Song Lyrics
Traveling with You

No Sense at All
You say the timing isn't right
You're waiting just until we finally reach perfection
Well I say love it is a journey
At least that seems to be my recollection
I hate to waken you from the daydream where you live
But hurting it must come along with the loving that we give
Oh it seems I have no sense at all
Only what I know is true will still be true
Even if sometimes we fall

And oh our memories of who we once were
Are stories of such good and precious times
But intertwined with all the joy
Are the moments when I broke your heart and you broke mine
So we must believe in the hurt along the way
The ache and the sorrow are the prices that we pay
Oh it seems I have no sense at all
Only what I know is true will still be true
Even if sometimes we fall

And even if you cannot always be who I need
The truth of it all is it's not your job to make me happy
Just walk beside me through the sunshine and the rain
Hold my hand and love me down the journey
Oh it seems I have no sense at all
It seems I have no sense at all
Oh it seems I have no sense at all
Only what I know is true will still be true
Even if sometimes we fall

Morning Comes
An eye for an eye that's what they say
And if they even try they'll pay
And if we kill their children, well they
Should've seen it coming
And that's the way we make it right
We bomb the hell out of them tonight
But all the voices in my head
They tell me it isn't so
Oh, they tell me it isn't so
I get so angry, I'm shaking, come cover me

And set me down softly now
And sing me down 'til the morning comes
Set me down softly now
Sing me down 'til the morning comes

Freedom just to live today
Does it mean we take away
Someone else's life and dreams
Just to keep ours whole
Angry words make angry hearts
Vengeance likes to tear apart
Any chance at love we've made
Love that holds us close
Oh, love that holds us close
I see it coming down
And I'm frightened, come cover me

And set me down softly now
And sing me down 'til the morning comes
Set me down softly now
Sing me down 'til the morning comes

Hatred leads to death and lies
But in me a hope will rise
Voices shouting in the night
Calling war to cease
We can't fight this fire with fire
Soon the ashes make us liars
Peace we stood for, now we fall
Buried in our hate, we are buried in our hate
I'll stand for what is true
And hold out my hand to you

So set me down softly now
And sing me down 'til the morning comes
Set me down softly now
Sing me down 'til the morning comes

These Dark Times
I've never seen the mountains move
No I've never seen them stand on feet and go to where I told them
And I have heard that life is a miracle
But I've seen too many broken bodies crying out for home
I'm tired of the suffering and the bleeding
And my prayers seem powerless against the pain that we endure

I've watched too many last goodbyes
And seen the way the world can wound its children as they love
But isn't there something that binds us
To the stories that our mothers told when they rocked us in their arms
Tales of men and women who were bold to face their fear
Who learned to look for joy admist their pain
Dreamers of dreams, and captives crying for freedom
As they took each other's hands and joined the chorus that they sang
And they sang

We will be free one day, and as we wait we pray
That hope will light the way in these dark times

And Martin, I hear you preach for what was right
And Nelson you stood firm against the fight
And oh, Teresa, you held your candle burning bright
Give me courage, give me wisdom, give me strength
And teach me to sing

Manna
Sometimes the ground underneath seems to shake
When the things that I stood for are lost and I wake
To find that the road is leading me far
Far from the safety of home

You give life, you give breath
You give tears to cry
And a heart to break when my tears run dry
Let the manna fall down upon me like rain
A daily provision from one who will daily sustain

But you knit my soul together with hope
Your stitches are strong and you promise they won't
Come free and send me spinning away
Away from your tender embrace

So spring up oh well and make of my heart
A refuge for hiding safe in the arms
Of such mighty love as this that fills me so new
And carries me on down the road

Right Now
Loneliness and emptiness may be my bitter end
This endless path had led me somewhere I have never been
Darkness consumes me every time I stray off course
And the solid ground is crumbling ‘neath my feet

When will I be free from the walls that hem me in from every side
They crowd me in so tightly I cannot breathe
When will I believe that life holds more for me
Than I see right now, than I see right now

I can still remember when I took my first fall
I brushed the dirt from my bloody knees and ran back home
But I don’t know where home is now in this crazy mixed up world
And the ground keeps getting harder every year

My heart is like a trapdoor and I’m screaming to get out
And all the while I’m so afraid of what’s outside
To find myself in pieces I don’t think that I could bear
So for now I’ll hide here with my doubt

Traveling with You
The secret of life’s journey is believing
You’ll be by my side in darkest night
And even when the toils of life seem heavy
Loving you has made my journey light

Traveling with you is sweetness and sorrow
Traveling with you is sunshine and rain
And even if I left this world tomorrow
I would not regret a moment we spent

Back when we were younger we were fearless
Facing boldly whatever came our way
We wandered far into the darkness
Trusting we would find the light of day

The innocence of our youth is quickly fleeting
And what we once thought pretty now looks worn
Our faces show their weather-beaten weariness
But our spirits hold us strong against the storm

Around Me
Lose not the touch of your beating heart
Pulsing through these veins of mine
Lose not the whisper of your breath on my face
A moment of truth, a second of grace

For though I am silent there is singing around me
Though I am dark there is vision around me
And though I am heavy there is flight around me
Around me

I part the out-thrusting branches and come in between
The blessed and blessing trees
I bury the greens and the browns in my soul
Sustaining life for whence I go

Forget not the rhythm nor the dance
That echoes deep and holds you fast
Forget not the soil that nurtures with plan
The tree of life, Creator’s hand

The Side of Grace
I remember ten years old, angered by a friend
To my dad’s lap I ran and hid there once again
Told him of my calloused heart, he reminded me so kind
Of the wisdom that had been his standing ground, he said

If I’m wrong, well I’d rather be found
Standing on the side of grace
And if I march on the other side
Let it be for the sake of love
Things may ultimately be more black and white
Than these eyes of mine can see
If I err, let it be on the side of grace
Let it be towards grace

Now I am a woman longing for the truth
But the shades of gray on gray I held to in my youth
Seem now to require of me a clarity of stance
Lately I’ve been answering this way, I say

These days I know less it seems than when I was young
Too big for my dad’s lap, soon mine will hold someone
And if I pass on anything to the children I’ll call mine
May it be this one truth they will find, so they say

Opal
The shadow of your wrong weighs you down and covers you like a storm cloud
And even with the dawn the sun only brings another day
From your birth the ones who should have taught you right from wrong
They led you astray dear girl when they forgot to tell you that

You can travel as far as your heart lets you
And you can start every day new in the morn
I believe there’s something in this world that still awaits you
Come the dawn

And now your hands are tied, your weeping echoes softly off the concrete
No mother’s lullaby, only your thoughts to wind you down
When all is said and done, dear girl, our actions are our own
And though you can’t go back and live life over, you know that

And what may be will be, your course is laid down in so many ways
But love’s great mystery can stand to bear your darkest shame
This is not the end, dear girl, of the journey of your life
But now it’s up to you to find the path that leads to right

Mercy's Calm
I asked for joy, he gave me tears
Tears to know how real is his mystery
I asked for grace and he gave me your smile
And called me to a journey that eludes me
The only thing I know is he’ll be with us on the road
The sun will rise and set again and he will walk with us, my friend

You are mine and I am yours
You are mine and I am yours
I am yours

What is this hope that keeps us rejoicing
Hope to persevere in darkest night
What is this faith that keeps us praying
Trusting in his wisdom and his sight
The only thing we ask is for his word to light our path
The bitter winds will blow with might
But mercy’s calm will hold us tight

Water Wash Away
Come down to the river
Let the water wash away
Down, down to the river
Let the water wash away

Love is powerful enough
To break us and make us again
Hateful words that pierced us through
Are carried down the current

The task of living day to day
Sometimes takes more than we have
And nothing’s left to give to love
Except what’s at the bottom

Still I wonder why
We have to live by hurting each other
If life has led us there
Come meet me by the water

The Glory and the Pain
I am talking circles round myself, make believe and dress up clothes
Fighting off the urge to run and hide
And today when I woke up, it seems I couldn’t find me anywhere
You know sometimes it’s like a knife slicing to the bone
And other days it’s a dull ache that won’t leave me alone
It won’t leave me alone

Now I have felt despair before but this is something deeper
The shedding of the skin I’ve grown to love
Impossible to keep today
I’ve heard it said the only constant thing is change
And when the hush of evening falls and darkness eats the day
I’m left here sobbing on my knees, I’m begging it to stay
I’m begging it to stay

The soldier bids his last goodbye as his mother hugs him fiercely
And in her eyes he sees he’s crying too
And so it goes, the leaving
The loss and the gain and the bitter truth
I pick up the pieces and I’m on my way, wiser for the pain
Somehow I’m a little more broken, though it’s really just the same
Oh, the glory and the pain

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