Badflower - Family

 Badflower - Family

 

Taste bitter on the guilty tongue
It's hard to see I'm the chosen one
Fake friends with a camera phone
Ugly, drunk, cold, and missing home

This home of mine
I see it in my dreams
Where everyone looks happy
And everyone still likes me
This home of mine
I miss it all the time

What happened to this family?
What happened to this family?
(Have I let you down?)

Texts, calls, hugs, birthday cards
Being thoughtful can be so hard
First fifteen years I'm the favorite son
Last fifteen years I'm thе hated one


This heart of minе
Gets blacker all the time
Affection makes me nauseous
Believe me, I don't want this
I hurt my blood tonight
I made my sisters cry
I never say, I love you
Even though I want to

I'm just my father's son
My mother's kid
A shitty brother
I'm nobody's friend
This is all my fault
I only make you cry
I don't deserve this family
(You're better off without me)

'Cause I let you down
And I lost my f---ing mind
Then everything got messy
And everyone got angry

I cursed my blood tonight
It happens all the time
Is everyone against me?
Has everyone g--damned me?

What happened to this family?
What happened to this family?
What happened to this family?
What happened to this family?

Don't hate me
Don't hate me
Don't let me drown

I hate goodbyes
So cringey, I could die
We only say, I love you
'Cause that's what we're supposed to
And most families lie

But I meant it every time
Then treat you like you're worthless
I never said I'm perfect 

Echosmith - Goodbye

 Echosmith - Goodbye

Try not to let the burn become a scar
What's left of me is only broken parts
You take the pretty and color it dark
My only grievance is a broken heart
When you finally find yourself
Tell him I said, tell him I said
When you finally find yourself
Tell him I said, tell him I said
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
You're riding paper airplanes
Can't see the string
You cover up the poison, with poetry
You traded roses and left me sorry
My only grievance is a broken dream
When you finally find yourself
Tell him I said, tell him I said
When you finally find yourself
Tell him I said, tell him I said
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
Oh-oh-oh
Tell him I said, tell him I said, oh-oh-oh
Tell him I said, tell him I said, oh-oh-oh
Tell him I said, tell him I said, oh-oh-oh
Tell him I said, tell him I said
When you finally find yourself (find yourself)
Tell him I said, tell him I said
When you finally find yourself
Tell him I said, tell him I said
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"
"Goodbye"

Second Timothy

    Chapter One

1    PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life
      which is in Christ Jesus,

2    To Timothy, my dearly beloved son:  Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father
      and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3    I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without
      ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

4    Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

5    When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in
      thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

6    Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee
      by the putting on of my hands.

7    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

8    Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner:
      but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

9    Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, 
      but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus
      before the world began,

10    But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath 
        abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

11    Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12    For the which cause I also suffer these things:  nevertheless I am not ashamed:  for I
        know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have
        committed unto him against that day.

13    Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love
        which is in Christ Jesus.

14    That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which 
        dwelleth in us.

15    This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are
        Phygellus and Hermogenes.

16    The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was
        not ashamed of my chain:

17    But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

18    The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day:  and in how
        many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.


    Chapter Two

1    THOU therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2    And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit
      thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

3    Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

4    No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please
      him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

5    And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

6    The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

7    Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

8    Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according
      to my gospel:

9    Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

10    Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the 
        salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11    It is a faithful saying:  For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

12    If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:  if we deny him, he also will deny us:

13    If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful:  he cannot deny himself.

14    Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that
        they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

15    Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
        be ashamed; rightly dividing the word of truth.

16    But shun profane and vain babblings:  for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

17    And their word will eat as doth a canker:  of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

18    Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already;
        and overthrow the faith of some.

19    Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth
        them that are his.  And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

20    But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but of wood and of earth;
        and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

21    If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified,
        and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

22    Flee also youthful lusts:  but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call
        on the Lord out of a pure heart.

23    But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

24    And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gently unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

25    In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give
        them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26    And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive
        by him at his will.

    Chapter Three

1    THIS know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2    For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
      disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3    Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers
      of those that are good,

4    Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5    Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof:  from such turn away.

6    For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden
      sins, led away with divers lusts,

7    Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

8    Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth:
      men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

9    But they shall proceed no further:  for their folly shall be manifest unto all men,
      as theirs also was.

10    But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering,
        charity, patience,

11    Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra;
        what persecutions I endured:  but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

12    Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

13    But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

14    But continue thou in the things which thou has learned and hast been assured of,
        knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

15    And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee
        wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16    All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof,
        for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17    That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.


    Chapter Four

1    I CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
      quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2    Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with
      all longsuffering and doctrine.

3    For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their
      own lusts shall heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4    And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

5    But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make
      full proof of thy ministry.

6    For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

7    I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

8    Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the 
      righteous judge, shall give me at that day:  and not to me only, but to all them also
      that love his appearing.

9    Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

10    For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto
        Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

11    Only Luke is with me.  Take Mark, and bring him with thee:  for he is profitable to me
        for the ministry.

12    And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.

13    The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books,
        but especially the parchments.

14    Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil:  the Lord reward him according to his works:

15    Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

16    At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me:  I pray God that it
        may not be laid to their charge.

17    Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching
        might be fully known, and that all the gentiles might hear:  and I was delivered out of the 
        mouth of the lion.

18    And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly 
        kingdom:  to whom be glory for ever and ever.  Amen.

19    Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

20    Erastus abode at Corinth:  but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

21    Do thy diligence to come before winter.  Eubulus greeteth thee and Pudens, and Linus,
        and Claudia, and all the brethren.

22    The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit.  Grace be with you.  Amen.

        Second Timothy - KJV

Genesis 50:20

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass,

as it is this day, to save much people alive.

 Genesis 50:20 - KJV 

M83 - Wait

 

 M83 - Wait

Set your dreams where nobody hides
Give your tears to the tide
No time
No time

There's no end, there is no goodbye
Disappear with night
No time
No time
No time
No time
No time

Alice in Chains - No Excuses

 Alice in Chains - No Excuses 

It's alright
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold

Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know

It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too

Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
 

Yeah, it's fine
We'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold
Trade for warm sunshine
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway

Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know

Nothing More - Here's To The Heartache (Piano Version)

What if I told you life was built to break?
What if I warned you, you can't outrun your fate?

Would you believe with time comes grace?
In perfect light, in perfect place
Every dream was mine to lose
And that's what it took to lead me to you

So here's to the heartache
Here's to the mistakes
We'll drink to all the years, the tears
That led to this place
So here's to the heartache

What if I told you that everything fades away?
What if I hold you, but tell you there's just no escape?

Would you believe with time comes grace?
In perfect light, in perfect place
Every dream was mine to lose
And that's what it took to lead me to you

So here's to the heartache
Here's to the mistakes
We'll drink to all the years, the tears
That led to this place

Here's to the dark days
It's been a long wait
We'll drink to all the years, the tears
That led to this place

I'll suffer, I'll bleed
Lose everything
I'll get my wings
Fall from belief
Fall to my knees
And you will see

With time comes grace

First Thessalonians Chapter 5

1    BUT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

2    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them,
      as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

4    But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

5    Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day:  we are not of the night, 
      nor darkness.

6    Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

7    For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

8    But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love;
      and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

9    For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

10    Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

11    Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

12    And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you,
        and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

13    And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.  And be at peace among yourselves.

14    Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the
        weak, be patient toward all men,

15    See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good,
        both among yourselves, and to all men.

16    Rejoice evermore.

17    Pray without ceasing.

18    In every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

19    Quench not the Spirit.

20    Despise not prophesyings.

21    Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

22    Abstain from all appearance of evil.

23    And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit
        and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

24    Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

25    Brethren, pray for us.

26    Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.

27    I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

28    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  Amen.

        First Thessalonians Chapter 5 - KJV

Dead Come Alive - An Animation (Feat. Tyler Joseph)

  Dead Come Alive - An Animation (Feat. Tyler Joseph) 

I felt alone in the world on my own then You came to me
Hope flowing through my veins
I was lost in the black so far gone
Then You drank my shame letting sin flow through Your veins
 
Lord You are good oh God You're so good
Lord You are good oh God You're so good
 
You were there from the start before it all
Still You left Your throne love lowered down in the flesh
Born to serve born to heal and to lay your life
You're the final offering cause up from the grave You rose
 
Oh the miracle You're the miracle
That makes the dead come alive
 
Let me take a little second to tell you as we see a prophecy that came true
You see we need to believe that he literally bled through
the clothes on his back his sweat the day was just like crimson rain
crimson stains tide bounty and the devil can't wash these stains away

Who's he you ask he's a friend of me
cause my inability he was sent from me
I hear birds and trees they're all telling me
it's a good thing he won Gethsemane
cause this enemy is to much for me
and this flesh and world is triple teaming me
it seems to be the very end I scream please oh please pass this cup from me!

The thing is it did pass
and it passes every day
he took my cup from me and gracefully he drank the grave
and I don't mean to speak blasphemy when I say
but I am speaking of the day when my God passed away, Okay?

no wait wait wait no that's not it no that's not all
I don't wanna leave you hanging
this stories banging 
against my throat and against these walls
It cant be contained no it wont stay in here it will thrive
cause stories just don't die when the dead come alive

Oh the miracle You're the miracle
That makes the dead come alive

 

Shinedown - Devour

 

Take it and take it and take it and take it and take it all
Take it and take it and take it until you take us all
Smash it and crash it and thrash it and trash it, they're only toys
Try it, you'll like it, don't hide it, don't fight it, just let it out
Steal it and shoot it and kill it, or take another route
Take it and take it and take it, you know they're only toys
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
You want it, you want it, you want it, you want it? Well, here it is
Everything, everything, everything isn't so primitive
Take it and take it and take it and take it and take it all
Nobody, nobody wants to feel like this
Nobody, nobody wants to live like this
Nobody, nobody wants a war like this
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
What a way to go!
Diving down
'Round and 'round
Diving down
'Round and 'round
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
Devour, devour
Suffocate your own empire
Devour, devour
It's your final hour
Devour, devour
Stolen like a foreign soul
Devour, devour
What a way to go!
What a way to go!

Imagine Dragons - Nothing Left To Say

 Imagine Dragons - Nothing Left To Say

 

Who knows how long?
I've been awake now
The shadows on my wall don't sleep,
They keep calling me beckoning,

Who knows wha'ts right?
The lies keep getting thinner 
My age has never made me wise 
But i keep pushing on and on and on and on

(2x)
There's nothing left to say now oh oh
There's nothing left to say now oh oh
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now 
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now

Below my soul 
I'm feeling' injured 
Collapsing as it sees the pain
If i could only shut it out 
I've come too far to see the ends now, even if my way is wrong
But i keep pushing on and on and on and on 

(2x)
There's nothing left to say now oh oh
There's nothing left to say now oh oh
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now

I keep falling', i keep falling down 
I keep falling', i keep falling down
I keep falling', i keep falling down
I keep falling', i keep falling down

If you could only save me 
I'm drowning in the waters of myself

There's nothing left to say now oh oh
There's nothing left to say now oh oh
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now

There's nothing left to say now oh oh
There's nothing left to say now oh oh
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now
I'm giving up, giving up he he, giving up now 


Uh uh uh uh...

Olivia Rodrigo - Can’t Catch Me Now (from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)

 Olivia Rodrigo - Can’t Catch Me Now (from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)

 

There's blood on the side of the mountain
There's writing all over the wall
Shadows of us are still dancing
In every room and every hall

There's snow falling over the city
You thought that it would wash away
The bitter taste of my fury
And all of the messes you made
Yeah, you think that you got away

But I'm in the trees, I'm in the breeze
My footsteps on the ground
You'll see my face in every place
But you can't catch me now
Through wading grass, the months will pass
You'll feel it all around
I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere
But you can't catch me now
No, you can't catch me now
Bet you thought I'd never do it
Thought it'd go over my head
I bet you figured I'd pass with the winter
Be something easy to forget
Oh, you think I'm gone 'cause I left

But I'm in the trees, I'm in the breeze
My footsteps on the ground
You'll see my face in every place
But you can't catch me now
Through wading grass, the months will pass
You'll feel it all around
I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere
But you can't catch me now
No, you can't catch me now

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

You, you can't, you can't catch me now
I'm coming like a storm into your town
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm higher than the hopes that you brought down
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm coming like a storm into your town
You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm higher than the hopes that you brought down

You can't, you can't catch me now
I'm coming like a storm into your town
You can't, you can't catch me now
You can't, you can't, you can't

There's blood on the side of the mountain
It's turning a new shade of red
Yeah, sometimes the fire you founded
Don't burn the way you'd expect
Yeah, you thought that this was the end

Isaiah Chapter 62

1    FOR Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,
    until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof
    as a lamp that burneth.

2    And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory:  and thou
    shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

3    Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem
    in the hand of thy God.

4    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be
    termed Desolate:  but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: 
    for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

5    For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee:  and as 
    the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

6    I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold
    their peace day nor night; ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

7    And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8    The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely
    I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies:  and the sons of the
    stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

9    But thy that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have
    brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10    Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up,
    cast up, the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

11    Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter
    of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work
    before him.

12    And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD:  and thou
    shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

    Isaiah Chapter 62 - KJV

The Paradox - Get the Message

 The Paradox - Get the Message



OH OH!
OH OH!

OH OH
OH OH


She hates when I listen to Blink
When I skate on the side of the street
She wants to change up everything about me
Her car costs more than my crib
Her dad that dude is a dick
And I don't want to ever be someone like him

Don't matter what I do I'll never be like you
Happy or insecure which one would you prefer?

No matter what you say I'm gonna live my way
No room for second guessing 
I hope you get the message


OH OH!
OH OH!

OH OH
OH OH

I hope you get the message

I work a 9-5 every day
And you lie about the $$$$ you make
And I know it doesn't matter cause you'll never change
You're always crashing out on the phone
And I think maybe I'm better alone
Cause we still can't seem to figure it out it's a shame.
Always searching for something
I've said I've always been right here...

Don't matter what I do I'll never be like you
Happy or insecure which one would you prefer?

No matter what you say I'm gonna live my way
No room for second guessing 
I hope you get the message


OH OH!
OH OH!

OH OH
OH OH

I hope you get the message

Don't matter what  I do I'll never be like you
Happy or insecure which one would you prefer?

No matter what you say I'm gonna live my way
No room for second guessing 
I hope you get the message

(OH OH!
OH OH!

OH OH
OH OH)

You don't own me
You don't know me
You're a loser 
You don't even gotta show me
I'm addicted
I'm a dick head

I hope you get the message

The Broken View - Something Better - Acoustic

 The Broken View - Something Better - Acoustic

 In all this desperation I fear there's nothing I could say
To win this fight
Cause you hesitate much more than I could ever estimate
And that's alright
Cause I'm not insane, I'm only a fool for you
But I couldn't stay away, yeah even if I wanted to
So what am I supposed to do
You don't have to be the one to lose
You don't have to be the one to tell a lie
You don't have to be the one to choose
You don't have to be the one to say goodbye
And I don't have to be the one to take all this
Time you've wasted being dishonest
But I will not be the one who never got the chance to change your mind
Again I'm all alone and left without a reason
To hope you learn, to watch you turn a blind eye to a feeling
So this is the only chance that you'll get to see this through
My eyes before I believe in something better than you
I'm all out of life, babe
It's all gone sideways
Tell me, how can I keep this a secret
When you couldn't either
It's funny how we ended up here
So fucked up and full of fear
You don't have to be the one to lose
You don't have to be the one to tell a lie
You don't have to be the one to choose
You don't have to be the one to say goodbye
And I don't have to be the one to take all this
Time you've wasted being dishonest
But I will not be the one who never got the chance to change your mind
Again I'm all alone and left without a reason
To hope you learn, to watch you turn a blind eye to a feeling
So this is the only chance that you'll get to see this through
My eyes before I believe in something better than you
Believe in something better than you
Believe in something better than you
Again I'm all alone and left without a reason
To hope you learn, to watch you turn a blind eye to a feeling
So this is the only chance that you'll get to see this through
My eyes before I believe in something better than you
Something better than you, something better than you
Something better than you
Believe in something better than you
Something better than you, something better than you
Something better than you
Believe in something better than you
Something better than you, something better than you
Something better than you
Believe in something better than you

First Thessalonians Chapter 4

1    FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus,
    that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would
    abound more and more.

2    For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

3    For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

4    That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

5    That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter:  because that the Lord is
    the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

7    For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

8    He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto
    us his holy Spirit.

9    But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you:  for ye yourselves
    are taught of God to love one another.

10    And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia:  but we
    beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

11    And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with
    your own hands, as we commanded you;

12    That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have
    lack of nothing.

13    But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep,
    that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in
    Jesus will God bring with him,

15    For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain
    unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16    For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
    archangel, and with the trump of God:  and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17    Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
    in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18    Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

    First Thessalonians Chapter 4 - KJV

Micah 4

1    BUT in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD
    shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills;
    and people shall flow unto it.

2    And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the
    LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we
    will walk in his paths:  for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD 
    from Jerusalem.

3    And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they
    shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:  nations
    shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

4    But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall
    make them afraid:  for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

5    For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name
    of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

6    In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that
    is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;

7    And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation:
    and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.

8    And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall
    it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

9    Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished?
    for pangs have taken thee as a woman is travail.

10    Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail:
    for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou
    shalt go even to Babylon:  there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem
    thee from the hand of thine enemies.

11    Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and 
    let our eye look upon Zion.

12    But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: 
    for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

13    Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion:  for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make
    thy hoofs brass:  and thou shalt beat in pieces many people:  and I will consecrate their
    gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

    Micah 4 - KJV

Young the Giant - The Walk Home

 Young the Giant - The Walk Home 

Is anyone out there listening?
I’ve lost myself
Deep in the algorithm of someone else
And under new conditions
I might find that I was always perfectly alone

Can somebody walk me home?
To pearly gates
The universe becomes a wave
And crashes down
Forever’s not enough
And under new conditions
You are not alone

Is anyone out there listening
I’ve lost myself
But there is a song that echoes like morning bells
And as a distant memory shoots right through me
I am left so perfectly alone

Can somebody walk me home?
To pearly gates
The universe becomes a wave
And crashes down
Forever’s not enough
And under new conditions
We are not alone

And when I get better someday
I’ll see myself in you
The way it’s always been
And under new conditions I might find that
We will always walk each other home

Can somebody walk me home?

 

 

Psalm 146

1    PRAISE ye the LORD.  Praise the LORD, O my soul.

2    While I live will I praise the LORD:  I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

3    Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

4    His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

5    Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

6    Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:  which keepeth truth for ever:

7    Which executeth judgment for the oppressed:  which giveth food to the hungry.
      The LORD looseth the prisoners:

8    The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind:  the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down:
      the LORD loveth the righteous:

9    The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow:  but the
      way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10    The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.
        Praise ye the LORD.

    Psalm 146 - KJV

First Timothy Chapter 6

1    LET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour,
    that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

2    And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren;
    but rather do them service, because they are faithful, and beloved, partakers of the benefit.
    These things teach and exhort.

3    If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our
    Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

4    He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words,
    whereof cometh envy, strife, railing, evil surmising.

5    Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing
    that gain is godliness:  from such withdraw thyself.

6    But godliness with contentment is great gain.

7    For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

8    And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

9    But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish
    and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

10    For the love of money is the root of all evil:  which while some coveted after, 
    they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

11    But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness,
    faith, love, patience, meekness.

12    Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called,
    and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

13    I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ
    Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

14    That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the 
    appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

15    Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King
    of kings, and Lord of lords;

16    Who only hath immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;
    whom no man hath seen, nor can see:  to whom be honour and power everlasting.  
    Amen.

17    Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in
    uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

18    That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

19    Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, 
    that they may lay hold on eternal life.

20    O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings,
    and oppositions of science falsely so called:

21    Which some professing have erred concerning the faith.  Grace be with thee.  Amen.

    First Timothy chapter 6 - KJV

Psalm 72

1    GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

2    He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

3    The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and thy little hills, by righteousness.

4    He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy,
       and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

5    They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

6    He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:  as showers that water the earth.

7    In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

8    He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

9    They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

10    The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents:  the kings of Sheba and Seba 
       shall offer gifts.

11    Yea, all kings shall fall down before him:  all nations shall serve him.

12    For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

13    He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

14    He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence:  and precious shall their blood be
        in his sight.

15    And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:  prayer also shall be made
        for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

16    There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon th top of the mountains; the fruit
        thereof shall shake like Lebanon:  and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

17    His name shall endure for ever:  his name shall be continued as long as the sun:  
        and men shall be blessed in him:  all nations shall call him blessed.

18    Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wonderous things.

19    And blessed be his glorious name for ever:  and let the whole earth be filled with his glory;
        Amen, and Amen.

20    The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

        Psalm 72 - KJV

Titus

1    PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect,
    and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

2    In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

3    But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto
    me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

4    To Titus, mine own son after the common faith:  Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the
    Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

5    For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting,
    and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

6    If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

7    For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry,
    not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

8    But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

9    Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine
    both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

10    For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

11    Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which
    they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

12    One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars,
    evil beasts, slow bellies.

13    This witness is true.  Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

14    Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

15    Unto the pure all things are pure:  but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is
    nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

16    They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable,
    and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.


    Chapter Two

1    BUT speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

2    That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

3    The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers,
    not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

4    That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

5    To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word
    of God be not blasphemed.

6    Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

7    In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works:  in doctrine shewing uncorruptness,
    gravity, sincerity,

8    Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be
    ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

9    Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all
    things; not answering again;

10    Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God
    our Saviour in all things.

11    For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

12    Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
    righteously, and godly, in this present world;

13    Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God
    and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
    
14    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto 
    himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

15    These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.  Let no man despise thee.


    Chapter Three

1    PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates,
    to be ready to every good work,

2    To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

3    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts,
    and pleasure, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

4    But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

5    Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved
    us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

6    Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

7    That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

8    This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which 
    have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.  These things are good and
    profitable unto men.

9    But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the
    law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

10    A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

11    Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

12    When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me
    to Nicopolis; for I have determined there to winter.

13    Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting
    unto them.

14    And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

15    All that are with me salute thee.  Greet them that love us in the faith.  Grace be with you all.  Amen.

    Titus - KJV

Habakkuk

Chapter One

1    THE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

2    O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of
    violence, and thou wilt not save!

3    Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and
    violence are before me:  and there are that raise up strife and contention.

4    Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:  for the wicked doth 
    compass about the righteous; therefore wrong  judgment proceedeth.

5    Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously:  for I will work
    a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

6    For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march
    through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.

7    They are terrible and dreadful:  their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of 
    themselves.

8    Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening
    wolves:  and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come
    from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

9    They shall come all for violence:  their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they
    shall gather the captivity as the sand.

10    And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they
    shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

11    Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his
    power unto his god.

12    Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die.
    O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast
    established them for correction.

13    Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:  wherefore
    lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the
    wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

14    And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

15    They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag:  
    Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

16    Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by
    them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

17    Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?


    Chapter Two

1    I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will
    say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

2    And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables,
    that he may run that readeth it.

3    For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie:  though
    it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

4    Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him:  but the just shall live by his faith.

5    Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home,
    who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth
    unto him all nations and heapeth unto him all people:

6    Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him,
    and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth
    himself with thick clay!

7    Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, 
    and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

8    Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee;
    because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell
    therein.

9    Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on 
    high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

10    Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned 
    against thy soul.

11    For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

12    Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

13    Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, 
    and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

14    For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the 
    waters cover the sea.

15    Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him,
    and maketh him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

16    Thou art filled with shame for glory:  drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered:
    the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing
    shall be on thy glory.

17    For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid,
    because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

18    What profiteth the graven image that the maker therof hath graven it;    the molten image,
    and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

19    Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach!
    Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

20    But the LORD is in his holy temple:  let all the earth keep silence before him.

    Chapter Three

1    A PRAYER of Habbakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

2    O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid:  O LORD, revive thy work in the midst
    of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

3    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran.  Selah.  His glory covered
    the heaven, and the earth was full of his praise.

4    And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand:  and there
    was the hiding of his power.

5    Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

6    He stood, and measured the earth:  he beheld, and drove asunder the nations;
    and everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow:  his ways
    are everlasting.

7    I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction:  and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8    Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy
    wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

9    Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word.
    Selah.  Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

10    The mountains saw thee, and they trembled:  the overflowing of the water passed by:
    the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

11    The sun and moon stood still in their habitation:  at the light of thine arrows they went,
    and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

12    Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

13    Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed;
    thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation
    unto the neck.  Selah.

14    Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages:  they came out as a
    whirlwind to scatter me:  their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

15    Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

16    When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice:  rottenness entered
    into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble:
    when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.  

17    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour
    of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from
    the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

18    Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

19    The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he
    will make me to walk upon mine high places.    To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

    Habukkuk - KJV

Nahum chapter 3

1    WOE to the bloody city!  it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

2    The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing
    of horses, and of the jumping chariots.

3    The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear:  and there
    is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of
    their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

4    Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favoured harlot, the mistress
    of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through
    her witchcrafts.

5    Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts
    upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

6    And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a
    gazingstock.

7    And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, 
    and say, Nineveh is laid waste:  who will bemoan her?  whence shall I seek comforters
    for thee?

8    Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the
    waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

9    Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.

10    Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity:  her young children also were dashed
    in pieces a the top of all the streets:  and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all
    her great men were bound in chains.

11    Thou also shalt be drunken:  thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because
    of the enemy.

12    All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs:  if they be shaken, they
    shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

13    Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women:  the gates of thy land shall be set
    wide open unto thine enemies:  the fire shall devour thy bars.

14    Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds:  go into clay, and tread the morter, 
    make strong the brickkiln.

15    There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like
    the cankerworm:  make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

16    Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven:  the cankerworm spoileth,
    and fleeth away.

17    Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp
    in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place
    is not known where they are.

18    Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria:  thy nobles shall dwell in the dust:  thy people
    is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

19    There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous:  all that hear the bruit of thee
    shall clap the hands over thee:  for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

    Nahum chapter 3 - KJV

Bad Omens - Dying to Love

Bad Omens - Dying to Love 

 

Driving home with nowhere to be
Passing ghosts that tire of sleep
Blurry faces staring at me
They’re staring but they don’t see a thing

I’ve been dying to love, dying to love, dying to love
One more second’s enough, second to love, second to love

Stepping stones that bloody your feet
Sirens holding flowers of teeth
They call your name from ivory streets
But heaven isn’t quite what it seems

I’ve been dying to love, dying to love, dying to love
One more second’s enough, second to love, second to love

They circle over the stain, my essence slipping away
Waiting their turn for a taste

So tell me how does it taste?
And was it all worth the wait? So was it worth what it takes?

Acts chapter 17

1    NOW when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, 
    where was a synagogue of the Jews:

2    And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned
    with them out of the scriptures,

3    Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead;
    and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

4    And some of them believed and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks
    a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

5    But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows 
    of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted
    the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

6    And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers
    of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

7    Whom Jason hath received:  and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar,
    saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

8    And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

9    And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.

10    And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: 
    who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

11    These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
    readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

12    Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks,
    and men, not a few.

13    But when the Jews of Thesslonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached
    of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.

14    And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea:
    but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

15    And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens:  and receiving a commandment
    unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

16    Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the 
    city wholly given to idolatry.

17    Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons,
    and in the market daily with them that met with him.

18    Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him.
    And some said, What will the babbler say?  other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of
    strange gods:  because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

19    And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new
    doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?

20    For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears:  we would know therefore what
    these things mean.

21    (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else,
    but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

22    Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in
    all things ye are too superstitious.

23    For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,
    TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.  Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

24    God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is LORD of heaven and
    earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

25    Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he 
    giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

26    And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth,
    and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

27    That they should seek the LORD, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, 
    though he be not far from every one of us:

28    For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets
    have said, For we are also his offspring.

29    Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead
    is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

30    And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
    every where to repent;

31    Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness
    by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men,
    in that he hath raised him from the dead.

32    And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked:  and others said,
    We will hear thee again of this matter.

33    So Paul departed from among them.

34    Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed:  among the which was Dionysius
    the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

    Acts chapter 17 - KJV

Galatians chapter 5

1    STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free,
    and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

2    Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised Christ shall profit you nothing.

3    For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

4    Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are
    fallen from grace.

5    For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

6    For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision;
    but faith which worketh by love.

7    Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

8    This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

9    A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

10    I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: 
    but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

11    And I , brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?
    then is the offence of the cross ceased.

12    I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

13    For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion
    to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

14    For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

15    But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

16    This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

17    For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are
    contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

18    But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
    uncleanness, lasciviousness, 

20    Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

21    Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:  of the which I tell you
    before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not
    inherit the kingdom of God.

22    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23    Meekness, temperance:  against such there is no law.

24    And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

25    If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

26    Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

    Galatians chapter 5 - KJV

Second Thessalonians

    Chapter one

1    PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God
    our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2    Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3    We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that
    your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each
    other aboundeth;

4    So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith
    in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure.

5    Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted
    worth of the kingdom of God for which ye also suffer:

6    Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

7    And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
    from heaven with his mighty angels,

8    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel
    of our Lord Jesus Christ:

9    Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord,
    and from the glory of his power;

10    When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all them that
    believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

11    Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this
    calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

12    That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according
    to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Chapter two

1    NOW we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our
    gathering together unto him,

2    That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
    nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

3    Let no man deceive you by any means:  for that day shall not come, except there come
    a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4    Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped;
    so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

5    Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6    And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

7    For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:  only he who now letteth will let,
    until he be taken out of the way.

8    And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the
    spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

9    Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and 
    signs and lying wonders,

10    And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because
    they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11    That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure
    in unrighteousness.

13    But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
    because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification
    of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

14    Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15    Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, 
    whether by word, or our epistle.

16    Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us,
    and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

17    Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.


    Chapter three

1    FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, 
    and be glorified, even as it is with you:

2    And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men:
    for all men have not faith.

3    But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

4    And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do
    the things which we command you.

5    And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting 
    for Christ.

6    Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
    withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after
    the tradition which he received of us,

7    For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves
    disorderly among you;

8    Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and
    travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

9    Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you
    to follow us.

10    For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would
    not work, neither should he eat.

11    For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all,
    but are busybodies.

12    Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
    with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

13    But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

14    And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no
    company with him, that he may be ashamed.

15    Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

16    Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means.  The Lord
    be with you all.

17    The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle:
    so I write.

18    The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen.  

 

    Second Thessalonians - KJV 

Romans chapter 12

1    I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies
    a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2    And be not conformed to this world:  but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
    that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

3    For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think
    of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God
    hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

4    For as we have many members in one body and all members have not the same office:

5    So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

6    Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether 
    prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

7    Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:  or he that teacheth, on teaching;

8    Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:  he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity;
    he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

9    Let love be without dissimulation.  Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

10    Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

11    Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

12    Rejoicing in hope:  patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

13    Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

14    Bless them which persecute you:  bless, and curse not.

15    Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

16    Be of the same mind one toward another.  Mind not high things, but condescend to men
    of low estate.  Be not wise in your own conceits.

17    Recompense to no man evil for evil.  Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

18    If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

19    Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath:  for it is
    written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

20    Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:  for in so 
    doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

21    Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

    Romans chapter 12 - KJV

Jude

1    JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified
    by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.

2    Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

3    Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was
    needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend
    for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

4    For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this
    condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
    and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

5     I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the 
    Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them
    that believed not.

6    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he
    hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the
    great day.

7    Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving
    themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an
    example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

8    Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak
    evil of dignities.

9    Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the
    body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, 
    The Lord rebuke thee.

10    But those speak evil of those things which they know not:  but what they know
    naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

11    Woe unto them!  for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the
    error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

12    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves
    without fear:  clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit
    withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

13    Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom
    is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

14    And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the
    Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

15    To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them
    of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their 
    hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him,

16    These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth
    speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

17    But, beloved remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our
    Lord Jesus Christ;

18    How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk
    after their own ungodly lusts.

19    These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

20    But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

21    Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto
    eternal life.

22    And of some have compassion, making a difference:

23    And other save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment 
    spotted by the flesh.

24    Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before
    the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

25    To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now
    and ever.  Amen.  
    
    Jude - KJV