Love & War & The Sea In Between, by Josh Garrels (2024)

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White OwlWhen the night comes, and you don’t know which way to goThrough the shadowlands, and forgotten paths, you will find a roadLike an owl you must fly by moonlight with an open eye,And use your instinct as a guide, to navigate the ways that lays before you,You were born to, take the greatest flightLike a serpent and a dove, you will have wisdom born of loveTo carry visions from above into the places no man dares to followEvery hollow in the dark of nightWaiting for the lightTake the flame tonightChild the time has come for you to goYou will never be aloneEvery dream that you have been shownWill be like living stoneBuilding you into a homeA shelter from the stormLike a messenger of peace, the beauty waits be releasedUpon the sacred path you keep, leading deeper into the unveilingAs your sailing, across the great divideLike a wolf at midnight howls, you use your voice in darkest hoursTo break the silence and the power, holding back the others from their gloryEvery story will be written soonThe blood is on the moonMorning will come soonChild the time has come for you to goYou will never be aloneEvery dream that you have been shownWill be like living stoneBuilding you into a homeA shelter from the storm

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Flood WatersHigher than the yonder mountain and deeper than the seaFrom the breadth of the east unto the west Is the love that started with a seedStronger than the wildest horses and the rising tideThe chords of death hung so heavy round our necksWill be left at the great divideFlood waters rise, but it wont wash awayLove never dies, it will hold on more fierce than gravesFarther than the pale moon rises upon the open plainsPast the time of the longest blood lineThere shines an immortal flameSomewhere in between forever and this passing dayThere’s a place moth and rust cannot lay wasteThis is grace, the face of loveFlood waters rise, but it wont wash awayLove never dies, it will hold on more fierce than grave

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Farther AlongFarther along we’ll know all about itFarther along we’ll understand whyCheer up my brothers, live in the sunshineWe’ll understand this, all by and byTempted and tried, I wondered why The good man died, the bad man thrivesAnd Jesus cries because he loves em’ bothWe’re all cast-aways in need of ropesHangin’ on by the last threads of our hopeIn a house of mirrors full of smokeConfusing illusions I’ve seenWhere did I go wrong, I sang alongTo every chorus of the songThat the devil wrote like a piper at the gatesLeading mice and men down to their fatesBut some will courageously escapeThe seductive voice with a heart of faithWhile walkin’ that line back homeSo much more to life than we’ve been toldIt’s full of beauty that will unfold And shine like you struck gold my wayward sonThat deadweight burden weighs a tonGo down into the river and let it runAnd wash away all the things you’ve doneForgiveness alrightChorusStill I get hard pressed on every sideBetween the rock and a compromiseLike the truth and pack of lies fightin’ for my soulAnd I’ve got no place left goCause I got changed by what I’ve been shown More glory than the world has knownKeeps me ramblin’ onSkipping like a calf loosed from its stallI’m free to love once and for allAnd even when I fall I’ll get back upFor the joy that overflows my cup Heaven filled me with more than enoughBroke down my levee and my bluffLet the flood wash meAnd one day when the sky rolls back on usSome rejoice and the others fussCause every knee must bow and tongue confessThat the son of god is forever blessedHis is the kingdom, we’re the guestsSo put your voice up to the testSing Lord, come soonChorus

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The ResistanceI was born into a system constructed for failureIt’s a sinking ship manned by drunken sailorsAn escape artist behind the bars of a jailorAn asthmatic attack when we forgot the inhalerIf the shoe doesn’t fit what good is a tailorIn the midst of a crisis please cancel the galaWithout a symphony there’s no need for a preludeTo foreshadow what’s to come.See the secret committees, commence with their meetingsTo make red tape in response to simple questionsQuestions threaten the perception of the beneficial systemsA pyramid scheme with it’s cogs and it’s pistonsMechanization of men, making more and more Live in a miserable exhistanceHow can so few, claim so many victimsAnd this begs the questionMy rest is a weapon against the oppressionOf mans obsession to control thingsLook at the long line of make believe kingsThe lord of the flies want’s you to kiss his ringFollow new rules with invisible stringsAnd become a puppet in the diabolical schemeHow do good men become part of the regimeThey don’t believe in resistance.Hold fast like an anchor in the stormWe will not be movedLesson number one, overcome Every fear of regret and confusionIt’s all illusion, delusionSent to disconnect the holy fusionOf spirit and the fleshEvery mortal breath, is meant to bring forth fireBut only when the fear of death, gets consumedOn the funeral pierSo let the flames rise higherLet every man be considered a liarIf he doubts the goodness and faithfulness of GodItching ears will compulsively nod in approvalWhen unbelief is taught in all our temples and schoolsBut God can restrain the madness of a foolHe can bring His truth through the mouth of a muleYou can move an mountain without any toolsIt just takes the faith of a little seedto make a way through what might seem to be Impossibility, And the ability will match the occasion The outcome will defy explanationThe liberation will not be televisedWhen it arrives like lightning in the skiesHold fast like an anchor in the stormFor your love, we will rise and overcomeThrough the fireHold fast my people and singThrough peace and through sufferingAll for the joy that it brings, to be freeIt’s gonna cost us everythingTo follow one Lord and KingTrue love endures everythingTo be freeHold fast, like an anchor in the stormWe will not be moved

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Slip AwayHold on, before I slip awayThe flames gone, dark I am afraidHow strong, is flesh and bloodI cannot, can take back what I’ve doneTo you, my sweetest friendI betrayed you, I walked away againNow all that’s left, is what might have beenPlease forgive me, before we reach the endHold on, before I slip awayMy loves gone cold, I’ve gone astrayHow strong, is flesh and bloodI cannot take back what I’ve done

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UlyssesI’m holding on to the hope that one day this could be made right.I’ve been shipwrecked, and left for dead, and I have seen the darkest sights.Everyone I’ve loved seems like a stranger in the nightBut Oh my heart still burns, tells me to return, and search the fading light.I’m sailing home to you I wont be longBy the light of moon I will press onUntil, I find, my loveTrouble has beset my ways, and wicked winds have blownSirens call my name, they say they’ll ease my pain, then break me on the stonesBut true love is the burden that will carry me back homeCarry me with the, memories of the, beauty I have knownI’m sailing home to you I wont be longBy the light of moon I will press onSo tie me to the mast of this old ship and point me homeBefore I lose the one I love, before my chance is goneI want to hold, her in, my arms

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Beyond the BlueStand on the shores of a site unseenThe substance of this dwells in meCause my natural eyes only go skin deep But the eye’s of my heart anchor the seaPlumbing the depths to the place in betweenThe tangible world and the land of a dreamsBecause everything ain’t quite it seemsThere’s more beneath the appearance of thingsA beggar could be king within the shadows, Of a wingAnd wisdom will honor everyone who will learnTo listen, to love, and to pray and discernAnd to do the right thing even when it burnsAnd to live in the light through treacherous turnsA man is weak, but the spirit yearnsTo keep on course from the bow to the stearnAnd throw overboard every selfish concernThat tries to work for what can’t be earnedSometimes the only way to return is to go, Where the winds will take youAnd to let go, of all, you cannot hold ontoFor the hope, beyond,the blueYellow and gold as the new day dawnsLike a virgin unveiled who waited so longTo dance and rejoice and sing her songAnd rest in the arms of a love so strongNo one comes unless they’re drawnBy the voice of desire that leads em’ alongTo the redemption of what went wrongBy the blood that coveres the innocent oneNo more separationBetween us.So lift your voice just one more timeIf there’s any hope may it be a signThat everything was made to shineDespite what you can seeSo take this bread and drink this wineAnd hide your spirit within the vineWhere all things will work by a good designFor those who will believeAnd let go, of all, we cannot hold ontoFor the hope, beyond, the blueSaid I let go, of all, I could not hold ontoFor the hope, I have, in you

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For YouGot so much I’m dying to tell youBut you can’t bare to hear me nowIn a little while I must move onBut I’ll send my love to youYou can, call my nameAnd I will find youHeaven and Hell can’t separate our loveI’m doing this all for you my loveBut I’ll come backYeah I’ll come backYeah I’ll come back for youFor You

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Feel the wind blow, through the window, I know, that we’ll make it throughIt’s a million miles from, where we begun, and I, I still love youI remember, as clear as ever, the day, when we first metLord you know I, l love to hold her eyes, in mine everyday sinceEveryday and nightTogether we will growMakin' the most of a lifeAs we hold each other closeAs we grow old, may it be told, that we, never lost our flameIf love’s a fire, Then our desire, is to burn, untamedEveryday and nightTogether we will growMakin' the most of a lifeAs we hold each other close

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Bread & WineI was wrong, everybody needs someone, to hold onTake my hand, I’ve been a lonesome man, took a while to understandThere'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 wineWeave your heart into mine, My friendWalls fall down, where there’s a peaceful sound, lonely souls hang aroundDon’t be shy, there’s nothing left to hide, come on let’s talk a whileOf the places we left behind, No longer yours and mineBut we could build a good thing here tooSo give it just a little time, Share bread and wineWeave your heart into mineIf I fall, I fall alone, but two can help to bear the loadA threefold chord is hard to breakAll I have I give to you if you will share your sorrows too,Then joy will be the crown upon our headsMy friend

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RiseI hung my head, for the last timeIn surrender and despairBefore I’m dead, I’ll take the last climbUp the mountain, face my fearsThe time has come, to make a choiceUse my voice for the love of every manMy minds made up, never againNever again, will I turn roundThough they may surround me like lionsAnd crush me on all sidesI may fall, but I will riseNot by my might, or my power, or by the strength of swordsOnly through, your love, my lordAll we’ve lost, will be, restoredTake courage sons, for we must go underThe heart of darkness, and set them freeBut don’t lose heart when you see the numbersThere’s no measure for, the faith we bringIt’s given us, to overcomeIf we run, where the spirit calls us on The greatest things, have yet to comeWith the dawn, we will riseThough they may surround us like lionsAnd crush us on all sideswe may fall, but we will riseNot by my might, or my power, or by the strength of swordsOnly through, your love, my lordAll we’ve lost, will be, restored

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RevelatorHad a dream I was alone A vast expanse of complete unknownSea of glass so clear it shown,Like goldThen a voice like thunder clapped, As a dead man I collapsedI am the first, I am the last, Now rise my sonThen behold ten thousand kings, And every creature worshippingEvery eye was on one thing, One manHe’s like a lion like a lamb, As though slain he holds the planTo make war and peace with man, And reign on earthHoly, Holy, is the One, Who was and is, and is to comeIn a robe as red as blood, He comes forthRide like lightning in the sky, Upon the war horse he draws nigh,The same one we crucified, Will come again

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Pilot MeI will arise and follow you overSavior please, pilot meOver the waves and through every sorrowSavior please, pilot meWhen I have no more strength left to followFall on my knees, pilot meMay your sun rise and lead me onOver the sea’s, savior pilot meO’ Lord

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