Kerry Livgren Lyrics

There's a winding road, that leads to nowhere
And I've been down each empty lane
Up against the wall, it's the same old story
I've been around the world but I searched in vain
Now I see that I've been such a fool
I was living in the darkest night
At my feet there laid a precious jewel
I burned my bridges and it felt so right, there's

Just one way, just one way, just one way
From the dark to the light there's
Just one way, just one way, just one way
From the dark to the light there's
One way home

I stood at the feet, of a hundred wise men
I tried to live my life according to their way
But I was still in chains, and my eyes were blinded
And it felt so good, but I was lead astray
All my life I looked for something real
Place to place I wandered restlessly
I just needed something I could feel
And when I found the truth it set me free

Life's a riddle we can never solve
So we invent an answer to the mystery
There's a sacrifice that will resolve
The gate will open by no other key


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Mask of the Great Deceiver
by Kerry Livgren

Well he's the prince of the world, his work is never complete
And though he promises all, you'll lie a slave at his feet
Don't you know the world is his dominion?
Can't you see that you're bound in his chains?
The time is short, so take your strength in what remains

He will fill up your ears, and he'll dazzle your eyes
But don't believe what he's saying, 'cause he's the father of lies
In your heart don't you know that he'll betray you?
In the end he will drag you away
Till all the world is crying for the judgement day

And he's fallen, how he's fallen
From the height of the morning star
Though his light's still shining brightly
Tt's the mask of the great deceiver
The great deceiver

Though the truth has walked among us
And the words that he spoke will remain
There's a heartbreaking blindness upon us
All our efforts to be free are in vain
Without the gift of love
We're lost without love

Well he never will rest, until his evil is done
And he don't want you to know, your freedom's already won
Don't you know that the world is his dominion?
Can't you see, that he keeps it in chains?
Time is short, so take your strength in what remains

He's fallen, oh he's fallen
From the height of the morning star
Though his light's still shining brightly
It's the mask of the great deceiver
The mask of the great deceiver
He's going to make you a believer
He'll tell you lies
He'll betray your eyes
The great deceiver


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How Can You Live?
by Kerry Livgren

Are you climbing the walls, but the walls are too high?
Do you fall to the ground, when you reach for the sky?
Does the picture you have in your mind never turn out right?
Do the things that you do leave a hole in your soul?
Is the best you can do always short of the goal?
And the way it's supposed to be just never is

How can you live when nothing's there?
Something is gone inside you now
Look to the Word that says it all
Everything will turn out fine

Does the fly in the ointment get under your skin?
Have you had quite enough of the state that you're in?
Are you living in style, but you find that it leave you cold?
And the years of your life are just drifting away
There is nothing to feel, you have nothing to say
But the emptiness on your heart is getting old

Does your social position reflect who you are?
Does the face in the mirror look back from afar?
And the look in your eyes is of someone you don't know
So you're trying to cope with the world on your own
And you're still unaware that the way has been shown
And the doorway of hope is standing open wide


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Whiskey Seed
by Kerry Livgren

Well I've been down on the row, and I'm livin' so low
(That) I'd sell you my britches fo' a nickel
I done spent all my bread, just to screw up my head
An' that ol' reaper is comin' with his sickle

I'd get down in the mud, (just) for one little shot
Trade you for a bottle everything I got
It's the devil's own, so brother take heed
Don't go plantin' that ol' Whiskey Seed

I don't know where I been, ain't no where or no when
And my liver's so bad I'm turnin' yellow
Occupation's a bum, and a zero's my sum
Got the D.T.'s so bad I look like Jell-O

Well the gutter's my bed, the paper's my sheet
You can find me lyin' out in the street
It's the devil's own, so brother take heed
Don't go plantin' that ol' Whiskey Seed

(Well) Now I'm feelin' so low, I got nowhere to go
If I found a big hole I think I'd crawl in
And I wisht' I could hide, 'cause it feels like I died
And I hear that ol' bottle still a-callin'

But I'm tryin' to find, a way to get out
Sometimes makes me want to jump and shout
It's the devil's own, so brother take heed
Don't go plantin' that ol' Whiskey Seed


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To Live for the King
by Kerry Livgren

The rising of the sun, is seen by everyone
And no one can deny that it's real
And when you hear the call, come crashing through the wall
You just can't doubt the things that you feel

So lift me up, the time has come to sing
And give up everything to live for the King

Though we fight against the rule, the genius and the fool
Are born to labor under the law
Before each man's a choice, reject it or rejoice
The vision that the prophets saw

So lift me up, the time has come we'll sing
And give up everything to live for the King

Living for the King, living for the King
Living for the King, (walk with the King, talk to the King)
Living for the King, (something greater than you and I, it's the King)
Living for the King, (rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, it's an easy choice)
Living for the King, (the time has come to sing, we're going to walk, walk with the King)
Living for the King, (open your eyes, open your eyes, the writing's on the wall, don't you realize?)
Living for the King, (reject it or rejoice, before each man's a choice)
Living for the King


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Down To The Core
by Kerry Livgren

Well I don't want, your high position
And I don't need, your riches and fame
I got no use, for your way of thinkin'
'Cause it only leads to trouble and shame

The way you talk, just leaves me empty
The things you say, they leave me cold
It ain't my place, to sit in judgement
But I hate to see you growing so old

Down to the core, where we're all the same
Down to the core, we need something to believe in
Down to the core, It's a cryin' shame
You'll never make it alone

There's no relief, in your possessions
There's no relief, in what you own
And what you reap, in the coming future
Don't you know it's only what you have sown

Down to the core, it's an empty hole
Down to the core, and there's nothin' at the bottom
Down to the core, you're an empty soul
You'll never make it alone

There's no belief, in all your wisdom
There's no insurance, in what you know
'Cause what you know, is gonna leave you nowhere
When you're standin' at the end of the road

Down to the core, you need something real
Down to the core, and there's only one solution
Down to the core, don't you really feel
You'll never make it alone


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Ground Zero
by Kerry Livgren

Days are short, and time so dear
So very much remains to be done
It's time to speak, of one so near
'Til all hearts have been won

The day is coming when men will look to the skies
The consummation of all who realize
We are waiting for ground zero

The wall is high, beyond is much to find
A barrier we built so long ago
With fearful hope, and a faith that is not blind
From clouds of joy we'll see the depths below

Across the sea and far away
The eyes of all the world await the Passion Play
The final act at last begun
The new is born, the old is bound to pass away
No more the turn of the pages
And now the hope of the ages
For all the bondage is broken, all who see

The oracles, the prophets of the past
The miracle of knowledge was revealed
The plan was laid, upon a strong foundation
So long ago the future was sealed