All for the Kids

When life is plain mad
And I'm dragged into sad
It surely it wont help
If I punish myself
Put the dishes away
Go get on with day
Coz there's kids to be fed
Clothed and tucked into bed
Keep them clean, keep them calm
Keep them processing school
All the fights in the playground
In the class, losing cool
If I'm broken a-wreck
How to keep them in check
Man I cant let them hate
All I stand for at work
I'm a pastor, a carer
Try to rep for my Maker
Though my heart is fragile
And though people confuse us
And our minds they abuse us
God's the only one stable
And as far as I'm able
I'll fight so they know
There is no place like home

Tides

What goes up, must come down
What goes around, comes right back round
A tide that turns
A transposed song
An open door
Once kept locked
When seasons change
When timing is right
When mountains move
When the rhythm is tight
When there's victory
Over our plight
That's right
We feel the end in sight
And day lifts out of night

The Prodigal

You watched me walk away

Just let me go

I said I had my reasons

I let you know

I wanna find my answers

I want what life can give to me

I wanna find myself and       

Decide who I am gonna be

You saw me running wildly

You watched me fall

You saw me fill my pockets

Then lose it all

I wanna find my answers

I want what life can give to me

I wanna find myself and   

Decide who I am gonna be

They say that I don’t need you

I have it all

I know what’s left without You

So in your arms I fall

In you I find the answer

I know who I am meant to be

In you I find the reason       

Come and walk this road with me

Torn

Torn between two worlds
You've kept me here
Not standing still
But drawing near
To hear Your voice assure me
I am not alone
By You I'm known
Walking on the line
Between their hearts I find
One way I'm bent too much
The other fine
I need Your touch
To feel there's purpose
In the tension
I could stop
But did I mention
I can't fall
You've held me up
And all I know
Is there's a reason
For this flow
This sidwards motion
Pulling both ways
Such commotion
I will hold on tight
And not look down
Just straight ahead
The end in mind
Your purpose mine
Your reason true
And all I need is You

Memories

It's been a long road
And I'm looking back in time
These walls are filled with memories
Of a different kind of life
Times I carried burdens
Lying face to the ground

Where are they now
Where are they now

Pages of the albums turning
faces smiling back
Regrets from moments I have lost
Walking down that track
Times I wasted conversations
Answers never found

Where are they now
Where are they now

In Your hands
Lifted high
They can spread their wings and fly
In Your hands
They'll be fine
You're the Author of their lives
They are Yours
Not mine
This time

They are Yours rpt 3
We are Yours rpt 3

In Your hands
Lifted high
We can spread our wings and fly
In Your hands
We'll be fine
You're the Author of our lives
We are Yours
We are Yours
All the time

He Wont Stop Yet

It’s difficult to say
Why working each day
Without any pay
Can chip away
At your self esteem
No matter where you’ve been
Or what you’ve seen
It’s tough, it seems
To hold your head high
Keep your eyes to the sky
And know that the time
Was worth your while
And that someone out there
Not quite sure where
Will rise from their chair
Approach you and share
That it’s all been a test
Not simply in jest
But a moulding, a quest
To bring out your best
So that one day you’ll find
Your perception was blind
And your life left behind
Is no ordinary kind
But one that was spent
On the lives that were sent
One by one, every friend
Those who came and then went
And though no-one quite knows
What’s your job I suppose
And your role’s been unclear
From each year to year
But there’s One who’s smiling from ear to ear
It’s He that has wiped every unseen tear
And His Words then return
And again you discern
That it’s not what you earn
Which defines where you’ll turn
But listen in close
To your soul’s Divine Host
And He’ll tell you the most
Precious plan that He chose
For your pathway ahead
No need to dread
It’s He that has led
And He wont stop yet

As Worlds Collide

I’m trying to decide
How will I cope as worlds collide
When things have changed deep down inside
And what remains I cannot hide

I want to change this world
I want to see it’s gifts unfurled
These paths before me have uncurled
Yet so much so, it’s all a swirl

What’s first, what’s last, what’s in-between
O how to plan this new routine
A journey through an epic scene
Not some bespoke machine

I want to hear, to see, to know
Without it being just a show
I always want to learn and grow
And push through every blow

So I will look, and there I'll find
Each cloud out there that's silver-lined
And all these dreams within my mind
Will gradually unwind

When things have changed deep down inside
And what remains I cannot hide
I'll see the beauty far and wide
And I will fly as worlds collide

Carries Me

Your praise is on my lips
Your worship in my heart
How can I not pour my love out
Every hidden part

Take all of me
Take all of me
Even if I have nothing to give
Your love, is all I need

Take all of me
Take all that you see
Over the mountains
Down in the valleys
Your love is flowing free
And it carries me

You saw my weary heart
You felt my heavy shame
No-one else could understand
Yet You loved me the same

Take all of me
Take all of me
Even if I have nothing to give
Your love, is all I need

Take all of me
Take all that you see
Over the mountains
Down in the valleys
Your love is flowing free
And it carries me

Cover Me

Standing there
My failings bared
What will I learn
From this despair
But I know You're there
And I know You care

All is stripped away
Nothing left to mask my shame
All is stripped away
But I will wait
For You to cover me

Standing here
Fascade is down
Fall to my knees
Face to the ground
Need you to carry me
Need you to cover me

All is stripped away
Nothing left to mask my shame
All is stripped away
But I will wait
For You to cover me

You lift my face
You speak
With Your unfailing grace
You lift my eyes
Point to the distance
And paint a new horizon

All is stripped away
Nothing left to mask my shame
All is stripped away
But I will wait
For You to cover me

More Than Anything

Time moves on
Seasons change
But You, my Strength
Remain the same
You’ve been in my shoes
Walked my road
You see the tears
That others don’t

More than anything
More than anything
I need You more than anything
More than the air I breath
More than riches I see
I need You more than anything

He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all." NIV Isaiah 53:3-6

Fight for You

I feel it rise inside of me
A deep desire to see you free
I hear the pain within your words
And yearn to see it be removed
I know that pain is part of life
I know there’s purpose in your strife
But when the pressure seems so strong
When situations last so long
When hope seems almost spent and gone
When you repeat the same sad song
I wish that I could lift the load
I wish that I could join your road
Does wishing help in any way?
Does freedom come from words I say?
I’ve learnt enough to know that I can’t
Release that load that burns in your heart
But I will try with all my might
To somehow join you there in the fight
To be a friend in darkest night
To lift you up till things are right
And when the fighting’s over, finished, done
I'll celebrate for all you've won

Overflow

Only You know what I was created for
Only You were there at the beginning of time
When there was nothing but a vast expanse
Till your voice brought matter into being
Only You know what will satisfy my craving heart
Only You can see what’s missing from within me
It’s You that steps in and pulls back the curtain
It’s You that opens my eyes to the beauty
Reminding me there’s more to this world
Than those marks against my name
You’ve erased them completely
And Your plans for my future
Are unrestrained by human frailty

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I can’t fix your car
Build your house
Sew your dress
And my Psych degree just
Taught me how to see stress
Your accounts I can’t balance
Your pets I can’t chase
And in a court of law
I can’t argue your case
For nursing and health care
I aint got the touch
Ironically in pastoring
I care too much
But there’s songs in my head
When I wake, till I sleep
And I think in rhymes
With a syncopated beat
I love to network
With friends far and wide
And my heart skips a beat
When dreams collide
I have visions with concepts
That match with the Word
And I’ve found different avenues
For these to be heard
So now as my kids
Will soon head to school
I’m not patting my ego
Or trying to be cool
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With the Youtube tribe
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The Secret Place

When I meet you in the secret place
You will come and surprise me
Other voices can’t match the wonders
Spoken in the secret place

You have calmed the raging waters
Raised the hope of sons and daughters
Overcome the hold of death
Created life with just Your breath

If You’ve just one word
Come let Your voice be heard
I will never be the same
When I’ve been in the secret place

The secret place
The secret place
In the secret place

When I meet you in the secret place
You will speak, I'll listen
Other voices can’t match the wonders
Spoken in the secret place

You have calmed the raging waters
Raised the hope of sons and daughters
Overcome the hold of death
Created life with just Your breath

If You’ve just one word
Come let Your voice be heard
I will never be the same
When I’ve been in the secret place

The secret place
The secret place
In the secret place

If You’ve just one word
Come let Your voice be heard
I will never be the same
When I’ve been in the secret place

The secret place
The secret place
In the secret place

I'll Always Satisfy

You say I've disappointed you
But what have you appointed me to?
I never said My timing would be anything like yours
I never said My role was just to open up closed doors
I never said you'd never have a scar that matches Mine
I never said your life would not be hanging on the line
But I wont break my covenant of peace with you
And I will make sure you can always reach the truth
This life is not a journey where you're dancing in the sky
But I promise you I'll ALWAYS SATISFY

Consuming Fire

Shadows in the night
Intent on taking lives
But I will not be overtaken
I will not be overcome
Your Word will not be shaken
Your will be done

All consuming fire
You light my desire
All else will melt away
You will always stay
Right here with me

Open to my eyes
Your plans to shape my life
I will not be overtaken
I will not be overcome
Your Word will not be shaken
Your will be done

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:28-29 NKJV

I See You

I see You in the mountains
I see You in the trees
I walk into the valley, there
I find You on my knees
Storms of life may overtake
My foundation will not shake
You’re the one my soul awaits
And everywhere I see You

How Does It Feel?

How does it feel?
Well at first it’s surreal
When you come to a place
Where you’re met face to face
With the friends that have left
One by one they reflect
On what once was a blast
What a glorious past
But those days are long gone
And we’ve all just moved on
Except me, he and she
Then perhaps another three
We’ve just held on
With the hope it’s not gone
What we had, could we keep?
While others turn a new leaf
And here remains hope
That the dream’s not all smoke
That one day we’ll find
That it was on God’s mind
To see this city thrive
People’s souls come alive
And we’ll all have played a part
Whether now or at the start
And this city will thrive
And it’s soul will come alive

You are Beautiful

How can I not thank you
How can I not bring You praise
How can I not adore You
How can I not shout Your name

When all You are and all You’ve done
Is perfect in everyway
And every time I look to You
Your grace is on display
And You are beautiful

How can I not love You
How can You not steal my heart
How can I not embrace You
How can my soul not be moved

You are beautiful
You are beautiful
You are beautiful
And I love You (rpt)

Thankyou to Idee Fixe Productions for help with this recording, as well as Meera Ruth Thamo for singing. Looking forward to polishing it further!

Soar

I dont want to change you
That's not what I want to say
I want you to see inside
Just why you are this way
I want you to come alive
I know you know there's more
And when you realise why you're made
I want you to soar

Soar
You’ve got it in you
Soar
That's why you were made
Soar
Your wings are ready
You don't have to be afraid

I see more within you
More than what this world would say
I see dreams once buried deep
Peel those heavy layers away
I want you to come alive
I know you know there's more
And when you realise why you're made
I want you to soar