1. dark the sky red the ground
2. fenced-in heavens
3. a golden veil
4. horses
5. no reason no excuse
6. sad world
7. worldly alliance
8. other fields
9. the laborer
10. ears to the snake
11. eyes caught fire

"dark the sky red the ground"

woe to the mother with child (x3)
in that day

run into the hills and hide (x3)
in that day

all the beasts will have their fill (x3)
in that day

birds will gather like storm clouds (x3)
in that day

...feasting on the flesh they have found...dark the sky and red the ground (x2)

dark the sky and red the ground

"fenced in heavens"

acting like there ain't no heaven, just getting by until the end
don't get yourself all unraveled, distraction's better with two hands
there's so much fussing over nothing, when all to dust it all must go
eternal wholeness holds no fragrance, to hearts enslaved to lust and gold

    so fix your mind upon tomorrows that you may or may not know
    and build yourself a little piece of heaven, and close your eyes until it feels like home
   
and when all is said and done and you are dead and gone, name one thing that you've won
what dream inside you died when life was sold for lies? yeah, all those tame desires
don't no one make a sound, plant both feet on this ground, don't look for higher ground
let's all pretend and smile, yeah we've got lot's of time, be reasonable and mild

then die...for your life


"a golden veil"

over my eyes the softest veil
gives wishes to the wishing well
the blood washed thin and pale

there's plenty here to fill my hand
to promise me this promise land
a wasted thirst, a sham

we're sleeping under spells of dust
eternal life for loss and lust
hell's maw beneath the crust

the cover of the night won't last
the golden sheen of youth long past
the creeping, ruinous glass

and not a way to save one breath
beneath the crushing hand of death
the rich and poor bereft


"horses"

she was on her knees...her hair was a rag to clean
the tears upon His feet...a shame that she wanted redeemed

    reign your horses in darling, gonna run 'em off a cliff someday
    reign your horses in darling, run 'em toward the light that does not wane

he kept every creed...but he wanted what he could not keep
"go sell everything, give it to the ones who are in need"

    let your horses go, child, they'll take you where you cannot stay
    let your horses go, child, you're gonna lose 'em anyway


"no reason no excuse"

all sincerity has gone from me
and i don't know how long i have been this way
but i don't blame you...i blame the stars, the sun and the moon
no, i don't blame you anymore

hold me while i hang my head and cry
it's been so long since i have had that peace
but i don't blame you...i blame myself for walking into ruin
no, i don't blame you anymore

all the summer's warmth left through that door
i vaguely see her through the frosty glass
"i don't love you"...that's what she said with no reason no excuse
"i don't love you anymore"

"sad world"

in the wounded hands of another, I can never tell what they're gonna say
left their hearts behind for more important matters
never finding rest, ever on enslaved

chorus:
    it's a sad world, it's a bad world, idols ocean deep
    it's a dark world, it's a deaf world, and it has no king

make some money here what a pointless purpose
what's the point of life if it only fails us
make a plan and die, is there any justice?
never satisfied, what a wretched notion

chorus:
    it's a sad world, it's a bad world, idols ocean deep
    it's a dark world, it's a deaf world, and it has no king

can we overthrow every word he's spoken?
can we be ourselves when our self is broken?
oh, for heaven's light ever soul's still pining
but the terms are sour 'cause no flesh seeks dying

chorus:
    it's a sad world, it's a bad world, idols ocean deep
    it's a dark world, it's a deaf world, and it has no king

"worldly alliance"

i've had enough of the shrinking and sinking
i've had enough of the selfish arranging
i've had enough of the striving and striving
i've had enough of just barely surviving
i've had enough, it ain't enough, it offers something...but no satisfaction

chorus:
    how long will happiness last? will it fill my soul at last? or will it let me down
    how much? how much cash? how much cash is enough to last? if you think it ends, it don't

the days go by in a blur of ambition
an endless list of imposters to heaven
i've seen enough of the endless defiance
i've seen enough of the worldly alliance
i've had enough, it ain't enough, it offers something...but not satisfaction

chorus:
    how long will happiness last? will it fill my soul at last? or will it let me down
    how much? how much cash? how much cash is enough to last? if you think it ends, it don't
    Oh, God, i've run as far as i care to, 'bout time i seek you, i'm tired of being lost
    oh, God, i'm learning slowly, but i know i KNOW the story, and i'll pay the cost

"other fields"

Prison walls are dreams forever out of reach
Everything is just a trap to bring a desperate soul to see their reach's end

There despair begins, there it all sinks in
Rags or robes it's all the same to those who know that death will come and rob it all

See the wretched wall, erected at the fall
Feel its haunting, what's the use in wanting, when inside you know you want it all

Behold the curse of God, to cure us of the false
He's the one who sent the wind that brought the scent to men of fields no one has found

"the laborer

one day the birds will sing
perched upon the stone with my name
all i have said, all i have done
one day no one will know, just my God

why do i fret and pretend
my stay will be as brief as the wind
lord, lift my eyes, they grow dim
no warmth of eden's kiss on my skin

my sweat has earned not one breath
the life i have received is pure gift
why do i shrink from your hand
from you there's only good, my good friend

"ears to the snake"

one day the end will come and every deed that we have done
will be an open book to tell, if we clung to grace or hell (x2)
one day the end will come (x2)

ears to the snake, into the fruit we taste (x2)
all to the snake, of endless lies partake (x2)

there's a way to a man seems right but it ends in death
he tries to fill what he craves inside with the world itself
he only hears what the devil lies and he hides his wounds
a broken hand on a safety line that will be his ruin

careful now, it's a hunger den and they all want some
it doesn't care if you're happy here 'cause it's out for blood
so get in line 'fore you lose your place and your hairs go grey
you want their heaven? well, you'll have to pay like the rest have paid

i believe in Your good heart, Lord, and Your empty tomb
with Your twelve i behold and bow and proclaim good news
Your loving light in this evil night is my joy, my hope
the Permanent Truth in a world of lies, and the Truth will hold.


"eyes caught fire"

He's coming for my soul(x2)
i'm set to go...the last sunrise i will know

the dawn's coming...eyes caught fire, eyes caught fire
blow Gabriel blow, the last sunrise i will know

no more crying there
pain don't know my name
praise and praise the Lord
Love resting on me (x2)