WHAT YOUR GRACE CAN DO
words: Christian Strignano
music: Christian Strignano and Jonathan Noel
Standing alone in a room full of faces
Locked up inside a world I created
Distant memories are falling
Through these silent tears they hold me here
But still I am hoping knowing through it all
There is a love so strong

And I see way beyond this broken life
Way beyond the fall
In Your eyes I found peace that carries me on
And it's brought me to the truth
This is what Your grace can do

With a kiss of repose You waken me softly
A cradle of rest You quietly brought me
I'm surrounded by mercy
As Your love unfolds it makes me whole
I'll follow Your promise
As my will gets lost deep within Your arms

And I see way beyond this broken life
Way beyond the fall
In Your eyes I found peace that carries me on
And it's brought me to the truth
This is what Your grace can do

There's a shelter at the cross where You gave me
All the strength inside my heart to lead me on
Knowing Your with me
I'm surrounded by mercy as my will gets lost
Deep within Your arms I can see...

Way beyond this broken life
Way beyond the fall
In Your eyes I found peace that carries me on
And it's brought me to the truth
This is what Your grace can do

©1998 Gran Corteo Music (SESAC)/Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)

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THIS TERRIBLE FREEDOM
words and music: Jonathan Noel and Brad O'Donnell

I cannot put my finger on, I cannot wrap my arms around
I do not understand You
Every boundary I have drawn You have crossed to violate
I do not understand You

I see no rhythm in Your step or the rhyme inside Your scheme
I cannot grasp Your meaning
And every shadow that I trace, always changing, incomplete
Every answer fleeting

I am so pressed down
I am breaking under all of this weight
And my resistance burns away
In the light of this terrible freedom

I saw the face of love today and You kept nothing from my eyes
Every facet blinding
And I could only look away, standing there so unrestrained
I could not go on fighting

I am so pressed down
I am breaking under all of this weight
And my resistance burns away
In the light of this terrible freedom

Love is patient, love is kind
It will never twist the arm
Love will never bend the rules
With these hands that You've unbound
I abandon my reprieve and lay it down

I am so pressed down
I am breaking under all of this weight
And my resistance burns away
In the light of this terrible freedom

©1998 Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)/Brad and Butter Music, Inc (BMI)

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HAND
words and music: Dan Haseltine/Jonathan Noel/Stephen Mason

I'm here waiting for something new to break my heart
So callous laden I can't feel a thing at all
Could You catch my fall

From lost and not found
To run and not hide
My hand inside Your hand
Loosing my grip
Falling so far
My hand inside Your hand

Fear moves in cadence
With the beating of my heart
I'm doing way to much thinking
And it's tearing me apart
(Then I) Feel You reach for me

From lost and not found
To run and not hide
My hand inside Your hand
Loosing my grip
Falling so far
My hand inside Your hand

I hear Your voice and follow
(Through the dark)
It's so hard to believe
And still I go

From lost and not found
To run and not hide
My hand inside Your hand
Loosing my grip
Falling so far
My hand inside Your hand

©1999 Bridge Building Music, Inc./Pogostick Music (BMI)/Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)

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WORLD OF ME
words: Jonathan Noel
music: Matthew Bronleewe and Jonathan Noel

Grab your coat, my dear, we're leaving
And they say it's cold out there
Hang up your shoes -- 'cause you will not need them
As we part the Atmosphere
Hold on Tight, now
Farewell to Once Upon a Time

When I was the ruling Emperor
Of a Kingdom I thought mine
And every creature of this Habit
I would lead like Constantine
Don't look back, now
A fallen Rome beneath us

I'm burning in the horizon
Pull me down, down into your gravity
The sun is setting, tonight
On the World of Me

No tears to shed for wanting
No mourning what I've lost
I'm the sole surviving member
Of a self made holocaust
Can't go back now
A bridge in flames behind us

I'm burning in the horizon
Pull me down, down into your gravity
The sun is setting, tonight

For so long I made believe
That all your tears were mine to dry
But just like the moon beside us
You are held by something bigger than I
Don't look back now
A second chance before us

I'm burning in the horizon
Pull me down, down into your gravity
The sun is setting, tonight
So, don't look back, don't look back
This heart that held you motionless, not a sound
So far from used to be
Now I am waving goodbye
To the World of Me

©1998 Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)/Songs From The Farm Pub /Longitude Music Co (BMI)

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RIVER OF SHAME
words: Jonathan Noel
music: Jonathan Noel/Stephen Mason

There is a river, a rush in my veins
Carving and tumbling every soft bank
And it won't slow down
I know a river that takes me away
And it's bitter waters numb every pain
And it won't slow down
No, it won't slow down

Draw me now, 'cause I'm going down in this
River of shame
Call me out, and gently remind me who's I am
For these waters rum deep and long

Here in this river I'm not alone
Mothers and brothers stolen from home
And never found
Sold down the river, I pray for relief
But my soul is weighted by my unbelief
So I'm crying out
Yes I'm crying out loud

Draw me now, 'cause I'm going down in this
River of shame
Call me out, and gently remind me who's I am
For these waters run deep and long
And I know that I can't hold on
But the river rolls along

Draw me now, 'cause I'm going down in this
River of shame
Call me out, and gently remind me who's I am
Draw m now, or surely I'll drown in this
River of Shame
Call me out, for now I remember who's I am
And those waters run deep and long
An I know that I can't hold on
But the river rolls along

©1998 Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)/Bridge Building Music/Pogostick Music (BMI)

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YELLOW ON BLUE
words: Jonathan Noel
music: Stephen mason/Charlie Lowell/Jonathan Noel

In the interest of time -- I won't try and feed you
The lines I devised -- The spoon's on the table.
But still, I may need a moment

'Cause I would only see flowers
And I never knew these windows were painted
Yellow on blue, and now you
You opened them so wide, and I see inside -- that

Once in a while I find myself
Wishing that I was someplace else
Caught in a war and my peace of mind
Is over the wall on the other side
I'm so green-eyed

So, tell me -- what's that you're writing
Do you think me a fool, should I bother trying
If you please -- I need to know this

'Cause I -- I march through the motions
But what can I do with a heart that's parading
Yellow on blue -- Well, can you--
Can you reach me down inside -- and make it all right -- 'Cause

Once in a while I find myself
Wishing that I was someplace else
Caught in a war and my peace of mind
Is over the wall on the other side
I'm unsatisfied

And so discontented -- There is nothing I possess
There's no mistakin' -- I would be naked
(And) It's only by Your hand that I live
It's a gift -- that You give to me, freely -- But...

Once in a while I find myself
Wishing that I was someplace else
Caught in a war and my peace of mind
Is over the wall on the other side

I've tried and I've tried it by myself
(And) now I am begging for your help
I'm held by the truth -- Your words are my light
(But) the end of the road is far from sight
So hold tight

©1998 Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)/ Bridge Building Music/Pogostick Music (BMI)

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IVY
words and music: Jonathan Noel

She brushes up against her life
Like some stranger passing on her street
Shoots the light and lays her head
On the pillow, pray my soul to keep

The day will rise upon her face
But can never reach into her eyes
Closed in pain or clenched with fright
I will ask and then she'll fade away

And all her dreams are wrapped in ivy
Poison to my touch, unrelenting

Should I quake from what lies deep
Beneath the words she never says
Or do I trust she soon will wake
Embracing what was always here

When all her dreams were wrapped in ivy
Poison to my touch, unrelenting

Do I own the heart to bear the answer never said

©1998 Pyangrin Music (SESAC)

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WALK ON BY
words and music: Jonathan Noel

There burns a hunger in me -- A longing that remains
Staring out my window through the cold night rain
I see you passing by here -- Day after day
And I wonder if somehow You'll see me
Through the walls I've made

Chorus:
Will you come in
You don't have to stay long
Just a kiss for this wakeful eye
It's like forever I've been watching you walk on by

Waiting for the sunshine -- So many tears I've sown
But nothing blooms inside until I truly am known
So break down my door and release me and
I'll try with all my might -- Walking down this road
Beside you even through the darkest night

Will you come in
'Cause I've waited so long
To trade this cell for a piece of sky
The night is falling -- I'm watching you walk on by
Lay me down in a field of deep green or
Lead me down by the Riverside
But don't make me keep watching you walk on by

I'm not looking for comfort
Or you sympathy
I only want to know you
And you to know me

Will you come in
Oh, I waited so long
And only you can satisfy
It's like forever I've been watching you walk on by
Lay me down in a field of deep green and
Sing to me sweet lullabies
But don't make me keep watching you walk on by
Don't you walk on by

©1998 Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)

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FARTHER ALONG
Traditional
ThisArrangement by Jonathan Noel

Tempted and tried we're
Oft made to wonder
Why it should be thus, all the day long
While there are others
Living about us
Never molested
Though in the wrong

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

When death has come and
Taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so
Lonely and drear
Then do we wonder
Why others prosper
Living so wicked
Year after year

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

When we see Jesus
Coming in glory
When He comes from His
Home in the sky
There we will meet Him
In that bright mansion
We'll understand it
All by and by

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by

THIS ARR. ©1998 Pyangrin Music (SESAC)

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THE STONE
words and music: Jonathan Noel

The Stone that the builders rejected
Has become the Cornerstone. Hallelujah!
The Stone that the builders rejected
Has become the Cornerstone. Hallelujah!

Ascribe greatness! Ascribe greatness!
Ascribe greatness to the Rock so high!

The Stone that the builders rejected
Has become the Cornerstone. Hallelujah!
The Stone that the builders rejected
Has become the Cornerstone. hallelujah!

Ascribe greatness! Ascribe greatness!
Ascribe greatness to the Rock so high!
Ascribe greatness! Ascribe greatness!
Ascribe greatness to the Rock so high!

You are a Sanctuary
A Shelter and a Shade from the heat of the day
You are a Hiding Place
A Tower and a Refuge from the storm and the rain
My Rock and Foundation
You have become my Salvation

The Stone that the builders rejected
Has become the Cornerstone
The Stone that the builders rejected
Has become the Cornerstone

Ascribe greatness! Ascribe greatness!
Ascribe greatness to the Rock so high!
Ascribe greatness! Ascribe greatness!
Ascribe greatness to the Rock so high!

©2000 Pyanagrin Music (SESAC)/Saint Meinrad Archabbey (BMI)

All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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