Jars Of Clay Album

sunny days keepin' the clouds away
I think we're coming to a clearing and a brighter day
so far away and still I think they say
the wait will make the heart grow stronger
or fonder, I can't quite remember, anyway

Chorus:
so if you're waitin' for love
well, it's a promise i'll keep
if you don't mind believing that it changes everything
time will never matter

uh, uh, uhhh

winter, spring -- is what love can truly bring
ice turns to water; water flows to everything
you can lose your mind
maybe then your heart, you'll find
I hope you won't give up what's movin' you inside -- no

[CHORUS]

(time will never matter)

[CHORUS]

(time will never matter)

if the car won't start when you turn the key
when the music comes on, all your cold, cold heart can do
is skip a beat

it's a promise I'll keep when you're waitin' for love
if you don't mind believing that it changes everything
time will never matter (time will never matter)

[CHORUS]

(time will never matter)
no, time will never matter
(time will never matter)
no, time will never matter
no, oo, oo

I grew this heart into a drifter
never felt the roots I bare
sold my sight, oh, brother, sister
for a mountain of fool's gold, it's gone
only God knows, God knows where

soul was restless for redemption
feet were lookin' for a place to stand
well, I ain't got no life
and you know I ain't got no money
just the faith of an empty hand, empty hand

Chorus:
amazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly now
like the sun is risin', heat on my face
oh, love that keeps on shinin', don't let the shadow come
you know I gotta feel your healin' rays

hitched a ride; I was a beggar
and I had murder on my hands
needed water to rinse these stains
but only blood could remove what's spillin'
and pardon me to blame

[CHORUS]

amazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly now
amazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly now

amazing grace, I feel you comin' up slowly now
like the sun is risin', heat on my face
oh love that keeps on shinin' don't let the shadow come
you know I got to, yeah

[CHORUS]

see, I gotta feel your healin' rays
you know I gotta feel your amazing grace

this is for all the lonely people
thinkin' that life has passed them by
don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
ride that highway in the sky

this is for all the single people
thinkin' that life has left them dry
don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
you never know until you try

and I'm on my way
yes, I'm on my way
well, I'm on my way back home

this is for all the lonely people
thinkin' that life has passed them by
don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
should never take you down or never give you up
you never know until you try

'cause I'm on my way
yes, I'm on my way
yeah, I'm on my way back home
yes, I'm on my way
yeah, I'm on my way
yes, I'm on my way back home

I'm a fair-weather friend
I'm a colorless view
but i'm willin' to make a deal
if you think you can make some faith here inside
I'll drive off and marry you

Chorus:
I'm only alive with you
I can't get by and I won't get through
so put me in the river and let me say I do
I'm only alive with you

you're a sight for sore eyes
and a newborn cry
in a year where there are so few
if you throw me a line, I'll show you in time
I'm fallin' in love with you

[CHORUS]

though my heart has been torn
the loves I have worn
and I'm tempted by them ever still
I tremble inside when you walk in the room
you hold my affections and will

[CHORUS x 2]

my wings don't sail me to the sky
on my own these wings won't fly
Jesus told me so
still, I'm not so sure that I know

can't find no rest for my soul
can't find no rest on my own
Jesus told me so
still, I'm not so sure that I know

Chorus:
man, the trouble is
we don't know who we are instead
man, the trouble is
we don't know who we are instead

I keep runnin' the other way
my heart ain't built to stay
my heart ain't built to stay
and the world just ain't that way

[CHORUS]

we don't know who we are instead

my heart ain't built to stay
I said, my heart, well, it ain't built to stay
Jesus told me so

"The world breaks every one and
afterward many are strong at the broken places"
-- from "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

the ice is thin enough for walkin'
the rope is worn enough to climb
throat is dry enough for talkin'
world is crumblin', but I know why
world is crumblin', but I know why

storm is wild enough for sailing
bridge is weak enough to cross
this body frail enough for fighting
I'm home enough to know I'm lost
home enough to know I'm lost

Chorus:
it's just enough to be strong
in the broken places, in the broken places
it's just enough to be strong
should the world rely on faith tonight

land unfit enough for planting
barren enough to conceive
poor enough to gain the treasure
enough a cynic to believe
enough a cynic to believe

[CHORUS]

confused enough to know direction
sun eclipsed enough to shine
be still enough to finally tremble
see enough to know i'm blind
see enough to know i'm blind

[CHORUS x 2]

should the world rely on faith tonight
should the world rely on faith tonight
tonight
tonight
tonight
tonight
tonight

speak
and say the words that no one else will ever say
love
love like the world we know is over in a day

Chorus:
I'm gonna show you love in every language
I'm gonna speak with words that need no form
I'm gonna give you what you never had before

and you're beautiful
and I am weakened by the force of your eyes
so shine bright
to separate the truth from the lies
I'm gonna show you love

[CHORUS]

what you never had before
had before

so tie me to a tree and let the smoke and ash collect
no, I won't regret to let love do what love will let
and you can drown in mixed emotions and walk across an angry sea
this is the cost of being free

[CHORUS x 2]

I'm gonna show you love, love in every language
I'm gonna show you love you never had before
I'm gonna show you love, love in every language
I'm gonna show you love you never had before
I'm gonna show you love

looks a lot like givin' up
peace will bring is a bitter cup
set our bodies down like offerings
while we pray to the god of the lesser things

if the wind should shake this house apart
the cradle hits the ground with a broken heart
we will say we never knew a thing
while we pray to the god of the lesser things

Chorus:
is there grace for the wayward heart
is there grace for the wayward heart
grace, grace

ash to ash and dust to dust
steel on steel or rain to rust
what mortal breath blood money brings
forth from the altar of the lesser things

is there grace for the wayward heart

is there grace for the wayward heart is there grace, grace

[CHORUS x 2]

you sit and stare out at the sky
and think of ways to fake a smile
but life is never what it seems
sometimes it only takes a while

Chorus:
I'm in the way of fallin' down
I won't let you go that far now
I'm in the way of fallin' down
I won't let you go that far now

I won't let you go

you think that hope was left behind
I picked it up a mile ago
I am running close behind
so don't give up and don't let go

[CHORUS]

I'm in the way
I'm in the way
I'm in the way
I'm in the way
I won't let you go now

[CHORUS]

I'm in the way of fallin' down
I won't let you go that far now
I'm in the way of fallin' down
I won't let you go now

I'm in the way
I'm in the way
I'm in the way

Jesus' blood never failed me yet
never failed me yet
Jesus' blood never failed me yet
this one thing I know
that He loves me so

Jesus' blood never failed me yet
never failed me yet
Jesus' blood never failed me yet
this one thing I know
that He loves me so

Jesus' blood never failed me yet
never failed me yet
Jesus' blood never failed me yet
this one thing I know
that He loves me so

Jesus' blood won't fail me yet
won't fail me yet
won't fail me yet

Jesus' blood never failed me yet
never failed me yet
Jesus' blood never failed me yet
this one thing I know
that He loves me so

Jesus' blood never failed me yet
never failed me yet
Jesus' blood never failed me yet
this one thing I know
that He loves me so

Jesus' blood never failed me yet
never failed me yet
Jesus' blood never failed me yet
this one thing I know
that He loves me so

Jesus' blood (won't fail me yet)
blood (won't fail me yet)
His blood (won't fail me yet)

Jesus' blood (won't fail me yet)
His blood (won't fail me yet)
won't fail me yet (won't fail me yet)

Jesus' blood (won't fail me yet)
His blood (won't fail me yet)
His blood won't fail me (won't fail me yet)

this one thing I know
that he loves me so

I built another temple to a stranger
I gave away my heart to the rushing wind
I set my course to run right into danger
I sought the company of fools instead of friends

Chorus:
you know I've been unfaithful
with lovers in lines
while you're turning over tables
with the rage of a jealous kind
I chose the gallows to the aisle
thought that love would never find
hanging ropes will never keep you
and your love of a jealous kind
love of a jealous kind

tryin' to jump away from rock that keeps on spreading
solace in the shift of the sinking sand
I'd rather feel the pain all too familiar
than be broken by a lover I don't understand
'cause I don't understand

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love of a jealous kind, yeah
love of a jealous kind
love of a jealous kind

one hundred other lovers, more, one hundred other altars
if I should slow my pace and finally subject me to grace
and love that shames the wise
betrays the hearts deceit and lies
and breaks the back of foolish pride

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love of a jealous kind
love of a jealous kind
love of a jealous kind

I love the way
I love the way you carry on
you make me wanna say
you make me wanna sing another love song

sing another love song
sing another love song
sing another love song
to you

bury my head full of shame
you pick me up and say I look like you
though it makes no sense to me
you make me believe that I could trust someone
that I could ever trust someone
I could ever trust someone
I could ever trust someone
I could ever trust someone

sing another love song
sing another love song
sing another love song
sing another love song

I walk through flame, I touch the fire
you know that I still burn for you
flood water rain crash down
soak the ground
still I thirst for you
still I thirst for you

nah-nah's

sing another love song
sing another love song

though it makes no sense to me
you make me wanna sing
make me wanna sing

nah-nah's

let the wind fall wild across my path
even though we barely move, there's no turning back
there is a river; there is a road
place of holy riches untold
it's where I'm s'pposed to be
where I'm s'pposed to be
my heavenly, mmm-mmm

I know it never feels right
to let go of the safety we're used to holding so tight
but there is a lion underneath these skies
though love cries (though love cries)
though love cries, love will rise
my, my, my heavenly

so fly me higher, higher
hope fill me, keep me here
love lion, my, my...

so when I'm lonely or when i'm old
life is more behind me
all the stories have been told
I can fix my gaze up through the clouds
where I'm gonna be
where I'm gonna be
my heavenly

my, my heavenly
my heavenly

Chasing the sound of lullabies that echo, that entwine
The funeral songs we're singing

Heal the pain of unheard warnings
Light will fill where dark is dawning
Show the world and bring us back to life

I know you've been a friend of sorrow
And if I never wake tomorrow
I still believe you carry me tonight
Tonight, tonight

Hallowed be the life that leads the rest of us from sleep
Out of the dream to waking

Right behind the quake and longing
I stand and watch cathedrals falling
I still believe you'll take us through the night

I know you've been a friend of sorrow
And if I never wake tomorrow
I still believe you carry me tonight
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight

I know you've been

I know you've been a friend of sorrow
And if I never wake tomorrow
I still believe you carry me tonight

I know you've been a friend of sorrow
And if I never wake tomorrow
I still believe you carry me tonight
Tonight (if I never wake tomorrow)
I still believe you carry me tonight, tonight
I still believe you carry me tonight

he put it in the bottle and he threw it out to sea
but the tide would not surrender and it floated to the beach
so the message of apology his love would never see
he walked around that island all shipwrecked, and heavy

the scars of early childhood stood showing on the skin
necessary enemy so healing could begin
from the message of apology his heart might soon break free
for now he walks that island all shipwrecked, and ready

low beyond horizon lines across the salty sea
a boat without a captain makes its way to some city
he prays that it would sail its course to lover or to kin
and fan a thirst for searching and finding him again

finding him again
finding him again