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Untitled (My Epic)
05:10
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These bones, my frame, won't hold in place
They'd leave and part ways
If i was without You
This earth, my home, would be alone
There'd be no moon to share the galaxy
If it was without You
My G-d, I am not, but You are.
What was it like when You prayed?
Did the rivers calm when the raging seas obeyed?
What was it like when You slept?
Did the rocks come close and the trees lean in
And did the air rejoice just to be Your breath?
My G-d, I am not, but you are.
When Your servant tried to ask Your name
But a million words could not contain
And the meaning could not be expressed
For the weight would be too much to take
So You cradled him, like You cradle me and whispered
"I am."
O, My G-d! I am not, but You are.
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Cain
04:15
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I won't say I'm not to blame
but give any man my hand
and watch him do the same
I won't say it's all his fault
but if he hadn't come along
who could say I'm in the wrong?
I'd be the only, I'd be the perfect son
haven't I been here before? questions for your sakes
where is your brother I adore?
why not ask the shepherd himself?
go ahead ask the perfect son
go ahead ask the favored one
I'm not his keeper, I'm not the perfect son
I'm the first fruits of rebellion, I'm the product of exiles
My mother resents me and my father sees his failure in my eyes
I don't wanna die, but I see murder in their stares
this mark keeps me safe and sound,
alive and alone
take up your house and go into the wild
leave behind that foolish child
now make a life in this land
your brother's blood has fed the dirt
but it's poison for the soiled earth
yeah it's poison for you
oh it's poison for you
Selah
now my skin hangs loose and my bones ache
my house is in ruins I just wanna die
back to the dust with the perfect one
decades of "I'm sorry"
but this mark keeps me safe and sound
alive and alone
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brother, forgive me
we both know I'm the one to blame
when I saw my demons
I knew them well and welcomed them
but I'll come around
someday
father, have mercy
I know that I have gone astray
when I saw my reflection
it was a stranger beneath my face
but I'l come around
someday
when I touch the water
they tell me I could be set free
so I'll come around
someday
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he said to me,
child, I'm afraid for your soul
these things that you're after, they can't be controlled
this beast that you're after will eat you alive
and spit out your bones
she'll string you along and she'll sell you a lie
but there's nothing but pain on the edge of a knife
there is no courage in flirting with fear
to prove you're alive
I've seen the true face of the things you call Life
the voice of the siren that holds your desires
but Death, she is cunning, and clever as hell
and she'll eat you alive
oh, she'll eat you alive
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I ran like a speeding train
cut my hair and changed my name
only had myself to blame
for the company I was keeping
curse my restless wandering feet
prone to wander endlessly
all the love you gave to me
it wasn't enough to keep me
oh, I stole from my father all I thought I could sell
tossed his copper, and I watched as it fell
but there wasn't any water in the wishing well
bent my knee to many kings
idols of prosperity
heard that dollar calling me
so I sought it in the city
oh, I stole from my father all I thought I could sell
tossed his copper, and I watched as it fell
but there wasn't any water in the wishing well
for my soul, he made an offer
and to the dust again I fell
and oh, that devil's got a hold on me now
because there wasn't any water in the wishing well
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