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The Unraveling
04:43
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Israel cried patient through her pain
“Let your face shine
and let us be saved.
Tear the heavens wide and stream
Glory to our eyes”
All we claim to know and
All the ways we try to define God are being unraveled
…Are being unraveled
A prophecy, a sign coming to life
Fig trees bloom with life in mid-July
Temple walls will crack and cave
Opening our eyes
All we claim to know and
All the ways we try to define God are being unraveled
…Are being unraveled
Welcome the foreigners
Break down the walls
A child will be born bring hope to us all
All we claim to know and
All the words we write to define God are being unraveled
…Are being unraveled
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A voice, a voice,
A voice calling in the wilderness
“Pave the way
For something new
Rising up around here “
A voice, a voice,
A voice calling in the wilderness
“Lift your voice
Lift it up
There is nothing to fear”
And did you hear that
Righteousness and peace
Are kissing in the shadows of the law?
And out of them
A child will enter in
And level out the ground beneath us all
A voice, a voice,
A voice calling in the wilderness
"Walk away from all your politics
And open your ears"
A shout, an exclamation coming from the wildernesss
"Dead religion never gives life
It only breeds fear"
And Did you hear that
Righteousness and peace
Are kissing in the shadows of the law?
And out of them
A child will enter in
And level out the ground beneath us all
The turning of our hearts and of our minds
Will lead to the evolving of our lives
Among us now
A child will enter in
Baptizing us with Spirit and with life
Rejoice Emmanuel!
Rejoice Emmanuel!
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The Spirit, Eternal, put all this songs inside my bones
To tell you, the broken, captive and lonely
That all your sorrows and tears
Will spill over
And justice will sprout from the ground
I am the Eternal
Trading your ashes for crowns
I give you your freedom:
Life undivided
Let all your wreckage and pain spill on over
So Justice will sprout from the ground
The Spirit, Eternal,
So magnified by my soul,
Saw me, the lowly and lifted my head
So that all your sorrow and tears will spill over
And Justice will sprout from this ground
Justice will sprout from this ground
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Reverse In Power
04:20
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Prepare for an act of God
A turning of the tides that hold you down
Descendent of David’s throne
A warrior, a King who does no wrong
…Who does no wrong
Call it an act of God,
A falling of the powerful and rich
And all of the empires that squash us and that stomp us down
…That stomp us down
Anybody hungry?
Prepare to be fed
Anybody captive?
Break off those chains
Anybody kicked out?
Welcome home
Welcome home
Reverse in power
God in us
Us in God
God in us
Nothing is impossible now
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