Zephaniah Chapter Three

 1    WOE to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

2    She obeyed not the voice;  she received not correction,  she trusted not in the LORD;  she drew not near to her God.

3    Her princes within her are roaring lions;  her judges are evening wolves;  they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

4    Her prophets are light and treacherous persons:  her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done 
    violence to the law.

5    The just LORD is in the midst thereof;  he will not do iniquity:  every morning doth he bring his judgment to light,
    he faileth not;  but the unjust knoweth no shame.

6    I have cut off the nations:  their towers are desolate;  I made their streets waste, that none passeth by:  their cities
    are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

7    I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction;  so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever
    I punished them:  but they rose early, and corrupted all their doing.


8    Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, unto the day that I rise up to the prey:  for my determination is to gather
    the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger:
    for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

9    For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him
    with one consent.

10    From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

11    In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me:  for then
    I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty 
    because of my holy mountain.

12    I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.


13    The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies;  neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth:
    for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.


14    Sing, O daughter of Zion;  shout, O Israel;  be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

15    The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy:  the king of Israel, even the LORD
    is in the mist of thee:  thou shalt not see evil any more.

16    In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not:  and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

17    The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;  he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy;  he will rest
    in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

18    I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

19    Behold, at the time I will undo all that afflict thee:  and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out;
    and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

20    At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you:  for I will make you a name and a praise
    among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.

Zephaniah Chapter Three - KJV

Micah Chapter Seven

  1    WOE is me!  for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings
        of the vintage:  there is no cluster to eat:  my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

 2    The good man is perished out of the earth:  and there is none upright among men:  they all
       lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

 3    That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for 
       a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

 4    The best of them is as a brier:  the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge:  the day of 
        thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

 5    Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide:  keep the door of thy mouth from
        her that lieth in thy bosom.

 6    For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter
       in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

 7    Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation:  my God will hear me.

 

 8    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:  when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD
       shall be a light unto me.

 9    I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause,
       and execute judgment for me:  he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 

10    Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the 
        LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her:  now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 



11    In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

12    In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

13    Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

14    Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in  the midst of Carmel:  let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

15    According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

16    The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might:  they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

17    They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth:
        they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

18    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant
        of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

19    He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast
       all their sins into the depths of the sea.

20    Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto
        our fathers from the days of old.

    Micah Chapter Seven - KJV

 

 

Switchfoot - Meant to Live (w/ 14 year old Liam in Belton, Texas)

 Switchfoot  - Meant to Live  (with 14 year old Liam)

 Fumbling his confidence

And wondering why the world has passed him by

Hoping that he's bent for more than arguments,

And failed attempts to fly, fly

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

Somewhere we live inside

Somewhere we live inside

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

Somewhere we live inside

Dreaming about Providence

And whether mice or men have second tries

Maybe we've been livin' with our eyes half open

Maybe we're bent and broken, broken

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

Somewhere we live inside

Somewhere we live inside

We were meant to live for so much more

Have we lost ourselves?

Somewhere we live inside

We want more than this world's got to offer

We want…

Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait (Interlude Session)

 Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

[Verse 1]
I'm waitin' up, savin' all my precious time
Losin' light, I'm missin' my same old us
Before we learned our truth too late
Resigned to fate, fadin' away
So tell me, can you turn around?
I need someone to tear me down
Oh, tell me, can you turn around?
But either way

[Chorus]
Hold me while you wait
I wish that I was good enough (Hold me while you wait)
If only I could wake you up (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)

[Verse 2]
Tell me more, tell me something I don't know
Did we come close to havin' it all?
If you're gonna waste my time
Let's waste it right

[Chorus]
And hold me while you wait
I wish that I was good enough (Hold me while you wait)
If only I could wake you up (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you cared a little more (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you'd told me this before (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)

[Bridge]
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
Is it true? My faith is shaken, but I still believe
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
So won't you stay a while?

[Chorus]
And hold me while you wait
I wish that I was good enough (Hold me while you wait)
If only I could wake you up (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you cared a little more (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you'd told me this before (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)

[Outro]
Stay a while (Hold me while you wait)
(My faith is shaken, but I still believe)
Stay a while (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while?

Citizen Soldier - Somebody's Proud of You

Citizen Soldier - Somebody's Proud of You 

[Verse 1]
Feels like fighting to the death just to get up out of bed
When your very best is see-through
And nobody knows the real you
Motivation's just a ghost, every day's an all-time low
'Cause they'd rather sugarcoat you
Than take a single step in those shoes

[Pre-Chorus]
So if no one understands you and no one's got a clue
And no one gives a damn 'bout what you're going through
Never listen to the blind
'Cause they'll never see the times when–

[Chorus]
You lived when you wanted to diе
You tried when you wanted to cry
Whеn you had no one there to show you love and kept getting up when
You were so sick of saving yourself
And no one cared you were going through hell
I hope you hear this song and know it's proof (Ooh-ooh)
Somebody's proud of you

[Post-Chorus]
Oh
Somebody's proud of you

[Verse 2]
Validation's never been an acquaintance, much less friend
And empathy is just a stranger that
Lives in the basement with your anger
You still twist that tongue in knots while they misconstrue your thoughts
Overexplain the things behind you
Or else you know they'll demonize you

[Pre-Chorus]
So if no one understands you and no one's got a clue
You win some and you lose most, baby, that's the truth
Never waste your time on them
'Cause they'll never comprehend how–

[Chorus]
You lived when you wanted to die
You tried when you wanted to cry
When you had no one there to show you love and kept getting up when
You were so sick of saving yourself
And no one cared you were going through hell
I hope you hear this song and know it's proof (Ooh-ooh)

[Bridge]
All the times your friends don't ever show
And your parents say it's overblown
They'll dig your six foot holes, use them as space to grow (Ooh-ooh)
All the times they only see your flaws
And give you reasons for more camouflage
Just put your fingers up and live to call their bluff
You don't need to prove a damn thing
You decided you're enough when–

Blue October - Fear

 Blue October - Fear

[Verse 1:]
All my life
Been running from a pain in me
A feeling I don't understand
Holding me down
So rain on me, underwater
All I am, getting harder
A heavy weight, I carry around

[Pre-Chorus:]
Today
I don't have to fall apart
I don't have to be afraid
I don't have to let the damage consume me
My shadows see through me, 'cause

[Chorus:]
Fear in itself, will reel you in and spit you out
Over and over again
Believe in yourself, and you will walk, oh-ohh
Now fear in itself, will use you up and break you down
Like you were never enough
Yeah, I used to fall, now I get back up

[Verse 2:]
I'm up here
I'm looking at the way down there
I'm staring through the I don't care
And it's staring back at me, yeah
The beauty is
I'm learning how to face my beast
Starting now to find some peace
And set myself free, yeah

[Pre-Chorus:]
Today
I don't have to fall apart
I don't have to be afraid
I don't have to let the damage consume me
My shadows see through me, 'cause

[Chorus:]
Fear in itself, will reel you in and spit you out
Over and over again
Believe in yourself, and you will walk, oh-ohh
Now, fear in itself, will use you up and break you down
Like you were never enough
Yeah, I used to fall, now I get back up

[Bridge:]
I'm moving on
Oh God, just move on

[Pre-Chorus]
Today
I don't have to fall apart
I don't have to be afraid
Get back up
Get up, up
Feel it, fear, wow

Sleep Theory - Words Are Worthless

 Sleep Theory - Words Are Worthless

Let me know if you’re listening
I’m just looking for a sign
You keep building the distance
That divides your heart and mind
Let me know you can hear me
Let me see your light again
I keep chasing your shadow
In this maze you’re lost within

Please don’t go where I can’t follow

If I can keep you from falling to pieces
Then I’d be saving myself in the process
And we’ll collapse every word ‘til we’re speechless
Because you’ll soon find that words are worthless now

You’re twisting through the traces of my sanity
The corners start to fade and I’m falling behind
I can’t pull you back to reality
As the echoes reveal what you’re hiding inside

If I can keep you from falling to pieces
Then I’d be saving myself in the process
And we’ll collapse every word ‘til we’re speechless
Because you’ll soon find that words are worthless now

In my heart, I can hear you
Calling from the dark again
Look inside, I’m still with you
Right here where I’ve always been
Please don’t go where I can’t follow

If I can keep you from falling to pieces
Then I’d be saving myself in the process
And we’ll collapse every word ‘til we’re speechless
Because you’ll soon find that words are worthless now

Badflower - Let Me Get Something Off My Chest

 Badflower - Let Me Get Something Off My Chest

[Verse 1]
Let me get something off my chest
There's just so much that I regret
There's just so much that I should say
I'm just afraid you might react
When you find out that it's all an act
Let me say something that's a fact
Love's only blind if you're a bat
And I'm not a bat

[Chorus]
My tech startup, I made it up
To convince somebody that I'm amazing
But I'm 5'5", and I hate my life
Yo, f--- my life

[Verse 2]
Let me get something off my chest
I didn't mean to scream like that
It's just, sometimes, I stress about
All of the things I can't control
I stretch the truth and it's getting old
Let me get something off my chest
I can't drive a stick, but I digress
You're not impressed

[Chorus]
My lifted truck, I made it up
I wanna hate Joe Rogan, but I listen daily
All my pics online from 2009
I wanna be somebody, but I'm too lazy, my love
No five-year plan
I'm in a band
We have no fans

[Bridge]
I f---ed around and I found out
I tried to change and that went south
Nobody sane could love me now

[Verse 3]
Let me get something off my chest
I fell in love on the internet
She comforts me when I'm upset
I think she photoshops her breasts
And I'm obsessed

[Chorus]
Your face is rough with no makeup
But you're a supermodel, so perfect to me
I'm still on your side, but I know you lied
You wanna be somebody, then be with me, my love

Owl City - In Christ Alone

 Owl City - In Christ Alone 

Verse 1
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease
My Comforter my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

Verse 2
In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

Verse 3
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

Verse 4
No guilt in life no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

Noah Loushin - The Courage to be Loved

Noah Loushin - The Courage to be Loved 

 It was a late December day when I hit one of those strange, manic artist states where you become hyper fixated on an idea and cannot eat, sleep or breathe until you make that vision a reality. I had a concept for this video in a very rough and different form sitting in my ideas bank, and for whatever reason, that night it all came together. In the course of 5 hours, I rewrote, filmed, and edited “the courage to be loved”. While I still went back to do some other touch up work, the film you see today is 95% the same as the one made that night. That said, I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. In fact, it’s January 11th at the time of me writing this, but it seemed more in theme to release this today. 

Inspired by a myriad of life experiences, from various romantic endeavors to the incomprehensible reality of God's love for a sinner like me. 

YUNGBLUD - Hello Heaven, Hello

 YUNGBLUD - Hello Heaven, Hello

 Hello, are you out there? 
Are you tryin’? Are you patient? Are you blind? 
Are you with me? Against me? Don’t know me at all
Hello x30
Hello, are you in there?
Do you still remember, or have you forgotten where you’re from?
Are you still scared of dyin’? 
Scared of them finding out that you don’t know who you are?
And I don't know whats in my head 
But I know what’s in my chest
I don’t know if I can make it 
I don’t know if I can change it 
But I know it’s how I feel even if it isn’t real, I wanna feel alive
Tell me do you wanna feel alive?
Oh, I wanna feel alive 
Hello x8 
Oh, I wanna feel alive 
Hello x24
Tell me do you wanna feel alive 
Hello x8 / Tell me if you wanna feel alive / ohhh
Hello x7 / Tell me if you wanna feel alive / ohhh
Hello x8 / Tell me if you wanna feel alive / ohhh
Hello x7 / Tell me if you wanna feel alive / ohhh


Since I was a little boy I devised a windmill get away 
They’d kick me in the mud and they told me that that’s the price you pay
So tell me are you gonna die with the lies that they force inside your head
Or are you gonna live by the thorns in what you said 
Little freak, gonna walk, they don’t talk till you've packed up and gone away 
Little boy, stupid boy, what you after, each and every day?
For its the fool who’s the last to jump off the edge
One step, one step into heaven
But first you’ll go to hell and back
One step into heaven
Are you gonna be the fool who’s the last to jump off the edge? 
Don’t give a damn ‘bout what they said 
Since I was a little boy I always held a tear upon my face
They’d hit me in the mouth and they told me it’s time to act your age
So tell me are you gonna die in the pain that they all inflict on you
Or are you gonna swim through the storm, of what you have to do
Little freak, gonna walk, they don’t talk till ya packed up and gone away 
Little boy stupid boy, what you after, each and every day
For its the fool who’s the last to jump off the edge
One step, one step into heaven
But first you’ll go to hell and back
One step, one step into heaven
Are you gonna be the fool who the last to jump off the edge? 
Don’t give a damn ‘bout what they said
Little freak, gonna walk, they don’t talk till ya packed up and gone away 
Little poor stupid boy, what you after, each and every day
For its the fool who’s the last to jump off the edge
One step into heaven
But fast you’ll go to hell and back
One step into heaven
Are you gonna be the fool who’s the last to jump off the edge? 
Don’t give a damn ‘bout what they said


There’s a chance I won’t see you tomorrow,
So I will spend today saying hello
And all the hopes and dreams I may have borrowed
Just know my friend I leave them all to you 
Hello x6

 

 

Jason Mraz - Have it All

 Jason Mraz - Have it All

May you have auspiciousness and causes of success
May you have the confidence to always do your best
May it take no effort in you being generous
Sharing what you can, nothing more, nothing less

May you know the meaning of the word "happiness"
May you always lead from the beating in your chest
May you be treated like an esteemed guest
May you get to rest, may you catch your breath

And may the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows, whoa-oh
And may the road less paved be the road that you follow, whoa-oh

Well, here's to the hearts that you're gonna break
Here's to the lives that you're gonna change
Here's to the infinite possible ways to love you
I want you to have it

Here's to the good times we're gonna have
You don't need money, you've got free pass
Here's to the fact that I'll be sad without you
I want you to have it all

All (all)
I want you to have it all (have it all)
I want you to have it (have it all)
I want you to have it all (have it all)

May you be as fascinating as a slap bracelet
May you keep the chaos and the clutter off your desk
May you have unquestionable health and less stress
Having no possessions though immeasurable wealth

May you get a gold star on your next test
May your educated guesses always be correct
And may you win prizes, shining like diamonds
May you really own it each moment to the next

And may the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows, whoa-oh
And may the road less paved be the road that you follow, whoa-oh

Well, here's to the hearts that you're gonna break
Here's to the lives that you're gonna change
Here's to the infinite possible ways to love you
I want you to have it

Here's to the good times we're gonna have
You don't need money, you've got free pass
Here's to the fact that I'll be sad without you
I want you to have it all

All (all)
I want you to have it all (have it all)
I want you to have it (have it all)
I want you to have it all (have it all)

Oh, I want you to have it all
All you can imagine, oh
No matter what your path is
If you believe it then anything can happen

Go go go, raise your glasses
Go go go, you can have it all

I toast you!

Here's to the hearts that you're gonna break
Here's to the lives that you're gonna change
Here's to the infinite possible ways to love you
I want you to have it

Here's to the good times we're gonna have
You don't need money, you've got free pass
Here's to the fact that I'll be sad without you
I want you to have it all

All (all)
I want you to have it all (have it all)
I want you to have it (have it all)
I want you to have it all (have it all)
I want you to have it

(All)
Here's to the good times we gonna have
(I want you to have it all)
Here's to you always making me laugh
(I want you to have it all)
Here's to the fact that I'll be sad without you
(I want you to have it all)
I want you to have it all

Fall Out Boy - Love From The Other Side - Live @ iHeartradio Music Festival 2023

 Fall Out Boy - Love From The Other Side 

Model house life meltdown
Still a modern dream let down
It kills me you know I’m dying out here
What would you trade the pain for?
I’m not sure

We were a hammer to the Statue of David
We were a painting you could never frame and
You were the sunshine
Of my lifetime
What would you trade the pain for?

This city always hangs a little bit lonely on me
Loose
Like a kid playing pretend in his father’s suit
I’d never go, I just want to be invited 
Oh
Got to give up
Get the feeling
Get the feeling
Don’t fight it
Fight it

Sending my love from the other side of the apocalypse 
And I just about snapped
Don’t look back
Every lover’s got a little dagger in their hand
Love from the other side of the apocalypse
And I just about snapped
Don’t look back
Every lover’s got a little dagger in their hand

Generation sleep I’m falling in and out of love
I’m getting that tilted feeling out here
What would you trade the pain for?
I’m not sure

Nowhere left for us to go but heaven
Summer falling through our fingers again and
You were the sunshine
Of my lifetime
What would you trade the pain for?

They say we gotta get ahead yeah,
No matter what it takes
But there’s no way off the hamster wheel on this rat race
I’d never go, I just want to be invited 
Oh
Got to give up
Get the feeling
Get the feeling
Don’t fight it
Fight it

Sending my love from the other side of the apocalypse 
And I just about snapped
Don’t look back
Every lover’s got a little dagger in their hand
Love from the other side of the apocalypse
And I just about snapped
Don’t look back
Every lover’s got a little dagger in their hand

I saw you in a bright clear field
Hurricane heat in my head
The kind of pain you feel to get good in the end
Good in the end
Inscribed like stone and faded by the rain:
“Give up what you love
Give up what you love before it does you in…”

Sending my love from the other side of the apocalypse 
And I just about snapped
Don’t look back
Every lover’s got a little dagger in their hand
Love from the other side of the apocalypse
And I just about snapped
Don’t look back
Every lover’s got a little dagger in their hand

Norah Jones - Amazing Grace (live at home)

 Norah Jones - Amazing Grace

 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
  That saved a wretch; like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
  Was blind, but now I see.
2
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
  And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
  The hour I first believed!
3
The Lord hath promised good to me,
  His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
  As long as life endures.
4
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
  Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
  Than when we first begun.

 The last original verse; 

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine

has been replaced with the more well-known final verse that starts; "When we've been there ten thousand years".  This last verse was added to a version of "Amazing Grace" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, as it appears in her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Amazing Grace was written by Rev. John Newton (July 24, 1725 -- Dec. 21, 1807) for a sermon he preached on January 1, 1773.  At the time Rev. Newton was writing a new hymn for each of his sermons he preached.  

Blue October - Coal Makes Diamonds

 Blue October - Coal Makes Diamonds

If I'm a desert,
My face is the wind
I know where I'm going
And I know where I've been
You're the horizon and the wide open space
And I surround you caressing your face

There's not a limit to the things that I'd do
I'd give you stars but the stars wouldn't do
You're like the lava burning buried below
An eruption but too early to show

We are islands
Hear our sirens
And so we wait... (wait, down, put it right in front of me)
We wait... (wait, down, put it right in front of me)

'Cause when pressure heightens 
Our coal makes diamonds 
And so we wait... (wait, down, in front of me)
We wait... (wait, down, wait, down)

The flood comes shifting the soil
Our blood runs thicker than oil
It's like erosion cutting straight to the core
No human nature ever felt this before

And we become an unbreakable vow
I wanna hold you up, higher than most
Because it feels like flying out

We are islands
Hear our sirens
And so we wait... (wait, down, put it right in front of me)
We wait... (wait, down, put it right in front of me)

'Cause when pressure heightens 
Our coal makes diamonds 
And so we wait... (wait, down, in front of me)
We wait... (wait, down, wait, down)
(Wait, down, in front of me)

We are islands
Hear our sirens
And so we wait... (wait, down, put it right in front of me)
We wait... (wait, down, put it right in front of me)

'Cause when pressure heightens 
Our coal makes diamonds 
And so we wait... (wait, down, in front of me)
We wait... (wait, down, wait, down)

Wait, down, in front of me.
Wait, down.

Olivia Rodrigo - Can’t Catch Me Now (Live on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

  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

Five For Fighting - 100 Years

Five For Fighting - 100 Years 

I'm 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I'm 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
I'm 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you're wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on...
I'm 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you're on your way
Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live

Habakkuk Chapter Three

 1    A PRAYER of Habakkuk 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 heavens,
    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 the 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 they 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 woundest 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 dist 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.


    Habakkuk Chapter Three - 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 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

Micah Chapter Six

1    HEAR ye now what the LORD saith;  Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

2    Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth:  for the LORD hath a
    controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

3    O my people, what have I done unto thee?  and wherein have I wearied thee?  testify against me.

4    For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants;  and I sent before
    thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

5    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered 
    him from Shittim unto Gilgal;  that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

6    Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God?  shall I come before him with 
    burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

7    Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?  shall I give my firstborn 
    for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;  and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to 
    love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?


9    The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name:  hear ye the rod, and who 
    hath appointed it.

10    Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

11    Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?  

12    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue
    is deceitful in their mouth.

13    Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

14    Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied;  and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee;  and thou shalt take
    hold, but shalt not deliver;  and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

15    Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap;  thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; 
    and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

16    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels;  that I should
    make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing:  therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.


    Micah Chapter Six - KJV

The White Stripes: "Seven Nation Army" Live on 4/22/03 | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

  The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 

 I'm gonna fight 'em all

A seven nation army couldn't hold me back

They're gonna rip it off

Taking their time right behind my back

And I'm talking to myself at night

Because I can't forget

Back and forth through my mind

Behind a cigarette


And the message coming from my eyes

Says, "Leave it alone"


Don't wanna hear about it

Every single one's got a story to tell

Everyone knows about it

From the Queen of England to the Hounds of Hell

And if I catch it coming back my way

I'm gonna serve it to you

And that ain't what you want to hear

But that's what I'll do


And the feeling coming from my bones

Says, "Find a home"


I'm going to Wichita

Far from this opera forevermore

I'm gonna work the straw

Make the sweat drip out of every pore

And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding

Right before the Lord

All the words are gonna bleed from me

And I will sing no more


And the stains coming from my blood

Tell me, "Go back home"

Metallica - King Nothing

  Metallica - King Nothing

Wish I may
Wish I might
Have this I wish tonight
Are you satisfied?
Dig for gold
Dig for fame
You dig to make your name
Are you pacified?

All the wants you waste
All the things you've chased

Then it all crashes down
And you break your crown
And you point your finger
But there's no one around
Just want one thing
Just to play the king
But the castle crumbled
And you're left with just a name
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
Where's your crown

Hot and cold
Bought and sold
A heart as hard as gold yeah
Are you satisfied?
Wish I might
Wish I may
You wish your life away
Are you pacified?

All the wants you waste
All the things you've chased

Then it all crashes down
And you break your crown
And you point your finger
But there's no one around
Just want one thing
Just to play the king
But the castle crumbled
And you're left with just a name
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
Where's your crown

Oh, nothing
Oh, where's your crown?

I wish I may
I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight
I want that star
I want it now
I want it all and I don't care how
Careful what you wish
Careful what you say
Careful what you wish
You may regret it
Careful what you wish
You just might get it

Then it all crashes down
And you break your crown
And you point your finger
But there's no one around
Just want one thing
Just to play the king
But the castle crumbled
And you're left with just a name
Where's your crown, King Nothing?

Nothing
No, you're just nothing
Where's your crown, King Nothing?
No, you're just nothing
Absolutely nothing
Off to never never land

KoRn - Coming Undone

 KoRn - Coming Undone

[Verse 1]
Keep holding on when my brain's ticking like a bomb
Guess the black thoughts have come again to get me
Sweet bitter words unlike nothing I have heard
Sing along mockingbird, you don't affect me

[Refrain]
That's right, deliver it to my heart
Please strike, be deliberate (Deliberate)

[Chorus]
Wait, I'm coming undone
Irate, I'm coming undone
Too late, I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate
Wait, I'm starting to suffocate
And soon, I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate

[Verse 2]
Choke, choke again, I thought my demons were my friends
Pity me in the end, they're out to get me
Since I was young, I've tasted sorrow on my tongue
And the sweet sugar gun does not protect me

[Refrain]
That's right, trigger between my eyes
Please strike, make it quick now (Now)

[Chorus]
Wait, I'm coming undone
Irate, I'm coming undone
Too late, I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate
Wait, I'm starting to suffocate
And soon, I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate

[Bridge]
I'm trying to hold it together
Head is lighter than a feather
Looks like I'm not getting better
Not getting better

[Chorus]
Wait, I'm coming undone
Irate, I'm coming undone
Too late, I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate
Wait, I'm starting to suffocate
And soon, I anticipate
I'm coming undone
What looks so strong, so delicate

Seph Schlueter - Bye Bye

Seph Schlueter - Bye Bye 

 Woah

I was struggling to look me in the eyes
Felt like a failure, couldn’t change it if I tried
Would start the day with fear and keep it through the night
No matter what I did, just couldn’t make it right

That was me
Till I met You
You gave me
A life brand new
All I needed
Was to choose
To give up me
And cling to You
So I’m singing

Bye Bye Bye
Oh goodbye to my old self
I left you in the rearview
It’s the best I’ve ever felt
No more lies
I found truth in someone else
'Cause Jesus saved my life
And that’s the story that I’ll tell

So Bye Bye (Hey)
So long 
Farewell
Bye Bye (Hey)
So long 
Farewell

To all the voices that would keep me in my shame (Bye Bye)
And all the sin that held me captive and afraid (Bye Bye)
Oh it’s high time that I would put you in your place
I’m not taking questions from you
All I have to say is

Bye Bye Bye
Oh goodbye to my old self
I left you in the rearview
It’s the best I’ve ever felt
No more lies
I found truth in someone else
'Cause Jesus saved my life
and that’s the story that I’ll tell

So Bye Bye (Hey)
So long 
Farewell
Bye Bye (Hey)
So long 
Farewell

Oh Bye Bye (Hey)
So long  
Farewell
Bye Bye 
Bye Bye
Bye Bye

Hello to my freedom
Hello to my faith
Hello to the Good News that has left me unashamed

Hello to Your goodness
Hello to Your grace
Hello to the mercies that are brand new every day 

Hello to what’s coming
A future filled with hope
Hello to a life beyond what I have ever known

Hello to my Savior
My King and Cornerstone
Hello to my family, my Father, my new home

And 

Bye Bye Bye
Oh goodbye to my old self (Bye to my old self)
Left you in the rearview
It’s the best I’ve ever felt (Best I ever felt)
No more lies
I found truth in someone else
'Cause Jesus saved my life
And that’s the story that I’ll tell (Hey)

So long 
Farewell (Oh goodbye to my old self, hey)
So long
Farewell (I don’t miss you anyway, hey)
So long 
Farewell (Oh)
Bye Bye
Bye Bye
Bye Bye

Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid (live in Columbus, Ohio, 2025)

 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright, Kid

I wish I had the number to my younger self.
I'd pick up the phone and say you're only 12,
And you've lost more than most people do.
You don't know it now but there's still more to lose.

Cause friends move away and people get older.
Your heart's gonna break over and over.
You're not to blame, so don't blame yourself.
I hope this helps.

You're gonna ask why?
You're gonna want answers.
Gonna feel like no one ever understands you.
You're gonna think twice before you start praying,
And wonder when the walls will stop caving.
Hate to be the one to tell you this,
But you'll be alright kid.

I wish you knew the feeling wasn't permanent.
I wish you knew your brother would come back again.
And time does heal but don't heal everything.
If you knew it now who you were gonna be,
You might care less about what they think,
Stop trying to impress the people who leave.
It scares you to death, but don't take it hard,
Cause I know you are.

You're gonna ask why?
You're gonna want answers.
Gonna feel like no one ever understands you.
You're gonna think twice before you start praying,
And wonder when the walls will stop caving.
Hate to be the one to tell you this,
But you'll be alright.

Growing up's not easy,
But it's gonna get better.
Growing up's not easy,
Alone.

You're gonna ask why?
You're gonna want answers.
Gonna feel like no one ever understands you.
You're gonna think twice before you start praying,
And wonder when the walls will stop caving.
Hate to be the one to tell you this,
Hate to be the one to tell you this,
But you'll be alright kid.

The Red Note Band - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC)

 The Red Note Band - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC)

If you're havin' trouble with the high school head
He's givin' you the blues
You wanna graduate but not in his bed
Here's what you gotta do
Pick up the phone, I'm always home
Call me any time
Just ring 36 24 36 hey
I lead a life of crime

Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)

You got problems in your life of love
You got a broken heart
He's double dealin' with your best friend
That's when the teardrops start, fella
Pick up the phone, I'm here alone
Or make a social call
Come right in, forget 'bout him
We'll have ourselves a ball hey

Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
Yeahhh

If you got a lady and you want her gone
But you ain't got the guts
She keeps naggin' at you night and day
Enough to drive you nuts
Pick up the phone, leave her alone
It's time you made a stand
For a fee, I'm happy to be
Your back door man hey

Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap) yeah
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)
(Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap)

Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT
(Done dirt cheap)
Neck ties, contracts, high voltage
(Done dirt cheap)

Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, do anything you want me to
Done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds, dirty deeds, dirty deeds,
Done dirt cheap, ahhhhh 

P!NK - What About Us

  P!NK - What About Us

La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da

We are searchlights, we can see in the dark
We are rockets, pointed up at the stars
We are billions of beautiful hearts
And you sold us down the river too far

What about us?
What about all the times you said you had the answers?
What about us?
What about all the broken happy-ever-afters?
What about us?
What about all the plans that ended in disaster?
What about love? What about trust?
What about us?

We are problems that want to be solved
We are children that need to be loved
We were willing, we came when you called
But man, you fooled us, enough is enough, oh

What about us?
What about all the times you said you had the answers?
What about us?
What about all the broken happy-ever-afters?
Oh, what about us?
What about all the plans that ended in disaster?
Oh, what about love? What about trust?
What about us?

Oh, what about us?
What about all the plans that ended in disaster?
What about love? What about trust?
What about us?

Sticks and stones they may break these bones
But then I'll be ready, are you ready?
It's the start of us, waking up, come on
Are you ready? I'll be ready
I don't want control, I want to let go
Are you ready? I'll be ready
'Cause now it's time to let them know
We are ready

What about...
What about us?
What about all the times you said you had the answers?
So what about us?
What about all the broken happy-ever-afters?
Oh, what about us?
What about all the plans that ended in disaster?
Oh, what about love? What about trust?
What about us?

What about us?
What about us?
What about us?

What about us?
What about us?
What about us?

The Red Note Band - Highway to Hell (AC/DC)

 The Red Note Band - Highway to Hell (AC/DC)

[Verse 1]
Living easy, lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everythin' in my stride
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme
Ain't nothing I’d rather do
Goin' down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too, yeah

[Chorus]
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell

[Verse 2]
No stop signs, speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me around
Hey Satan, payin' my dues
Playing in a rocking band
Hey mama, look at me
I'm on the way to the promised land
Woo!

[Chorus]
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
Highway to hell

[Bridge]
Don't stop me
Heh, heh!

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hell
(Highway to hell) I'm on the highway to hell
(Highway to hell) Highway to hell
(Highway to hell) Highway to hell
(Highway to hell)

[Outro]
And I'm going down
All the way
I'm on the highway to hell

The Strumbellas - In This Life (Black Box Sessions)

 The Strumbellas - In This Life 

I know the season's ain't been changing
and everyday it looks like rain
but i keep hoping for that sun

the streets are filled with demons
lord that's never gonna change
but I still wanna be with everyone
 
I know there's something for you out there
in this life

the rivers are getting low and the skyscrapers all cover the town
but I still work until the days done

the people all dressed in black
and all the cars they look the same
but I got nowhere left to run

I know there's something for you out there
in this life

Oh they're dancing through the darkness of the night.

I know there's something for you out there
in this life

Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

 Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one would ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)
I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times I've lied
(So many times I've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one would ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)

Prince and the Revolution - Raspberry Beret

Prince and the Revolution - Raspberry Beret 

[Intro]
One, two
One, two, three, uh!

[Verse 1]
Yeah
I was working part time in a five-and-dime
My boss was Mr. McGee
He told me several times that he didn't like my kind
'Cause I was a bit too leisurely
Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before
That's when I saw her, ooh, I saw her
She walked in through the out door, out door

[Chorus]
She wore a raspberry beret
The kind you find in a second-hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret, I think I love her

[Verse 2]
Built like she was, she had the nerve to ask me
If I planned to do her any harm
So, look here, I put her on the back of my bike and, uh, we went riding
Down by old man Johnson's farm
I said, now, overcast days never turned me on
But something 'bout the clouds and her mixed
She wasn't too bright, but I could tell when she kissed me
She knew how to get her kicks

[Chorus]
She wore a raspberry beret
The kind you find in a second-hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret, I think I love her

[Verse 3]
The rain sounds so cool when it hits the barn roof
And the horses wonder who you are
Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees
You feel like a movie star
Listen, they say the first time ain't the greatest
But I tell you, if I had the chance to do it all again, ooh
I wouldn't change a stroke 'cause, baby, I'm the most
With a girl as fine as she was then

[Chorus]
(Raspberry beret) Oh!
The kind you find (The kind you find)
The kind you find (In a second-hand store)
Oh, no, no
(Raspberry beret)
(And if it was warm)
Where have all the raspberry women gone? (She wouldn't wear much more)
Yeah (Raspberry beret)
Aah!
I think I, I think I, I think I love her!
(Raspberry beret)
No, no, no
No, no, no (The kind you find)
(In a second-hand store)
(Raspberry beret)
Tell me
Where have all the raspberry women gone? (And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more)
(Raspberry beret)
Ooh, uh, I think I love

Micah Chapter Five

1    NOW gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops:  he hath laid siege against us:  they shall smite the judge of Israel
    with a rod upon the cheek.

2    But thou, Beth-lehem Ephra-tah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come 
    forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;  whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

3    Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth:  then the remnant
    of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

4    And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God;  and they
    shall abide:  for now shall be be great unto the ends of the earth.

5    And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land:  and when he shall tread in our palaces,
    then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

6    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof:  thus
    shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

7    And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon
    the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.


8    And the remnant of of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts
    of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep:  who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth
    in pieces, and none can deliver.

9    Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

10    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I 
    will destroy thy chariots:

11    And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

12    And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand;  and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

13    Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee;  and thou shalt no more
    worship the work of thine hands.

14    And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee:  so will I destroy thy cities.

15    And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

    Micah Chapter Five - KJV

Vance Joy - Missing Piece (Live at Sydney Opera House)

Vance Joy - Missing Piece 

I’ve been waiting for the tides to change
For the waves to send you my way
I see you darling but you pixilate
It gets hard to take these days

But we’ll hold the line I won’t let go
Cause I’ll be there when you can finally make it home
And I don't mind cause we both know that we’ll be fine when you can finally make it home

Because when I'm in a room with you that missing piece is found
You know when you’re by my side Darling nothing can bring us down

I remember happy wasted days
Summers golden haze in our eyes
Lifting you above the breaking waves
Memories floating back to my mind

You said hold the line I won’t let go
Cause I’ll be there when you can finally make it home
And I don't mind
Cause we both know
That we’ll be fine when you can finally make it home

Because when I’m in a room with you that missing piece is found
You know when you’re by my side darling nothing can bring us down
It’s like when you’re far away from me I get lost in the crowd
Because when I’m in a room with you that missing piece is found

Oooh I won’t waste a minute when you’re here
And we’re finally in the clear
When every day is like the last
I just keeping holding fast

Because when I’m in a room with you that missing piece is found
You know when you’re by my side darling nothing can bring us down
Its like when you’re far away from me I get lost in the crowd
Because when I’m in a room with you that missing piece is found

Red - Hymn for the Missing

 Red - Hymn for the Missing

I tried to walk together
But the night was growing dark
Thought you were beside me
But I reached and you were gone
Sometimes I hear you calling
From some lost and distant shore
I hear you crying softly for the way it was before

Where are you now
Are you lost
Will I find you again
Are you alone
Are you afraid
Are you searching for me
Why did you go I had to stay
Now I'm reaching for you
Will you wait, will you wait
Will I see you again

You took it with you when you left
These scars are just a trace
Now it wonders lost and wounded
This heart that I misplaced

Where are you now
Are you lost
Will I find you again
Are you alone
Are you afraid
Are you searching for me
Why did you go I had to stay
Now I'm reaching for you
Will you wait, will you wait
Will I see you again

LIVE - All Over You (7-23-1999 - Woodstock 99)

LIVE - All Over You 

Our love is like water
Pinned down and abused
For being strange

Our love is no other
Than me alone
For me all day
Our love is like water/angels
Pinned down and abused

All over you, all over me
The sun, the fields, the sky
I've often tried to hold the sea
The sun, the fields, the tide
Pay me now, lay me down

The Strumbellas - End of an Era

 The Strumbellas - End of an Era

'Cause it's love at the end of an era
'Cause it's love at the end of an era

We can wait
It's what they wanted
We can fight, fight, fight
But the war is done
And I fall
From holy mountains
And I'll dance
Til the morning comes

On and on it comes and goes
It comes and goes again

'Cause it's love at the end of an era
'Cause it's love at the end of an era
Wait for the night, for the light at the end of an era
'Cause it's love at the end of an era

We can break
But no one will save us
We can build, build, build
Or set it all on fire
And I'll fall
From the highest mountain
And I'll wait
Or leave it all the same

On and on it comes and goes
It comes and goes again

Love at the end of an era
'Cause it's love at the end of an era
Wait for the night, for the light at the end of an era
Wait for the night, for the light at the end of an era

In this life we keep moving
In this life we keep moving

Love at the end of an era
'Cause it's love at the end of an era

Amanda Seyfried - Songbird (Fleetwood Mac) for INARA Charity Event

Amanda Seyfried - Songbird 

For you, there'll be no more crying
For you, the sun will be shining
And I feel that when I'm with you
It's alright, I know it's right
To you, I'll give the world
To you, I'll never be cold
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you
It's alright, I know it's right
And the songbirds are singing,
Like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before
And I wish you all the love in the world
But most of all, I wish it from myself
And the songbirds keep singing
Like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before, like never before,
Like never before

High Fidelity - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH (Tammi Terrell & Marvin Gaye)

  High Fidelity  - AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH

Listen, baby
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no river wide enough, baby

If you need me, call me
No matter where you are
No matter how far
Just call my name
I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

Remember the day
I set you free
I told you
You could always count on me
From that day on I made a vow
I'll be there when you want me
Some way,some how

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

No wind, no rain

My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need a helping hand
I'll be there on the double
As fast as I can

Don't you know that
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

Don't you know that
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough

Rachel Platten - Fight Song

 Rachel Platten - Fight Song

[Verse 1]
Like a small boat on the ocean
Sending big waves into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion

[Pre-Chorus]
And all those things I didn't say
Were wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

[Chorus]
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now, I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care
If nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got
A lot of fight left in me
[Verse 2]
Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep
Everybody's worried about me
In too deep, say I'm in too deep (In too deep)
And it's been two years, I miss my home
But there's a fire burning in my bones
Still believe
Yeah, I still believe

[Pre-Chorus]
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?

[Chorus]
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now, I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care
If nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got
A lot of fight left in me
A lot of fight left in me
[Bridge]
Like a small boat on the ocean
Sending big waves into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion

[Chorus]
This is my fight song (Hey!)
Take back my life song (Hey!)
Prove I'm alright song (Hey!)
My power's turned on
Starting right now, I'll be strong (I'll be strong)
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care
If nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got
A lot of fight left in me

[Outro]
No, I've still got a lot of fight left in me

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

 A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

A cloud appears above your head
A beam of light comes shining down on you,
Shining down on you.
The cloud is moving nearer still.
Aurora borealis comes in view
Aurora comes in view.

And I ran, I ran so far away.
I just ran, I ran all night and day.
I couldn't get away.

Ingrid Michaelson - Are We There Yet

 Ingrid Michaelson - Are We There Yet

They say that home is where the heart is
I guess I haven't found my home
And we keep driving round in circles
Afraid to call this place our own

And are we there yet?

They say there's linings made of silver
Folded inside each raining cloud
Well, we need someone to deliver
Our silver lining now

And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?
Home, home, home
Home, home, home

They say you're really not somebody
Until somebody else loves you
Well, I am waiting to make somebody
Somebody soon

And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?
Home, home, home
Home, home, home

Where you will lie on the rug
While I play with the dog
And it won't be too much
'Cause this is too much
'Cause this is too much for me to hold
This is too much for me to hold

Home, home, home
And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?

Home, home, home
Home, home, home, home

And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?
And are we there yet?
And are we there?

Ingrid Michaelson - Everybody (live on the Rachael Ray Show)

Ingrid Michaelson - Everybody 

Hm hm hm hm
Hm hm hm hm
We have fallen down again tonight
In this world it's hard to get it right
Trying to make your heart fit like a glove
What it needs is love, love, love
Everybody, everybody wants to love
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Everybody, everybody wants to love
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Happy is the heart that still feels pain
Darkness drains and light will come again
Swing open up your chest and let it in
Just let the love, love, love begin
Everybody, everybody wants to love
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Everybody, everybody wants to love
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh, everybody knows the love
Everybody holds the love
Everybody folds for love
Everybody feels the love
Everybody steals the love
Everybody heals with love
Oh oh oh oh
Just let the love love love begin
Everybody, everybody wants to love
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved
Oh oh oh
Just let the love love love begin
Everybody, everybody wants to love
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved
Oh oh oh
Just let the love love love begin
Everybody, everybody wants to love (Everybody knows the love)
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved (Everybody holds the love)
Oh oh oh (Everybody folds for love)
Oh oh oh
Everybody, everybody wants to love (Everybody feels the love)
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved (Everybody steals the love)
Oh oh oh (Everybody heals with love)
Oh oh oh
Everybody, everybody wants to love (Oh everybody)
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved (Oh everybody)
Oh oh oh (Oh everybody)
Oh oh oh
Everybody, everybody wants to love (Oh everybody)
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved (Oh everybody)
Oh oh oh (Oh everybody)
Oh oh oh
Hm hm hm hm

Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (live in Austin, Texas at SXSW)

 Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks

if i told you things i did before 
told you how i used to be 
would you go along with someone like me 
if you knew my story word for word 
handled all of my history 
would you go along with someone like me 

i did before and had my share 
it didn't lead nowhere 
i would go along with someone like you 
it doesn't matter what you did 
who you were hanging with 
we could stick around and see this night through 

and we don't care about the young folks 
talkin' bout the young style 
and we don't care about the old folks 
talkin' 'bout the old style too 
and we don't care about our own folks 
talkin' 'bout our own stuff 
all we care about is talking 
talking only me and you 

usually when things has gone this far 
people tend to disappear 
no one would surprise me unless you do 

i can tell there's something goin' on 
hours seem to disappear 
everyone is leaving i'm still with you 

it doesn't matter what we do 
where we are going to 
we can stick around and see this night through 

and we don't care about the young folks 
talkin' bout the young style 
and we don't care about the old folks 
talkin' 'bout the old style too 
and we don't care about our own folks 
talkin' 'bout our own stuff 
all we care about is talking 
talking only me and you 

and we don't care about the young folks 
talkin' bout the young style 
and we don't care about the old folks 
talkin' 'bout the old style too 
and we don't care about our own folks 
talkin' 'bout our own stuff 
all we care about is talking 
talking only me and you 
(repeat) 
talking only me and you 

talking only me and you 
talking only me and you

Jewel - You Were Meant for Me (live in Venice)

 Jewel - You Were Meant for Me

 I hear the clock, it's six a.m.
 I feel so far from where I've been
 I got my eggs I got my pancakes too
 I got my maple syrup, everything but you.
 I break the yolks, make a smiley face
 I kinda like it in my brand new place
 I wipe the spots off the mirror
 Don't leave the keys in the door
 Never put wet towels on the floor anymore' cause
 
[Chorus:]
 Dreams last so long
 even after you're gone
 I know you love me
 And soon you will see
 You were meant for me
 And I was meant for you.
 
I called my momma, she was out for a walk
 Consoled a cup of coffee but it didn't wanna talk
 So I picked up a paper, it was more bad news
 More hearts being broken or people being used
 Put on my coat in the pouring rain
 I saw a movie it just wasn't the same
 'Cause it was happy or I was sad
 It made me miss you oh so bad 'cause
 
[Chorus]
 
I go about my business, I'm doing fine
 Besides what would I say if I had you on the line
 Same old story, not much to say
 Hearts are broken, everyday.
 I brush my teeth and put the cap back on
 I know you hate it when I leave the light on
 I pick a book up. Turn the sheets down.
 And then I take a deep breath and a good look around
 Put on my pjs and hop into bed
 I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
 I try and tell myself it'll be all right
 I just shouldn't think anymore tonight 'cause
 
[Chorus]
 
Yeah... You were meant for me and I was meant for you.

Little Quirks with Winterbourne - 'Crimson and Clover' (Tommy James & the Shondells)

Little Quirks with Winterbourne - 'Crimson and Clover' 

Now I don't hardly know her
But I think I could love her
Crimson and clover

Ah
Well if she come walkin' over
Now I been waitin' to show her
Crimson and clover
Over and over

Yeah
My mind's such a sweet thing
I wanna do everything
What a beautiful feeling
Crimson and clover
Over and over

Crimson and clover, over and over

Young the Giant - The Walk Home (LIVE performance Sirius XM)

  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?

Micah Chapter Four

 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 Chapter Four - KJV

The Big Push - Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder cover) Live on Brighton Beach

 The Big Push - Higher Ground 

[Verse 1]
People, keep on learnin'
Soldiers, keep on warrin'
The world, keep on turnin'
'Cause it won't be too long
A-powers, will keep on lyin'
While your people, will keep on dyin'
The world, keep on turnin'
'Cause it won't be too long

[Chorus]
I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
'Cause my last time on Earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin' 'til I reach the highest ground

[Verse 2]
A-teachers, a-keep on teachin'
A-preachers, a-keep on preachin'
World, keep on turnin'
'Cause it won't be too long (oh no)
Lovers, a-keep on lovin'
While believers, keep on believin'
Sleepers, just stop sleepin'
'Cause it won't be too long, oh no

[Chorus]
I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
'Cause my last time on Earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin' 'til I reach the highest ground

[Outro]
And Stevie knows that, uh, nobody's gonna bring me down
('Til I reach the highest ground)
'Cause me and Stevie, see, we're gonna be sailing on the funky funky sound
('Til I reach the highest ground)
Bustin' out, and I'll break you out, 'cause I'm sailing on
('Til I reach the highest ground)
Just, uh, sailin' on, sailin' on to higher ground
('Til I reach the highest ground)

Badflower - Number 1 -- Live at Marymoor Park (8/13/25) - Redmond, WA

 Badflower - Number 1 

[Verse 1]
If you wanna be sick, then you can't be late
You gotta act quick 'cause your looks will fade
In a year or two, what you gonna do?
I wanna be praised for the words I choose
Jealousy is okay if I speak my truth
F--- Charlie Puth, ahaha (Yeah)
And his perfect pitch too

[Chorus]
And if I don't want what the radio wants
Then I might get dropped and I might be wrong
But I think this song, it's a big hit song
It's a number one
And so I got drunk with a rockstar once
In a big tour bus and I played my song
And he said, "Hold up, what a really good song"
It's a number one, oh

[Interlude]
Uh, what's up, my guy
Uh, remember me? We met at the show, I gave you my CD
I was just wondering if you heard it, if you have a CD player or whatever
Let me know

[Verse 2]
Everybody else feels 'cause they gotta chase clout
It's a way to get rich, baby, there’s no doubt
But I never would 'cause I'm hella good
I'm a lyrical mastermind, ahead of my time
Accused at times, I use AI, but that's a lie
You're so dumb, it's RhymeZone.com

[Chorus]
And it might sound wrong, but I think my tongue
Is a gift from God, gimme a Grammy nod
'Cause I wrote this song, it's a big hit song
It's a number one
And I might get dropped ‘cause I like punk rock
And I won't suck— in Diddy’s fancy ass loft, yeah
I feel so wrong, but it could've been done
For a number one

[Bridge]
You love it! You love it!
You love it! You love it! You love it!
No, no, no

[Chorus]
And if I blow up in a cringe TikTok
Like a trendy-ass f---, maybe that's my luck
Ooh, look, a platinum blonde with a platinum song
It's a number one
And if I sing along with the autotune on
Then I can't go wrong, no, I can't go wrong
With a little build-up and a big bass drop
It's a number one (Ow!)

[Outro]
It's a number one
It's a number one, uh