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Ichthus |
The Price Upon my
head is death
They've pushed us underground
for all who dare to speak the
name
the iron fist comes down
face the test, put to death if
discovered
its the price we pay
Lord, bless my brothers with
courage I pray
(Enemies castigate
but darkness doth illuminate
Irony: the blood we bleed
every drop this fire feeds
into forever...)
Lines of faith drawn in the
sand, completed by another
Stranger, show me where you
stadn
and if you are my brother
One part by me, one by you
CENTURIES FLY
BUT THE FLAME IS STILL ALIVE
THE MAY HIDE IT, BUT IT WILL
NEVER DIE
CARVED IN THE WALL,
SEE THE TWO HALVES OF TEH SIGN
THROUGH THE AGES HIS GLORY WILL
ARISE
FOR ALL TIME
Forced into the catacombs
unite to praise the King of
kings
they fear a revolution
and the power that He brings
heaven's sons stand as one, as
believers
in the blood of Christ
even in death we have true life
(Enemies castigate
but darkness doth illuminate
Irony: the blood we bleed
every drop this fire feeds
into forever...)
Lines of faith carved in the
wall,
a sign of peace abided
Stare into the eyes of death
clothed in the grace provided
this will live on without me
CENTURIES FLY
BUT THE FLAME IS STILL ALIVE
THE MAY HIDE IT, BUT IT WILL
NEVER DIE
CARVED IN THE WALL,
SEE THE TWO HALVES OF TEH SIGN
THROUGH THE AGES HIS GLORY WILL
ARISE
FOR ALL TIME
This will live on without me...
CENTURIES FLY
BUT THE FLAME IS STILL ALIVE
THE MAY HIDE IT, BUT IT WILL
NEVER DIE
CARVED IN OUR SOULS,
SEE THE TWO HALVES OF THE SIGN
THROUGH THE AGES HIS GLORY WILL
ARISE
FOR ALL TIME
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The Serpent's Kiss |
Born into the darkness
thrown into the viper's den
the serpent in the cradle
takes the child into its nest of
sin
slowly suffocating
the souls of victims it has
found
into the vicious cycle
on the path that only leads us
down
Rat-race-fueled machinery
this system of corruption
have we become so cold and numb
we're blind to its destruction?
We're forging in the fires made
of greed
Our idols made of gold
then bowing down before them
with corrupt, adulterous souls
opened eyes,
realize...
WHAT WE HAVE DONE
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
WHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR LIVES
CORRUPTED OUR DREAMS
WHAT WE HAVE LOST
AND WHAT REMAINS
PARALYZED BY THE VENOM THAT RUNS
THROUGH OUR VEINS
THERE'S GOT TO BE MUCH MORE TO
LIFE THAN THIS
THE WORLD'S CARESS IS JUST THE
SERPENT'S KISS
The demons veiled as angels
The darkness as the light
the poison seems so harmless as
you drink of it tonight
we reap the harvest we have sown
empowering our enemies
we dress the wolves as sheep
and then forget their true
identities
forgive me
now i see...
WHAT WE HAVE DONE
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
WHAT HAS BECOME OF OUR LIVES
CORRUPTED OUR DREAMS
WHAT WE HAVE LOST
AND WHAT REMAINS
PARALYZED BY THE VENOM THAT RUNS
THROUGH OUR VEINS
THERE'S GOT TO BE MUCH MORE TO
LIFE THAN THIS
THE WORLD'S CARESS IS JUST THE
SERPENT'S KISS
Father bring us back to you
we're lost sheep, afraid,
confused
tangled in the scnares that grow
along this road of pain we chose
and though we've wandered far
away
we've turned around and lost our
way
though we are the progigal,
with open arms for us you still
await
All we are is laid to waste
All we've seen crumbles in haste
everything under the sun is
vanity put in its place
you have seen this all before
we are nothing, nothing more
we're the ones who betray you,
yet we're the ones who you
adore.
I stand before you as a child
by this world i've been defiled
stained and poisened, burned and
beaten
brusied and wounded, sick and
vile
with hands reaching out to you,
i run
realizing what I've done
you take me in your arms, a
reunited father and son...
And all illusion ceases to exist
the world's carress is just a
serpent's kiss
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Mountain |
I'm searching to
find what's beyond each horizon
to the end of one world and on
to a new one
always chasing golden sunsets
I'm struggling out of the depths
of the valey
and my weary legs have failed me
once again
so i give my broken soul to you
And in my weakness is Your
strength realized
Consume me in the fire of Your
glory once again
and help me rise
Rise, taking flight
To the zenith of life
Rise to the top of the mountain
with You
The world disappears
Into the valley below me
As I'm lost in the glory of You
Step by step the climb gets
harder
my being weakens as I struggle
farther and farther
flesh is weakness, darkness,
sickness
my dreams are shattered, my
ambitions crumbled
my will defeated, my spirit
humbled once more
i am hopeless, helpless without
you
And I must decrease so that You
may increase
and when I find you're all I
have
I found you're all I need to
help me rise
Rise, taking flight
To the zenith of life
Rise to the top of the mountain
with You
The world disappears
Into the valley below me
As I'm lost in the glory of You
I cannot fight this battle on my
own
Have mercy
I'm fallen weakness clothed in
flesh and bone
consume me
I stand in awe of who you are
and what I feel I cannot explain
forged in the flame, broken
again
Take me to the places I can't go
Transcending
I'm sick of living in the status
quo
New Beginning
And when it seems I've given up
On eagle' wings you life me up
again
and this time I know, in the end
...You carried me
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Theocracy |
At the center of
my heart there sits a throne
That the rightful occupant's not
always
free to call His own
For how can i give the King
His place of worth above all
else
When I spend my time striving
to place the crown upon myself?
Battle cry, to engage
for the war, set the stage
and armies march and kings arise
for the choice, the time has
come
mine or thy will be done?
and the pain reflects in holy
eyes
for the will to obey
for the night to the day
and the seasons change and
rulers die
not of flesh, not of men
wage the war deep within
on and on uit rages undenied
I TAKE MY CROWN AND CAST IT DOWN
CASTLES BURNING
CASTLES BURNING
LEARN TO GROW, GROW TO BE
A FLESH AND BLOOD THEOCRACY
TO TAKE THE LOSS AND BEAR THE
CROSS
RAISE THE KINGDOM
RAISE THE KINGDOM
BURN AWAY ALL IVE BEEN
TO RESURRECT THEOCRACY WITHIN
and the would-be rulers of my
heart
that I place upon the throne
each lead the kingdom of my life
to ruin
to bring every though into
submission
to tear the idols down
is to break the chains, to
rearrange,
to give the king his crown
I TAKE MY CROWN AND CAST IT DOWN
CASTLES BURNING
CASTLES BURNING
LEARN TO GROW, GROW TO BE
A FLESH AND BLOOD THEOCRACY
TO TAKE THE LOSS AND BEAR THE
CROSS
RAISE THE KINGDOM
RAISE THE KINGDOM
BURN AWAY ALL IVE BEEN
TO RESURRECT THEOCRACY WITHIN
Rather, use me to be your hands
down here
a mirror to reflect your glory
into hurting eyes
and let me see the world with
vision clear
and not through selfishness and
lies
for if I am consumed with my own
cares
what right have I to speak the
words
Thy Kingdom Come?
And if I am consumed with my own
will,
what right to pray Thy Will Be
Done?
As all round me I see bleeding
souls
please give me strength to never
pass them idly by
and as the angry stormclouds
start to roll
may they see comfort in my eyes
for just as you are full of love
the same to others you have
called me to be
and by the covenant of grace
above and below
within our souls: theocracy
I TAKE MY CROWN AND CAST IT DOWN
CASTLES BURNING
CASTLES BURNING
LEARN TO GROW, GROW TO BE
A FLESH AND BLOOD THEOCRACY
TO TAKE THE LOSS AND BEAR THE
CROSS
RAISE THE KINGDOM
RAISE THE KINGDOM
BURN AWAY ALL IVE BEEN
TO RESURRECT THEOCRACY WITHIN
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The Healing Hand |
1. The Gift
Gloria gloria
underneath a burning star
seeking their salvation
see them searching for the ONe
who's come to heal their nation
prochecy incarnate
holiness in flesh arrived
the star has shown the path to
life and hope is now alive
FOR UNTO EARTH IS BORN THE HOLY
HAND
2. Restoration
See the multitudes surround this
man of miracles
the key to life they've found,
He is the Son of God
Hear the suffereing people cry
for healing from this man
as they reach out to touch a
supernatural hand
"take my scars, heal my wounds,
give new life to me" the cry
cleanse my stains, kill disease,
Master, make this sickness die
Endless power, fueled by faith,
restoration in one touch
Miracle, supernaturally disease
is crushed
THE HOLY HAND BECOMES THE
HEALING HAND
3. Adulation
Faith is Freedom, freedom faith
(repeat)
hear the people joined in praise
to Christ
incarnate holy one
worthy is the lamb they say
messiah prophesied has come
honored for eternity, forever
shall we give Him praise
never will our hearts turn cold,
we never shall betray
4.Betrayal
Hearts Once Soft have turned to
stone
left their king to die alone
lips that once had echoed praise
now mock the holy gift of grace
prophecy fulfilled in death
complete redemption with final
breath
Israel lifting up her king
not in praise, but suffering
see the hand that drives the
nail
through the hand that never
failed
hear the laughter, see the games
the mock salvation unashamed
see the ones He came to justify
coldly stand and watch him die
rejected by his chosen land
The healing hand becomes the
bleeding hand
5. Eternity
His kingdom forever, the Lion of
Judah in strength
everlasting redemption,
atonement complete
ressurected in power, as King
now he stands
FOR THE BLEEDING HAND HAS BECOME
THE RULING HAND
Faith-born forever, a part of
His kingdom become
Or reject him, stand back
and watch his kingdom come
ALpha and omega almighty is he
Christ reigns victorious for
eternity
Eternity
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Sinner |
Shame covers me
what was light has turned to
dark
pain torments me
where there once was something
holy
now beats my blackened heart
sin has tangled me
my life is broken and i bleed
eternally
grief's controlling me
so I cry out to the only one who
can bring
the healing that I need
HELP ME
SAVE ME
TAKE THIS GUILT AWAY FROM ME
HEAR ME
TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE I WAS
(BEFORE THE FALL)
WASH ME
CLEANSE ME
SEE WHAT HAS BECOME OF ME
TRYING ON MY OWN I FAILED
SO I NOW COME CRAWLING BACK TO
YOU
I'VE FALLEN
HELP ME
SAVE ME
TAKE THIS GUILT AWAY FROM ME
HEAR ME
TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE I WAS
(BEFORE THE FALL)
WASH ME
CLEANSE ME
SEE WHAT HAS BECOME OF ME
TRYING ON MY OWN I FAILED
SO I NOW COME CRAWLING BACK TO
YOU
I'VE FALLEN
I'm a sick man rotting slowly
spiritual leprosy
I'm a captive crying out
tear the chains and set me free
HELP ME
SAVE ME
TAKE THIS GUILT AWAY FROM ME
HEAR ME
TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE I WAS
(BEFORE THE FALL)
WASH ME
CLEANSE ME
SEE WHAT HAS BECOME OF ME
TRYING ON MY OWN I FAILED
SO I NOW COME CRAWLING BACK TO
YOU
I'VE FALLEN
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New Jerusalem |
New Jerusalem
In My dreams I have seen beyond
in my dreams i have seen what I
am coming from
Visions of my eternity
visions of a celestial holy city
12 gates of jerusalem
12 angels surround the wall
only one way leads inside the
gates
only one way prepared for us all
I have seen the New Jerusalem
Glorious, the new jerusalem
behold, the world of corruption
has passed away
out of the ashes below me I rise
into the city of new life, the
power, the way
ascending into paradise
by the grace of the holy one
i am free from this world of
desolation
free from greed, lust and
selfishness
to nevermore be a slave to this
wicked flesh
by the ultimate sacrifice
i'm alive, yet transcend this
life
from this old world of death
burning down
now I walk through the ashes
unto holy ground
I have seen the New Jerusalem
Glorious, the new jerusalem
behold, the world of corruption
has passed away
out of the ashes below me I rise
into the city of new life, the
power, the way
ascending into paradise
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The Victory Dance |
She stares ahead
in silence again
her eyes tell me of struggles,
loss and pain
a mask to hide a world of sorrow
where hollow, painted smiles
remain
the flesh whispers its lies to
me
and walks me to the edge, so far
to fall
I'll never have another chance
if there's a chance at all
If I fail this time...
Seven scares turned to ashes
faces of madness melt into
victory
trial by fire, my burden
burned in refining flames of
purity
seven steps into darkness
mortal and crownless
eternal victory
altar flames rising, burning
higher
and straight through the fire
i'm dancing the victory dance
she takes the communion cup
unholy
born and raised a slave to rules
of man
will my eyes reflect you
when she searches them again?
I am not a god
I release this burden unto you
Seven scares turned to ashes
faces of madness melt into
victory
trial by fire, my burden
burned in refining flames of
purity
seven steps into darkness
mortal and crownless
eternal victory
altar flames rising, burning
higher
and straight through the fire
i'm dancing the victory dance
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Lyrics Copyright 2004 Theocracy
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