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jars of clay a promise from a cardboard box so commonly thrown on the street how easily we break apart but we never seem to stay that way there's something inside those jars of clay!

I Think Of You Laura Story

When I think of sunlight piercing through the clouds That paint a perfect sky I think of the silver lining of Your love And I think of You When I think of streams that weave through desert lands As beauty

Prisoner Of Hope Jars Of Clay

Stay close to me In the shadow of my wing In the shadow of my wing Though the waters taste of poison The wounds are all you feel There is singing all around you And the promises are real Hide your face

Jealous Kind Jars Of Clay

I built another temple to a stranger I gave away my heart to the rushing wind I set my course to run right into danger Sought the company of fools instead of friends You know I've been unfaithful Lovers

Much Afraid Jars Of Clay

Empty again Sunken down so far So scared to fall I might not get up again So I lay at your feet All my brokenness I carry all of my burdens to you Chorus: All of these things I've held

Hymn Jars Of Clay

Oh refuge of my hardened heart Oh fast pursuing lover come As angels dance around Your throne My life by captured fare You own Mot silhouette of trodden faith Nor death shall not my step be guide

God Rest Ye Merry Men Jars Of Clay

God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ the Savior was born on Christmas day To save us all from Satan's pow'r When we had gone astray Chorus: O tidings of comfort

Art In Me Jars Of Clay

Images on the sidewalk Speak of dream's descent Washed away by the storms To graves of cynical lament Dirty canvases to call my own Protest limericks carved By the old pay phone Chorus: And

Everything In Between Jars Of Clay

Must have thought I was so strong Might have ever thought I was the one for this all along But I can't even dream Or imagine how it seems To carry the weight of this crown Chorus: It's not

Overjoyed Jars Of Clay

You named me Who am I That I should company with Something so divine Mercy waits Overjoyed Prospects of finding freeing Freeing me Chorus: Love is the thing this time I'm sure And I couldn't

Portrait Of An Apology Jars Of Clay

Look what I've done This picture I've painted It looks like my heart Or what still remains Convinced of the weight Your interpretations Are not what I see I wish they could be I remember

I'm In The Way Jars Of Clay

You sit and stare out at the sky And think of ways to fake a smile But life is never what it seems Sometimes it only take a while I'm in the way of fallin' down I won't let you go that far now I'm in the

Lesser Things Jars Of Clay

It looks a lot like givin' up Peace we bring is a bitter cup Set our bodies down like offerings While we pray to the god of lesser things If the wind should shake this house apart The cradle hits the ground

Frail Jars Of Clay

Convinced of my deception I've always been a fool I fear this love reaction Just like you said I would A rose could never lie About the love it brings And I could never promise To be any of

Truce Jars Of Clay

see me through Much to my surprise it never orbits around the things you should hold me to I stand here...wondering And I'm waiting Chorus: My ear is twisted in all the thoughts A glimpse of

Collide Jars Of Clay

Open up your box of sunshine And smile as confetti comes raining down on you You feel a lot like the good guy but do you know why Everything's so blue Well love is fire and the coals are barely

Fade To Grey Jars Of Clay

It's not hard to know what you're thinking When you look down on me now Your trance of love is seeking To turn this world around But in my state of blind confusion No God can pull me out I see

Weighed Down Jars Of Clay

Light of the world Are you still here? And are we illuminating?

I'm Alright Jars of Clay

It was the fear of God that led me to you And it''s the fear of you that takes getting used to I''ve never been one to hang my heart on a thread But you spun me around and you loved me instead

He Jars Of Clay

repeat chorus twice A teardrop falls From up in the heavens Drowning the sorrow of angels in high For the least of the helpless The hopeless, the loveless My Jesus, His children, He holds in His

Worlds Apart Jars Of Clay

I am the only one to blame for this Somehow it all ends up the same Soaring on the wings of selfish pride I flew too high and like I charus I collide With a world I try so hard To leave behind

Hand Jars Of Clay

(Your hand) Fear is keeping time with the beating of my heart Doin' way too much thinkin' And it's tearing me apart But I I feel You reach for me From lost and not found to run and not hide My

Tea And Sympathy Jars Of Clay

thee well Trade in all our words for tea and sympathy Wonder why we tried for things that could never be Play our hearts lament like an unrehearsed symphony Not intend To leave this castle full of

Liquid Jars Of Clay

Arms nailed down Are you telling me something? Eyes turned out Are you looking for someone? Chorus: This is the one thing the one thing the one thing that i know Blood stained brow Are you dying...

The Chair Jars Of Clay

the things to say She had a smile to end a frown Sometimes it seems she didn't notice Sometimes she dreams Sometimes she tries to dance She calls out "Hi Ho Silver" from her chair She dreams of

Famous Last Words Jars Of Clay

You say you heard every word but I watched you turn away Your eyes grew colder than winter "Love is so intrusive " I thought I heard you say And laugh so unconvincingly Famous last words "I'm not...

No One Loves Me Like You Jars Of Clay

Collapsing was much softer Still falling always hurt Only after sensing your love For always ever burned You justified my folly My affluent disguise Removed revealing nothing Yet nothing unforgiv...

Flood Jars Of Clay

me up- I'm weak and I'm dying lift me up- I need you to hold me lift me up- keep me from drowing again calm the storms that drench my eyes dry the streams still flowing cast down all the waves of

Little Drummer Boy Jars of Clay

easier that way you know it's So wrong can't embrace it wish sometimes for any other you But you can't erase it and you won't escape it Don't waste your time Your words only confine you To all of

Sinking Jars Of Clay

It's not my problem anymore You see it never really was So you can stop caring as you call it And I'll be fine right here You see that I can play A pretty convincing role So I don't need you I do...

Flood Jars Of Clay

ocean I'm losing control Dark sky all around Can't feel my feet Touching the ground repeat chorus Calm the storms that drench my eyes And dry the streams still flowing Casting down all waves of

Like A Child Jars Of Clay

water If I would follow and believe With faith like a child Sometimes, When I feel miles away And my eyes can't see your face I wonder if I've grown to lose The recklessness I walked in light of

Can't Erase It Jars of Clay

You know it''s so wrong Can''t embrace it wish sometimes for any other you But you can''t erase it And you won''t escape it Don''t waste your time Your words only confine you To all of

River Constantine Jars Of Clay

Carry me Your love is wider than my need could ever be Come to me and I will walk along Your shore Feel Your crashing waves sing in time with the music of my heart Pour out come down on me Pour

Goodbye, Goodnight Jars Of Clay

ammunition, sigh for all the lost Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by And fake a smile as we all say goodbye Raise a glass for ignorance, drink a toast to fear The beginning of

Goodbye Goodnight Jars Of Clay

the ammunition sigh for all the lost Strike up the band to play a song as we go waltzing by And fake a smile as we all say goodbye Raise a glass for ignorance, drink a toast to fear The beginning of

Boy On A String Jars Of Clay

wasting time You don't feel anything You're a boy on a string I feel a sadness like Gapetto Watching the life that he created run away Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion And holding the remains Of

Five Candles (You Were There) Jars Of Clay

more than your good intentions Empty boxes on the floor Things I never asked you for I pray that when the wick is burned You would say that it's all about love [Chorus] I can't see the promise of

Unforgetful You Jars Of Clay

to be more common I just wanted You to know why oh why Unforgetful You, unforgetful Unforgetful You, so unforgetful You never minded giving us the stars Then showing us how blind and unaware of

Love Song For A Savior Jars Of Clay

In open fields of wild flowers She breathes the air and flies away She thanks her Jesus for the daisies And the roses in no simple language Someday she'll understand The meaning of it all He's

Grace Jars Of Clay

God I admit I haven't changed Playing card houses still covering my landscape I never expected You to stay When I'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change I feel Your grace come running ...

Crazy Times Jars Of Clay

You're cold that way And that's why you say The things that you say You can't attract The things that you lack You're trying in vain Chorus: It seems it's always the crazy times You find you'll ...

Sad Clown Jars Of Clay

Say how's the weather so I look out the window To brighten my soul but I can't control the rain That keeps falling Smile on the outside that never comes in A comedy mystery irony tragedy So I scre...

Two Hands Jars Of Clay

I’ve been living out of sanity I’ve been splitting hairs and blurring lines I am a house that is divided In my heart and in my mind I use one hand to pull closer The other to push you away If I had

Goodbye, Good Night Jars Of Clay

for all the lost Strike up the band to play a song As we go waltzing by And fake a smile as we all say goodbye Goodbye, oh goodbye Raise a glass for ignorance Drink a toast to fear The beginning of

Blind Jars Of Clay

Cynical, just your way You play the doubting Thomas Feel the scars and wipe the stains So you fight, and retreat And talk yourself out of believing in any peace that you can't see Blind words you call

The Widowing Field Jars Of Clay

I'm sure that I could neverMake it through the night without you hereThe fires in the skyIlluminate the demons closing inHave mercy on my soulIf I am not the lastHave mercy on my soulIf I am not th...

Waiting For The World To Fall Jars Of Clay

I'm afraid it's been too long to try to find the reasons why I let my world close in around a smaller patch of fading sky But now I've grown beyond the walls to where I've never been And it's still

Sunny Days Jars Of Clay

Sunny days keepin' the clouds awayI think we're coming to a clearing and a brighter daySo far away. Still I think they sayThe wait will make the heart grow stronger or fonderI can't quite remember ...

Amazing Grace Jars Of Clay

I grew this heart into a drifter I never felt the roots I bare I sold my sight, oh brother, sister For a mountain of fool's gold, it's gone Only God knows, God knows where My soul was restless for redemption