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Instead of a Show

I hate all your show and pretense
the hypocrisy of your praise
the hypocrisy of your festivals
I hate all your show
Away with your noisy worship
Away with your noisy hymns
I stop up my ears when your
singing ‘em
I hate all your show
Instead let there be a flood
of justice
An endless procession of righteous
living, living
Instead let there [...]

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IIf you could know how many times
I’ve watched you weeping
And I’ve wept the same
How I have ached so filled with longing
To gather you up here in My arms
You’re alone, without home and forsaken
But I’ve made a way for you to be Mine
For I, I am Redeemer
Your Maker, Your Healer
Your King, who made Himself low
That you [...]

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Look down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touch down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breathe in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared
Chorus:
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me [...]

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This song is absolutely amazing…but the video really hits home. 
Be careful little eyes what you see
It’s the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it’s the little feet behind you that are sure to follow
It’s a slow fade when you give [...]

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Lord I have a heavy burden of all I’ve seen and know
It’s more than I can handle
But your word is burning like a fire shut up in my bones
and I cannot let it go
And when I’m weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought
I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
I hear [...]

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Full Attention

Full AttentionJeremy Riddle
May your voice be louderMay your voice be clearerThan all the othersThan all the others
May your face be dearerMay your words be sweeterThan all the othersThan all the others in my life
Please keep my eyes fixed on you.Please root my heart so deep in you.
Keep me abidingKeep me abidingKeep me abidingThat I may [...]

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