Playlist We Came As Romans

we came as romans - a war inside

The devil on my shoulder tells me he's proud of me
That it takes a real man to look out for himself and no one else
I don't want to believe that
But sometimes it's easier to just stay silent

I wish I knew how to speak out
I never had a problem with words
But only when talking to someone else
There's a wear inside me that's all my own
And I need to talk like a king to keep myself afloat
But how much longer until everyone knows?

There's a war inside me that's all my own
There's a war inside me that's all my own

I should have started to take my own advice
From the moment that I started giving it
But I can only control what happens from here
And if none of this had happened
Then I couldn't have heard...

The angel on my shoulder tells me he's proud of me
That it takes a real man to live for everyone else before himself
I know I believe it
And it'll never get easier
But it will always be worth it

There's a war inside me that's all my own

I'm still learning to speak out against myself
And stay on the path I truly want to be on
Though I've lost my way more times that I have wished
My heart is constant and willing

I still believe that we were made for more
That what I've been doing lately
This end of depression will be the start of getting back what I have lost
Because I had become conceited
But I'm making it back to where I last left off
And so I've shown you my heart
Will you restore me?

we came as romans - an ever growing wonder

I am the man in the mirror.
My reflection, I aspire to be.
In your reflection what do you see?
False fault or a masterpiece?
But a masterpiece starts with a single stroke
and empires start in an open field.
(I am the man in the mirror)

But a masterpiece starts with a single stroke.

If we could all be steadfast suddenly,
then we'd never build a life worth living.
So let us restore each other.

I am the man in the mirror.
My reflection, I aspire to be.
In your reflection what do you see?
False fault or a masterpiece?
I am the man in the mirror.

The mirror

So let us restore each other,
not with haste, but gently,
for an empty cup cannot fill another.
A blank canvas will later be priceless,
and the love that we build will be endless.
Though we all stumble, we will not fall.

I am the man in the mirror.
My reflection, I aspire to be.
In your reflection what do you see?
False fault or a masterpiece?
We will build masterpieces out of these faults.
(I am the man in the mirror)

So when I stare back into my own eyes
I try to peer past, and try to understand.
My imperfections compose my composure
and I can live with them and you will live by me.
So let us restore each other, not with haste, but gently,
for an empty cup, an empty cup cannot fill another

we came as romans - beliefs

What is this whispered thief?
Is it a lie? Is it a lie?
Does fabrication begin at belief?
Who steals my years to keep all to themselves?
Is it only just the ground we stand upon?
I've asked you, yet heard no reply.

Is it only just the ground we stand upon?
Will I just soak into this earth when I die?
Have I fallen before I finished?

Who answers my questions when ears do not listen?
When silence speaks volumes.
And I have heard no reply.

This doubt that clouds what I perceive as truth.
The unnerving sense that there is nothing left.
An illogical view where purpose is gone.
Who wills these groundless conceptions?

Find faith in life.
In whatever will keep you believing that we are not meaningless.
Retain what you have learned because love is an endless wonder.
It's a never-ending knowledge, this is our only solution.
I believe in me
I believe in you
I believe that we are not meaningless

we came as romans - broken statues

Show me your hands,
Let me wash them clean. (2x)

We all need this to be renewed,
After time and wear.
We're broken statues.
Vines intertwined around your insides.
Hold you down.

You beg for restoration.
Your best has crumbled,
From being so weathered.

We all deserve this,
To be renewed,
To change our ways,
To be allowed to choose.
So let me build you back up.

As you're carrying me too. (2x)

Show me your hands,
Let me wash them clean.
Show me your heart,
And let me heal you.

We will mend statues from
The ground to the skies. (4x)

Show me your hands,
Let me wash them clean.
Show me your heart,
And let me heal you.

We will mend statues from
The ground to the skies (2x)

we came as romans - cast the first stone

I'll cast the first stone
Just to take the attention away from me
Anything to protect my reputation
Because I feel like that's all I have, all I know

What do I look like in their eyes?
Is it something desirable?
Or am I nothing?

What do I look like in their eyes?
What do I look like in their eyes?

I'll cast the first stone
Like I am the last one to blame
Just to shift their condemning eyes away
I'll cast the first stone
Like I am the last one to blame
Just to break their denouncing gaze

Why should I wait to hear their verdict?
Why do I care about who they think I should be?
Why should I wait to hear their verdict?
Why do I care about who they think I should be?

I have been bending over backwards for every reason but the right one
I have placed value on things that don't deserve it

Now what do I look like to those who matter?
Why did I waste all this time on the temporary?
It's too easy to take the wrong things to heart
Especially from those who seem to have misplaced their own

I won't say that I'll never cast another stone
Or that I am the last one to blame
But I want to stop living like anyone else's opinion
Of who I should be is a regulation in my life

I shouldn't forget there's a difference
Between living for other's approval and just living for others

we came as romans - conditions

We were designed for more
in an image not our own
but we've fallen short
I'm quite speechless and was quite unaware
of what the capabilities of a weak heart are
we're cast away

It'll run through the back of your head until you regain control again
the sleep lost on these thoughts wasn't worth the time
We're cast away until we regain control again
this year of you held near or not at all
It wasn't worth the wait
we're all cast away

We were designed for more
in an image not our own
but we've fallen short
We were so close
it's just not worth it to stay in this state
it's just not worth it to keep it
it's just not worth it to let it go
I believe in a better condition
in one that i have yet to attain
I believe in a better love
in one that has yet to change

The love that i feel from my brothers is the sun in the sky
I will find my condition in that which is unconditional

Cconversation, conversation
ours are never
you are ever so convincing
they'll get better

It's just not worth it to stay in this state.

I believe in a better condition
in one I have yet to attain
I believe in a better love
in one that has yet to change

Fill me with faith
I won't be cast away

we came as romans - dreams

this is my deepest dream.
this is how i show you my love.
this is him speaking to me.
this is me speaking to you.
this is him speaking through me to you.

i'm here struggling with my brothers.
this is the most passion you will ever see.

my heart is breaking for and with you.
because but after all of what's between.
you still chose yourself over me.
my heart hurts and my heart breaks.
no one belongs here.

not here where we leave our hearts.
the illusion for your weakened love.

this is not what we were made for.
far from the compassion we have known. far from the love that

we have shown.
he tells me that love will endure all things.
i know that you are forever my brother.
here i struggle with you my brother.

he tells me that love endures all things.
and i'll have you know...

this is my deepest dream.
this is how i show you my love.

beloved let us love one another.
this is my deepest dream.

we came as romans - everything as planned

I don't sleep at night
I just lay and think
About if everything went just how I've planned
And how nothing is going how I've planned
I'm tied down to the bed I've made
The one I've said that I have left
I shouldn't speak before I know
I've built and rebuilt the bed I lay in
But I always end up restless in the same place
I don't sleep at night
And I don't know what to think
About the life I've made for myself
Or have I created my own hell?
Did I set myself up to fail?
Tried to take care of everyone else
Neglected taking care of myself
How can I take care of anyone else?
The one thing I wanted most
Was lost because of my own
My own irresponsibility
Do ii getas many chances as it takes?
Or have I not earned them?
Tell me that I have earned them
Tell me that I can...
Start sleeping through the night
Will you tell me that I've created a life for myself
None of us were made to fail
I know without taking care of myself
I can never take care of anyone else
Will I start to sleep at night?
Or will I just lay and think?
About how if everything went just how I've planned
Or if I'm better off it never has
Will I start to sleep?
Or will I just lay in bed?
Will I start to sleep at night?

we came as romans - hope

Sometimes I feel so wrong
Like I'm being held down
I feel my heart like a rock, it's sinking
These days can get so dark
Like an eclipse in the sky
But I can rise above
I can find the light

I can run
I can change all the answers
Or what I'll hope they'll be

I won't stop
I won't let my own questions
Fade away in my dreams

Don't fade away

We won't fall to our knees
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer
Are you in or you out?
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer

We all fall, crawl out of the fear you're in
Don't give up
We won't fall to our knees
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer
So give me an answer now
Give me an answer

Stand up
You have a voice to be heard
You're worth more than words
So let your fire burn
Oh, your flame will be lit
Again when a candle is burned at both ends
And there's nothing left

You can change
You can become selfless
You're not set in stone

You will wade through mistakes that we all make
But just hold on

Don't fade away (hold on)

We won't fall to our knees
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer
Are you in or you out?
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer

We all fall, crawl out of the fear you're in
Don't give up
We won't fall to our knees
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer

We are the one true hope
So are you with me
Or will you fall to your knees?

We are the one true hope
So are you with me
Or will you fall to your knees?

We are the one true hope
We are the one true hope

We won't fall to our knees
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer
Are you in or you out?
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer

We all fall, crawl out of the fear you're in
Don't give up
We won't fall to our knees
We are the one true hope
So give me an answer whoa whoa
Give me an answer, now whoa whoa
Give me an answer

we came as romans - i can t make your decisions for you

I've led a horse to water
But he turned and ran as soon as I turned my back
It seems as if the way here
Wore worse on me than it did on him

I feel like my words have only given way
To brief intentions but no intent for action
I've waited, I've asked, I've hoped
For you to show me I've thought wrong

Prove to me that I've thought wrong
And it will fill me further than being right
I wish you'd prove to me that you want to
Live life as much as I want you to

I swear my hopes are selfless in this
I only want you to feel whole
I swear my hopes are selfless in this
I only want you to feel whole
But I can't make your decisions for you
But I can't make your decisions for you

I feel like my words have only given way
To brief intentions but no intent for action
I've waited, I've asked
I've hoped for you to show me I've though wrong

I've led a horse to water
But he turned and ran as soon as I turned my back
It seems as if the way here
Wore worse on me than it did on him

I can't make your decisions for you
I can only be a guide
I can't make your decisions for you
I can only encourage action

I hope that my words have only given way
To real intentions with pure intent for action
I've waited, I've asked, I've hoped
Now show me that I've thought wrong

we came as romans - i will not reap destruction

Mindless.

This mindless flesh that devours,
it keeps me bound at the bottom.
And to live in this flesh
will keep me bound by myself.

Hollowed out your heart to live this way.

Was it that hard to let love fade?
Lashing out, yet reserved.
The mindless are easily lured
in pain and perverse.

Lured to this dream alluring to the skies
to live among them and to never die, never die.
The mindless are easily lured.
The mindless are easily lured.

Lured to this dream alluring to the skies
To live among them and to never die, never die, never die.
To be worth more, though we are made the same.
To attain love by rule rather than by choice.

Mindless.
This mindless flesh that devours,
it keeps me bound at the bottom.
And to live in this flesh
will keep me bound by myself.

So fill your heart to live in love,
lock arms with your brothers,
break the binds of this flesh.
This mindless flesh that devours.
This mindless flesh

Let us not become conceited.
I will not reap destruction
but life instead.

Lured to this dream alluring to the skies
To live among them and to never die, never die, never die
To be worth more, though we are made the same.
To attain love by rule rather than by choice.

we came as romans - intentions

The intent I intend the intentions of one will guide
I strive to speak what I have learned and learn from those I see
To step out of this life is my ambition
To speak out and show you what I have seen

I am one voice amidst the shouts of many
I cry for those without a voice
For those who don't know that they have a choice

Open your eyes and see what it means to feel compassion and live in love

Be my strength to tear away this blindness
That makes us unable to see what is standing beside us
I'll be your strength, follow my lead
I will show you what it is to love
What it means to care
How to end this war

For we are nothing without brotherhood
and brotherhood is nothing without your brothers

Stand with me and see what my eyes have seen
Take my hand and let me show you what it is to love
The intent i intend the intentions of one will guide

For you cannot love one until you have learned to love all.

we came as romans - just keep breathing

Am I still breathing?
Am I still breathing?

I've stumbled over every obstacle
That has come before me
But at least I made it past
I've been fumbling over every word I wanted to write
But I've but those insecurities in the past
It's so much easier to leave my mistakes behind me
If I acknowledge that I've made them

Am I still breathing?
Then nothing is as bad as it seems
So just keep breathing, and keep calm, keep calm
The only real control we have is over ourselves
So let's get over it
That we can't and we won't control anything else

You can't lose something you never had
So why miss the memory of something didn't exist?
Everything is all right, just keep calm, keep calm
But everything is all right, just keep calm, keep calm

Am I still breathing?
Then nothing is as bad as it seems
So just keep breathing, and keep calm, keep calm
The only real control we have is over ourselves
So let's get over it
That we can't and we won't control anything else

Is everything all right?
Keep calm
Am I still breathing?
Keep calm

Don't let yourself think that you control
Anything besides the way you live your life
Everything is all right
Just keep calm, just keep calm
Everything is all right
Just keep calm, just keep calm
Everything is all right

Everything is all right
Just keep calm, just keep calm
But everything is all right
Just keep calm, just keep calm

Am I still breathing?
Then nothing is as bad as it seems
So just keep breathing, and keep calm, keep calm
The only real control we have is over ourselves
So let's get over it
That we can't and we won't control anything else
So just keep breathing

we came as romans - let these words last forever

Let this love
Carry on, carry on
When we turn to dust
Let these words last forever
Make this life.
About something bigger than all of us
All of us
Let this love
Let this love carry on

I will not
Hold the shame of my mistakes like a newborn child
Pressed against my chest
They will not hold me down
Tighter than the straps
Waiting for a needle to put my head to rest
I am who I am because of the things I've done
The things I've done
I'm not proud of them all, but I'm ashamed of none

I've lived for love in hopes that it never dies
I've lived for love in hopes that it never dies
I've lived for love, love

I'd rather have my words remembered and not my name
I'd rather have this message remembered and not my face
Let this love carry on

Let this love
Carry on, carry on
When we turn to dust
Let these words last forever
Make this life.
About something bigger than all of us
All of us
Let this love
Let this love carry on

We are who we are because of the choices we make
We are who we are because of the choices we make
Would you destroy this life, to live out, remember your name
Would you destroy this life, to live out, remember your name
I will have this love carry on until the end of my days
I will have this message remembered before my face

Let this love
Carry on, carry on
Let this love
Carry on, carry on
Let this love
Carry on, carry on
When we turn to dust
Let these words last forever
Make this life.
About something bigger than all of us
All of us
Let this love
Let this words last forever

Let this love
Carry on
Let this words
Last forever
Let this love
Carry on
Let this words last forever!!!

we came as romans - motions

Dear momentum give me motion
And some direction.
For so long have I sat here
Immobile, immobile!
Oh my God there must be something
More than this here!
There must be more

You'll never get dis! You'll never get dis!

My mind has been wandering
For days and days.
There is no movement here.
I am motionless. I am caught in this standstill.
And if there is more
I will go on, and on...
This form I now hold will not be my conclusion
There's an answer in us all.
And it's making it way through.
There's a wonder of the world in these letters.
And I'll have you know I'm searching.
Still searching...

we came as romans