Playlist Josh Garrels

josh garrels - 107

This love endures forever
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so
He sent His word and it did heal us
From our rebellion and our afflicted bones
He called us home through the wilderness
Far beyond the gates of death
O Lord

I was alone in the wilderness
When you showed me faithfulness
O Lord

josh garrels - a long way

There's a time in our lives
To return, sacrifice
Wild grass has grown high
There's a time in our lives
To return, sacrifice
Wild grass has grown high
On the path between our lives
There's a light in the trees
It's closer now, I'm on my knees
Oh father, forgive me, please

I came a long, long way back home
To see you one more time
'Cause I came a long, long way back home
To see you and say goodbye

Father's hands work the ground
Turns the soil, lays it down
Everything done and said
Lives beyond the quick and the dead
Heritage passed along
To the sons like a blessed song
So raise your voices on high tonight

We came a long, long way back home
To see you one more time
'Cause we came a long, long way back home
To see you and say goodbye
To hold you and say goodbye, goodbye

josh garrels - all creatures

All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and let us sing
O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia.
Creation sent to me the centipede
To witness the complexity
Of one hundred legs that were moving unexpectedly
Ironically, just as they were meant to be
They're fearfully and wonderfully made
An organism prays in circadian rhythms
The sun will rise, and the sun will set
The sun will rise again so lift up your head
This is life, not a static object preserved and displayed
Like a relic of the dead
You are not a fruitless tree with a rootless disease
Growin' in a bucket in a rich man's home
Next to the Tv, tamed and alone
Learnin' to lust for the things you don't own
Like an armchair warrior who's been dethroned
Declawed and fixed
Fightin' for your life with unattended slit wrists
Don't let your name get intermingled with a number
Cause it's time to awaken from the devilish slumber
And freely follow the forerunner to the Fatherland
And rally 'round the Renaissance man
And the wisdom of His ways
And all the work of His hands
Catch come as catch can
Concentrating on the good words of the Son of Man
The plan is to withstand the demands of a confused oppressor
A wolf in sheep's clothes with monotonous lectures
And questionable gestures
Unequal measures
Cultural pressures
And synthetic textures
Force fed instead of the most beautiful architecture
Of our long lost, forgotten origins
Earth, seed, fiber and the blood of my kin
And that old rock where we confessed our sins
Oh, my God, fellow man, and this great land
They all cry out for full restoration
And this will take patience
And this will take the tribes and tongues of all the nations
And all of creation groans in anticipation
Waitin' for the Son of God to be manifest
And I can feel it burnin' in my chest
The liberation for the oppressed
And it's beautiful like the feet that bring good news
It's beautiful like this freedom tune
It's beautiful like the power to choose, to change
Beautiful like the long awaited rain
Beautiful like the healing pains
Beautiful like to holy flames
Coming down
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and let us sing
O praise Him! O Praise Him!
Alleluia

josh garrels - always be

And I will always be
And I will sing for thee
All my life
And I will always be
And I will sing for thee
All my life
All my love
Day and night
All the way home

josh garrels - answered

I am poured out like water
And my bones are out of joint
My heart likes wax
My strength is dried up now
My tongue clings to my jaws
You have brought me to the dust of death
For the dogs surround me
Wicked men enclose me
They pierced my hands and my feet
They divide all of my clothes

But you, O Lord, do not be far from me
O my strength, O my strength
Hasten now to help me
Deliver me, Deliver me, Deliver me
From the sword
My precious life, O my life
From the power of the dog
Save me, from the lions mouth
And from the horns of wild ox

You answered me
You answered me

josh garrels - my child

Hear a voice echo soft
From a place where one was lost
I believe, but my hands let go.

The darkest night, with tears I dream
Of a childless mothers scream
I believe, oh my Lord I do.

Where is my child?

Will a man find a home
If he walks the world alone
Searching for a promise land.

Another day, walk and wait
For this choice to end in fate
Searching for life among the dead.

Once I held you near, and words were clear
My hands rested upon your heart.

Now by night and flame I call your name
My love, when will an answer be found?

Where is my child?

josh garrels - at the table

I went the ways of wayward winds
In a world of trouble and sin
Walked a long and crooked mile
Behind a million rank and file
Forgot where I came from
Somewhere back when I was young
I was a good man's child

'Cause I lost some nameless things
My innocence flew away from me
She had to hide her face from my desire
To embrace forbidden fire
But at night I dream
She's singing over me
Oh, oh, my child

Come on home, home to me
And I will hold you in my arms
And joyful be

There will always, always be
A place for you at my table
Return to me

Wondering where I might begin
Hear a voice upon the wind
She's singing faint but singing true
Son, there ain't nothing you can do
But listen close and follow me
I'll take you where you're meant to be
Just don't lose faith

So I put my hand upon the plow
Wipe the sweat up from my brow
Plant the good seed along the way
As I look forward to the day
When at last I see
My Father run to me
Singing oh, my child

Come on home, home to me
And I will hold you in my arms
And joyful be

There will always, always be
A place for you at my table
Return to me
My child

josh garrels - be set free

Take courage my son for the Spirit says come
And be set free
Every nation under the sun and upon every sea
Sings Alleluia
Singing Alleluia

josh garrels - benediction

May all of your days shine brightly
And your nights blessed with peace
Wherever you lay down to sleep
May all of your days shine brightly
And your nights blessed with peace
Wherever you lay down to sleep

And all things are made good
For those who believe
May you grow from a seed
Into a strong, fruitful tree

As the days unfold
Hold your breath to see
Life is a mystery

And joy, it is severe
When the way is rough and steep
But love will make your days complete

And may the work of your hands help those in need
Befriend the lonely, serve the weak
And forgive enemies

And if you find true love, one day marry
Bear a child from your seed
Help it to grow into a tree

As the days unfold
Hold your breathe to see
Life is a mystery

And joy, it is severe
When the way is rough and steep
Love will make your days complete

josh garrels - beyond the blue

Stand on the shores of a site unseen
The substance of this dwells in me
Cause my natural eyes only go skin deep
But the eye's of my heart anchor the sea
Plumbing the depths to the place in between
The tangible world and the land of a dreams
Because everything ain't quite it seems
There's more beneath the appearance of things
A beggar could be king within the shadows,
Of a wing

And wisdom will honor everyone who will learn
To listen, to love, and to pray and discern
And to do the right thing even when it burns
And to live in the light through treacherous turns
A man is weak, but the spirit yearns
To keep on course from the bow to the stearn
And throw overboard every selfish concern
That tries to work for what can't be earned
Sometimes the only way to return is to go,
Where the winds will take you

And to let go, of all, you cannot hold onto
For the hope, beyond,the blue

Yellow and gold as the new day dawns
Like a virgin unveiled who waited so long
To dance and rejoice and sing her song
And rest in the arms of a love so strong
No one comes unless they're drawn
By the voice of desire that leads em' along
To the redemption of what went wrong
By the blood that coveres the innocent one
No more separation
Between us.

So lift your voice just one more time
If there's any hope may it be a sign
That everything was made to shine
Despite what you can see
So take this bread and drink this wine
And hide your spirit within the vine
Where all things will work by a good design
For those who will believe

And let go, of all, we cannot hold onto
For the hope, beyond, the blue

Said i let go, of all, i could not hold onto
For the hope, i have, in you

josh garrels - blessed is he

You will not see me
Again until you can say
Blessed is He
Who comes in the name of the Lord
Yeshua
Amen

josh garrels - born again

I came into the world, into the wild
No place for a child
Used my voice to howl
I came into the world, into the wild
No place for a child
Used my voice to howl
With the ghouls of night
In the dying light

Had to learn to get what I need
In the dark, empty
Instincts are guiding me
Like a beast to some blood
And I can't get enough

I'm losing control; my body, my soul
Are slowly fading away
But I'm ready now
To feel the power of change

I'm my mother's child
I'm my father's son
It took me awhile
But my time has come
To be born again

Running scared in between what I hate
And what I need
Savior and enemy are both trying
To take my soul
And I can't hide no more

Stumble out to the light
Raise my fist up to fight
Then I catch your eye
So full of love
Lord, what have I done?

I cry at your feet, wounded for me
And all of the monsters and men
But here in your light
We can begin again

I'm my mother's child
I'm my father's son
It took me a while
But my time has come
To be born again

josh garrels - bread amp wine

I was wrong, everybody needs someone, to hold on
Take my hand, i've been a lonesome man, took a while to understand

There's some things we can't live without,
A man's so prone to doubt,
Faithful are the wounds from friends.
So give it just a little time,
Share some bread and wine
Weave your heart into mine,
My friend

Walls fall down, where there's a peaceful sound, lonely souls hang around
Don't be shy, there's nothing left to hide, come on let's talk a while

Of the places we left behind,
No longer yours and mine
But we could build a good thing here too
So give it just a little time,
Share bread and wine
Weave your heart into mine

If i fall, i fall alone, but two can help to bear the load
A threefold chord is hard to break
All i have i give to you if you will share your sorrows too,
Then joy will be the crown upon our heads
My friend

josh garrels - children of the earth

Children of the earth
Once dust but now alive
Are living in tents of flesh and bone
We hold a spiritual fire
Set a flame in my heart
Illuminate the darkest hours
Where I wait before the dawn
To see the glory and the power
Of the Lord

Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Alleluia

The older we become
We must become more like a child
Believing there's a land that lies beyond
All the things that we've seen
Make my mind free from fears
You know I can't do it on my own
The way is high but we could fly over
When you heal our wings

Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Alleluia

josh garrels - colors

Lift up your shoulders child
Breathe in
Carry the weight of love
Lift up your shoulders child
Breathe in
Carry the weight of love
You've been given
Storm is passing by
Light breaks in
As you learn to sing

Every color can
Be unwound
Woven into a wave
Of beautiful sound
Open the heavenlies and
Shake the ground
And change the world

So let all the creatures sing
Praises over everything
Colors are meant to bring
Glory to the light

Voices might fade away
And begin
Become a tapestry
We all are in
No one will ever be
Forgotten
There's a place for us

So let all the creatures sing
Praises over everything
Colors are meant to bring
Glory to the light
Glory to the throne

This is our story
This is our song
We're telling it slowly all life long
Of a savior and what he's done
It's a mystery

josh garrels