Kerry Livgren Lyrics

"Forth" LYRICS

Daylight
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2011 Kerygmatic Music

Daylight comes to us when darkness is long
Comfort seeks us out when sound turns to song
Always on time, flowing sublime
Drawing ever near to who we belong

Journey from this place, I know it no more
Yearning, as I move from ship to the shore
Always on time, ever we climb
Drawing ever near to step through the door

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Pilgrim's Wake
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2011 Kerygmatic Music

There's a weariness comes with foreboding
As we stand on the edge of the knife
And the moment you know where you're going
Is the moment you enter the strife

In the valley we long for decision
On the mountains we reel from the height
And the words are not clear in our hearing
So the vision's unclear in our sight

Here am I.... another voice among the host who follow on, follow on
Who am I....but just a pilgrim on the road to find the dream, I follow on
(Je suis)

There's a faint glow of red on the horizon
And a roaring of waves on the sea
Will the question that looms ere' before us
Have an answer in my time to be

What's begun in the ages now distant
Will be ended in days now in sight
And the moment you know where you're going
Is the moment you enter the fight

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Pollex
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2011 Kerygmatic Music

All in the name of science
Do they still believe in giants
I can keep a secret if you will
Some things we know for certain
Others behind a curtain
Lost in a cottage on a hill

Ahhh...

Find a jewel the years have hidden
Up the chimney it's forbidden
Now the truth is going up in smoke
Power in a tiny binding
All in the latest find
Joyous at last to be awoke

Driven by a curiosity
Was it their religiosity
Drove them to hide a bantam tome
Look where the ash is covered
Lost in a rising cloud
There you will find a secret's home

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Cold and Clear
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2011 Kerygmatic Music

Am I still seeing
Or am I blind to the remedy
Am I still hearing
To laugh or cry it's a tragedy

Take off your mask and reveal it
I hear the chorus you're singing, once again
You claim the truth as you steal it
Cold and Clear...

The sky is falling
Or is it just a new talking point
Empty of meaning
So tired of knowing you'll disappoint

Lined up behind you
They follow you though you cannot lead
I watch and marvel
You push the blade til' you see us bleed

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Lay Down
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2011 Kerygmatic Music

A message is waiting you're anticipating a change in the plan
And you know what to do but it's seeing it through to the end
Afraid of the light but you know it's so right that it leaves you cold
You are standing alone in a fortress you can't defend
And you're sleepless alone in the deep of the night
The feeling of emptiness boring a hole in your soul
Somebody said what you needed to hear
And you know that it's right but the truth is the one thing you fear

Lay Down, in the early morning dew
Fall down, just to get a clearer view
Lay Down, it was not the life you planned
Fall down, it's the only way to stand

You're outside the gate but it's never too late for a change of heart
While the things that you cling to are pulling you down to your knees

So you stare at the ceiling and wait for the light
The feeling of emptiness boring a hole in your soul
And it plays in a loop - what you needed to hear
You know that it's right but the truth is the one thing you fear

Hard to believe you have come this far
Just to find that the man you are
is waiting for a friend
Your life, is a struggle to seize the day
As you're watching it slip away
A rule that will not bend

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Greek Structure Sunbeam
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2007 Kerygmatic Music

I see you walking by a mirrored pool
A long way to the other side
In such a silence, who's thought a fool
Upon our bodies, to surmise
Betrays the question in your eyes

Soft grass below me, an azure sky
Reflected on a marble plain
We enter doorways through paper moons
And slide ten thousand miles below
I wonder why we talk so slow

Outdated movies are showing here
Behind the curtain upside down
A maid of legend awards the prize
As I go swimming in your eyes
M'lady jumps right up and flies

Breathe in the moment, take in the air
A magic music take us there
Soon turning amber, the moment dies
I watch the movie in your eyes
We're only pieces in the game
Just one wrong move and who's to blame?

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On the Air (again)
by KerryLivgren
Ⓒ 2000 Kerygmatic Music

Daylight comes in a stream
My bedroom window wakes me from a dream
Faces, leer on the screen
Opinions plentiful, what do they mean...

Today in Jerusalem, violence flared
26 were injured, it appears no one cared
Opposing factions kill for their cause
All of them claiming to follow God's laws...

Here we go once again
Another technicolor spectacle of sin
High definition resolution display
Tomorrow's news seen today

On the air, we're live again
I sit and watch the latest bulletin
They call it news, but it's getting so old
The voices rise until the truth is lost in the din

Trinitron Positron, in my living room
I drink my coffee contemplate my doom
Turn it down, switch to radio
No place to run nowhere is safe to go

Hey, what can you do?
Just hit my knees and leave it up to You
Sometimes it hits like a runaway train
The winds of change come like a hurricane

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I'm looking at a number, that grows smaller everyday
I'm turning with the pages, and there's something left to say

Always, ever I am reaching
Living, learning as I'm teaching
Giving, everything is all for you

Just one link in the chain of life, is all we can hope to be
The way a man's remembered, let honor be your legacy

Always, ever to remember
Living, not a dying ember
Giving, hope that you will light the fire

One to follow, there to lead when I am done
One will follow, stay the course for everyone

Just hold to what is tried and true, it will always see you through
And keep it all inside you, it's the treasure you must pursue

Do the right, turn back the night
Keep the faith, the goal's in sight
Face it down, and never bend
Bow your pride, and always be a friend

You will follow, heir to lead when I am done
One must follow, stay the course for everyone
(You will) follow....

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Mountain's high and hearts on fire
With words that still inspire
Resolving, ending debate
Focus - all that you desire
To be what you most aspire
Yet fear to open the gate

Pieces falling in place again
The rules of a dangerous game
Just ahead is a winding road
That leads to another day
Calling us away...

Careful don't wake the Giant that's sleeping
Quietly walking, promises keeping
Turn of the pages, ever revealing
Under the weight of all that you're feeling
Now we can know, just what it means to be
Holding the master key

Words will fail to say it all
Still reeling from a fall
Yet knowing nothing was lost
Someone else has won the race
A stranger in your place
Into the maelstrom you're tossed

Now it's falling in place again
A pawn in a dangerous game
Just ahead is a winding road
That leads to another day
Carry us away...

Symphony plays for the, Ancient of Days, Counting so many ways
Pilgrims celebrate Him
Songs that resound and the, Words that expound for the, soul who is found
A new nature waking

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The story is told of a crack in the door
Just by the skin of our teeth
If we get through it, why did we do it?
The natural tendencies all runnin' free
Boundaries lost in the dust
All of our making, the things we are breaking

You reach for it all when you need it
A warning if any would heed it
They've always been there for the taking
Anyone notice, the things we are breaking
Our habits are old and they don't want to die
Chiseled in stone they remain, never abating
These things we are hating

Monuments stand til the moment they fall
And sooner or later they do
Evaporating, and never creating

They take what they need when they want it
Proud of their prize they will flaunt it
It's always been there for the taking
Anyone notice, the things we are breaking

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Wings unfurled, above this earth, Soar beyond their lowly birth
Glorious sight, beneath unfolds, Unending wonder, this future holds

Like a sun, that shines at night, Still sending forth, her misty light
Tears have fallen, and fall no more, Once we have gained, that golden shore

To stand on a ground that is sure
And grasp what is distant and pure

This I know, it's much more than real
This I know, it's more than I feel

I remember, what has not been, Lost chord is played, and found again
As we long for, within her walls, All that was forfeit, in justice' halls

To stand on a ground that is sure
And grasp what is distant and pure

Beginning to end - all things new
A River of peace flowing true

More than a dream...