Kerry Livgren Lyrics

"Before Became After" LYRICS

Alt. More Worlds Than Known
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2004 Kerygmatic Music

Here I am, I'm alive again, still wondering why
Out the window the sun shines in, saying give it a try
I take it all and then I give it back,
And it never seems to go away, it's a promised day,
(a long promised day)

We have not always been so blind, long ago we could see
Was a time we could take it all, rooted deep like a tree
Now I watch as it comes falling down,
And it seems there's little else to do,
is it the same for you?
The same for you...

Underneath this veneer it lies, taking toll of the time
Til' you see it for what it is, with no reason or rhyme
How strange it is just to die to live,
And it never ever goes away,
It's a promised day
(a long promised day)

Help me live my life again
More worlds, knowing where and when

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Words of Honor
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2004 Kerygmatic Music

Words of honor, words of peace
Words of comfort, that never cease
Ringing freedom, across the earth
Tell the story of endless worth

Deeds of valor, deeds of old
Raise the standard for the weak and for the bold
Til the nations , find release
In words of wisdom, and words of peace
With words of honor, and words of peace

Long the days when we could toss our bread upon the waters
And see beyond this veil of tears we sow
For soon we walk in fields of sun, and trace the path we follow
That takes us to a place we've yet to know

Where we'll stand in the latter rain
Purge away every stain
As we stand in the latter rain

Bind the future, in your vow
Set the measure, here and now
Bravely walking, toward the end
Til every enemy, can name you friend
With words of honor, and words of peace

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Leaven
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2004 Kerygmatic Music

There's always something missing
Perfection's come and gone
Someone's always off the mark
When all the rest are on

No use in your denying
You can't escape the facts
For every one that makes it
There's one slips through the cracks

I will always wonder if there could have been another way
When I find a moment alone to reflect on the day
It will fill my heart to flowing over all
Come and take away this rock where I stumble and fall

A compelling reason to follow in steps I've not known
If I fall in battle I'll know it's the war that I own
It will fill my life till nothing remains
Come and break apart this fortress that keeps me in chains

Fires of Heaven burn through me
Touch of leaven, make me free

The wine is in the sangraal
It beckons, for it's pure
The paragon of freedom
In a world no longer sure

Fill everyone, under the sun

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Axolotl (for lack of a better title)
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2004 Kerygmatic Music

I’m lost behind a wall, I’m bound to take a fall,
Dreams don’t mean a thing until they’re true
I’m feeling so alone, I need to find my home
Security is something I don’t know…

Somewhere there’s got to be a place
Where I can feel the sunshine all the time
Far away, I don’t care how far away
I know I’ve got to get there before I die

So tired of the charade, a clown in a parade
Smiling through the shadows I can’t hide
An actor with no lines, just waiting for the signs
The odds are so remote, but still I’ve tried

I’m numb and yet I feel, the things I know are real
Moving in the circle I’ve retraced
I’m in a foreign land, I’ve made a gallant stand
But the mirror is the foe that I have faced

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Quantum Leapfrog
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2004 Kerygmatic Music

Rising, falling, so enthralling
Surging, racing all embracing

Polar spacing, perfect phasing
Equal action, balanced fraction

Moving to the left, moving to the right
Never any change in the day or night
Just a little love, just a little strange
Always been the same it will never change,
Oh so small, still so great
More than any man could imitate,
Magnify it up, find it in the book
All you had to do was take a look

Spinning, bending, still ascending
Revelation, exultation

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Greenburg,Glickstein,
Charles,David Smith and Jones
by Isaac Guillory and Jim Fairs
Ⓒ Yuggoth Music

He's got the smile of a king on a desert isle,
Who's pleased by the dancing girls.
He's got the grin on his chin that's up to style,
With a smile on his pretty world

Bleeds men dry,doesn't hear them cry,
Countin' all his money in the sky,
Greenburg,Glickstein,Charles,David Smith and Jones

He's a greedy little man with a grabbin hand,
Wheelin deals on a little red phone
Company policy makes it clear,
That the customer's always wrong

Bleeds men dry,doesn't hear them cry,
Countin' all his money in the sky,
Greenburg,Glickstein,Charles,David Smith and Jones

See the big grey building made of steel,
Doesn't hide nor does it heal
All the tears and the pain of the families
Of the men from which you steal

Bleeds men dry,doesn't hear them cry,
Countin' all his money in the sky,
Greenburg,Glickstein,Charles,David Smith and Jones

Greenburg,Glickstein,Charles,David Smith and Jones

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Well it just isn't right, to give in to the night
Though your heart wants to flee by all reason
When you look all around, every sight every sound
Would appear they are finally in season

There is reason for doubt, when it's past finding out
And it's easy to embrace the delusion
The instruction is clear, and the price is so dear
When you just can't escape the conclusion

If it shines like a sun, then it's probably one
And you won't have to wonder forever
Does a question arise, with the darkening skies
Though the answer can't change like the weather

I can't believe what I see that I know, am I knowing?
More than the senses can bear in the glow, overflowing

If it makes any sense, I will tear down the fence
That surrounded me so long ago
All the words that we said, are they living or dead
Were they only a part of the show?

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It's a game we play, it's a serious phase
And your mind is clear, but you cant see in the haze
And you try again just to make a stand for some reason

There's a story that's new, and another that's old
You can play your hand or you decide to fold
And you move to a different town,
Just to get a change of pace

You're on the move and you dream again
You're gonna wake but you don't know when
You wish it all would just go away,
But something's pulling you back again

A familiar tale, now you know every line
You remember the moves , are they yours or mine
And you think you need someone to tell you what is real

Now you're on your own, and you like to be free
But you're heart is not a singularity
And you know you need someone,
To tell you what to feel

It's a funny feeling and it won't go away
You can hear the roar and you can feel the spray
And you're goin' over the falls, and you can't stop it

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Every time I look up to the sky I feel, I'm growing very small
Can there be a meaning to it all, I fear, do we matter much at all?

One man's journey carries him away from the light of day
By his choice he left behind his home, all the earth to roam
Heavenly man, tell me where do you come from, are you the same as me?
Heavenly man, tell me where can I find you, will you remember me?

There is more than I can see, more than I feel, I really couldn't know
Do you see us as we are or as we'll be, am I a friend or foe?

In the distance I can see so many worlds, just waiting to be known
Though you've come to bring us home sometimes it seems,
We're really all alone

Heavenly Man, Hear me if you can...

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Take a moment to realize, what you're doing here
Are you filled with fear,
By the thought of opening your soul?
Do you feel the presence of, an enduring peace
And an inner love
Let it be the one who's voice you hear

Joy and sorrows, all tomorrow's, harmony
Dreams and visions, our decisions, fill the void

The beginning and the end, are both beyond
The thoughts you send,
Everything that is was meant to be
You are the one made manifest, till all creations
Laid to rest
We must live according to the plan

Don't refuse, you'll only lose, you'll lose it in the end
Give yourself, fulfilling purpose, grow with time

The beginning and the end, are both beyond
The thoughts you send
Everything that is was meant to be
You are the one made manifest, till all creations
Laid to rest
We must live according to the plan

Don't refuse, you'll only lose, you'll lose it in the end
Give yourself, fulfilling purpose, grow with time