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Matter

by Daniel Deitrich

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Leaving Everything From the moment you step outside And the sun makes you squint your eyes And the cold takes away your breath You know there’s no turning back ‘Cause you’ve set this machine in gear No more putting it off for another year You’re leaving everything you’re used to That scares me, does it scare you This is the day you get away Doing what I couldn’t do Leaving everything you’re used to If you don’t go now you’ll never get out Doing what I couldn’t do Leaving everything you’re used to All the things you couldn’t sell are packed And you’ve cashed your last corporate pay check Your friends are begging don’t go, please I love that people question your sanity What will we have to show in the end We pay some bills, before long we’re dead Let’s do some good while we can
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I Didn’t Know He stumbles from the bed to warm a bottle Breathes a silent curse, but doesn’t mean a word he says With gentle words he soothes his raging child Remarks from last nights argument rolling through his head If I had known how low that I could feel If I had known how hard the road would be I would have turned and ran a long, long time ago Thank God I didn’t know, thank God I didn’t know It’s Thursday night the college kids are drinking If only they would tip to match their thirst It’s times like this she catches herself thinking Gifts from God can sometimes be a curse His hand finds hers There’s no words But looking down at their sleeping child All is right again
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Alone 02:51
Alone If I could write a song to make you see If I could form the words and make them mean Something real, you’d somehow feel What I’ve got goin’ on Is like what you’ve got goin’ on Where your world starts sinking We’re all out here alone Afraid to say we need someone Our pride will kill us I can show you scars that have almost healed I can show you love as it’s meant to be It’s something real Just meet me here We’re all out here alone (afraid to say we need someone) There’s no need to be alone...
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Rational 03:13
Rational I’m waiting for The clouds to part The voice of God To pierce my heart A hand to guide A path to hold With a clearly defined Set of goals But where is your voice Where is your will While I’m crashing forward You’re standing still A thought it comes Unbidden to me I’ve rationalized My own apathy Oh there it is In the red and the white Am I the one Caught in the needle’s eye
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Matter 03:20
Matter So she hits the street walking Destination unknown She just needs some air in her lungs Not being breathed by people she knows She says her life is this window Crunching under her feet Before it broke into twelve million pieces She was invisible And she screams, “I wanna matter!” Maybe it’s all for a reason Maybe it’s part of the plan Maybe we’re given the tools and the will We do the the best we can She’s been neglected and broken She’s been cut to the bone While the world writes her off again The fire in her gut it grows and it grows And she screams, “I can love!” And she screams, “and be loved!” And she screams, “oh God I wanna matter!”
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Vision 03:46
Vision Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart naught be all else to me, save that thou art Thou my best thought by day or by night Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light Be thou my wisdom, thou my true word I ever with thee and thou with me Lord Thou my great Father, I thy true son Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise Thou mine inheritance now and always Thou and thou only first in my heart High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art High King of heaven, my victory won May I reach heaven's joys, O Bright Heaven's sun Heart of my own heart, whatever befall Still be my vision, O Ruler of all

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released January 26, 2011

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