Song Lyrics

Josh Garrels - Song Lyrics - SISU (song at left on main blog page)
http://joshgarrels.bandcamp.com/album/over-oceans

The Lord used this song to awaken my heart to a desire I didn't know was in me:
To join him setting captives free.

The whole song contains powerful lyrics about who Jesus is, who we are as his creation and followers, and who our enemy is/what he's like. Back in 2006, my burnt-out heart leaped  when I listened to the highlighted words below. It was months before I knew I was going on my trip, and it was the first time I knew I wanted to help Jesus set captives free.

Little did I know, he was on a mission to set me free.






"SISU"

By the word and command, mortal man can stand, son of man is the manna manifest
In the flesh and the blood, and the bones and the rocks, in the valley of the dead
The dry bones are gonna walk and talk
To the rhythm of the saints y’all, to the rhythm of the saints
And I paint it red to remember the dead, who layed down their lives for the truth
And the seed that is buried takes root, and this ignorant world will have proof
I remember the sins of my youth, the path and the madness of unrestrained pleasure
The heavier trip it made the heavier debter
In the deepest of dark without a wing or a feather,
The spiral closed in like a cage, like a cage
A maze that’s amazing for days turns to rage if the page it refuses to turn
And the hopeless will hope the book burns
When the lesson it returns, but the lesson is still unlearned
See I yearn to discern if a life can be earned or is given as a gift to the dead
I read and I bled and I fed to the full my soul on the sickest of sickness
Seeking the light of a saviors witness, a way that one day that I might forget this
But slave master wont permit this
Cause I’m a hooker I’m his mistress
And when I look for freedom he puts more chains on me
Strangles my hope so that I live like a zombie
What masters house can this be, that when I look for freedom he still deceives me
If there’s a God I screamed, “Answer me!”
I didn’t expect an answer to be received, He said

You must die, to be set free, living in the kingdom of God eternally
Open up my eyes so that I can see, and die with a cry revolutionary
Every man and woman is a witness, and we will never forget this
Truth

[Satan is the slave master. He deceives and holds people captive, in full or in part. Like in the movie, Pinocchio, the boys didn't realize the puppet-master was cruel. They thought he loved giving them all they ever wanted: carnival, ice cream, fun. But the day came when they realized the true intent of this slave master, and then it was too late. 

Thankfully, Pinocchio had a father, the one who created him, who came after him to set him free. It cost his father everything. 

This reminds me of God. He sent His only begotten Son to Earth, to redeem his creation with the only plan in the Universe that would ever work. 

In our distress, when we cry to the Lord, he hears us and rescues us. We must die to ourselves, by leaving the Slavemaster and his ways, and cross over to live with our Creator as a true son.

Read John's gospel in the Bible. He walked with Jesus. Then flip around to read some more and ask God to reveal His truth. All of God's word will come to pass. So it's important to read it, ask for understanding, believe, and keep it.]

Undiluted, undisputed, never to be substituted, or uprooted, fully suited for the war
It’s a modernization of a timeless metaphor, and
By the boomerang we bring the beats back more
What for man, do we work exterior to core, or begin it in the spirit of the Lord
Now you could pull the chord, but the people still sing it acapella
Marching to the beat I hear their feet are in the cellar
Fear not the world cannot stop what must begin within you and me
A fire wind, holy hymn, beautiful diadem, hidden within positively pure prism refraction
Every colors broken down, harmonize with my eyes spectrum
In the end bleeding into the One, to the source, to the beautiful father of light
All the pressure and pain, produces perseverance
It’s purged by the flames, without interference
Produces a hope, In the glory of God
My God I am your son, and I know that you will finish the work that you’ve begun
Homespun, grassroots, spontaneously suits the purpose, and we don’t deserve this
Life

He said
You must die to be set free, living in the kingdom of God eternally
Open up my eyes so that I can see, and die with a cry revolutionary
Every man and woman is a witness, and we will never forget this
Truth
***

Plumb - Song Lyrics - In My Arms (song at left on main blog page)

After returning from the trip, I heard this song and knew that these lyrics captured the essence of my journey. Storms may rage, but I was and will be safe in His arms. Forever, in Jesus, because he purchased my life from death.


"In My Arms"
Your baby blues
So full of wonder
Your curly cues
Your contagious smile
And as i watch
You start to grow up
All I can do is hold you tight

Knowing clouds will rage in
Storms will race in
But you will be safe in my arms
Rains will pour down
Waves will crash all around
But you will be safe in my arms

Story books are full of fairy tales
Of kings and queens and the bluest skies
My heart is torn just in knowing
You'll someday see the truth from lies
[I felt like my trip was a fairy tale, because the King of all kings, a title given to Jesus by the Heavenly Father, was my escort. He is the truth. Someday we'll see this with our eyes, and not just the eyes of our hearts. Read the Bible and ask God to reveal who Jesus is. Then believe & live with Him, now and into eternity.]

Knowing clouds will rage in
Storms will race in
But you will be safe in my arms
Rains will pour down
Waves will crash all around
But you will be safe in my arms

Castles they might crumble
Dreams may not come true
But you are never all alone
Because I will always
Always love you

Clouds will rage in
Storms will race in
But you will be safe in my arms
Rains will pour down
Waves will crash all around
But you will be safe in my arms

Songwriters: Tiffany Lee Arbuckle;Jeremy Bose;Matthew Bronleewe


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