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Explore the lyrics to my debut album below!
Honor My Breath Lyrics
WORE ME DOWN
I'm fond of my edges / the hiding crutch
I'm a jagged heap / you soften what's rough
The river's always moving / I resist you too much
So okay waters / do your worst
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You wore me down, down
You wore me down / and I am better for it now
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I view rotting branches / with a biased eye
The sin I chase / deceives me all the time
So c'mon pruning shears / lop off the dead cargo
'Cause all this weight / makes it hard to follow
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Spit me out at Nineveh's gates
I don't want the dark belly of my own way
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There's a lot of hills to die on / in the 21st century
Plenty of risks and bribes for / what you say or think
I could take a chance on / which sides to believe
But the dice is a trap / and the roller a thief
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I will lay down in the prairie / hear the gentle stream
I have known the valley / I have known the peak
The Good Shepherd is kind to me /strong against my enemies
If I have you Jesus / I could want for nothing
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A famous hill where death came / many centuries ago
That Nazarene who saved me / is the groom to take us home
It's what I stake my life on / where I put my hope
That's the hill I wanna die on / he'll resurrect my bones
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There's a lot of hills to die on / in any given century
But only one Calvary / one way for life and peace
That's the hill I wanna die on / where I put my hope
It's what I stake my life on / he'll resurrect my soul
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HILLS
LAMP
What if all I ever get is a sunrise / expectations dwindle in the noonday sun
Avoidance is my dear friend / will I trade him for obedience
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Do I honor my breath / or am I a lamp 'neath a basket
Do I fight a good fight / or do I wish I was on the other side
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Am I cloaked in self preservation / withdraw to my own skin
Treat reputation like a sacrament / all the elements say, "be crucified with Him"
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Do I boast and do I hide in my self trust or my Savior's life
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What good is a ship / without the sea
Why have a banquet / with no one there to eat
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Apart from you / I'm a nomad on the street
Apart from you / I'm a castle without a king
Tethered to you / I have purpose and peace
Apart from you / I can do no good thing
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What good are my efforts / if I don't have love
What benefit are my deeds / if unaligned with the Son
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What good are branches / without the vine
How misguided are my works / without Christ
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Apart from you / I can't do anything
Apart from you / I have no good thing
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APART FROM YOU
WHAT IT'S LIKE
Like I was pulled out of a freezing sea / nerves numb, stuttering, shivering
That feeling of being put in a warm boat / your righteousness like a blanket 'round my shoulders
Your grace like a hug / steady and kind
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That's what it's like / to know I'm justified
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Like I was in the desert alone / drinking the sand my thirst out of control
That feeling of the mirage being real / your love flows like a clear waterfall
Your hope like a endless / free spring
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Like I was encaged six feet under / dead to light, life, and peace
That feeling of being resurrected / freedom like the coffin buried empty
Purpose like a sunflower / with the clouds gone
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I'll never taste wrath / instead I'll savor your breath
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Place courage in my veins / mercy in my ligaments
Wisdom in my joints / compassion in my marrow
Rip worry from my core / purge all that is vain
Fortify truth believed / and slay the lying claims
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Be my highest reverence / o God
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Uproot my lustful eye / and my hateful tongue
Solidify encouragement / brace endurance
Burn up my idols / in your jealous fire
Squander my selfishness / with your desires
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You are my worth / you are my value / I need nothing else
My worth is in you / my worth is in you / I need nothing else
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