REAL THING

It's taking larger doses now to make us feel alive
while we're on the edge of something much more real

don't leave me to my emptiness
this grayscale silhouette
this senseless repetition of our days
this counterfeit

give me the real thing not this watered down or in
between
I want the real thing not this middle ground
I want the sight unseen

addicted to this present tense
these dollars make no sense
we chase the wind this gold can't validate our existence

shadow shadow where's your substance
where's your shine
shadow shadow i want the substance of this time

SOMETHING MADE TO LAST 

Everything's so artificial
A fabrication of what's beautiful
I won't be satisfied in my plastic paradise

Give me something made to last
I'm fading fast
Something to hope in
'Cause everything is broken down here
Something made to last
Something made to last

Rock and roll - happiness - diamond rings
These are the best of the temporary things
There must be more for us
'Cause it's all turning into dust

bridge:
A kingdoms coming
And it won't stop running

STAND UP 

Why do our failures seem to have a voice
They say we're lost and we don't have a choice
They're telling us that we're not capable
They say our prison's inescapable

CHORUS:
Stand up now
They can't hold us down
Stand up now
Get up off the ground

Why does our brokenness keep whispering
It's telling us that we're not anything
I say no fall is going to keep us out
This fear is something we'll forget about

Chorus

bridge:
We're fallen - it can't hold us down
These failures - they hold us down
We're broken - they can't hold us down
We're fallen - get up off the ground

STATUES 

It's just a front so tear down these walls
like jericho- let em fall
it's just a hype
a plastic paradise- rip open the skies
rip open the skies

statues cannot breathe
they made them out of stone
don't make yourself at home
this life we leave it's only skin and bone
don't make yourself at home

man made towers
high rise to the sky
will never reach - it's much to high
you can simulate but as hard as we try
it's just a reply it's just a reply

I've counted her towers
i've walked in her streets
saw the needle's eye where her fire walls meet
we'll tell our children
cities coming down
rip open the skies

THE SUNSHINE ABOVE THE WEATHER 

Outside the thunder crashes
And the storms are gaining fast
Though it's raining in my heart
I know that you are

The sunshine above the weather
Always and forever
Your love will remain
My rock and mighty fortress
I'm walking in your promise
Your love will remain

When everything is broken
And the darkness closes in
You are never far from me
Deep inside I see

bridge:
I fade out
I run away
But through it all you stay
The sunshine - it's breaking through when I need you
Your love will remain

VALUABLE 

The scar that's in my side says
As the sea is wide my love is more so
I'm everything you need
Don't you know the blood I bleed is for you - don't you
know

I bridged the gap you see
I'll supply your every lack and need
To bring you back to me
You're so valuable

Child can't you see
You're worth more than all the world to me - you're
priceless
You're the iris in my eye
And I hold you up so high - I hold you priceless

bridge:
Don't you know
You're worth so much to me
Don't you know
I crossed the line it's true
When I left my throne behind for you
I gave it all for you
You're so valuable

WHAT HAPPENS (AT THE END) 

What happens when the song I sing doesn't seem to mean a
thing
And everything I have to bring is borrowed and rehearsed
What happens when the music ends and I'm too tired to
pretend
That who I am and who I've been could ever get along
Now's the time for letting go

I surrender all - can you hear my call?
When I'm at the end of myself
Is this where you begin when I'm caving in
When I'm at the end of myself

What happens when the motion stops - staring at a broken
clock
When what I am and what I'm not are perfectly reversed