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God of the Broken
05:43
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Come as you are, come bring your scars
To the heart of our Savior
And hear Him say, “They’re washed away
Your yesterdays and your failures.”
We’ll rest here in all You’ve done and all You are
You are the God of the broken
You gave Your life for our weak and wounded souls
You died while we were still sinners
We bring our hearts bruised and broken
We give our lives so that You can make us whole
It’s here in our brokenness that we can see Your heart
That You are the God of the broken
He feels our pain, He knows the shame
He’s made a way to restore us
He meets us here in all our fears
He gave His own life for us
We’ll rest here in all You’ve done and all You are
You are the God of the broken
You gave Your life for our weak and wounded souls
You died while we were still sinners
We bring our hearts bruised and broken
We give our lives so that You can make us whole
It’s here in our brokenness that we can see Your heart
That You are the God of the broken
Take this brokenness I have and make it new
I lay my life into Your hands, it’s all for You
Take this brokenness I am and make me new
I lay my life into Your hands, it’s all for You, all for You
You are the God of the broken
You gave Your life for our weak and wounded souls
You died while we were still sinners
We bring our hearts bruised and broken
We give our lives so that You can make us whole
It’s here in our brokenness that we can see Your heart
That You are the God of the broken
Take this brokenness I am and make me new
I lay my life into Your hands, it’s all for You, all for You
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2. |
Wrestling Angels
05:40
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Why am I here? What’s going on?
How could these blessings all have turned out so wrong?
Where are You when I need You the most?
It feels like You took all the Holy and left me with the ghost
So now all that I’m needing is to feel You with me
‘Cause I can get tired believing in the things I can’t see
Faith isn’t always easy
Despite all this time, You find me still here
The place that I swore away from each New Year
And this road that I’m walking, I keep losing my way
‘Cause the straight and the narrow’s laid out more like a maze
So now all that I’m needing
Is to feel You with me
‘Cause I can get tired believing
In the things I can’t see
I’m wrestling angels
For more than a sign
‘Cause I just cannot settle
For a faith with no spine
If You’re not in the valley
Then tell me what’s the use of the mountain top?
And at least if we’re wrestling
I don’t need more proof that You’re and intimate God
It’s not easy, but I wouldn’t want easy
So now all that I’m needing
Is to feel You with me
‘Cause I can get tired believing
In the things I can’t see
I’m wrestling angels
For more than a sign
‘Cause I just cannot settle
For a faith with no spine
Faith isn’t always easy
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3. |
Redemption Song
04:53
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It’s in the dying of the leaves
That autumn’s beauty is most clearly seen
And in the agony of loss
That we most deeply feel the weight of love
It’s from the vilest of all men
That we most clearly see that grace must win
And in the darkest of all nights
That we most desperately need morning light
Eternity is peeking through
Can you hear it calling you?
Can you hear the sound of your redemption
Calling out beyond your situation?
It’s telling you this all will pass away
And you will be enveloped by His
Holy restoration
Where life and death are conquered by salvation
And we will see the glory of the King
Displayed as He’s redeeming everything
All of your brokenness, none of it’s permanent
It all will fade away
So open your eyes to see the things of eternity
It’s a hope that never fails
Can you hear the sound of your redemption
Calling out beyond your situation?
It’s telling you this all will pass away
And you will be enveloped by His
Holy restoration
Where life and death are conquered by salvation
And we will see the glory of the King
Displayed as He’s redeeming everything
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4. |
Here
04:51
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When my heart has run dry and my spirit is empty
And all that I’ve given has left me with nothing left to give
I will come to Your throne and collapse in Your sanctuary
And I will drink from the waters of life that You freely give
Though I am empty, You’re eternally full
Though I am weary, it’s here I find my strength restored
All that I need is here found in this place of fear
And though I am broken I know that You’re near
I’m finding that all You are is what redeems my heart
Father please take every broken piece
And make me more like You, make me new
When my heart has grown cold and I’ve lost the desire
Blow through Your temple consuming the dross with Your holy fire
When I stumble back home into arms drenched in mercy
Give me the grace to remember the death that I know without You
Though I am empty, You’re eternally full
Though I am weary, it’s here I find my strength restored
All that I need is here found in this place of fear
And though I am broken I know that You’re near
I’m finding that all You are is what redeems my heart
Father please take every broken piece
And make me more like You, make me new
My flesh and my heart may fail me
But God is my rock and my portion forever
He’s my refuge
The nearness of God is my good
All that I need is here found in this place of fear
And though I am broken I know that You’re near
I’m finding that all You are is what redeems my heart
Father please take every broken piece
And make me more like You, make me new
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5. |
Hindsight
05:10
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A setting sun, this journey’s done
You've sustained me through it all
My waves of doubt are driven out
And now I’m standing on solid ground
Take my feet and plant them here
From the ocean of my fears
You have led me through the fire
And looking back I’m a little wiser
I would have never made it through if it were not for You
I would have never made it through if it were not for You
But mist rolls in covering
Every time I saw You bring me through
And waves of fear drown my ears
Trying to erode all that I know as truth
Take my heart renew my soul
Please remind me You’re in control
And all my feeble human plans
Crash beneath the solid rock on which I stand
I would have never made it through if it were not for You
I would have never made it through if it were not for You
Show me how frail my heart can be
When I let myself get swept away into this sea
I know it’s only in Your hands
That my heart can ever find the strength to stand
I would never have made it through
I would never have made it through
I would have never made it through if it were not for You
I would have never made it through if it were not for You
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6. |
Phoenix
04:56
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My foot leaves the ground and when I am found
On this soil again I will be a different man
Cause I know it’s a path that I knew couldn’t last
The one thing left to ask is will I come back alive again
I have never faced anything this deep before
I have never needed so much change in me, I’m sure
That this will both destroy and raise me up to life again
So let’s begin
Kill me to raise me
Wound me to heal me
I will feel the sting of death
If it will bring Your living breath
Bring refining fire
Melt my desire
Kill the death that haunts my soul
And let Your Spirit come and make me whole
Won’t You come and make me whole
I’m shaking off the dust from this old heart of rust
Knowing that it must somehow be made flesh again
I’m so desperate to feel just one thing that is real
And finally reveal the wounds that have bled me dry
Kill me to raise me
Wound me to heal me
I will feel the sting of death
If it will bring Your living breath
Bring refining fire
Melt my desire
Kill the death that haunts my soul
And let Your Spirit come and make me whole
Won’t You come and make me whole
I have never faced anything this deep before
I have never needed so much change in me, I’m sure
That this will both destroy and raise me up to life again
So let’s begin
The smell of death has lingered in my heart for far too long
Cause I have let the old man rot when he should have been gone
Set a bonfire, burning high
And let the ashes fertilize my heart
That this death might be the start of life in me
Kill me to raise me
Wound me to heal me
I will feel the sting of death
If it will bring Your living breath
Bring refining fire
Melt my desire
Kill the death that haunts my soul
And let Your Spirit come and make me whole
Won’t You come and make me whole
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7. |
Leaving ...
04:44
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I’m leaving the old for the new
I’m leaving the tried for the true
I’m leaving the law for the grace
I’m leaving the image for the face
I’m leaving the behavior for the fruit
I’m leaving the branches for the root
I’m leaving these shackles in this cave
And leaving as a brother, not a slave
I’m leaving
And jumping this train off of these tracks
I’m leaving
I’m running full-steam not looking back
I’m leaving
I’m living in the freedom, taking You at Your living words of life
Tonight it’s more than simply being right
I’m leaving the sacred and the crass
I’m leaving the elephant and ass
I’m leaving the doctrine and the state
I’m leaving the judgment and debate
I’m leaving abuse done in ‘The Name’
I’m leaving the guilt that feeds the game
I’m leaving this Christianity
For the Jesus who sets the captives free
I’m leaving
And jumping this train off of these tracks
I’m leaving
I’m running full-steam not looking back
I’m leaving
I’m living in the freedom, taking You at Your living words of life
Tonight it’s more than simply being right
And I’m heading for what matters more
Than all this baggage that I'm flinging overboard
I’m finding life through these new eyes
And freedom where the Spirit of the Lord resides
I’m heading for the Sunrise
I’m heading for the Sunrise
I'm leaving the death for the life
I'm leaving the harlot for the wife
I'm leaving the system for the art
I'm leaving religion for the heart
I’m leaving
And jumping this train off of these tracks
I’m leaving
I’m running full-steam not looking back
I’m leaving
I’m living in the freedom, taking You at Your living words of life
Tonight it’s more than simply being right
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8. |
Window Pain
05:21
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I see your pain
Deep crimson that looks darker than pitch black
You wear your shame
A burden that weighs heavy on your back
Ground down
And burned up
It is making you what you are
Your dreams shattered
There’s only one shard left of all you were
You’ve been cut down
Now feeling so much smaller and unsure
New day
Old tale
It is making you what you are
Let My light shine through
Let My light shine through
It’s then that you are most beautifully you
You just see stain
I see the glass that’s hiding underneath
Let’s make this pain
A window to the very heart of Me
Small piece
Large scene
I’m making you what you are
Let My light shine through
Let My light shine through
It’s then that you are most beautifully you
Please understand this glass in my hands
Is one tiny facet of all I have planned
And each broken shard in this work of art
Will show off my heart to you here
A masterpiece from your tears
Let My light shine through
Let My light shine through
It’s then that you are most beautifully you
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9. |
Healed
04:14
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It’s hard to find the right words to express the way I feel
How can God be called a healer, when He chooses not to heal
And the questions tend to linger in the recess of my heart
How can I begin to reconcile the sovereignty of God
But You remind me that my eyes can only see the smallest part
And that the glorious sunrise can only come after the dark
We will see a day when all our suffering will be redeemed
Where finite faith will be replace by sight
Where Your glory is revealed
In each relationship restored and every sickness finally healed
My faith can be quite fragile through the heartache and the pain
So keep sending me Your rainbows to remind me once again
That although this life is broken and the earth is stained with sin
You will bring a resurrection to a life that never ends
So now for those of us who dwell between redemption and the pain
Would You heal our broken hearts with the hope found in Your name
We will see a day when all our suffering will be redeemed
Where finite faith will be replace by sight
Where Your glory is revealed
In each relationship restored and every sickness finally healed
And even though they’re scarred, He still holds the world in His hands
So that those with broken hearts have someone who understands
The pain of separation but the joy of resurrection
We will see a day when all our suffering will be redeemed
Where finite faith will be replace by sight
Where Your glory is revealed
In each relationship restored and every sickness finally healed
'Cause there Your glory is revealed
In each relationship restored and every sickness finally healed
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10. |
Atonement
04:38
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I have felt the heavy weight
Of the arm of God restrained by grace
And every step that I would take
I took great care to play it safe
And deeper down I drove my sin
In hopes that it would be hidden
And never come to light
To earn the wrath of all God’s might
But sin is like a cup filled up
With water thick and real as blood
The more I drive it underneath
The more it overflows in me
And as I cower in the dark
The match of grace strikes up a spark
To illuminate the truth D
I’m still in need of this Good News
Upon the cross the punishment for each and every sin
Was poured out on the body of the pure and spotless Lamb
Now there’s not a single ounce of judgment left
For Christ has settled the score
Hallelujah, God isn’t angry any more
I kept my distance from this God
Who’s disappointment trumped His love
But from far off I misread His face
It was exhaustion not disgrace
For every death each sin deserved
He ravaged on His Son, The Word
Until the point that He
Had no more justice left for me
Upon the cross the punishment for each and every sin
Was poured out on the body of the pure and spotless Lamb
Now there’s not a single ounce of judgment left
For Christ has settled the score
Hallelujah, God isn’t angry any more
I boldly now approach His throne
By grace and blood that did atone
And let myself be held in arms
That comfort rather than alarm
And in the warmth of His embrace
I’m overwhelmed by awesome grace
And know nothing I do
Could ever change this love, this grace, this truth
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11. |
Not Home
04:23
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An autumn sunset stirs a longing in my soul
Breathtaking beauty in a world so tired and old
And deep inside I know that I was made for so much more
Than all that this world affords
My heart’s where my home is, Lord
And I’m not at home at all, so don’t you try to say
That my heart shouldn’t long for what’s beyond today
And I’m not at home at all
Don’t let me ever think this life is home
‘Cause I’m not home
And pain has torn my heart and left it there for dead
The loss and deep frustration with a heart that just won’t mend
And all this time I’m crying out You show me once again
That I wasn’t made for this
And you don’t want me to miss
That I’m not at home at all, so don’t you try to say
That my heart shouldn’t long for what’s beyond today
And I’m not at home at all
Don’t let me ever think this life is home
‘Cause I’m not home
Beauty shows me that I’m meant to live for so much more
The agony of pain reveals it’s not what I’m made for
‘Cause I’ve been made a citizen of heaven by You, Lord
And all You’re trying to do is keep me running back for more
‘Cause I’m not at home at all, and that’s my hope in pain
Lord, let me always long for what’s beyond today
This isn’t home at all, I long for then ‘cause now this isn’t home
No, I’m not home …
I’m not at home at all, so don’t you try to say
That my heart shouldn’t long for what’s beyond today
And I’m not at home at all
Don’t let me ever think this life is home
‘Cause I’m not home
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12. |
Unfinished
07:07
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It’s all a bit ambiguous, don’t you think
All of these pencil sketches all etched over me
I once was a canvas all clean and pristine
But You found me
I was hoping for fabulous when I gave
You the pencil and paintbrush to mark up this page
But the years roll along and I’m wondering where
You’re going with me
When all that I see is where I am
Show me that You’ve got a plan
All that I long for is beauty
For all that You are to shine out of me
But right now I'm feeling so ugly, I don't think you can
So paint me in shades of forever
And show off Yourself by transforming me
And though I’m unpolished and damaged and tarnished
I find some solace knowing that I’m still unfinished
Now that You’re filling in colors, I don’t know
If I quite like the hues that You use just to show
That Your strength is made perfect when I am broken
Just as I am
Now, I know I’m no artist, but I’m sure
That these brush strokes and dashed hopes must mean something more
Than this forest I can’t even see for my fears
Of what You will bring
When all that I see is where I am
Show me that You’ve got a plan
All that I long for is beauty
For all that You are to shine out of me
But right now I'm feeling so ugly, I don't think you can
So paint me in shades of forever
And show off Yourself by transforming me
And though I’m unpolished and damaged and tarnished
I find some solace knowing that I’m still unfinished
Master, pieces of this broken art
Are lying scattered and afraid
You’ve been spending almost all Your time
Picking up messes I’ve made
So take me and make me
Into something that resembles You
And please remind me once again that You’re not through
All that I long for is beauty
For all that You are to shine out of me
But right now I'm feeling so ugly, I don't think you can
So paint me in shades of forever
And show off Yourself by transforming me
And though I’m unpolished and damaged and tarnished
I find some solace knowing that I’m still unfinished
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