Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Colossians Chapter Three

 1    IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2    Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3    For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4    When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

5    Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;  fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection,
    evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

6    For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

7    In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

8    But now ye also put off all these;  anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

9    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

10    And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

11    Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free:  
    but Christ is all, and in all.

12    Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
    meekness, longsuffering;

13    Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any:  even as Christ
    forgave you, so also do ye.

14    And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

15    And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body;  and be ye thankful.

16    Let the word of Christ, dwell in you richly in all wisdom;  teaching and admonishing one another in psalms
    and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17    And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father
    by him.

18    Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

19    Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

20    Children, obey your parents in all things:  for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

21    Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.  

22    Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh;  not with eyeservice; as menpleasers;  but in
    singleness of heart, fearing God:

23    And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

24    Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance:  for ye serve the Lord Christ.

25    But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done:  and there is no respect of persons.

    Colossians Chapter Three - KJV

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Marilyn Manson - Front Toward Enemy (explicit)

 Marilyn Manson - Front Toward Enemy

 Intro | 0:00
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til my bruises are black and my face is swollen
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til the skin on my back is broken
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til my bruises are black and my face is swollen
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til the skin on my back is broken

Verse 1 | 0:44
Put your borrowed weapons down
Show us your fist
You chiseled open the seventh seal
It's the reason I exist
I'm not just a cell
Lookin' for another prisoner
I got no story to tell
Laws are for cowards, but rules are for men

Pre-Chorus | 1:10
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til my bruises are black and my face is swollen
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til the skin on my back is broken

Chorus | 1:22
Front toward your enemy
Front toward your enemy
No one's gonna f**k with us anymore
So what are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?

Verse 2 | 1:41
Every rule that you made
Is comin' back to break you
Everyone that you faked
Is now f**kin' awake
Stop tryin' to dumb us down
Grass is deader on the other side
Better keep your casket closed
So you won't hear any laughter

Pre-Chorus | 2:10
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til my bruises are black and my face is swollen
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til the skin on my back is broken

Chorus | 2:23
Front toward your enemy
Front toward your enemy
No one's gonna f**k with us anymore
So what are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?

Bridge | 2:36
I'm brand new, not complicated and ugly
I've got my God, but you're still alone
I was too much for hell to swallow
So I was spit back out like a bone
What the world needs now is a savaging

Interlude | 3:21
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til my bruises are black and my face is swollen
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
Get up and fight! Get up and fight!
'Til the skin on my back is broken

Chorus | 3:47
Front toward your enemy
Front toward your enemy
No one's gonna f**k with us anymore
So what are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
Front toward your enemy
Front toward your enemy
No one's gonna f**k with us anymore
So what are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?

Outro | 4:12
So what are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?

Brandi Carlile - The Story (on Later... with Jools Holland, 2008)

Brandi Carlile - The Story

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true... I was made for you

I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do and I was made for you

Pierce The Veil - Today I Saw the Whole World

  Pierce The Veil - Today I Saw The Whole World

Baby, pour over
Tell me, are we concrete?
What would you do without my perfect company to your undressed spine?
And I can hear you drag behind my car by your broken legs 
Swallowing stitches in her sleep 
As she stole my only view, may I never blink 

While you stood over the pavement 
I was biting the curb
Cheap entertainment
But I'll bet it feels good coming down 
Can't bear to wash out the wasted time
Between your lips and mine

Zero friends
Followed your voice into a sea of crosses
She blends in with the foxes gold and feels like home
Under the surface my love 
But beware, beware, beware 
And take it slow tonight  
We're on the other side of the road 
I think we're bleeding out 

While you stood over the pavement 
I was biting the curb
Sick entertainment
But I'll bet it feels good coming down 
Can't bear to wash out the wasted time
Between our lips 
So c'mon and swing it back and forth just like 
My heart is on a pendulum tonight 
If your lungs are mine 
I only wanna watch your clouds linger in the darkness

Oh, can't you feel it 
You're feeding on my restless soul 
Oh, can't you see that
It's never enough, it's never enough

Today I saw the whole world 
And I think heaven has a plot to take my life 
Listen, I'm the one who made you 
I'll be the one who brings you down
But this will be the last time 

Bite on the curb 
Sick entertainment
Oh, I'll bet it feels good when you're coming down 
Can't bear to wash out the wasted time
Between our lips 
So c'mon and swing it back and forth just like 
My heart is on a pendulum tonight 
If your lungs are mine 
I only wanna watch your clouds linger in the darkness

Fivefold - Liar

 Fivefold - Liar

Lighter look, better now
Reaching for a crown
Seen the world through the eyes of a monster
And you're a liar
Your soul on fire
(Tear off the mask now)
Tear off the mask now
We've seen behind and watch you die
You're foolin' no one
You self-proclaimed king
Of nothing
You're nothing
We've been waiting all our lives just to feel alive
And you cannot take it away
'Cause you've been hiding
You've been denying
Piece by piece and brick by brick
We've been building up the bridge
That will guide us all again
'Cause you're a liar
Your soul on fire
(Tear off the mask now)
Tear off the mask now
We've seen behind and watch you die
You're foolin' no one
You self-proclaimed king
Of nothing
You're nothing
When will the fighting end?
When will we make amends?
When will we wake up again
And take back what is ours?
Tear off the mask now
We've seen behind and watch you die
You're foolin' no one
You self-proclaimed king
Of nothing
Tear off the mask now
We've seen behind and watch you die
You're foolin' no one
You self-proclaimed king
You're nothing

Atlas Genius - Trojans (live at Guitar Center Sessions)

 Atlas Genius - Trojans

Take it off
Take it in
Take off all the thoughts of what we've been
Take a look
Hesitate
Take a picture you could never recreate
Write a song
make a note
for the lump that sits inside your throat
Change the locks, change the scene
Change it all but can't change what we've been
Your trojan's in my head
It's ok if it's gone
The thoughts that you had that it was the one
And oh what is left?
For all those times is that what you get?
Oh regardless
The walls get painted anyway
Oh you're guarding
The gates, but it all got away
Your trojan's in my head
Take it off
Take it in
Take off all the thoughts of what we've been
Take a look
Hesitate
Take a picture you could never recreate
Write a song
make a note
for the lump that sits inside your throat
Change the locks, change the scene
Change it all but can't change what we've been

Old Sea Brigade - Day by Day

  Old Sea Brigade - Day by Day

Time and time again I think I’m falling through space and I wake up in my bed just sweating in sheets
Remembering my name but it don’t sound the same 
Daylight come and save me from the 2am creeps

And I think of you growing old and it breaks my heart
And I think of you growing old and it breaks my heart

Hold me up again or I can count on the wall
Just a temporary panic that I can’t seem to beat
Stranger in the mirror his smile makes me shiver
He wears my features and grinds my teeth

And I think of you growing old and it breaks my heart
And I think of you growing old

Darkness it comes and puts me in place
I’m a prisoner babe you know I can’t escape
Take all you want take all you can take
But the shadow of age is every step of the way
And it’s day by day it’s all I can take of it
And it’s day by day its all I can chase

Time and time again I think I’ve pulled it together but something’s so familiar that’s unraveling me
I’ll forget my name every evenings the same
Frozen on my back just praying for sleep

And I think of you growing old and it breaks my heart
And I think of you growing old and it breaks my heart
And I think of you as the night grows cold and it breaks my heart
And I think of you growing old

Villain of the Story - Peace of Mind

 Villain of the Story - Peace of Mind

In the shade again
I've fallen right into the masquerade again
Can't for the life of me remember when 
I got lost somewhere between now and then
I had a vision for something more
A fire inside me and I felt it to the core
So much of the world I wanted to explore
But I never made it five feet from my door

I'm done wasting away
No excuses there is nothing left to say
Finding a spark
Deep down in the dark
It's far from easy but I needed a brand new start

This is the only way that I will find
Something near to happiness in this life
I can't remember the last time that I had any peace of mind
I've fought for this
I've bled for this
There is no turning back now
And finally I'm able to see
The place I'm meant to be

I was fixated on the expectations
Of everyone around I was so frustrated
I became addicted to always overthinking
Everything I did
I had nothing to give
I started disappointing everyone
Letting down all the ones that I love
This road is covered in ice
And paved with sacrifice
I gave it all away and I paid the price

This is the only way that I will find
Something near to happiness in this life
I can't remember the last time that I had any peace of mind
I've fought for this
I've bled for this
There is no turning back now
And finally I'm able to see
The place I'm meant to be

I'm done wasting away
I'm done wasting away

This is the only way that I will find
Something near to happiness in this life
I can't remember the last time that I had any peace of mind
I've fought for this
I've bled for this
There is no turning back now
And finally I'm able to see
The place I'm meant to be

I'm done wasting away

Chance Peña - The Voyager

 

Chance Peña - The Voyager

[Verse 1]
Revolve 180 'til the tables turn
Let me be in my home, let me have what I've earned
Can't I partake in what I deserve?
Bookshelf like walls of the universe
I don't know what is real, only know what I've heard
It's a pretense I have of this earth

[Chorus]
Sidestep, make way for the voyager
He's been looking around, tryna prove all his worth
Spent a long time digging through the dirt
Lightspeed, light-years wеll ahead of us
He knows something wе don't, and that's what he prefers
Couldn't handle the truth at its worst

[Post-Chorus]
Hey

[Verse 2]
It's nothin' real that he's running from
Still, he left what he loved 'cause he had to run
And he tries not to beg about it, oh well, oh well
It's at night when he comes undone
'Cause everything reminds him that he's all alone
And it's hard not to think about it, oh well, oh well

[Pre-Chorus]
He fell from the light
Spend a long time down in the depths of his mind
Oh, hoping to find, why
He's caught in his ways
You can tell he's lost by the look in his eyes

[Chorus]
So, sidestep, make way for the voyager
He's been looking around, tryna prove all his worth
Spent a long time digging through the dirt
Lightspeed, light-years well ahead of us
He knows something we don't, and that's what he prefers
Couldn't handle the truth at its worst

[Post-Chorus]
Oh-oh, ah, hey, hey
Hey, hey, ah-ah-ey

[Bridge]
'Cause you will find out you're more alive if you feel loved
And let longing die
You'll find out there's more in time
This is life
Hey, hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey, oh-oh
Hey, hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey
[Outro]
Revolve 180 'til the tables turn
Let me be in my home, let me have what I've earned
Can't I partake in what I deserve?

Keith Urban - God Whispered Your Name

 Keith Urban - God Whispered Your Name

[Verse 1]
I was so cold and lost
And nothing seemed to ring true
I couldn't bear the cross
For everything I'd been through
And each day, I knew I needed change
But there was no way, no way

[Pre-Chorus]
And then God whispered your name
And that's when everything changed
And love came out of the rain
And talk about being saved

[Chorus]
Suddenly I wanna live
More than I ever did
I'm never gonna be the same
When God whispered your name

[Verse 2]
I can see the sunshine
For the first time in a while
Girl, it's like I've been baptized
By the warmth of your smile, hmm
Well, call it fate or faith or call it crazy either way
It's amazin', amazin' grace

[Pre-Chorus]
When God whispered your name
That's when everything changed
Love came out of the rain
Talk about being saved

[Chorus]
Well, suddenly I wanna live
More than I ever did
I'm never gonna be the same
When God whispered your name

[Bridge]
It's just what I needed to hear, baby
It couldn't have been more loud and clear

[Pre-Chorus]
When God whispered your name
That's when everything changed
Love came out of the rain (Out of the rain)
And talk about being saved

[Chorus]
Oh, suddenly I wanna live
More than I ever did
I'm never gonna be the same
When God whispered your name, oh yeah

[Outro]
(Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah)
Ooh, Hallelujah, baby
(Hallelujah) Oh, yeah, (Hallelujah) Hmm-hmm
(Hallelujah) Ooh yeah
I can see the sunlight shinin' through your pretty eyes, baby
(Hallelujah) Woo, hmm, (Hallelujah)
I like a man who leaves, time feels like Hell
(Hallelujah)
Got my hands up high, I got my hands up to the sky
(Hallelujah) Ooh, I'm sayin' thank you
(Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah)

Strays Don't Sleep - For Blue Skies

Strays Don't Sleep - For Blue Skies 

It's been a long year
Since we last spoke
How's your halo?
Just between you and I
You and me and the satellites
I never believed you
I only wanted to
Before all of this
What did I miss?
Do you ever get homesick?

I can't get used to it
I can't get used to it

I'll never get used to it
I'll never get used to it

I'm under that night
I'm under those same stars
We're in a red car
You asleep at my side
Going in and out of the headlights
Could I have saved you?
Would that have betrayed you?
I want to burn this film
You alone with those pills
What you couldn't do I will

I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you

For blue, blue skies

I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you
I'll forgive you

James Morrison - Nothing Ever Hurt Like You

James Morrison - Nothing Ever Hurt Like You

[Intro]
One, two, three, four

[Verse 1]
Loving you was easy, playing by the rules
But you said love tastes so much better when it's cruel
To you everything was just a game
And oh yeah, you played me good
But I want you, I want you, I want you
So much more than I should, (yes I do)

[Chorus]
I've got my hands up, so take your aim, yeah, I'm ready
There's nothing that we can't go through
Oh, it hit me like a steel freight train when you left me
And nothing ever hurt like you, nothing ever hurt like you

[Verse 2]
I was naïve and wide-eyed, but you made me see
That you don't get to taste the honey
Without the sting of a bee, (no, you don't)
Oh yes, you stung me good, oh yeah, you dug in deep
But I'll take it, I'll take it, I'll take it
Till I'm down on my knees, (on my knees)

[Chorus]
Oh, I've got my hands up, so take your aim, yeah, I'm ready
There ain't nothing that I won't do
Walk a thousand miles on broken glass
It won't stop me from making my way back to you
It's not real until you feel pain
And nothing ever hurt like you, nothing ever hurt like you
Oh, nothing hurt like you, (you got to believe me, alright)

Oh, everything was just a game, yes, you played me good
But I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you

[Chorus]
Oh, I've got my hands up, so take your aim, yes, I'm ready
There ain't nothing that we can't go through
Oh, it hit me like a hurricane when you left me
But I'd do it all again for you
I'll walk a thousand miles on broken glass
It won't stop me from making my way back to you
Its not real until you feel the pain
And nothing ever hurt like you, nothing ever hurt like you

[Outro]
Nothing in the whole wide world
Nothing ever, nothing ever, (nothing ever)
Nothing ever hurt like you, (like you
Like you, like you) hurt like you
Will ever, will never hurt like you, you, you, you
Nothing ever hurt like you

Volumia! - Afscheid

Volumia! - Afscheid 

English translation 

Always together, my arms around you 
My greatest love, that I really knew right away 
The very last week, the days went fast 
Gets close to departure, it is difficult 

Say you do not have to go treasure 
You really had enough of me 
Say you do not have to go treasure 
Go baby, because you need, I need to know 

If at all possible then 
I stayed one night with you 
If at all possible then 
I stayed one night with you 

I would say that I will be waiting 
And the future for our laughs 
I would say for the umpteenth time 
I want no other ever 

The bags are already out, the tailgate closed stores 
One last long kiss in the early morning light 
You look at me sweetly and grabs me tightly 
I whisper in your ear, I will not forget 

Say you do not have to go treasure 
You really had enough of me 
Say you do not have to go treasure 
Go baby, because you need, I need to know 

If at all possible then 
I stayed one night with you 
If at all possible then 
I stayed one night with you 

I would say that I will be waiting 
And the future for our laughs 
I would say for the umpteenth time 
I want no other ever 

Never again will I feel what I feel for you 
Never again will I feel what I feel for you 
So go now, and wipe your tears away 
And remember very well that I love you, love you 

No, no, no, you do not go baby, no 
Ooh, no, no, no, you do not go baby, no, no 

Jeremy Camp - Christ in Me

 Jeremy Camp - Christ in Me

In this obsession with
The things this world says make us happy
Can’t see the slaves we are
In all the searching, all the grasping
Like we deserve much more
Than all these blessings we’re holding
So now I’m running free
Into an ocean of mercy, unending

So come and empty me
So that it’s You I breathe
I want my life to be
Only Christ in me
So I will fix my eyes
‘Cause You’re my source of life
I need the world to see
That it’s Christ in me, yeah
That it’s Christ in me, yeah

Done with what holds me down
The things I once was chasing after
Throw off these heavy chains
That I have let become my master
So now I’m running free
Into an ocean of mercy, unending

Nothing More - Mr. MTV

 Nothing More - Mr. MTV

Free drugs, Cheap sex
Fake tans, Big breasts
High times, Pimped rides
Lost days to blackout nights
 
I need this, I need that
I'm not complete with what I have
If I do this, If I buy that
I'll get mine, I'll get mine
 
I want, I want, I want...
 
Empty me, empty nation
Emptied us of inspiration
Bastard sons and broken daughters
All bow down to our corporate father
 
In my iLife, In my iWorld
On my iPhone, With my iGirl
Just one bite to understand
Even Eve couldn't live without the iPlan
 
I NEED IT
 
Do this, Buy that
Get my drugs and sex
More drugs, Want sex, Need sex
 
MTV, MTnation
MTus of inspiration
Bastard sons and broken daughters
All bow down to our corporate father

Young the Giant - Mind Over Matter

 Young the Giant - Mind Over Matter

Mind over matter
Does it matter to any of us?
Don't change the subject
I'm heavy on your love
I missed that train
New York City: it rains!
Fly to East L.A. in big jet planes
You know you're on my mind
And if the world don't break
I'll be shaking it 
Cuz I'm a young man after all!
And when the seasons change
Will you stand by me?
Cuz I'm a young man built to fall!
Mind over matter
I'm in tatters thinking about her
Taste my disaster
It's heavy on my tongue
All the lights aglow
Tokyo: snows
Go to watch the show
Curtain's closed 
I'm watching you this time
And if the world don't break
I'll be shaking it 
Cuz I'm a young man after all!
And when the seasons change
Will you stand by me?
Cuz I'm a young man built to fall! 
I missed that train
New York City: it rains!
Fly to East L.A. in big jet planes
You know you're on my mind
All the lights aglow
Tokyo: snows
Go to watch the show; curtain's closed 
I'm watching you this time
Mind over matter
Mind over matter
You know you're on my mind!
And if the world don't break
I'll be shaking it 
Cuz I'm a young man after all!
And when the seasons change
I missed that train
Will you stand by me?
Fly to East L.A. 
Cuz I'm a young man built to fall!
And if the world don't break!
All the lights aglow
Tokyo: snows
Go to watch the show; curtain's closed 
And when the seasons change
Will you stand by me?
Cuz I'm a young man built to fall!

Metallica - Master of Puppets (Live in Cardiff, Wales - June 28, 2026)

Metallica - Master of Puppets 

End of passion play, crumbling away 
I'm your source of self-destruction 
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear 
Leading on your deaths' construction 

Taste me you will see 
More is all you need 
You're dedicated to 
How I'm killing you 

Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 

Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 

Needlework the way, never you betray 
Life of death becoming clearer 
Pain monopoly, ritual misery 
Chop your breakfast on a mirror 

Taste me you will see 
More is all you need 
You're dedicated to 
How I'm killing you 

Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 

Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 

Master, master, where's the dreams that I've been after? 
Master, master, you promised only lies 
Laughter, laughter, all I hear or see is laughter 
Laughter, laughter, laughing at my cries 

Hell is worth all that, natural habitat 
Just a rhyme without a reason 
Neverending maze, drift on numbered days 
Now your life is out of season 

I will occupy 
I will help you die 
I will run through you 
Now I rule you too 

Come crawling faster 
Obey your master 
Your life burns faster 
Obey your master 
Master 

Master of puppets I'm pulling your strings 
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams 
Blinded by me, you can't see a thing 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 
Just call my name, 'cause I'll hear you scream 
Master 
Master 

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

 "Streams in the Desert"

February 10th

"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves."  (Romans 12:19)

    THERE are seasons when to be STILL demands immeasurably higher strength than to act.  Composure is often the highest result of power.  To the vilest and most deadly charges Jesus responded with deep, unbroken silence, such as excited the wonder
of the judge and the spectators.  To the grossest insults, the most violent ill-treatment and mockery that might well bring
indignation to the feeblest heart, He responded with voiceless complacent calmness.  Those who are unjustly accused, and
causelessly ill-treated know what tremendous strength is necessary to keep silence to God.

    "Men may misjudge thy aim,
    Think they have cause to blame, 
    Say, thou art wrong;
    Keep on thy quiet way,
    Christ is the Judge, not they,
    Fear not, be strong."

    St. Paul said, "None of these things move me."

    He did not say, none of these things HURT me.  It is one thing to be hurt, and quite another to be moved.  St. Paul
had a very tender heart.  We do not read of any apostle who cried as St. Paul did.  It takes a strong man to cry.  Jesus
wept, and He was the manliest Man that ever lived.  So it does not say, none of these things hurt me.  But the apostle had
determined not to move from what he believed was right.  He did not count as we are apt to count;  he did not care for
ease;  he did not care for this mortal life.  He cared for only one thing, and that was to be loyal to Christ, to have His smile. 
To St. Paul, more than to any other man, His work was wages, His smile as Heaven.  ---Margaret Bottome.  

Colossians Chapter Two

 1    FOR I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have
    not seen my face in the flesh;

2    That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of
    understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

3    In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

4    And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

5    For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the
    stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

6    As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

7    Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

8    Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the rudiments of the world, and not
    after Christ.

9    For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

10    And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

11    In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of sins
    of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

12    Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God,
    who hath raised him from the dead.

13    And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him,
    having forgiven you all trespasses;

14    Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out
    of the way, nailing it to his cross;

15    And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

16    Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, 
    or of the sabbath days:

17    Which are a shadow of things to come;  but the body is of Christ.

18    Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into
    those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

19    And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered,
    and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

20    Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world,    
    are ye subject to ordinances,

21    (Touch not;  taste not;  handle not;

22    Which all are to perish with the using;)  after the commandments and doctrines of men?

23    Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body;  
    not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

    Colossians Chapter Two - KJV

Monday, July 20, 2026

ROLE MODEL - Writing's On The Wall (live on Austin City Limits)

 ROLE MODEL -  Writing's On The Wall

 Dad’s on the phone and he’s lecturing me 
‘Bout a girl that he met back when he was nineteen 
It’s never gonna work cause the puzzle won’t piece
 
Head out the window
Sweat on the pillow
It's been keeping me up at night
Guess this is what love feels like all right
 
Seems like your shoulder
Keeps getting colder
But babe I was raised in the cold
Wish I could do what I'm told
Oh, now
 
Dad’s on the phone and he’s lecturing me 
‘Bout a girl that he met back when he was nineteen
It’s never gonna work cause the puzzle won’t piece
Son of a gun but I know that he’s right 
Cause the girl that I loved never treated me nice 
Writing’s on the wall I pretend I can’t read 
You’re forgetting me
 
Losing my patience
Confusing the waitress
And asking her way too much
Like why am I still in love?
 
With somebody who leaves me
Way too easy
She said honey you’ll be alright
But she gets paid to be nice
Oh hell
 
Dad’s on the phone and he’s lecturing me 
‘Bout a girl that he met back when he was nineteen 
It’s never gonna work cause the puzzle won’t piece
 
Son of a gun but I know that he’s right 
Cause the girl that I loved never treated me nice 
Writing’s on the wall I pretend I can’t read 
You’re forgetting me
 
Ooh you’re forgetting me
Ooh you’re forgetting me
 
Dad’s on the phone and he’s lecturing me 
‘Bout a girl that he met back when he was nineteen
It’s never gonna work cause the puzzle won’t piece
Ooh you’re forgetting me
 
Son of a gun but I know that he’s right 
Cause the girl that I loved never treated me nice 
Writing’s on the wall I pretend I can’t read 
You’re forgetting me

Curtis Akeem - They Wanted Me to Be a Bisexual R&B Artist... So I Walked Away

 They Wanted Me to Be a Bisexual R&B Artist... So I Walked Away

For years, people have asked me the same question:

"Why did you leave the music industry?"

After years of staying quiet, I'm finally telling the full story.......

Fivefold - Till Death (Live at Delmar Hall 3/25/2017)

Fivefold - Till Death 

Looking back upon the path and I
I can't believe my eyes
The boy that I was and the man that I've become
Breaking through some memory
I still recall the scene
From across the room like something right out of a dream
And now I sit here trying to find the
Words to show you my love
But they don't come, they just stay locked up in my head
So I will vow until the day
This body fades away
To hold you high and
I'll sing
When the winter comes
I'll scream your name
Don't be afraid of what's beneath
When the reaper calls
I'll hold you tight and I'll scream
"Don't you take her away from me
Don't you take her away"
I lived my life a vagabond
The path that I was on (the path that I was on)
Better to leave than leaving broken in the end
But like a moth into the flame
Your fire burned away (your fire burned away)
All of the fear that I held deep inside my heart
And though I lack in every way
You still decided to stay (you still decided to stay)
Dared to look inside and see me for who I am
So I will vow until the day
This body fades away
To hold you high and
I'll sing
When the winter comes
I'll scream your name
Don't be afraid of what's beneath
When the reaper calls
I'll hold you tight and I'll scream
"Don't you take her away from me
Don't you take her away"
And I'll see the face of my desire
Don't let it burn away
A small spark that grew into a fire
Don't let it burn away
When the winter comes
I'll scream your name
Don't be afraid of what's beneath
When the reaper calls
I'll hold you tight and I'll scream
"Don't you take her away from me
Don't you take her away"
And I'll see the face of my desire
Don't let it burn away
A small spark that grew into a fire
Don't let it burn away
Away

The Killers - My Own Soul's Warning

  The Killers - My Own Soul's Warning 

I tried going against my own soul’s warning
But in the end, something just didn’t feel right
Oh I tried diving even though the sky was storming
And I just wanted to get back to where you are

If you could see through the banner of the sun
Into eternity’s eyes
Like a vision reaching down to you
Would you turn away?
What if it knew you by your name?
What kind of words would cut 
Through the clutter of the whirlwinds of these days?

I tried going against my own soul’s warning
But in the end, something just didn’t feel right
Oh I tried diving, even though the sky was storming
Thunderheads were forming
But man I thought I could fly
And when I hit the ground

It made a messed up sound
And it kept on rattling through my days
And cutting up my nights
Like a g--damned knife
And it got me thinking, no matter how far
I just wanted to get back to where you are

I tried going against my own soul’s warning
But in the end, something just didn’t feel right
Oh I tried running from the memory and the mourning
But the penalty kept on pouring

And now I think I know why
Cause when I hit the ground
It made a messed up sound
And it kept on rattling through my days
And cutting up my nights
Like a g--damned knife
And it got me thinking, no matter how far
I just wanted to get back to where you are

Soul Asylum - Misery

 Soul Asylum - Misery 

 [Verse 1]
They say misery loves company
We could start a company and make misery

[Refrain]
Frustrated Incorporated

[Bridge]
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to see

[Chorus]
Put me out of my misery
I'd do it for you, would you do it for me
We will always be busy making misery

[Verse 2]
We could build a factory and make misery
We'll create the cure; we made the disease

[Refrain]
Frustrated Incorporated
Frustrated Incorporated

[Bridge]
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to feel

[Chorus]
Put me out of my misery
All you suicide kings and you drama queens
Forever after happily, making misery

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 3]
Did you satisfy your greed, get what you need
Was it only envy, so empty

[Outro]
Frustrated Incorporated
Frustrated Incorporated
(Put me out of my misery)
Frustrated Incorporated
(I'd do it for you, would you do it for me)
Frustrated Incorporated
(Forever after happily)
(I know just what you need)
Frustrated Incorporated
(Put me out of my misery)
(I might just have the thing)
Frustrated Incorporated
(Put me out of my misery)
(I know just what you need)
Frustrated Incorporated

Djo - Basic Being Basic (live for Like A Version)

  Djo - Basic Being Basic

[Verse 1]
Get food, barely eat
Every bite just kept me glued to my seat
I worried, even cried
How'd it feel to take the light from my life?
Bad habit, even worse
Fifty-fifty, I’m a sucker for looks
Asked for it, here it is
A quick example 'cause you wanted the hits

[Chorus]
I think you're scared of being basic
That’s ironic 'cause it's reading like you're even more basic
It's not funny, it's so funny
'Cause you're basic
Just looking hot and keeping monotone and understated nothingness
Won’t change it
(Good luck with that, good luck with what?)
It’s not funny, but it's so funny

[Verse 2]
I don’t want your money, I don't care for fame
I don't wanna live a life where that's my big exchange
I want simple pleasures, friends who have my back
Everyone has secrets, but not everyone can fool a man like that
It sent me reeling, still not the same
It’s like my capacity to love and give has changed
I guess I'll thank you and spite your name again
The past's the past, and I'll outlast the hate to find real love that's not pretend

[Chorus]
How basic (Sell me on it)
Shuffle numbers, pointing fingers, ditching chats in different apps
That's basic (Haha)
It's not funny, it's so funny
That's just basic being basic (Basically)
You said he looked just like a girl, so you like girls
I guess I'll take it
Yeah, that's funny, you're so funny (Ha-ha-ha-ha)

[Bridge]
Change your body, change your face, curl your hair then make it straight
Take a picture of your plate, Tarantino movie taste
Rah-rah, cheugy-phobe, Vera Bradley's back in Vogue
It's a flash photograph

[Outro]
What an empty epitaph that is (That's basic)
What an empty epitaph that is (That's basic)
What an empty epitaph (That's just basic being basic)
Yeah, my tight five might get a laugh as is
If that's funny, I'm not funny

Switchfoot - Love Alone is Worth the Fight [K-LOVE] (subtitulado español) [History Maker]

Switchfoot - Love Alone is Worth the Fight 

[Verse 1]
I'm trying to find where my place is
I'm looking for my own oasis
So close I can taste this
The fear that love alone erases
So I'm back to the basics
I figure it's time I face this
Time to take my own advice
Love alone is worth the fight

[Verse 2]
And I never thought it'd come to this
But it seems like I'm finally feeling numb to this
The funny thing bout a name is
You forget what the reason you were playing the game is
And it's all an illusion
A 21st century institution
So I'm heading down the open road unknown

[Pre-Chorus]
And we find what we're made of
Through the open door
Is it fear you're afraid of?
What are you waiting for?

[Chorus]
Love alone is worth the fight
Love alone is worth the fight

[Verse 3]
We're only here for a season
I'm looking for the rhyme and reason
Why you're born why you're leaving
What you fear and what you believe in
Why you're living and breathing
Why you're fighting it and getting it even
Let's go headed down the open road unknown

[Pre-Chorus]
And we find what we're made of
Through the open door
Is it fear you're afraid of?
What are you waiting for?

[Chorus]
Love alone is worth the fight
Love alone is worth the fight

[Bridge]
Here we are here we go
Where the road is our own
Feel it calling you home
Here we are here we go

[Chorus]
Love alone is worth the fight
Love alone is worth the fight
Love alone is worth the fight
Love alone is worth the fight
Love alone is worth the fight

James Morrison - Once When I Was Little | Peace Day Live 21 September

James Morrison - Once When I Was Little 

I was the one, 
Who would always
Jump in first
Didn't think twice
To look behind
Got such a good feeling, 
Just from playing
In the dirt
Once, 
When I was little

We could build a rocket, 
Fly to the moon
Leave Tuesday morning, 
And be back for noon
There wasn't nothing, 
Nothing that we couldn't do
Once, when I was little umm
Once, when I was little

Yeah I could dream more then
Yeah I believed more then
That the world
Could only get better
Yeah I was free more then
I could pretend more then
That this life could
Only show me good times
Once, when I was little
Umm ohh lalala

There was a time
When I trusted everyone
Yes I did
There was no place
That I would not go oh no
Spend a day on the hillside
Next to the holly mo
Oh once, when I was little
Yea once, when I, I was little

Yeah I could dream more then
Yeah I believe more then
That this world
Could only get better
Yeah I was free more then
I could pretend more then
That this life could
Only show me good times
Once, when I was little

Used to feel so strong
Even when they tell me, 
Tell me I was wrong
That I can't live
In a magic world
Cause it's time
For me to grow up
That I got to be
Like the rest of them
When I know
There acting up ohh

I could believe more
Then yes I could
I could pretend more then
That this life could
Only get better
I could believe more
Then yes I could
I could pretend more then

That this world could
Only show me good times
Once, when I was little
When I was little

So here comes the next one, 
The next in line
Stay as young you can, 
For the longest time
Cause those days flew by
Like a breeze
Just passing through
Once, when I was little

The Broken View - Feel Something (acoustic)

 The Broken View - Feel Something

I find myself wrapped up in this
I covet every lie
Cause I want to feel something
I try and enforce some logic
For all these tears I've cried
But I just feel nothing

Oh, I need to let go

Don't wait up for me at all
I not coming back cause I
I wanna feel something
I'll gather my indifference
And I will bide my time
Until I feel something

Oh, I need to let go
Before I lose

With weakened and weary eyes
We can now sleep at night
You never showed but I was there
To let you know that I don't care
But fearful and fevered I'll
Wake from this dream tonight
You never showed but I was there
To let you know that I don't care

That I don't care

I want to feel something

With weakened and weary eyes
We can now sleep at night
You never showed but I was there
To let you know that I don't care
But fearful and fevered I'll
Wake from this dream tonight
You never showed but I was there
To let you know that I don't care

I want to feel something

Marco Borsato, Armin van Buuren, Davina Michelle - Hoe Het Danst

Marco Borsato, Armin van Buuren, Davina Michelle - Hoe Het Danst

English translation after official lyrics 

Sleutels vast, de deurknop heb ik in mijn hand
Maar ik twijfel of ik nog wel echt naar binnen kan
Jouw iedere beweging lijkt bij mij vandaan 
Ik heb je hart zo lang niet open meer zien staan

Wil je weten hoe het danst zonder mij?
Misschien heb je meer balans zonder mij
Als het moet zet ik een stapje opzij
Als het beter
Als dat beter is

Heeft het leven dan meer glans zonder mij
Krijgt de liefde weer een kans zonder mij
Als dat echt zo is dan laat ik je vrij
Als het beter
Als dat beter is

Wil niet zeggen dat ik jou niet mis

De voordeur die gaat open en ik sla weer dicht
Al staat wat ik wil zeggen wel op mijn gezicht
Ik kan niet met je praten dus ik hou me stil
Maar het voelt of je voor mij niet vechten wil

Wil je weten hoe het danst zonder mij?
Misschien heb je meer balans zonder mij
Als het moet zet ik een stapje opzij
Als dat beter
Als dat beter is

Heeft het leven dan meer glans zonder mij
Krijgt de liefde weer een kans zonder mij
Als dat echt zo is dan laat ik je vrij
Als het beter
Als dat beter is

Wil niet zeggen dat ik jou niet mis
Ga maar kijken hoe het danst

Ga maar kijken hoe het danst

Het is niet dat ik niet wil
Maar heel 
de weg lijk ik vergeten

Zou niet weten 
welke richting 
Welke weg nog leidt naar jou

Sleutels vast, de deurknop heb ik in mijn hand

Ik leer vast wel hoe het danst zonder jou
Ook al mis ik de balans zonder jou
Oh, ik hoop dat ik het kan zonder jou
Als het beter
Als dat beter is

Ga maar kijken hoe het danst zonder mij
Geef de liefde weer een kans zonder mij
Als het moet zet ik een stapje opzij
Als het beter
Als het beter is

Ga maar kijken hoe het danst 
Ga maar kijken hoe het danst 

Wil je weten hoe het danst zonder mij
Misschien heb je meer balans zonder mij
Als het moet zet ik een stapje opzij
Als het beter
Als dat beter is

Wil niet zeggen dat ik jou niet mis

 

 Keys in hand, I’m holding the doorknob
But I hesitate—can I really still go inside?
Every move you make seems to pull you away from me
It’s been so long since I’ve seen your heart open up

Do you want to know how it dances without me?
Maybe you’ll find more balance without me
If need be, I’ll step aside
If it’s better
If that’s better

Will life have more sparkle without me?
Will love get another chance without me?
If that’s really the case, then I’ll set you free
If it’s better
If that’s better

That doesn’t mean I don’t miss you

The front door opens, and I close it again
Even though what I want to say is written on my face
I can’t talk to you, so I stay silent
But it feels like you don’t want to fight for me

Do you want to know how it dances without me? Maybe you’ll find more balance without me
If need be, I’ll step aside
If that’s better
If that’s better

Will life shine brighter without me?
Will love get another chance without me?
If that’s really the case, then I’ll set you free
If that’s better
If that’s better

That doesn’t mean I don’t miss you
Go and see how it dances

Go and see how it dances

It’s not that I don’t want to
But I seem to have forgotten
The whole way there

I wouldn’t know
Which direction
Which path still leads to you

Keys in hand, I’m holding the doorknob

I’m sure I’ll learn how to dance without you
Even though I miss the balance without you
Oh, I hope I can manage without you
If that’s better
If that’s better

Go and see how it dances without me
Give love another chance without me
If need be, I’ll step aside
If that’s better
If that’s better

Go and see how it dances
Go and see how it dances

Do you want to know how it dances without me?
Maybe you’ll find more balance without me
If need be, I’ll step aside
If that’s better
If that’s better

That doesn’t mean I don’t miss you

Nothing But Thieves - Overcome (Vídeo Oficial + Legenda em Português / Portuguese)

Nothing But Thieves - Overcome

 I don't wanna fight
My money's in a bag in the back for you
The future's overdue
Yeah I know that

Turn the engine on
Our song blaring out a Dead radio
Singing 'I Need To Know'
No turning back

I've been thinkin' babe, maybe you're right
When you said the pain weathers in time
We're just waiting for a change to follow
We don't always get all that we want
Redefine the pain to something more
And we shall overcome as we've done before

Scrolling through a life
I barely recognised from a hotel room
Took in the lonely view
Got unattached

Bringer of the calm
Your arms wrapped around when the fever took
Thought I was gone for good
You brought me back

I've been thinkin' babe, maybe you're right
When you said the pain weathers in time
We're just waiting for a change to follow
We don't always get all that we want
Redefine the pain to something more
And we shall overcome as we've done before

It's when we lean in, into the moment
It's when we're reaching through the divide
It's when we begin feeling the open
It's when the stranger's fallen behind
When we shake off the darkness
And harness the light

I've been thinkin' babe, maybe you're right
When you said the pain weathers in time
We're just waiting for a change to follow
We don't always get all that we want
Redefine the pain to something more
And we shall overcome as we've done before
 
And we shall overcome as we've done before
And we shall overcome as we've done before

Dido - Here With Me

Dido - Here With Me 

I didn't hear you leave
I wonder how am I still here
And I don't want to move a thing 
It might change my memory

Oh I am what I am 
I'll do what I want 
But I can't hide
I won't go 
I won't sleep 
I can't breathe 
Until you're resting here with me
I won't leave 
I can't hide 
I cannot be 
Until you're resting here with me

I don't want to call my friends 
They might wake me from this dream
And I can't leave this bed
Risk forgetting all that's been

Oh I am what I am 
I'll do what I want 
But I can't hide
I won't go 
I won't sleep 
I can't breathe 
Until you're resting here with me
I won't leave 
I can't hide 
I cannot be 
Until you're resting here with me

Linkin Park - Battle Symphony

Linkin Park - Battle Symphony

I got a long way to go
And a long memory
I been searching for an answer
Always just out of reach
Blood on the floor
Sirens repeat
I been searching for the courage
To face my enemies
When they turn down the lights
 
I hear my battle symphony
All the world in front of me
If my armor breaks
I’ll fuse it back together
Battle symphony
Please just don’t give up on me
And my eyes are wide awake
For my battle symphony
 
They say that I don’t belong
Say that I should retreat
That I’m marching to the rhythm
Of a lonesome defeat
But the sound of your voice
Puts the pain in reverse
No surrender, no illusions
And for better or worse
When they turn down the lights
 
I hear my battle symphony
All the world in front of me
If my armor breaks
I’ll fuse it back together
Battle symphony
Please just don’t give up on me
And my eyes are wide awake
 
If I fall, get knocked down
Pick myself up off the ground
When they turn down the lights
 
I hear my battle symphony
All the world in front of me
If my armor breaks
I’ll fuse it back together
Battle symphony
Please just don’t give up on me
And my eyes are wide awake
For my battle symphony

Anthony Vincent feat. Matthew Heafy - Welcome the End

 Anthony Vincent  feat. Matthew Heafy  - Welcome the End 

If I should die you’ll know me
Welcome the end before me

The hands can hold no time 
And the earth drinks in the wine 
Become the pain but not the lie 
A deadly disguise
Stone, void
And the joyful emptiness draws near 
Atoned for every year
A debt paid with tears
And when the fire came It burned out my insides 
Acceptance
This temple now is mine

If we’re to take the call 
Given the freedom to fight and fall 
If I should die you’ll know me 
Welcome the end before me

A flicker in the void
Though still unsure
To give into doubt is a hell I can’t endure
No fire no cure
And in the winter wind 
A voice for the the victims 
Died out
The restless betray them
          
If we’re to take the call 
Given the freedom to fight and fall
If I should die you’ll know me
Welcome the end before me
One more road, another wall 
All on the way to lose it all 
If I should die you’ll know me 
Welcome the end before me

Welcome the end before me 
The end before me

Giving way to the rays of light 
My heart split open 
Desires fade away
Like the fog of the morning 

And in the flames we claim another existence
Survival
We no longer follow

If we’re to take the call
Given the freedom to fight and fall
If I should die you’ll know me
Welcome the end before me
One more road, another wall
All on the way to lose it all
If I should die you’ll know me
Welcome the end before me

Nothing But Thieves - Stray Dogs (live at Finsbury Park)

 Nothing But Thieves - Stray Dogs 

The sky's lighter today 
And I smell you in my clothes 
'Cause I bite down when you
Come find yourself in the asphalt

I've been working on myself 
Cost of living's on the rise
One more trip around the sun
Turn my face into the light 
Summer dust still in my veins 
It keeps me warm at night
It keeps me warm at night 

Dreaming like a pack of stray

Dreaming like a pack of stray dogs
Oooh
Got hooked up on the pheromone 
Stray dogs
Oooh

Last night, Los Angeles 
Where every story's someone else's 

And we're chasing our own tails 
Put our heads down where we lay
Come and hang around in spring 
Got a shadow to erase
Got a shadow to erase

Dreaming like a pack of stray dogs
Oooh
Got hooked up on the pheromone 
Oooh
Stray dogs
Don't it make you feel
Don't it make you feel
Alive?

The sky's lighter today 
And I smell you in my clothes 

Concrete
Rhythm 
Siren
Got hooked up on the pheromone 
Backbeat
Wired
Vamos
Brighter
Dreaming
Like a 
Pack of
Stray 
Dogs

Oooh
Got hooked up on the pheromone 
Stray dogs
Oooh

Don't it make you feel
(Make you feel)
Don't it make you feel
(Make you feel)
Alive
Alive?
Don't it make you feel
(Make you feel)
Don't it make you feel
(Make you feel)
Alive?

System Of A Down - Chop Suey! Live at PinkPop

  System Of A Down - Chop Suey!

Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make-up
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up (hide the scars to fade away the-)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable, you wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little make-up, you wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up, you wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? You wanted to
I don't think you trust
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make-up
Hide the scars to fade away the (hide the scars to fade away the shake-up)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable, you wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little make-up, you wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up, you wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? You wanted to
I don't think you trust
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
Father (father)
Father (father)
Father (father)
Father (father)
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit
Father, into your hands
Why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes forsaken me
In your thoughts forsaken me
In your heart forsaken me, oh
Trust in my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die

Wholehearted Ness Podcast - Why Christians Are Calling Me a Heretic (They're Wrong)

  Whole-Hearted Ness Podcast

Colossians Chapter One

 
1    PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

2    To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse:  Grace be unto you,
    and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3    We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

4    Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

5    For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word
    of the truth of the gospel;

6    Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you,
    since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

7    As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

8    Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

9    For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire
    that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding:

10    That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work,
    and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11    Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience
     and longsuffering with joyfulness;

12    Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
    inheritance of the saints in light:

13    Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
    kingdom of his dear Son:

14    In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15    Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16    For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible
    and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: 
    all things were created by him, and for him:

17    And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18    And he is the head of the body, the church:  who is the beginning, the firstborn from the
    dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19    For it pleased the Father that in him, should all fulness dwell;

20    And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto
    himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

21    And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, 
    yet now hath he reconciled

22    In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable
    and unreproveable in his sight:

23    If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel,
    which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; 
    whereof I Paul am made a minister;

24    Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ
    in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

25    Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you,
    to fulfil the word of God;

26    Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

27    To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;
    which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

28    Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present
    every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

29    Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

    Colossians Chapter One - KJV 

Sunday, July 19, 2026

System Of A Down - Lost in Hollywood

System Of A Down - Lost in Hollywood 

I'll wait here
You're crazy
Those vicious streets are filled with strays
You should have never gone to Hollywood

They find you
Two-time you
Say you're the best they've ever seen
You should have never trusted Hollywood

I wrote you
And told you
You were the biggest fish out here
You should have never gone to Hollywood

They take you
And make you
They look at you in disgusting ways
You should have never trusted Hollywood

I was standing on the wall
Feeling ten feet tall
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard
This is my front page
This is my new age
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don't care

All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don't care

Phony people come to pray
Look at all of them beg to stay
Phony people come to pray
The lines in the letter said, "We have gone to Hackensack"
Look at all of them beg to stay
Phony people come to pray

All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Hollywood Boulevard
You should have never trusted Hollywood
You should have never gone to Hollywood
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don't care

You should have never trusted Hollywood

In Color - Headlights

In Color - Headlights 

[Verse 1]
Yeah, you're driving with your headlights off
It's automatic, yeah, you've made some mistakes
But I don't really care at all, no
Just keep on driving 'til you make it to my place

[Chorus]
You're crying in the shower, wiping makeup off your face
It's obvious, can't promise you it's gonna be okay
You know you look so pretty when you say I'm not the one
Just turn around, keep driving with your headlights off

[Verse 2]
Now, when he looks at you, do you look away?
Now, when he's holding you and it's not the same way that I do
Same way that I do, now that we're done
Just keep on driving 'til you make it to my place

[Chorus]
You're crying in the shower, wiping makeup off your face
It's obvious, can't promise you it's gonna be okay
You know you look so pretty when you say I'm not the one
Just turn around, keep driving with your headlights off

Kensington - Sorry (live at Pinkpop 2017)

Kensington - Sorry 

Sorry for the road that I won't take
For the words that I won't say
For the love that I won't give

Sorry for the heart that I won't show
For the lengths that I won't go
For the life that you won't live

Sorry that I opened up my arms
You would never reach in time
Before they closed again

You will forget
And I won't remember it
When all I ever did was race in circles
You will forget
And all there's left will be
A faded memory
A dream you woke up from

Sorry for the oath that I won't take
For the vows that I will break
For the role that I won't play

Sorry that I'm raising up my walls
And whenever you reached over
You are thrown back to the start

You will forget
And I won't remember it
When all I ever did was race in circles
You will forget
And all there's left will be
A faded memory
A dream you woke up from

The color I would bring to ending up again
Opening darkness I wanted to hold you back from
The colour I would bring to ending up again
Opening darkness I wanted to hold you back

You will forget
And I won't remember it
When all I ever did was race in circles
You will forget
And all there's left will be
A faded memory
A dream you woke up from

Xavier - This Could Be The Most Life-Changing Video You Watch Today (Model Strangers)

 Xavier - This Could Be The Most Life-Changing Video You Watch Today (Model Strangers)

MODEL: Xavier
LOCATION: London, UK
PHOTOGRAPHER + INTERVIEWER: Christopher Ward 

3 Doors Down - Going Down in Flames (live at Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa, OK on 7-3-2022)

 3 Doors Down - Going Down in Flames

[Verse 1]
Don't tell me what to think
'Cause I don't care this time
Don't tell me what to believe
'Cause you won't be there
To catch me when I fall
But you'll need me when I'm not here at all
Miss me when I'm gone again, yeah

[Chorus]
I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah
I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, oh no

[Verse 2]
Don't tell me how life is
'Cause I don't really wanna know
Don't tell me how this game ends
'Cause we'll just see how it goes
Catch me when I fall
Or you'll need me when I'm not here at all
Miss me when I'm gone again, yeah

[Chorus]
I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah
I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again

[Bridge]
Now, I'm all the way down here, I'm falling
I'm all the way
All the way down here, I'm falling down again now
I'm falling down
I'm falling down
I'm falling down

[Chorus]
I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again, yeah
I'm going down in flames
I'm falling into this again

[Outro]
Now, I'm all the way down here, I'm falling
All the way
All the way down here, I'm falling down again now
Now I'm falling down

3 Doors Down - She is Love (album version)

 3 Doors Down - She is Love

[Verse 1]
She walks through the city
No one recognizes her face
They don't want her pity
No one ever mentions her name
She's carried the broken
But their scars have no name in her heart
'Cause she walks in forgiveness
She'll shine like a light in the dark

[Chorus]
She is love
She is love
She is love
She is love

[Verse 2]
She'll always remember
The days when they welcomed her here
They know if they need her
She made a promise to always be here

[Chorus]
She is love
She is love
She is love
She is love

[Verse 3]
When they are weak she will always be strong
Though they don't know it they're never alone
No matter how many times they may leave
It's never hopeless cause she still believes

[Chorus]
She is love
She is love
She is love
She is love

Dean Lewis - I Am Getting Well

Dean Lewis - I Am Getting Well

The sun comes up,
but I don't feel it on my face.
The leaves start falling
but the seasons never change
and my brother says come out
but I just stay away.
And indulge in the loneliness
to avoid all the pain.

Now it's dark when it's light
and the spark in my eyes
burning low I should call up my friends.
I've been trying my best
to get our of this bed, 
but I think there's something wrong
with my head.

Oh I break everything that is good
'cause I cannot see the good inside.
And trust me if I could I would
change the chemicals inside my mind.

But it's a long long way
up that hill
past all the dead grass
and the thoughts that could kill
It's a long long way up from hell
But I, I am getting well.

My father calls me up and asks me how I am.
He says that he'll stop by
if I ever need a hand and I
take that call but I don't talk for very long
I always hang up first
and tell him please don't worry mum

'Cause it's dark when it's light
and it's hard but I'll try
to be better than I was back then.
And I'll run out of breath
'til I'm out of this mess.
God knows I'm trying my best.

Oh I break everything that is good
'cause I cannot see the good inside.
And trust me if I could I would
change the chemicals inside my mind.

But it's a long long way
up that hill
past all the dead grass
and the thoughts that could kill
It's a long long way up from hell
But I, I am getting well.

Even if I still need help,
I am getting well.
Even if it's hard to tell,
I am getting well.

Collective Soul - Precious Declaration - WOODSTOCK 7-25-1999

 Collective Soul - Precious Declaration

[Verse 1]
Hitched a ride to the peaceful side of town
Then proceeded where thieves were no longer found

[Pre-Chorus]
Can't crash now
Well, I've been waiting for this
Won't crash now
I found some encouragement

[Chorus]
Precious declaration reads
Yours is yours and mine you leave alone now
Precious declaration says
I believe all hope is dead no longer

[Verse 2]
New meanings to the words I feed upon
Wake within my veins elements of freedom

[Pre-Chorus]
Can't break now
Well, I've been living for this
Won't break now
I'm cleansed with hopefulness

[Chorus]
Precious declaration reads
Yours is yours and mine you leave alone now
Precious declaration says
I believe all hope is dead no longer

[Bridge]
Once I jumped thru hoops of fire
High and far as you required
I was blind but now I see
Salvation has discovered

[Chorus]
Precious declaration reads
Yours is yours and mine you leave alone now
Precious declaration says
I believe all hope is dead no longer
Precious declaration reads
Yours is yours and mine you leave alone now
Precious declaration says
I believe all hope is dead no longer

We The Kingdom - Love is Louder

 We The Kingdom - Love is Louder

I see you walking down the avenue
Washing the feet of a prostitute
I see the haters throwing hammer and nails
Don't know they're next in line
I see you coming for the hypnotized
And hypocrites with hate in their eyes
Pointing their fingers like guns of war
Who knows? What if love is kind?
Look around, feel the power
Hate is loud but love is, love is louder
Love is louder, nothing's louder than love
Love is louder, nothing's louder than love
What if what they say is true?
What if love is for me and you?
What if love took someone to bleed? Yeah
What if I can love my enemies?
Look around, feel the power
Hate is loud but love is
Love is louder
He gets us
He wants us
All of us
He gets us
He wants us
All of us
He gets us
He wants us
All of us
Look around, feel the power
Hate is loud but love is
Love is louder
Love is louder, nothing's louder than love
Love is louder, nothing's louder than love

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Cecilia And The Satellite (Day in the Life Edition)

  Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Cecilia And The Satellite

 I locked myself in a hotel room
Then waited all night for the walls to move
I loved some girls that I barely knew
I've made some friends, and I've lost some, too
Crashed my car, I was seventeen
My mother in the seat riding next to me
The things I've learned from a broken mirror
How a face can change when a heart knows fear
For all the things my eyes have seen, the best by far is you
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I'd keep you safe, I'd keep you dry
Don't be afraid, Cecilia, I'm the satellite
And you're the sky
I've café crawled through Amsterdam
I've been around the world with a punk rock band
And I've seen London, and I've played Japan
I've been knocked down, I got up again
For all the places I have been, I'm no place without you
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I'd keep you safe, I'd keep you dry
Don't be afraid, Cecilia, I'm the satellite
And you're the sky
I'm the satellite
(Oh, oh)
And you're the sky
(Oh, oh)
For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I'd keep you safe, I'd keep you dry
Don't be afraid, Cecilia, I'm the satellite
And you're the sky
And you're the sky
(Oh, oh)
I'm the satellite
(Oh, oh)
And you're the sky
(Oh, oh)
And you're the sky

Mighty Oaks - The Great Northwest CARDINAL SESSIONS (Appletree Garden Special)

 Mighty Oaks - The Great Northwest  

Verse 1:
On the seaside
Oh we found our way
In the great northwest
Yeah we lost our sun in the rain
And it’s a long hard road that we must travel now
Oh it winds
I know that we shall one day move as one again in time

Chorus:
Oh my love you found me at the right time
My heart was lost to you at the first sight
Oh my love you found me at the right time
My heart is yours I ask that you be kind

Verse 2:
We drove out east to the mighty Cascade Range
Too the place where the water falls from the heights of Snowqualmie
I drove to the north and you slept quietly by my side
Down to the coast we went that night
My love I made you mine

(Chorus)
You found me at the right time
Darlin won't you be kind
You found me at the right time
Darlin won't you be kind

Malachi Chapter Four

1    FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;  and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall
    be stubble:  and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither
    root nor branch.


2    But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings;  and ye shall go
    forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

3    And ye shall tread down the wicked;  for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this,
    saith the LORD of hosts.


4    Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes
    and judgments.

5    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

6    And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come
    and smite the earth with a curse.

    Malachi Chapter Four - KJV



Saturday, July 18, 2026

George Ezra - Pretty Shining People

 George Ezra - Pretty Shining People

Me and Sam in the car, talking 'bout America
Heading to the wishing well, we've reached our last resort
I turned to him said: "Man help me out
I fear I'm on an island in an ocean full of change
Can't bring myself to dive in to an ocean full of change
Am I losing touch?
Am I losing touch now?"
He said: "Why why, what a terrible time to be alive
If you're prone to over thinking and
Why why, what a terrible time to be alive
If you're prone to second guessing"


Hey pretty smiling people, we're alright together
We're alright together
Hey pretty shining people, we're alright together
We're alright together, he-ey


Took it in turns to dream about the lottery
And what we might have done
If we had entered and had won
We're each convinced that nothing would have changed
But if this were the case
Why is it a conversation anyways?
Are we losing touch?
Are we losing touch now?
He said: "Why why, what a terrible time to be alive
If you're prone to over thinking and
Why why, what a terrible time to be alive
If you're prone to second guessing"


Hey pretty smiling people, we're alright together
We're alright together
Hey pretty shining people, we're alright together
We're alright together, he-ey


Don't we all need love?
The answer is easy
Don't we all need love?
The answer is easy
Don't we all need love?
The answer is easy


Hey pretty smiling people, we're alright together
We're alright together
Hey pretty shining people, we're alright together
We're alright together
Hey pretty smiling people, we're alright together
We're alright together
Hey pretty shining people, we're alright together
We're alright together, he-ey

The 1975 - About You

The 1975 - About You 

[Verse 1: Matty Healy]
I know a place
It's somewhere I go when I need to remember your face
We get married in our heads
Something to do while we try to recall how we met

[Chorus: Matty Healy]
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten
About you?

[Verse 2: Matty Healy, Carly Holt]
You and I (Don't let go)
We're alive (Don't let go)
With nothing to do, I could lay and just look in your eyes
Wait (Don't let go)
And pretend (Don't let go, oh)
Hold on and hope that we'll find our way back in the end (In the end)

[Chorus: Matty Healy]
Do you think I havе forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I havе forgotten
About you?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten?
Do you think I have forgotten
About you?

[Bridge: Carly Holt, Matty Healy]
And there was something about you that now I can't remember
It's the same damn thing that made my heart surrender
And I'll miss you on a train, I'll miss you in the mornin'
I never know what to think about
I think about you (Don't let go)
About you (Don't let go)

[Chorus: Matty Healy, Carly Holt]
Do you think I have forgotten
About you?
About you (Don't let go, oh)
About you
About you
Do you think I have forgotten
About you?
About you (Don't let go)

[Instrumental Outro]

Arcy Drive - Creatures of the Night (live acoustic from Jenny)

 Arcy Drive - Creatures of the Night

Saving up for a change 
You're sick of it, the rust in your chain 
It′s comfy in your head 
It's comfy in your bed, kid 

Said sign me up if you're leaving 
I can use a couple of days 
Yeah, let′s go out over the ledge 
See what we can find there 

Close your eyes, we're two creatures of the night 
Stoned and wine, where's your trench coat, you look freezing 

Close your eyes, we′re two creatures of the night 
Stolen wine, grab your trench and go 

Your rolling out of bed with your strange adolescence 
It′s always got you guessing it's evident your out of it oh 
Watching all your plans go bye, watching all those people go by 

Forget about the packing just throw it all in the backseat of 
That′s all I'm asking just picture it the laughs we′d find 
Watching all the stars go by, watching this whole town go bye 

Close your eyes, we're two creatures of the night 
Stoned and wine, where′s your trench coat, you look freezing 

Close your eyes, we're two creatures of the night 
Stolen wine, grab your trench and go 

Said oh, take, take a little of my soul 
Said oh, take, take a little and let's go 
Said oh, I′d like to see what we can hold 
Said oh, take, take a little and let′s go 

Ooo, ooo 
Ooo, ooo 
Ooo, ooo 
Ooo, ooo 

Close your eyes, we're two creatures of the night 
Stoned and wine, where′s your trench coat, you look freezing 

Close your eyes, we're two creatures of the night 
Stolen wine, where′s your trench coat you look freezing 

Madrugada - Call My Name

 Madrugada - Call My Name

 
Come in my room tonight
Undress in the dying light
Where I have been waiting for you 
These days it’s all I ever do

(Chorus)
When you call my name
It’s gonna be my ticket
To the miracle land
When you call my name
 Stamping your initials
 Across the back of my hand
This winter has been very long
I’ve hardly ever seen anyone
But spring has come and everything’s new
 Now I have been sleeping with you

(Chorus)
When you call my name
It’s gonna be my ticket
To the miracle land
When you call my name 
Stamping your initials
Across the back of my hand 
When I lie awake
Dreams of dread and wonder
 Dance before my eyes
Was this really meant for me?
Oh, my God, what a nice surprise!
When will I see you again?
There’s a line in the palm of my hand 
That’s running deep and red as love
 You take me with you when you fall

(Chorus)
When you call my name
It’s gonna be my ticket
To the miracle land
When you call my name
Stamping your initials
Across the back of my hand
Just for once in my life
I wanna know that what I got is good enough
 Guess we all will have our time
Must be a moment when it all adds up
So, when will I see you again? 
Baby, it’s not over, it’s not over ...

Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale

 Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale

On my way up north, up on the Ventura
I pulled back the hood and I was talking to you
And I knew then it would be a life long thing
But I didn't know that we, we could break a silver lining

And I'm so sad
Like a good book I can't put this day back
A sorta fairytale with you
A sorta fairytale with you

Things you said that day up on the 101
The girl had come undone, I tried to downplay it
With a bet about us, you said that you'd take it
As long as I could, I could not erase it

And I'm so sad
Like a good book I can't put this day back
A sorta fairytale with you
A sorta fairytale with you

And I ride along side
And I rode along side you then
And I rode along side
Till you lost me there in the open road
And I rode along side
Till the honey spread itself so thin
For me to break your bread
For me to take your word
I had to steal it

And I'm so sad
Like a good book I can't put this day back
A sorta fairytale with you
A sorta fairytale with you
I could pick back up whenever I feel

Down New Mexico way
Something about the open road
I knew that he was
Looking for some Indian blood
And find a little in you
Find a little in me
We may be on this road
But we're just impostors in this country you know
So we go along and we said we'd fake it
Feel better with Oliver Stone
Till I almost smacked him
Seemed right that night
I don't know what takes hold
Out there in the desert cold
These guys think they must
Try and just get over on us

And I'm so sad
like a good book I can't put this day back
A sorta fairytale with you
A sorta fairytale with you

And I was riding by
Riding along side
For a while till you lost me
And I was riding by
Riding along till you lost me
Till you lost me in the rear view
You lost me I said

Way up north I took my day
All in all was a pretty nice day
And I put the hood right back where
You could taste heaven perfectly
Feel out the summer breeze
Didn't know when we'd be back
And I, I don't, didn't think
We'd end up like, like this

David Kushner - Electrified

David Kushner - Electrified 

Spreading like a wildfire
When you love me, you love me
Holding you is like a live wire
When you touch me, you touch me

Ooh, ooh, baby, I'm electrified
Shivers running down my spine
Ooh, ooh, baby, I'm electrified
Shivers running down my spine

Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified
Take me to the other side
Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified
Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified

Your power grabs me by the throat
I lose myself in the smoke
I overdose on your chemicals
I lose control

Spreading like a wildfire
When you love me, you love me
Holding you is like a live wire
When you touch me, you touch me

Ooh, ooh, baby, I'm electrified
Shivers running down my spine
Ooh, ooh, baby, I'm electrified
Shivers running down my spine

Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified
Take me to the other side
Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified
Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified

You are the one that saves me
I'd take a bullet, baby
Whenever our eyes meet
There's lightning inside me

Ooh, ooh, baby, I'm electrified
Shivers running down my spine
Ooh, ooh, baby, I'm electrified
Shivers running down my spine

Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified
Take me to the other side
Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified
Oh, oh, baby, I'm electrified