Slide - Tyler Hilton

신나는 2009. 3. 15. 22:18
Tyler James Hilton (1983년생)

The Tracks Of (2004)
You said I'd slide, into myself
You said I'd slide, destroy myself
Cause when I wake, inside myself
I knew I'd take, away from you

So see if I could find my life
In the shadows that you hide
Find our lives
In the wires that decide
Beside I'd say I slide

Into dream, my mistake
In what's real
In what I take
With the words, that made me stay
I knew they'd take, away from you

So see if I could find my life
In the shadows that you hide
Find our lives
In the wires that decide
Beside I'd say I slide

Into you, into sleep
In what's real, in what I'll keep
Close your eyes and let me see
What you'll take away from me

So see if I could find my life
In the shadows that you hide
Find our lives
In the wires that we hide
Inside I'd say I slide


"Slide" Live in Madison WI, October 26, 2006
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
They tore my high school to the ground and
put a new wing in the east lot
On my old parking spot
It stands reminding me of how
I wish that i could travel back in time
Change my state of mind

So if you're still in your teens listen to me

It's hard to see beyond these walls
Of who (who) and who not to be
Socially
Maybe you're in you're out
But in the end when all your hats are in the air
Nobody's gonna care

So fair the weight
Freshmen hold on
It's only four years long
Then it's gone
And the queen of the nerds and the king of the prom get a job
Look at them now
She's living her dreams while he sleeps with his crown
So be cool, be hot, be weird
It's just four years

Next time you're walking through your school
Take at who's surrounding you
Or hounding you
Cause it's all just castles in the sand
When your tassel's on the left side of your head
You're never going back

So hope
It's only four years long
Then it's gone
And the king of the nerds and the queen of the prom get a job
What did you know?
He's a CEO and she answers his phone
So be cool, be hot, be weird
It's just four years

And as for your grades I know they're important
Everyone wants to be a wiz
Cause all of it goes on permanent transcripts
I just don't know where mine is

So fair the weight
Freshmen hold on cause every homecoming court moves on
It's only four years long
Then it's gone
And the queen of the nerds and the king of the prom get a job
Look at them now
She's living her dreams while he sleeps with his crown
So be cool, be hot, be weird oh
So be hot, be wild, you're here oh
Be cool, be hot, be weird
It's just four years

앨범은 미국차트 49위 기록.


"Four Years" Live at the Great American Music Hall in SF on 7/29/08
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
She has the power with every move she makes
To turn my eyes and to turn my fate
To be here, to be here
But I am a liar
The promises I've made have broken down with my broken way but I'll be here, I'll be here

And as long as I am
I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around (x2)

I see all the people with broken hearts
In an unfriendly world who cares who you are?
And it's not fair, they don't care
But you are here for me
I am part of the life you're leading
So I won't move without you

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around (x2)

I'll be what I have to be
I'll be what I have to be
I'll be what I have to, have to be
I'll be what i have to

And as long as I am
and as long as I am

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around
(x2)

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around (I'll be what I have to be), throw my love around

I'm gonna throw my love around
throw my love around, throw my love around


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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
I'm not a fool
I know all the rules
You can't trick me, get one by me
There's nothing I haven't seen before
How can you be sure you're the only one who's working an angle tonight
Now if we're gonna play this game look me in the eye and

Tell me you're in love I'm the only one
Go on and lie to me
all the things that you say
It's alright
Just give me tonight
Go on and lie to me
I'll believe the things that you say

Show me what you want
Anything I got you can take it, fake it, make it
Whatever you're needing to believe
If we both agree we can't say we didn't see what was coming tonight
Now if we're gonna play these parts
Look me in the eye and

Tell me you're in love I'm the only one
Go on and lie to me
With all the things that you say
It's alright
Just give me tonight
Go on and lie to me
And I'll believe the things that you say

I know you're not making sense
I know this is all pretend
But your dishonesty is killing me
So, baby, I'm all in

Tell me you're in love I'm the only one
Go on and lie to me

Tell me you're in love I'm the only one
Go on and lie to me and I'll believe
It's alright
Just give me tonight
Go on and lie to me
And I'll believe (all the things that you say)
Tell me you're in love i'm the only one
Go on and lie, lie I'll believe the things that you say, say
the things that you say


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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
I've been around for a little over 20 years
And to anyone who needs advice on getting here
Don't ask me, the path I took was not exactly by the book, by the book
I was too young to know and too dumb to figure out
That you can lose yourself in all this traveling around
When you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned, lessons learned
Let me tell you now where i went wrong
Hollywood is just another place I don't belong

Let's go to the middle where time stands still
Let's get lost in those hills
Live a little closer to what is true
I'll be me and you be you

I'm finding out the ways of this world
Can be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl
And the only way to love yourself is giving love to someone else, someone else
Don't believe in everything you hear
Growing up is more than just living through the years

Let's go to the middle where time stands still
Let's get lost in those hills
Live a little closer to what is true
I'll be me and you be you

I'm disappointed in myself
I left you on a shelf that I could never reach
I practiced what you'd always preached against
But now I'm back in my defense
That black and white world we tried to paint is really gray

So it took a little time to get this right
The guilty and the innocent are always side by side

Let's go to the middle where time stands still
Let's get lost in those hills
Live a little closer to what is true
I'll be me and you be you

I'll be me, you be you
And I'll be me, oh and you be you



"The Middle" Live at UGA as part of "The Main Event" 4.8.08
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
There are times every now and then
I forget why I'm breathing out
And why I'm breathing in
And I get so sick with the little things
I can't relax when it's happening
To know what it means
It means

And then I open my eyes
And I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart
Look at the sky
I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart
I go extra miles to show
That you are the one thing that I've got
Look at the sky
I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart

There's a sun coming over the horizon
I wanna know where it's coming from
But doesn't everyone
It's like who am I and why am I here

And then I open my eyes
And I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart
Look at the sky
I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart
I go extra miles to show
That you are the one thing that I've got
Look at the sky
I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart

This whole world will take me down
Without you standing by my side
My side
You're holding onto me
You're making everything inside
Come alive

And then I open my eyes
And I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart
Look at the sky
I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart
I go extra miles to show
That you are the one thing that I've got
Look at the sky
I know you're beating my heart, beating my heart

U.S. Adult 차트 18위 기록.


"Beating My Heart" M/V

"Beating My Heart" Live on Wed, Aug 13, 2008 for Q98-Five in Omaha
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
Come on, come on
You have got to move on
This is not the you i know
This isn't real
It's just all you can feel
And that's the way that feelings go
And whether or not it's right or wrong you'll do what you will do

[Chorus]

When the cloud in the sky starts to pour
And your life is just a storm you're braving
Don't tell yourself you can't lean on someone else
Cause we all need saving sometimes

Say what you will but the time that we fill
While we're on the earth
Should not be alone
We were meant to be known
You make me what i'm worth
But i can't keep you from yourself you'll do what you will do

[Chorus]

I don't know why it has to be this way and
I don't know the cure
But please believe someone has felt this before

[Chorus]




"We All Need Saving" Live on the Rock Boat 08 with Stephen Kellogg


"We All Need Saving" Live at Chicago's 2008 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now
(2008)

Entering a room on an autumn night
I ran across a beautiful sight
From that point on when I was not looking at her I
said, nothing else looked quite right
Now I was not about just to let this go
I wasn't gonna leave and not know the way her voice sounded
Against my ears
So I went over to say hello
And I whispered in her ear real slow I said...


[Chorus]
The stars moved when you walked in the room
That's why i'm talking to you
My heart won't beat in the groove unless
i'm talking to you I know i'm not the
only fool with eyes
And you'll get attention from all the other guys
I'm gonna stand here til you realize why I am talking to you

Now I had to take a minute to take her in
I did not know where to begin
Cause I was just moved by the way she dressed
and the way her dress hit her skin
Any girl who's met any guy will know that
some guys are just for show
So I looked into her eyes and I said this
is as true as the truth goes...
I'm gonna make sure I let everybody know that...

[Chorus]

Let me take a minute to explain myself
Let me say some words that may help
The reason why i've got to be close to you is
just that I don't want nobody else
I'm gonna make sure I keep you all to myself

[Chorus]



"Why I'm Talking To You" Live at Carmel's Rock the District concert July 19, 2008

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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

OK Now (2008)
I've been lost
on these endless streets
such a long,
long way from home
While you're stuck
in an empty room
as you wait for me to show

You are always on my mind
You are always on my mind
Always on my mind

When i sleep every dream
is you filling up this empty bed
I awake to the sound of your voice
but it's only in my head

You are always on my mind
You are always on my mind
Always on my mind

I always thought i could make it
Alone but you make it so hard to leave

 "Always On My Mind" Live


 
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)

Unexpected, understatement of the year
That's for sure
Who'd of thought that I'd be standing
At your door
It's just the way you say my name that throws me
All the windows of my past are closing
Everything that you see here

Is for you from me
I give it away so easily
Never stop to look at what's behind
For you from me

Everything we want will be holding us
Together tonight, tonight
Unexpected,
I'm not used to chasing dreams and catching them
All of a sudden I'm the winner in the end
I'm used to every door I open closing
Always making sure I'm not supposing
I can't believe I'm really here

For you from me
I give it away so easily
Never stop to look at what's behind
For you from me

Everything we want will be holding us
Together, tonight
We will never fall
We'll defy the laws of this world
With new ones of our own
That's the way I feel
Stupid but for real all that I am

Is for you from me
I give it away so easily
Never stop to look at what's behind
For you from me
Everything we want will be holding us
Together tonight, tonight [2x]



"For You From Me" M/V
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
It's you to me
Your gentle face
Overdue, worth the wait
And out of my reach
But I'm reaching out for you
Me to the night
I say goodbye
The time is up
I fight the time
A needed award
I can't afford
A finished song
One more cord

And it's already in my mind
I'm in over my head inside
And it's already in my mind
Inside
Inside

Everyone's back
Hearts at war
With all the plans
I had before
And I'm losing my grip
But, I'd lose it all for you
So I go driving all around
And I'm denying all
the sounds that hit
my ear
Drum the beat of
a heart I can't
defeat

And so it's
already in my mind
I'm in over my head inside
And it's already in my mind
Inside
Inside

Already in
Already in

"already in" Live
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Perfect - Jon McLaughlin

신나는 2009. 2. 21. 22:54
Jonathan McLaughlin
(1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
I used to stare up into the sky,
and fill the space around with my why's
but now i've got it all figured out,
and i'm embarassed that it me to long,
the simple answers in her replies,
unlock the universe with her eyes,
she rips apart my world with her moves,
oh while stealing all the light in the room

and i found someone to walk me through this life,
the brightened sun has opened up my eyes,
tonight i need exactly who she is,
we're going to be perfect

she can teach a melody to the birds,
and problem sloving without a word,
she can tell the richest man how to need,
oh right after telling him about me

and i found someone to walk me through this life,
the brightened sun has opened up my eyes,
tonight i need exactly who she is,
we're going to be perfect

and in my life,
if i can have one thing i don't deserve
then i have never wanted anybody else but you,

she can do no wrong in my mind,
so i take a seat while she takes her time,
'cause i am here forever i say,
so lock me up and throw the keys away

'cause i found someone to walk me through this life,
the brightened sun has opened up my eyes,
tonight i need exactly who she is,
we're going to be perfect, perfect



"Perfect" Live in the Dynasty Lounge on The Rock Boat VIII
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Human - Jon McLaughlin

신나는 2009. 2. 13. 00:44
Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
Can you tell me how we got in this situation,
i can't seem to get you off my mind,
all these ups and downs,
they trip up our good intentions,
nobody said this was easy right?

after all we're only human,
always fighting what we're feeling,
hurt instead of healing,
after all we're only human,
is there any other reason why we stay instead of leavin' after all

can we get back to the point of this conversation,
when we saw things through each others eyes,
cause now all i see is ruin and devastation,
we all need some place we can hide inside and

after all we're only human,
always fighting what we're feeling,
hurt instead of healing,
after all we're only human,
is there any other reason why we stay instead of leavin'

i'm smart enought to know,
that life goes by,
and it leaves a trail of broken bones behind,
if you feel i'm letting go,
just give me time,
ill come running to your side,

can you tell me how we got in this situation,
i can't seem to get you off my mind cause

after all we're only human,
always fighting what we're feeling,
hurt instead of healing,
after all we're only human,
is there any other reason why we stay instead of leavin' after all (x3)

any other reason
to stay instead of leavin'
after all, yeah


"Human" Live from the Sprint Live Music Lounge -- Clear Channel Radio, Austin, TX


"Human" Live at The Dame in Lexington, KY 7/28/07
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
Still waters and heavy hearts,
and plans we made all fell apart,
disillusioned and lost in the grace
and how can we fix the heart when it breaks,
you don't know how much more you can take,

just give it time, it's gonna get better,
now is not forever at all,
just give it time and everything changes,
tomorrow comes today will be gone,
and everything is gonna be alrite just give it time, give it time

quiet landslide that nobody knows,

regreted decissions that nobody chose,
under water, sinking fast
and no way out, no way to get back
what might have been is lost in the past

just give it time, it's gonna get better,
now is not forever at all,
just give it time and everything changes,
tomorrow comes today will be gone,
and everything is gonna be alrite
just give it time

(and the web your in?)
and still you give
it all fades out,
you reached the end
your giving in now, now

just give it time, it's gonna get better,
now is not forever at all,
just give it time and everything changes,
tomorrow comes today will be gone,
just give it time, it's gonna get better,
now is not forever at all,
just give it time and everything changes,
tomorrow comes today will be gone,
and everything is gonna be alrite, everything is gonna be alrite
just give it time, yea time


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People - Jon McLaughlin

신나는 2009. 2. 12. 00:46
Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)

People doing better
People needing more
People writing letters
People get ignored
People saving money
And people saving face
People going hungry
People waste away


[Chorus]
Needed one reason
To live in a world
Where nothing is worthwhile
'Till it's gone
You spend your life
Moving on

People wearing nothing
And people wear it all
People scared of something
People live in doubt
People going places
And people running home
And those who know what grace is
People disown

[Chorus]

Give me the one reason
To care anymore
Cause there has got to be
A better way
A road that leads
To better days

And in the back of our minds
And corners of our eyes it lies
And I will love you back
I'll love you back

[Chorus]

Give me the one reason
To care anymore
Cause there has got to be
A getter way
A road that leads
To better days


"People" Live at The Canal Club in Richmond, Virginia. September 26th, 2007

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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
The pieces that are showing 
lead to the unknowing
Pieces of our lives 
taking up our time
Was it alwasy how it is? 
Did history insist 
everything we need
Would be everything we see?
(Chorus)
You'll never lose, never lose
before we go 
we all should know that
you'll never lose, never lose 
Before we go
we all should know that

Carrousel's around me 
and no one here has found me
I don't think you saw 
the parts that only are
I'm leaning on my instincts 
guide me to the meaning
Everything you said 
filling up my head

Chorus

When memories only hurt you 
and they're taking over
Let me on the inside 
I'll be your shoulder
memories only hurt you 
they're taking over
let me on the inside 
I'll be your shoulder 

Now It's like I always saw it
Let me on the inside 
I'll be your shoulder
memories only hurt you 
they're taking over
Let me on the inside 
I'll be your shoulder
 
Chorus x2 
"Anthem For American Teenagers" Live at World Cafe
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
I can't find Crazy Horse, can't find Hoffa
And Amelia's missing somewhere out at sea
And I hope they're happy, havin' a party
And Elvis is servin' them up green apple martini's

I can't find my watch
I can't find my wallet
So how in the hell am I supposed to find?

The one that I love
The one that I need
Hidden so high
Buried so deep

Well, I found odd jobs and I found reasons
For all kinds of ways I can waste my time
And I found letters and I found leavers
And I found new ways just to tell old lies

I can't find my watch
I can't find my wallet
So how in the hell am I supposed to find?

The one that I love
The one that I need
Hidden so high
Buried so deep

Somewhere to run
Somewhere to go
And if I ever find her,
How will i know? How will I know?

'Cause can't find Crazy Horse, can't find Hoffa
And Amelia's missing somewhere out at sea



"Amelia's Missing" Live at the Soiled Dove in Denver, CO
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)

Fourth floor,
lonely Juanita,
sits there staring at the screen,
types in
can anybody tell me what it all means,
tick-tock waitin' for an answer
it's no use and all at once to her suprise,
she gets one reply,


[Chorus]
Until you got love,
you know you got nothin',
you're missing that something
that's gonna set you free,
until you got love,
you'll always be running,
love is that one thing
that everybody needs,

Sunday, no one's at the office,
just waiting at his fathers desk,
workin' trying to fill the shoes that his dad left
'dear son' he finds in a letter:
'please try your best to learn from my mistakes,
you know work can wait',

[Chorus]
Until you got love,
you know you got nothin',
your missin that something
that's gonna set you free,
until you got love,
you'll always be running,
love is that one thing
that everybody needs,

There's nothing cool in this room,
nothing new in what I'm saying,
but sometimes the truth is what it is,
so why should I apologize for looking for
a better way to live, way to live

[Chorus (x2)]

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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
I'm glad i never lived next to the water
So I could never get used to the beach
And I'm glad I never grew up on a mountain
To figure out how high the world could reach
I love the miles between me and the city
Where I quietly imagine every street
And I'm glad I'm only picturing the moment
I'm glad she never fell in love with me

For some the world's a treasure to discover
And your scenery should never stay the same
And they're trading in their dreams for Explanations
All in an attempt to entertain
But I love the miles between me and the city
Where I quietly imagine every street
And I'm glad I'm only picturing the moment
I'm glad she never fell in love with me

The trick of love is to never let it find you
It's easy to get over missing out
I know the how's and whens, but now and then,
She's all I think about

I wonder how it feels to be famous
But wonder is as far as I will go
Because I'd probably lose myself in all the Pictures
And end up being someone I don't know.
So it's probably best I stay in Indiana
Just dreaming of the world as it should be
Where every day is a battle to convince myself
I'm glad she never fell in love with me



"Indiana" Live at Indiana Wesleyan University 10.3.08
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)
She loves her mama's lemonade,
Hates the sounds that goodbyes make.
She prays one day she'll find someone to need her.
She swears that there's no difference,
Between the lies and complements.
It's all the same if everybody leaves her.

And every magazine tells her she's not good enough,
The pictures that she sees make her cry.

And she would change everything, everything just ask her.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,
And she needs someone to take her home.

She's giving boys what they want, tries to act so nonchalant,
Afraid they'll see that she's lost her direction.
She never stays the same for long,
Assuming that she'll get it wrong.
Perfect only in her imperfection.

She's not a drama queen,
She doesn't want to feel this way, only seventeen but tired

She would change everything for happy ever after.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,
But she just needs someone to take her home.

Cuz she's just the way she is, but no ones told her that's ok.

And she would change everything, everything just ask her.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,

And she would change everything for happy ever after.
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster,

But she just needs someone to take her home
And just needs someone to take her home.


U.S. Adult 차트 28위 기록.



"Beautiful Disaster" M/V


"Beautiful DisasterLive (Yahoo Performance)
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Jonathan McLaughlin (1982년생)

Indiana (2007)

My debut's coming soon
You already know what I'm gonna do
You got my time on a dotted line
But you show up invited and before I sign it
Someone say I'm not making mistakes
But please don't be fake

My debut comes today
And my feelings have all run away
With the man that I am but understand*, hey*
If I don't keep going it just go to show
That I've been beat by an industry never seen

This is me on my knees singing take it all from me, take it all
Speak to my needs, my needs take it all, just take it all
This is me

So the crowd gets quiet and I start to play
And I think they're buying what I've got to say
But to my defiance the music fades
And we all sit silent and I crawl back inside
Because it wasn't supposed go this bad

This is me on my knees singing take it all from me, take it all
Speak to my needs, my needs take it all, just take it all
This is me

And when you grow silent I start to fall
*And when you grow silent I start to fall
And when you grow silent I start to fall
And when you grow silent I
And when you grow silent I start to fall
And when you grow silent I start to fall
And when you grow silent I start to fall
And when you grow silent
And when you grow silent*

This is me on my knees singing take it all from me, take it all
Speak to my needs, my needs take it all, just take it all

This is me on my knees singing take it all from me, take it all
Speak to my needs, my needs take it all, yeah
"Industry" M/V

"Industry" Live at the KISS 95.7 studios in Hartford, CT
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사용자 삽입 이미지
Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

I looked into the mirror
Didn’t know what I would see
But it was still just me
But it was still just me
With all these different images
Of who they think is me
I don’t know which one to be
And my eyes look like the sea
사용자 삽입 이미지

Oh, what fearful times are these
I know that You don’t promise this, but please
Let me feel you now
Because I know that You are here
Whispering in my ear
And looking in the mirror

She woke up this morning
Didn’t know who she should be
So she turned on the TV
So she could escape for free
And all this time You’ve been right here
But she just couldn’t see
There is more than just a dream
She’s the daughter of a King

Oh, what fearful times are these
I know that You don’t promise this, but please
Let her feel you now
Because I know that You’re there
Hearing every prayer
And returning her stare

I’ve been so many people to so many people
But I just want to be who You want me to be

Oh, what fearful times are these
O, Lord, you don't promise this but please
Let me feel you now
Because I know that You are here
Whispering in my ear
And looking in the mirror

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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

Naked I came with nothing to show
You gave me everything that I call my own
I have nothing to give that wasn’t given me
You’re able to see so much more than I can find in me

You brought me from the womb
You made me trust in You (Psalm 22:9)
You, O God
I need You
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When I was in chains, I thought that I was free
But ages before I was even born, you called to me
To turn me loose from all the fear and all the doubt
My heart’s not big enough to hold all of this love,
but you keep pouring out

You brought me from the womb
You made me trust in You
You, O God
I need You

Irresistible, You’re irresistible
Yours are the only hands that can heal me

You brought me from the womb
You made me trust in You
You, O God
I need You
God
I need You

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Mark Nicks
: Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

If I had a dime for every dollar I’ve wasted trying to be happy
I could retire because I would be miserably wealthy
Then I’d have the time to see that I’d thrown out my life like the paper
And maybe the time by God’s grace to start it all over and

Buy the Truth
Though it costs all you have (Proverbs 4:7)
Buy the truth
Don’t ever sell it out
What good is a tool in the hand of a fool if you don’t buy wisdom?
(Proverbs 17:16)

If I sold You out, I could make enough money to live for a while
Walk in the room and important people would smile
Hold my head proud, and know I had made the best business decision
Wave at the crowds who give me their money like it was religion

Buy the Truth
Though it costs all you have
Buy the truth
Don’t ever sell it out
What good is a tool in the hand of a fool if you don’t buy wisdom?

Please, don’t make yourself at home
Please, don’t make yourself at home
Please, don’t make yourself at home
Please, don’t make yourself at home
The Land of opportunity
And superficiality
Syncretized theology
A compromised reality

God, touch our eyes
Expose the lies
That waste our lives
And block the light
A future hope (Proverbs 24:14)
That we’ll wake up
And see the Truth for what’s it’s worth

Buy the Truth
Though it costs all you have
Buy the truth
Don’t ever sell it out
What good is a tool in the hand of a fool if you don’t buy wisdom?



"Buy The Truth" Live at Cornerstone 2008...from their The Sleeping House CD
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Mark Nicks
: Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

Surrender, a word that we don’t understand
How are we to get ahead when we have empty hands?
We fight for what will fade
We cling to that from which we’re saved
And soon we’ll wake to find
We’ve naught but fists of sand
What good is the whole world
If you’ve no soul? (Mark 8:36)

Cast your bread upon the water’s edge
And you will find the bread of Life (John 6:35)
Cast your bread

Our bread seems small but when it’s broken it will feed
A multitude of thousands, hungry and in need (Mark 6:30-44)
If we want to live
Our life is something we must give (Mark 8:35)
Just like kernels of wheat
die to bare forth seeds (John 12:24)
Lord it’s in your hands now
As it’s always been

Cast your bread upon the water’s edge
And you will find the bread of Life
Break your bread and pass with open hands
And you will find the bread of Life

How are we to get ahead when we have empty hands?

Cast your bread upon the water’s edge
And you will find the bread of Life
Cast your bread
Cast your bread
And you will find
The bread of Life

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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

For all the spires this city raised
You’d think this is a holy place
The shadow of a cross descends
But it’s swallowed by the haze
You never sleep do you?
Always pouring smoke into
The atmosphere
What happens here stays with us till the grave

Wisdom cries out in the streets (Proverbs 1:20)

But the sirens are singing us to sleep
They’re so loud that I can’t think
I hear voices but I just can’t tell
And when we’re dead, the city prevails

Countless walk the open streets
With shackles chained around their feet
Wisdom says to fly away
But they cannot see their wings
Water, water everywhere
But not a drop that I would dare
Drink and so we think we’ll go
Imbibe the filthy air

Wisdom cries out in the streets

But the sirens are singing us to sleep
They’re so loud that I can’t think
I hear voices but I just can’t tell
And when we’re dead, the city prevails

Don’t be silent, God
Don’t be silent
Please, don’t be silent (Psalm 83:1)

Or I will fall into the world
I will fall into the world
Don’t be silent
Please, God, don’t be silent
Don’t be silent
Please, God, don’t be silent
Or I will fall into the world
Or I will fall into the world

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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

All grown up with nowhere to go
How come nothing feels quite like home?
Sometimes it hurts to be awake
What’s the plan when we’ve got no plan?
A costly piece of paper in hand
But that’s not what it takes

Spirit, sing out a little louder
My flesh is so weak
But it screams with all its strength
Spirit grow up, into a flower
My flesh is like a weed
That strangles out the seed
And blocks out the sunlight

You could say we’re living on prayer
Boomerangs that fly in the air
We’re back where we started from

Spirit, sing out a little louder
My flesh is so weak
But it screams with all its strength
Spirit grow up, into a flower
My flesh is like a weed
That strangles out the seed
And blocks out the sunlight

Don’t we need something, need something to live for? It’s You
Don’t we all need something, need something we’d die for? It’s You
That’s all I know to do, so please

Spirit, sing out a little louder
My flesh is so weak
But it screams with all its strength
Spirit grow up, into a flower
My flesh is like a weed
That strangles out the seed
And blocks out the sunlight

AND

Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

I got the call at 2am, it awoke me from my sleep
I didn’t recognize the voice, it was nervous and quite deep
He said that she was taken fast, she probably never knew
Maybe he was comforting me, or maybe it was true

The last time that I saw her she was walking out the door
I didn’t think to hug her, it was just a trip to the store
Did I say I love you? Did she know it when she died?
When she had her last glance at me, did I look her in the eye?

Though I don’t see, I still believe
There’s a purpose
You’re the eye of the storm
We fall asleep but we believe
You will wake us
And Your bride will come home

I took her to a restaurant, she spilled her drink on me
In anger I belittled her, I never said I was sorry
And now it’s those memories that haunt me in my sleep
How often we love someone, but we’re just to proud to speak

Though I don’t see, I still believe
There’s a purpose
You’re the eye of the storm
We fall asleep but we believe
You will wake us
And Your bride will come home
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When I was at the funeral
I tried hard not to cry
I didn’t want to grieve like the world
As though the lost had died

She’s my sleeping beauty
For now she’s resting in peace
But one day, Redeemer, Redeemer
You’ll wake her from her sleep

I did alright till I went in her room
I buckled under the load
Tomorrow if the rain stops
we’ll put a cross on the side of the road

God is good all the time
Even when little girls die
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Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar

이전멤버
Casey McBride : Bass (1998-2008)
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Sleeping House (2008)

Our lives up to this point have lead to this
A garden in the dark, a deadly kiss (Matthew 36:47-49)
If you want to follow me
We’ll walk into suffering
It’s this act that will distinguish us

My disciples, those I’ve chosen (John 15:16)
Don’t listen to the sirens
Don’t you know that I would never lead you astray
Tie yourself to the mast and cover your ears with wax and
Keep your gaze on me, for God’s sake stay awake

Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see.
Sometimes to walk you have to get down on your knees.
All I ask is that you pray
All I ask is that you stay awake
But your dreams betray me

My disciples, those I’ve chosen
Don’t listen to the sirens
Don’t you know that I would never lead you astray
Tie yourself to the mast and cover your ears with wax and
Keep your gaze on me, for God’s sake stay awake

Wake up.

Are you resting? Are you still asleep?

Wake Up, O Sleeper (Ephesians 5:14)
Wake Up and say a prayer
Wake Up, O Sleeper
Are you my betrayer?
Wake up, O Sleeper
Wake up, O Sleeper
Incomprehensible, Incomprehensible


"The Incomprehensible Sleep" Live at Cornerstone 2008. from their The Sleeping House CD
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사용자 삽입 이미지
Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Balancing Act (2007)

I've got to climb to the top
Never stop til I reach it
Til I feel that I'm good and that I'm in control
Of life and my thought
When I'm not I still preach it
Cause they're all gonna see if I start to fall or lose control
I'm losing control of this
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I've been balancing on suspended pianos
And trying to appear composed
It makes the loudest noise when they begin to crash
With eyes on me I force a laugh
You come to me and set me free

Cross my arms across my chest
This is not a gift I can accept
But I appreciate the sentiment
I worked too hard for righteousness
To just lay down while You hand me this
And put my faith in something You call grace
From You

I've been lost inside a cave without a lantern
At every sound I start to run
Feel my way around the dark without a pattern
If I would wait You'd come
To rescue me and show the way

Cross my arms across my chest
This is not a gift I can accept
But I appreciate the sentiment
I worked too hard for righteousness
To just lay down while You hand me this
And put my faith in something You call grace
From You

Son, you're trying to earn
What is far beyond you
Son, you're trying to earn
What is freely given

Every time that you try to just reduce
This to a give and take
You spit in my face
And tell Me that this blood was shed in vain


"The Balancing Act" Live at The Black Box Theatre Concordia University Ann Arbor September 4th 2006
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