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In the Silence
06:26
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Created out of nothing
Piercing the heavens
Hovering over waters
Behold, there was light
In the silence, you become
Revelation to everyone
There, creation manifests
You breathe life where none exists
The words of time
Eternal in their space
Spoken into existence
Like they always had a place
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Adventurers
05:01
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The sun was bright, the sky was blue
And every promise made came true
God and man, in harmony
Everything as it was meant to be
The clouds loomed over
A curse upon our land
The taste of knowledge
Lies bitter in our hand
All we have ever needed has followed us back to this place
The river of memories fills to the edge
With regrets we cannot embrace
We set out (we set out)
Through the thorny glen
And what we lost (what we lost)
We can't get back again
No last goodbyes, we've packed our bags
We're left to wander the wilderness
(Eden's gates are forever closed)
(What made us safe now stands opposed)
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Children of Earth
07:31
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We can build a path to heaven
With one voice, we can take to the sky
Bake your bricks and build, my children
There’s no end to our collective mind
(Rise up and take what’s ours)
(Rise up, children of earth)
There’s no need for God to rule us
The mother tongue will lead this time
Cradle of civilization
Human achievement sets the stage
Elect a king from among us
To lead into the new age
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4. |
King of the Locusts
04:03
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I've thrown down the gauntlet, I know what's on the other side
Let those who oppose pay the penalty with their lives
My anger burns hotter than the sun beating on your brow
I'm king of the locusts and the time has come to bow
You thought the rule under my father was unbearable
But I'll make it worse
Beg for your place inside these pages
God writes the chapter, but I write the verse
I'll raise up a monument made in the image of me
Look on and despair, take a knee, show your loyalty
I'm king of the world and the world is my enemy
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5. |
Come Back To Me
05:32
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What kind of hand would save us for this misery?
Your wrath displayed in burning sand beneath our feet
We beg for rest now, frail and weak
We made our bed and yet we find, we cannot sleep
Yet in our hunger, in our rage, across the sands we hear you say
Come back to me
Don't be afraid
Run back to me
I loved you in
The desert heat
When you went astray
Won't you please-
It was my hand that carried you across the sea
My wrath in fire was holding back the enemy
The bitter water that I made sweet
I poured my love that you might remember me
I brought you up, and I'm coming down
It's not too late, come back to me
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Out of Exile
09:09
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Mark your doors with the blood
(Passing through seas)
As the shadow passes by
(Peril on all sides)
We are led into the night
(Cry for mercy)
Out of exile
(We don’t have to die)
We lift our eyes up to the hills
With a vision we don’t fully understand
Of a city built by God’s own hand
A journey to a promised land (out of exile)
Lucid cloud formation
Our compass south and east
Entropy temptation
Burden of the high priest
Holy bread to nourish
Rains on our makeshift tents
Constant signs and wonders
Still we grow complacent
We gather, in orbit
Under a dying sun
Our worship, disordered
These idle hands have won
Raise up the sacred gods
Forged in a golden form
Alchemy of stiff necks
Pride and self-reliance
Your promises fade
Like an hourglass of sand
We try to hold on
But it slips through our hands
No end in sight
Panic sets in
All souls are tested
In the wilderness
No end in sight
These 40 years
Tell me now
Where do we go from here?
Desert behind
Death on all sides
Has God left us here to die?
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Harbinger
03:15
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Find me in a cistern, drowning in the mire
My yoke is heavy, my burden is fire
Find me in the darkness, surrounded by the lions
Find me in the mountains, fleeing for my life
This should not surprise you, but it should cause concern
Your fathers did the same thing, repent or you will learn
Find me in the desert, a harlot for a wife
Feeding on the locusts, the wilderness unkind
Find me in the lightning, the altar and the pyre
Fury on the winepress, my people in denial
If you end me, these stones cry out to God, do your worst
If you kill me, these bones cry out from the ground
Cause I'm not the last and I'm not the first
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Under the Sun
05:22
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We’ve planted vineyards, reaped the harvest from our lands
We’ve been impoverished, reaching out our empty hands
All of our striving, all our toil knows no end
Hand to the plow before the storm comes round again
There’s nothing new under the sun
Our think tanks run empty on recycled ideas
All of our efforts are a chasing of the wind
Another cloud comes, with the same sun shining through
We spin our wheels again but this is nothing new
We’ve known depression, we have known pain
We have been humble and we have been vain
Stuck in this cycle, it’s all the same
Until we learn to fear and honor your way
Collective wisdom of the world can’t solve the curse
Grasping at straws inside a frightening universe
The greatest minds can’t crack the problems that we face
Another war brews like a fixture in this place
A time for birth, a time for life, a time for death
A time to scatter, gather, tear it down, a time to mend
A time to plant, a time to grow, a time to reap
A time to love, a time to hate, a time for war & peace
All things that you have made are beautiful
In their appointed time
You’ve set eternity in every heart
As our days unwind
Our days are a shadow, they’re fading away
We tried on our own strength, but it’s a new day
A time to walk humbly, a time to embrace
The great gift of mercy, the sweet sound of grace
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Children of Heaven
07:22
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We all, like sheep, have gone astray
United by our sin and shame
We scorned the grace you freely gave
And that has been our lot
All we had, what we lost
Must we still count the cost?
A thousand years have passed us by
Oh God eternal, hear our cry
The covenant on which we rely
We’ve broken evermore
All we had, what we lost
Must we still count the cost?
Hear our prayers, Living God
We don’t deserve your mercy but on our knees we fall
No turning back now that we know
By your standard who can be clean
Are we your children or wayward orphans
Is there anyone who is worthy
(Rise up, Children of God
Rise up, Children of Heaven)
Do you hear a voice calling out from the Heavens?
Do you hear a voice as it divides the sky?
Does creation cry for a chance of redemption?
Is there more at work than meets the eye?
Do you hear a prophecy passed through the ages?
Of a ruler coming who will stand alone
He’s the one foretold of to all your fathers
He will claim his seat upon Heaven’s throne
I will build the path to Heaven
I will send my Son to reconcile
In His name every chain will be broken
He will call his own out of exile (out of exile)
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Notion Blue Milford, Connecticut
In high school, brothers Gabe and Luke Chase joined musically with brothers Max and Johnny Barbi for gigs, but never officially became a band. In 2018, after the tragic death of Johnny Barbi—beloved brother, friend, and bassist-Notion Blue was officially formed. (“Notion” being a nod to a previous band of Max and Johnny’s, and "blue" signifying both peace and a brightness of new possibility. ... more
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