THE GHOST OF JESUS
S. Phillips

I’m looking all around – I’m searching for a sign
Guess I’m seeking revelation – nothing less than divine
Something undeniable – that doubt cannot explain away
I can’t manufacture patience any longer – I gotta find it today
Chorus:
I want a taste sweeter than honey
I want a touch softer than a breeze
I wanna see the purest of beauty
I wanna hear the voice of Jesus calling me
I keep asking for this Ghost to come haunt the soul inside of me
To fill up all the empty places in my heart
To be my eyes where its too dark to see
(Chorus)
So you bled and died to save me – to wash my guilt and shame away
Now I’m dying just to meet you
I guess somehow you planned it that way

SUN
S. Phillips

Look at the sun, shining brightly to make the day
To light the way
Up from the hills, o’er the horizon it comes, painting glory across the sky
To wake us up from the night

Look at the sun, though the shadows are long and gray
Its chasing away
I cover my eyes, oh, just a glance is enough and the image
Is burned within
Chorus:
Can’t you see, what’s happening?
Oh the truth shines bright before you
When you believe, you begin to see
The truth shine bright before you
I come for warmth, I come for light
I come to seek, Seeking I find
I come for truth, that frees from the dark
I come for peace to fill up my heart
Bridge:
You are the light, you are salvation
You are the light, you are salvation
You are the sun

A NURSERY RHYME
S. Phillips

There is a man in me who is already free
And I’m just waiting
For him and I to meet; he’s who I’m meant to be
But I’m still waiting

And somewhere underneath, beyond what I can see
A heart is beating
A heart as pure and clean as newborn babies’ dreams
I feel it leading

And all because…
Chorus:
Mary had a little Lamb - his fleece was stained with blood
And everyone who killed the man
Was the target of his love
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Its enough to know that I’m a son in the battles yet to overcome
Its grace transcending
Because the war is already won, you know the bleeding and the dying’s done
Oh brother, what a happy ending

And all because…
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Every crime in my history, every crime that is yet to be
Disappeared when I first believed, whoa oh oh oh
So when the sun shines down on me, when the dark overshadows me,
Everywhere I’ve yet to be, the Lamb is sure to go
The Lamb is sure to go

GOLD
S. Phillips/M. Dane

You are the trace of pride and flesh
A curse and a stain, you are self consciousness
This is the end, I’ve had enough
I’m saying goodbye to the enemy of love
Chorus:
I am gold, love is a flame
Purify, till only gold remains
All that I am is melting away
Refined and renewed till only gold remains
You are the darkness that fed the doubt
And grew to fear, I can do without you
Whisper to me, “Is your God enough?”
I’m letting you go
(chorus)
Bridge:
The old is gone and the new has come
Enemy lost and He has won (repeat 3x)

IT ALL COMES DOWN
S. Phillips

Well I’m up and I’m down and I’m all around
But I’m okay if you ask me
‘Cause we don’t really have the time to care like we could
I could trip, I could fall, you won’t know at all
‘Cause your busyness is blinding
And we don’t really take the time to love like we should
Chorus:
And it always comes back down
To the way that we love
And it always comes back down
To the way that we love
I’m in a hurry to grow, to grow up so fast
Just to miss my youth and to chase my past
If I keep looking forward to the day that my ship comes in
I’m gonna work my life away, only to leave this world
Empty handed, empty handed

THE EMPTY
Carol Phillips

Chorus:
Tonight I feel like I’m all alone in the empty
Tonight I feel like the air’s too cold to breathe
The walls are high and they’re closing in all around me
So come on down with all that power… bring your angels and set me free
Hanging around in a strange dark town, don’t know who I’m gonna meet
Is it the devil in red with a heart in his hands trying to sweep me off my feet
He’s got his girls and he’s got his boys, they’re living on the streets
They’re begging for bread and they’re begging for love, but he won’t let them eat
(Chorus)
You’ve seen the years of a thousand past and the souls of a million men
You’ve heard the sound of that sad sad song that keeps running through my head
You’ve got the key to my broken dreams, the wars I just can’t win
But you and your good seem so far away from this crazy place I live in

SHOW ME THE WAY
S. Phillips

Yesterday chases me around
Like I’ve got time to borrow
Wish I could spend today to find a way to fix the past
And make it up tomorrow

You don’t need permission
Still you wait and listen
Grant me the decision
To call you by your name
Chorus:
I’m lost, show me the way
How I can live for the day
Clean slate, nothing to weigh me down (repeat)
I will ask for you by name
Show me the Way
The sun keeps setting on my dreams
Tucking back behind the horizon
I can’t go through this alone
I need you to keep my eyes on
So I’m gonna stare at the sun

You don’t need permission
Still you wait and listen
Grant me the decision
To call you by your name

HERO
S. Phillips/C. Cates/T. Wood

I play the victim, but there’s no one to blame but me
Its my fault, I bound my own hands and feet

Helplessly here on my back, never felt so alone
I feel the earth shaking beneath me
I’m losing hope
Chorus:
It’s a dark night, the steel is cold
I’ve been searching high and low
But these ropes won’t let me go
I’m tied down to these tracks
I need a hero
I thought I was strong, I thought I was strong enough
To untangle this mess that I’ve made
But it tightened the knot

Helplessly here on my back, never felt so alone
I feel the earth shaking beneath me
I’m losing hope
(Chorus)
Bridge:
I need a hero, I need a hero, I need…
Someone to save me, someone to save me
God if you’re there, I need your help
Someone to save me from myself

THE ASHES
S. Phillips/A. Smith

And so it goes today
So it will be tomorrow
The piper wants his pay
With no more time to borrow

And on and on it goes
Nothing left to show
Chorus:
For the ashes. The faces
Hide the broken places
There is freedom
Freedom for the soul
Hold on, any day now
Beauty from the ashes
The strongest tree, the brightest rose
And everything that’s blooming
From all the dirt and shadows
Reach for the light, there’s a light that is shining

And on and on it goes

SHALLOW
S. Phillips

Tell me what not to wear
Tell me how to fix my hair
Then tell me when you’re on the air
And I’ll be the first to tell you that I don’t care
Chorus:
Shallow
I bet you feel so hollow
What will you do tomorrow?
With the silence from all the gods you follow
Let’s talk careers, baby, flash your degree
I’ll show you mine if you show yours to me
Then we’ll decide who’s most likely to succeed
(Chorus)
Bridge:
This is to the girls in the window
With your price tags and expensive clothes
Posed and frozen in the window
You are empty, its true
So why does everyone wanna be like you?
Adam and Eve tried to cover their shame
Dressed up in leaves, yeah, we all do the same
Why can’t we agree, its our hearts that need to change...
We’ve become so…

TO KEEP IT ALIVE
S. Phillips
It was a unique situation
Hard to tell who’s right or wrong
It was a difficult conversation
Still our love would carry on (`cause)
Chorus:
We try, so love can survive, oh we try
And suddenly find, we get through the fire, when we try
To keep it alive
After 3 years, still together
She can forget she’s beautiful
With a lover like a fortress
Sometimes she feels invisible
Bridge:
No one wants to be alone
Its cold at night and the days are long
My body’s weak but my will is strong to try
Alt. Chorus:
Love never dies, we can survive, oh when we try
We suddenly find, we get through the fire, when we try
To keep it alive

NEXT STOP, WILLOUGHBY
S. Phillips

I sit and stare out the window
Watch the snow as we pass
And as every flake finds its own way home
I wish I could leave these tracks

These days I’m walking in circles
Can’t feel the soles of my feet
Around the millstone till the train comes, baby
And I can fall asleep
Chorus:
I awake to the sunlight
I am warmed by its rays
The train is stopping now in Willoughby
It’s a lovely place
But I can’t get off this train
Pass the time in a daydream
Hope to find where I’ve been
The people they knew me there, and called me by my name
I wanna go again
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Don’t ask if I’m ready
Don’t ask if I’m scared
I think I’m more afraid of what remains right here
Final Chorus:
Can’t say that I’m ready
Can’t say I’m not scared
But when the train stops in Willoughby
You can find me there, you can find me there, you’re gonna find me there