the things they've seen
But I never knew, it was a war of roses

War of roses

No anger, no pain
Just lay me down in a flower bed
I'll close my eyes, and I'll bow my head
And they'll never know, back home
A war of roses, where no one dies
A camera and a pretty picture
Flowers, war flowers
As they're lying all around
When I knew I knew for certain
Takes a lifetime in a flash
The thorns are there, and I pick a flower
War of roses

DREAM
By my side, but turned away
You left long ago
A loving smile that can't betray
A disappointed heart
And when she cries it brings to mind
All the ways I fail
How useless are my hurtful ways
How selfishly I failed to live the dream
Close your eyes
And rest your head in the silence and the dark
Who can hurt you now?
In the arms of the one you love

If I offer all I have
Can it be enough?
Governed by this helplessness
And these empty hands
And when she cries before the light
No one there to see
The weary heart returns again
To the sanctuary of the dream

Close your eyes
And rest your head in the silence and the dark
Who can hurt you now?
In the arms of the one you love

KNOWING GOD
Come close my son
Heaven is beckoning
And I'm yearning to be found
Where I'm supposed to be
There's a moment's wake
It changes everything
It's not for me to take
But begin a journey of
Knowing God

My heart, my soul
Nothing compares to this
A tortured crimson brow
From blows that were meant for me

There's a moment's wake
It changes everything
It's not for me to take
But begin a journey of
Knowing God