Only Alive
Two years ago today,
my brother Max and I were baptized in the swimming pool by a friend of ours.
It was a rather long process to come to this point,
but a good decision.
I guess I feel like Feb 21st is my own separate New Years.
Happy New Year
2.21.07
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Who We Are Instead
Jars of Clay
Only Alive
I'm a fair weather friend
I'm a colorless hue
but I'm willin' to make a deal
If you think you can make
some faith here inside
I'll drive off and marry you
I'm only alive with you
I can't get by
and I won't get through
So put me in the river and
let me say I do
I'm only alive with you
You're a sight for sore eyes
and a newborn cry
In a year where there are so few
If you throw me a line,
I'll show you in time
I'm falling in love with you
Though my heart has been torn
by loves I have worn
And I'm tempted by them ever still
I tremble inside
when you walk in the room
You hold my affections and will
I'm only alive with you
I can't get by
and I won't get through
So put me in the river and
let me say I do
I'm only alive with you
A Jars of Clay song that I discovered when visiting their site while looking for the above lyrics. I don't want to make them their own post, but I do like them. And I did find them on this day, so here they are:
Work
Just in case, I will leave my things packed
So I can run away
I cannot trust these voices I don't have a line of prospects that can give some kind of peace
There is nothing left to cling to that can bring me sweet release
I have no fear of drowning
It's the breathing that's taking all this work
Do you know what I mean when I say, I don't want to be alone?
What I mean when I say,
I don't want to be alone
Empty spaces with shadows hit by streetlights
Warnings signs and weight of tired conversations
In the absence of a shoulder, in the abscess of a thief
On the brink of this destruction, on the eve of bittersweet
Now all the demons look like prophets and I'm living out
Every word they speak,
every word they speak
Do you know what I mean when I say, I don't want to be alone?
What I mean when I say, I don't want to be alone
What I mean when I say, I don't want to be alone
Do you know what I mean when I say, I don't want to be alone?
What I mean when I say, I don't want to be alone
What I mean when I say, I don't want to be alone
Alone, alone, I don't want to be alone
I have no fear of drowning
It's the breathing that's taking all this work
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