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 these 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 others 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

Polyphia - POWER IN THE BLOOD

Polyphia - POWER IN THE BLOOD 

instrumental 

The Revivalists - Kid (Live From The Capitol Theatre 2022)

The Revivalists - Kid 

 I walked downtown
To get my fortune read
She took one look
And this is what she said

Hey kid
Just sing the songs
That wake the dead then
You keep them ringing in your head, yeah
You gotta get it off your chest
Don’t worry about the mess

I must confess I took a hit
I’m in a bad condition
With all the chatter
Where’s the truth?
I find it hard to listen
They want it loud
They want it now
They want it now
Just get it out
Just get it out
Just give it out

Hey kid
Just sing the songs that wake the dead, then
You get that darkness out your head, yeah
You had it with you from the start
The lightning in your heart

Yeah it’s gonna take me out
Yeah it’s gonna bring me down
But I’m just living for the spirit now

I’m out of luck on the floor
Every siren’s ringing
It’s not the same anymore
I hear them trumpets singing
They want it loud
They want it now
They want it loud
Just get it out
Just get it out
Just get it out

As much as everything changes
Everything stays the same
I’ve been going through phases
Turning the page in my brain
That glow up ahead in the distance
It’s never looking the same
I’m going through changes
Going through phases
Walking through mazes
Wrecking my brain, so

Hey kid
Just sing the songs that wake the dead, then
Just get that darkness out your head, yeah
It’s the blessing and the curse
The dying and the birth

Yeah it’s gonna take me out
Yeah it’s gonna bring me down
But I’m just living for the spirit now
I’m just living for the spirit now
I’m just living for the spirit now

Deee-Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart

 Deee-Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart

 
[Sampled Intro]
(We're going to dance)
(We're going to dance)
(We're going to dance and have some fun)

[Intro: Bootsy Collins]
Dig!

[Verse 1: Lady Miss Kier, Bootsy Collins, Q-Tip]
The chills that you spill up my back keep me filled
With satisfaction when we're done
Satisfaction of what's to come
I couldn't ask for another
No, I couldn't ask for another (You know that's right)
Your groove I do deeply dig
No walls, only the bridge
My supper dish, my succotash wish (Sing it, baby)
I couldn't ask for another (Uh huh, uh huh)
No, I couldn't ask for another

[Chorus: Lady Miss Kier, Bootsy Collins]
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart (Astronomical)
Groove is in the heart
(Hit me!)

[Break: Bootsy Collins]
(Watch out!)

[Verse 2: Lady Miss Kier]
The depth of hula groove
Moves us to the nth hoop
We're gonna groove to Horton Hears a Who-who
I couldn't ask for another
No, I couldn't ask for another
DJ Soul was on a roll
I've been told he can't be sold
He's not vicious or malicious
Just de-lovely and delicious
I couldn't ask for another

[Verse 3: Q-Tip, Bootsy Collins]
Some looks in this torso (Uh, yeah)
Hot, got a deal, you wanna know (wanna know)
Delightful, truly delightful (lightful)
Makin' it, doin' it, 'specially at a show (show)
Feelin' kinda high like a Hendrix haze (haze)
Music makes motion, moves like a maze (maze)
All inside of me, heart especially (side, yeah)
Hilt of the rhythm, where I wanna be (c'mon)
Flowin', glowin' with electric eyes (eyes)
You dip to the dive, baby yo, realize (yeah)
Baby, you see the funky side of me
Baby, you'll see that rhythm is the key (yeah)
Get, get, wit' it, wit' it, can't think, quit it, quit it
Stomp on the stoop when I hear a funk loop (bloop)
Playin' Pied Piper, follow what's true
Baby, just sing about the groove!
(Sing it!)

[Chorus: Lady Miss Kier]
Groove is in the heart (na na na na na)
Groove is in the heart (na na na na na)
Groove is in the heart (na na na na na)
Groove is in the heart

[Break: (Unknown)]
(One, two, three)
(Blulululu!!)

[Ad lib: Q-Tip, Bootsy Collins]
Blow them horns along
(The groove is in your heart)

[Chorus: Lady Miss Kier, Bootsy Collins]
Groove is in the heart (yeah)
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart

[Outro: Spoken]
Hmmmmm
He he he he
C'mon, y'all deep
Y'all are crazy, man

flora cash - The Bells Toll Lovelier at Night

flora cash - The Bells Toll Lovelier at Night 

there’s a place i’ve seen in your eyes
full of anguish, yes, but also lots of light

where the bells toll lovelier at night
and the blackest dark is always rather bright

where the random bits are almost by design
and the overtones are always amplified 

ringing on and on and on
may our love go on and on

i forgot. will you sing for me a line?
from the tune that no one hears until its time 

if you need to retreat from the fight
take my wings, but keep my sword there at your side

take me with you when you long for paradise
and if God won’t let me in, get word to Christ

may the bells ring on, and on
may our love go on and on

go to sleep and i’ll open your eyes
blood to wine, all pain is sweetness in disguise 
when the birds sing more beautifully at night
that’s a warning bell but mostly it’s the sign
that the best things aren’t gold and never shine
and beware the one eyed king leading the blind

may the bells ring on, and on
may our love go on and on

may it all go on and on
may our love go on and on

may our love go on and on
may our love go on and on

First Peter Chapter Four

  1    FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: 
    for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

2    That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

3    For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in 
    lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

4    Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

5    Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

6    For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according
    to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

7    But the end of all things is at hand:  be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

8    And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves;  for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

9    Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

10    As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold 
    grace of God.

11    If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God;  if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability 
    which God giveth:  that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion
    for ever and ever.  Amen.

12    Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing
    happened unto you:

13    But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings;  that, when his glory shall be revealed, 
    ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

14    If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye;  for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you:
    on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

15    But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

16    Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed;  but let him glorify God on this behalf.

17    For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:  and if it first begin at us, what shall the end
    be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

18    And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

19    Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well
    doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

    First Peter Chapter Four - KJV

P.O.D. (Payable On Death) - Listening for the Silence

 P.O.D. - Listening for the Silence

All these strangers
Everywhere is danger, this anger
Has got me hating everyone that I see
And all these faces
I'm so afraid of the state of my mind
Everyone’s looking at me

I can hear the chaos and the fear
(I'm not alone, but no one's here)
So I’m listening for the silence now
Na-na-na, na-na-ow
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na-ow
Na-na-na-na-ow-ow

I swear I can hear it so clear
Even though it's loud inside my head
So I'm silent, silent
My fear is you don't hear what I hear
Can you make the voices disappear?
So I keep listening for the silence
(Listening for the silence)

Teasing, while you're degrading my patience
I'm breaking, scared of all the shadows I see
And could you save me?
Anybody know what they're saying?
Please tell me, I just want them to leave

I can hear the chaos and the fear
(I'm not alone, but no one’s here)
So I’m listening for the silence now
Na-na-na, na-na-ow
Na-na-na, na-na-na-na-ow
Na-na-na-na-ow-ow

I swear I can hear it so clear
Even though it's loud inside my head
So I’m silent, silent
My fear is you don't hear what I hear
Can you make the voices disappear?
So I keep listening for the silence

When these words fail
Then nothing just might make sense
Are you talking to me?
Are you speaking to me?
'Cause when these words fail
Then nothing just might make sense

'Cause when these words fail
Then nothing just might make sense
Are you talking to me?
Are you speaking to me?
’Cause when these words fail
Then nothing just might make sense
And you can say anything
Then nothing just might make sense

I swear I can hear it so clear
Even though it's loud inside my head
So I'm silent, silent
My fear is you don't hear what I hear
Can you make the voices disappear?
So listen, listen

I swear I can hear it so clear
Even though it's loud inside my head
So I'm silent, silent
My fear is you don't hear what I hear
Can you make the voices disappear?
So I keep listening for the silence

P.O.D. - The Awakening -- Live 2-3-16 Corpus Christi, Texas

P.O.D. - The Awakening 

I, I'll take this moment 

to make up my mind and decide
If I want to stay broken
Or leave all these feelings behind
(Leave these things behind)
My, my eyes are open
So I can't deny
Say goodbye to all this commotion
And try and find your way so you can shine
(Find your way to shine)

I'll stand unbroken
My eyes are open
My great awakening
The truth is spoken
My eyes are open
To this great awakening

I, I can feel the changes
It's how I want to be
And now I gotta keep it moving
If I really want to be free
(If I want to be free)
I, still I will follow
Even if there's no one else but me
So let's live like there's no tomorrow
And love like if everyone believed
(If everyone believed)

I'll stand unbroken
My eyes are open
My great awakening
The truth is spoken
My eyes are open
To this great awakening

My eyes are open
And now I can see
Everything before me
I'm right where I should be

I'll stand unbroken
My eyes are open
My great awakening
The truth is spoken
My eyes are open
To this great awakening
I'll stand unbroken
My eyes are open
My great awakening
The truth is spoken
My eyes are open
To this great awakening

P.O.D. - Breaking

P.O.D. - Breaking  

Eyes open in a paralytic dream state. 
Hallucinating off the spirit like I’m freebasing.

I’m in the presence of greatness so it resonates the sound, body and soul. 
Vision illuminates through word and power.

The counterfeits I encounter. 
Your 15 minutes are over. I’m your rush hour.

Time is up and death comes calling. 
See me standing on the edge of the unknown. You’re falling.

Free falling. 
Like a body bag covered in diamonds. 
Diving. 
There’s a bullet in the lining.

I can feel you breaking. Why? I lose control.

You can choose life and success or death and disaster. 
And he who laughs last might’ve figured out the answer.

No one could ever serve two masters so don’t leave perpetual retribution to chances.

Puppets keep dancing, iced out in gold caskets. 
One minute you was hot but now forgotten in your absence.

Body decays while the soul recalls.  
The grass still withers, and the flower falls.

Free falling. 
Like a body bag covered in diamonds. 
Diving. 
There’s a bullet in the lining.

I can feel you breaking. Why? I lose control.

The grass still withers, and the flower falls! 
I can feel you breaking!

P.O.D. - Rockin' With The Best

P.O.D. - Rockin' With The Best 

Let us begin, what where, why or when
I take offense to pussycats hanging in the lion's den
All trends, second-hand versions
A knock-off imitation, my echo in the wind
I remember when, when this music meant something
And these rappers weren't fronting but now they all bluffing
Not about nothing, no resumés and no dues
Nobody heard KRS, he was talking to you
In about four seconds a new teacher is gon' speak
I think we need my philosophy part two and three, so take it from me
All I need is a bassline, feedback from a guitar
I did 'em all with one rhyme

Who rocks the party, that rocks the body?
I rock the party, that rocks the body
You rock the party, that rocks the body
(You're now rockin' with the best)
Who rocks the party, that rocks the body?
I rock the party, that rocks the body
You rock the party, that rocks the body
(You're now rockin' with the best)

As good as it gets from past to present tense
MP3s on iPhones to tapes in cassette decks
From what's hot now to what's next, no special effects
I'm on another level, too memorable to forget
Poetically phonetic, got you open for discussion
My left-minded logic controlling right brain function
Imagination inside me, all in all
Where music and art create three dimensional forms
Not to mention one over four, quarter century or more
We've been rockin' on tour for y'all p-pleasure
So, ah, la—dee—dah-dee, don't mean to be so cocky
But everybody and their mommy know who cold rocks the party

Who rocks the party, that rocks the body?
I rock the party, that rocks the body
You rock the party, that rocks the body
(You're now rockin' with the best)
Who rocks the party, that rocks the body?
I rock the party, that rocks the body
You rock the party, that rocks the body
(You're now rockin' with the best)

You're now rocking with the best
You're now rocking with the best
You're now rocking with the best
You're now rocking with the best

You're now rocking with the best
You're now rocking with the best
You're now rocking with the best
You're now rocking with the best
You're now rocking with the

Who rocks the party, that rocks the body
I rock the party, that rocks the party
You rock the party, that rocks the body
(You're now rocking with the best)

"Streams in the Desert" written by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman - a book of daily devotionals originally published in 1925

 "Streams in the Desert" -  March 15th


        "Fear not, thou worm Jacob.....I will make thee a threshing instrument with teeth."  (Isaiah 41:14,15.)


COULD any two things be in greater contrast than a worm and an instrument with teeth?  The worm is delicate, bruised by
a stone, crushed beneath the passing wheel;  an instrument with teeth can break and not be broken;  it can grave its mark
upon the rock.  And the mighty God can convert the one into the other.  He can take a man or a nation, who has all the 
impotence of the worm, and by the invigoration of His own Spirit, He can endow with strength by which a noble mark is left
upon the history of the time.

    And so the "worm" may take heart.  The mighty God can make us stronger than our circumstances.  He can bend them
all to our good.  In God's strength we can make them all pay tribute to our souls.  We can even take hold of a black disappointment,
break it open, and extract some jewel of grace.  When God gives us wills like iron, we can drive through difficulties as the iron
share cuts through the toughest soil.  "I will make thee,"  and shall He not do it?   --Dr. Jowett.

    Christ is building His kingdom with earth's broken things.  Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the
unbroken, in building their kingdoms;  but God is the God of the unsuccessful, of those who have failed.  Heaven is filling with
earth's broken lives, and there is no bruised reed that Christ cannot take and restore to glorious blessedness and beauty.  He
can take the life crushed by pain or sorrow and make it into a harp whose music shall be all praise.  He can lift earth's
saddest failure up to heaven's glory.  --J. R. Miller.

                    "Follow Me, and I will make you". . . 
                    Make you speak My words with power,
                    Make you channels of My mercy,
                    Make you helpful every hour.

                    "Follow Me, and I will make you" . . .
                    Make you what you cannot be---
                    Make you loving, trustful, godly,
                    Make you even like to Me.

                                            ---L.S.P

Leon Bridges - Talk it Over

 Leon Bridges - Talk it Over

Am I wasting time
I’ve been acting all out
Come rain or shine, give it all to you

All we do is talk it over (all we do is talk it over)
All we do is talk it over (little less upon ya shoulder)

Promise we decide but we just keep stallin’
Standing side by side, never breaking through it

All we do is talk it over (all we do is talk it over)
All we do is talk it over (little less upon ya shoulder)

Won’t you stay with me, let’s talk it over
Stay with me, let’s talk it over

Somewhere I get to be away
Seem a little bit excited to see your face
I wanna keep your sunshine all night
Every time I see you alone it reminds me this is what it’s all about
Know you need love, don’t play it easy

All we do is talk it over (all we do is talk it over)
All we do is talk it over (little less upon ya shoulder)

Won’t you stay with me, let’s talk it over
Stay with me, let’s talk it over

The Black Crows - Wanting and Waiting

The Black Crows - Wanting and Waiting 

[Verse 1]
Been a month of Sundays since I could fake a smile
Trying to lose my lonely in self-imposed exile
Trying to stay friendly but feeling so hostile
It's like I'm cold to the touch, mortuary style

[Pre-Chorus]
If I could have one more kiss
You know the one you miss (Ooh)

[Chorus]
I'm nothing but lonely
Waiting and wanting
Wanting and waiting for you
Ooh, it's true

[Verse 2]
Now I'm blind with no tomorrows in my eyes
Said the harsh sting of sorrow is one I recognize
The truth of the matter is just one you can't disguise
I've been so lost on my own since the day you said goodbye

[Pre-Chorus]
I know we don't stand a chance
But gimme, gimme this last dance (Ooh)

[Chorus]
I'm nothing but lonely
Waiting and wanting
Said I'm wanting and waiting for you
Alright

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I'm nothing but lonely
Waiting and wanting
Love, I'm wanting and waiting for you (Ooh)
Oh, I'm nothing but lonely
Waiting and wanting
'Cause I'm wanting and waiting for you

[Outro]
(Blood's on fire)
Blood, blood, my blood's on fire
(Blood's on fire)
Blood, blood, my blood's on fire
(Blood's on fire)
Blood, blood, my blood's on fire
(Blood's on fire)
Blood, blood, that's why I'm waiting, I'm wanting
(Blood, blood)
(Blood, blood)

BØRNS - American Money (After Dark)

 BØRNS - American Money (After Dark) 

I was there when you fell from the clouds
And landed in the desert
There was a thunder inside of my heart
There was a wonderful pleasure
And like a stallion racing the rain
You rode on the back of my bike
I knew from the song that you sang
You were my lover for life
Oh, there's no time to sleep
Oh, living in a dream
So take me to the paradise
It's in your eyes
Green like american money
You taste just right
Sweet like Tennessee honey
And we can run away
Swimming in the sunlight everyday
Paradise, it's in your eyes
Green like american money
So we took to the Calico road
Running from the weather
There was a highway inside of her eyes
There was a buried treasure
And we got caught in the storm
You started flying a kite
At the end was the key to my heart
You were my lover for life
Oh, there's no time to sleep
Oh, living in a dream
So take me to the paradise
It's in your eyes
Green like american money
You taste just right
Sweet like Tennessee honey
And we can run away
Swimming in the sunlight everyday
Paradise, it's in your eyes
Green like american money
We carved our love in the mountainside
We soaked our hearts in the rain
And I, waited my whole life, for you
So take me to the paradise
It's in your eyes
Green like american money
You taste just right
Sweet like Tennessee honey
And we can run away
Swimming in the sunlight everyday
Paradise, it's in your eyes
Green like american money

First Peter Chapter Three

  1    LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;  that, if any obey not the word, they also may
    without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

2    While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

3    Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of
    putting on of apparel;

4    But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek
    and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

5    For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being
    in subjection unto their own husbands:

6    Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord:  whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are
    not afraid with any amazement.

7    Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the
    weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life;  that your prayers be not hindered.

8    Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

9    Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:  but contrariwise blessing;  knowing that ye are thereunto
    called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

10    For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they 
    speak no guile:

11    Let him eschew evil, and do good;  let him seek peace, and ensue it.

12    For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers:  but the face
    of the Lord is against them that do evil.

13    And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

14    But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye:  and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15    But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:  and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you
    a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

16    Having a good conscience;  that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that
    falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

17    For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

18    For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put
    to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19    By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20    Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the
    ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21    The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
    but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) but the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22    Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God;  angels and authorities and powers being made 
    subject unto him.

    First Peter Chapter Three - KJV

Billy Strings "I'm Playing for My Survival" The Interview

Billy Strings: ‘This Generational Trauma Has to Stop With Me’ | The Interview - here

Billy Strings, the Grammy Award-winning singer and virtuoso guitarist, has a new album, “So Much for Goodbyes,” due out Aug. 28. He discussed the genesis of that album, among many other things, in a conversation with David Marchese.

Strings, whose real name is William Apostol, has broken ground by using the elements of traditional bluegrass to become an arena-filling phenomenon. Along the way he has also acquired a Deadhead-like legion of fans who follow his tours.

He grew up surrounded by poverty and drug addiction in small-town Michigan, and his mother died from a drug overdose last year at 64 years old. That loss inspired much of the music on his new album. 

MORRISSEY - There is a Light That Never Goes Out -- Festival de Viña del Mar 2012

 MORRISSEY - There is a Light That Never Goes Out

Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
And they're young and alive
Driving in your car
I never, never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
Anymore

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people
And I want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their home
And I'm welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought, "Oh God, my chance has come at last"
But then a strange fear gripped me
And I just couldn't ask

Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your car
I never, never want to go home
Because I haven't got one, la-di-dum
Oh, I haven't got one
Oh, oh

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine

Oh, there is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out

Fuel - Bittersweet

  Fuel - Bittersweet

Seven sins of wantonness and
Everything that's good is gone
Sell it for the glory from the peers
Silicone priestess scratch the back and
Twists the knife to bone
Kick against the pricks and scrape the shins
I'm the enemy in the enemies now

Swallowed the pill
And drank to the fill
All these things I carry now
In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet now

Try to hold the world there sinking
Swimming in a paper cup
Try to own the one beneath the skin
Held up to the flame still singing
Skin begins to draw and tuck
Never told there's not a chance to win
What couldn't be, wouldn't be now

Swallowed the pill
And drank to the fill
All these things I carry now
In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet now

Bittersweet
Love is bittersweet

Hold your hands up to the sky and try
So hard to rise above
But everything is beating down

Swallowed the pill
And drank to the fill
All these things I carry now
In this bittersweet, in this bittersweet now

Swallowed the pill
And drank to the fill
All these things I carry now
In this bittersweet
In this bittersweet
In this bittersweet, now

Bent Ardi - Wake My Soul

Bent Ardi - Wake My Soul 

I left the light on
For no one to see
Been talking to shadows
They talk back to me

My room knows my secrets
My walls know my name
I keep waking up here
And sleeping the same

Something in me
Is calling again
Buried so deep
I can't tell where it ends

Wake my soul
If you're still somewhere
Wake my soul
Don't leave me here

I've been losing pieces
I never knew I had
Wake my soul
Before I forget who I am

I found an old picture
Under my bed
I looked almost happy
I don't know that kid

The clock keeps on moving
I don't move at all
I watch every morning
Disappear from the wall

Something in me
Still doesn't feel gone
Maybe it's waiting
Maybe I've been wrong

Wake my soul
If you're still somewhere
Wake my soul
Don't leave me here

I've been losing pieces
I never knew I had
Wake my soul
Before I forget who I am

Maybe I don't need saving
Maybe I need to feel
Something that's real

Maybe this empty body
Still has a reason
To stay

Wake my soul
Even if it hurts
Wake my soul
I need to know it works

I've been hiding from myself
For longer than I know
Wake my soul...

I left the light on
It's still burning
Somewhere inside me

The Last Dinner Party - Count The Ways

 The Last Dinner Party - Count The Ways

Let the snake bite
Let her crawl under your skin
Let it eat you from within
It's alright
The bitterness is growing
You break into my house
I’ll break into your house
Do it
I’ll do it
If you twist the knife right
I will twist the knife left
Screw it
I’ll screw it
I can hear strings
That should be for me
I can see rings
That should be for me
That should be for me
That should be for me
I count the ways
That I love you everyday
Like I count the days
Since I could recall your face
Oh the days don’t get easier
The gaps just get bigger
Until I can almost bear
Thinking of you
On my deathbed
Raise my eyes up to the lord
I know you’ll come just when I call
Stretch my hand out
It freezes in the air
There wasn’t anybody there
Now my house is your house
And it is a nice house
Screw it, screw it
I will twist my knife right
I will twist my knife left
Do it
I’ll do it
I can hear bells
That should ring for me
I can taste hell
That should be for me
That should be for me
That should be for me
I count the ways
That I love you everyday
Like I count the days
Since I could recall your face
Oh the days don’t get easier
The gaps just get bigger
Until I can almost bear
Thinking of you
I love the way
That I can’t escape the pain
How it hangs ‘round my heart
Like the letters in your name
Oh the days don’t get easier
The gaps just get bigger
Until…
Oh the days don’t get easier
The gaps just get bigger
Until I can almost bear
Thinking of you

Mac Glocky -- if System of a Down wrote "EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD"

Mac Glocky - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep 
We will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world

Say that you'll never, never, never, need it
One headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world

All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

Old Crow Medicine Show - Revolution Now (feat. Evan Felker)

Old Crow Medicine Show - Revolution Now (feat. Evan Felker) 

Call me the minuteman ‘cause I follow the times
Between extremes is where I walk the line
I've heard fighting words
But I know cooler heads prevail
Cause in this land united we stand and divided we fail
Don’t know the path to go cause I ain't been here before
I feel just like the Coulee Dam holding back a civil war
Tears are falling cause I’m a-crying out loud
And I sure could use some revolution right about now

Do you ever feel like a stranger
A long, long way from home
Do you ever feel like we’re headed for a danger
Like no man’s ever known
They say every generation’s got a lesson to be learned
Oh but surely the people ain’t
Gonna sit here and watch it burn
Don’t know the path to go is it left or right
Feel just like a blind man searching for the light
Tears are falling cause I’m crying out loud
And I sure could use some revolution right about now

Don’t know is this the road that’ll carry us home
High on an eagle's wing back where we belong
Tears are falling cause I’m crying out loud
And I sure could use some revolution right about now
Yes I, I sure could use some revolution right about now

Breaking Benjamin - Anthem Of The Angels

Breaking Benjamin - Anthem Of The Angels 

White walls surround us
No light will touch your face again
Rain taps the window
As we sleep among the dead

Days go on forever
But I have not left your side
We can chase the dark together
If you go then so will I

There is nothing left of you
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye

Cold light above us
Hope fills the heart
And fades away
Skin white as winter
As the sky returns to grey

Days go on forever
But I have not left your side
We can chase the dark together
If you go then so will I

There is nothing left of you
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you
But I can't bring you back to life
Sing the anthem of the angels
Then say the last goodbye

You're dead alive [x4]

There is nothing left of you
I can see it in your eyes
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye
I keep holding onto you
But I can't bring you back to life
Sing the anthem of the angels
And say the last goodbye

First Peter Chapter Two

   1    WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

2    As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

3    If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

4    To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

5    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
    acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

6    Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
    and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

7    Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:  but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the
    builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

8    And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient:
    whereunto also they were appointed.

9    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people;  that ye should shew
    forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

10    Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God:  which had not obtained mercy, but 
    now have obtained mercy.

11    Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the souls;

12    Having our conversation honest among the Gentiles:  that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may 
    by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13    Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake:  whether it be to the king, as supreme;

14    Or to governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them
    that do well.

15    For so the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

16    As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

17    Honour all men.  Love the brotherhood.  Fear God.  Honour the king.

18    Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear;  not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

19    For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

20    For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently?  but if, when ye do well,
    and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

21    For even hereunto were ye called:  because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
    follow his steps:

22    Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

23    Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again;  when he suffered, he threatened not;  but committed himself
    to him that judgeth righteously:

24    Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
    righteousness:  by whose stripes ye were healed.

25    For ye were as sheep going astray;  but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

    First Peter Chapter Two - KJV

"LIVE IN GRACE -- WALK IN LOVE - A 365 - DAY JOURNEY" written by Bob Goff (author of Love Does)

295.  THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU ALREADY TRUST IN YOUR LIFE.  THEN ASK WHY YOU DON'T TRUST GOD MORE.

        Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;  in all your ways
        submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.   Proverbs 3:5-6


Since my kids aren't making mischief from home anymore, I'm always working on finding some reasons to hang out with them.
My son Adam recently took up skydiving, so I decided to get my skydiving license without telling him.  I had this daydream
of him free-falling through the air and then I float down next to him. "Oh, hey, Adam.  What are you doing here?"  I would 
scream into the wind.

    One weekend I drove Adam to the drop zone like I did each weekend.  He got out of the car, grabbed a parachute, and
got in the plane.  This time I got out of the car, grabbed a parachute, put it on, and got in the plane next to him.

    "Dad?!"  Adam said, shaking his head at me.

    "How hard could it be?"  I shot back at him.

    Sometimes on a weekend we'll still grab some lunch, catch up on life, and then jump out of a plane together.  It's fantastic.

    The craziest part about the whole skydiving thing is that when you're falling through the air at around 125 miles per
hour, you pull a cord connected to a tiny, metal pin that deploys the parachute.  Your whole life depends on one piece of
metal that is less than an inch long.  When it's pulled, the parachute either goes off or it doesn't.  

    The truth is, I sometimes trust God less than I trust that pin.  I don't believe He's going to catch me at the perfect
moment.  I'm afraid He won't be there when I need Him to be.  I think He'll let me plummet if I make a mistake.  Or I believe
He'll withhold His grace if I mess up one more time.

    Sometimes God leads us into difficult circumstances so we'll realize our absolute need for Him. 

                                In what difficult circumstance are you
                                         finding it difficult to trust God?