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Gungor - Us for Them
05:09
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When the lines are drawn
When you’re in or out
When it’s us or them
And we shame the doubt
It is all a lie
All we ever really need is love
There’s no need to shed more blood
Look upon the cross
Look upon the cross
See the face of Christ
See the mercy in His eyes
Every valley shall be lifted high
Now our enemies are blessed
The heavy laden rest
For His judgement is love
His judgement is love
There is no more guilt
There is no more shame
All our darkest sin
All our deepest pain
Blessed are the poor
All the lonely broken lost and torn
See a kingdom comes to us
A war that’s fought with love
Our only war is love
Prepare the way of the Lord
Wielding mercy like a sword
Every mountaintop will be made low
Know, He holds the earth like dust
And His judgement comes to us
And His judgement is love
His judgement is love
We will not fight their wars
We will not fall in line
Cause if it’s us or them
It’s us for them
It’s us for them
We reject the either or
They can’t define us anymore
Cause if it’s us or them
It’s us for them
It’s us for them
Cause if it’s us or them
It’s us for them
It’s us for them
Prepare the way of the Lord
Wielding mercy like a sword
Every mountaintop will be made low
Know, He holds the earth like dust
And His judgement comes to us
And His judgement is love
May our judgement be love
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IF WE WERE ONLY ONE
WE COULD SEE MUCH CLEARER
BUT IT'S SO SIMPLE TO SEE
THE NEEDY FACE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR
IF WE WERE ONLY ONE
WE COULD BE TOGETHER
INTIMACY'S A LONELY WORD
WITHOUT EACH OTHER
AND THE ONLY THING THAT STANDS
BETWEEN US IS THE COMFORT OF OUR FEAR
BROKEN DOWN AND BLOWN APART
INSIDE US LIE THE CRIES NO ONE CAN HEAR
"I CAN DO THIS ALONE!
AND FORGET THE PAST THE FIRST THE LAST
THE BURST AND THE BLAST!
I CAN DO THIS ALONE!
AND BE TUCKED AWAY ALL SAFE AND SANE
NO GREATER PAIN!"
A KINDLED INCONSISTENT
UNDENIABLY PERSISTENT HOPE
I THOUGHT I HAD DISCARDED
GOD I NEED TO BE REMINDED OF IT
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When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
Hey man I guess I just
needed to understand
myself much better
Fight the right
get that vision much clearer
and the things I can't stand
they keep landing me
in predicaments
that would make me be a hypocrite
If I was to stand in jugdement
I know our melanins might vary
the variance of great radiance
that this planet of ours carry
and its such a wonderful picture
a colorful concoction
that them tell em' I woulda missed it
it ain't a prison
its a prism
and imma stand with ya'
when they trippin' in your town
and I know all lives matter
but I'm focused on yours now
they hirin' these pitchforks
boy I start a sign
cuz' whats going through your veins
is the same as mine
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
Forgiveness is the garment
Of our courage
The power to make the peace
We long to know
Open up our eyes
To see the wounds that bind
All of humankind
May our shutter hearts
Greet the dawn of life
With charity and love
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
When I look into the face
Of my enemy
I see my brother
I see my brother
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There is a balm in Gilead
It comes like a wisdom
but speaks like children
it’s a sight to the blind
a strength to my weakness
something for soul, body, mind
There is a balm in Gilead
its a rest for the weary
a balm to the sore
its like a dew to my dryness
that fills me with joy when I had none
There is a balm in Gilead
its a spring in the desert
for the withered of soul
it’s a strength and a power
that keeps making you whole
its the question your asking
and the answers you need
it’s the face you’ve been seeking
the one you’ve been begging to see
There is a balm in Gilead
the trash and the remnants
of all my train wrecks
coming together
and still heading out west
like a blank paycheck paying off the back rent
taking me further to
whatever’s supposed happen next
There is a balm in Gilead
the light of the dawn
the scales without measure
it’s the bread of a baker
the blood of a maker
The water I long for
and the story on fire
sweeter than candy but softer than sugar
its the breath and the magic
Its something to die for
and the laying down of the shepherd at night
There is a balm in Gilead
There is a balm in Gilead
There is a balm in Gilead
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