A FAITH OBSERVED

strangely not a phase

it's strangely not a phase

it's how i'll live my life

it's how i'll spend my days

i thought that it might pass

i thought my mind might change

but it's strangely not a phase

it's strangely not a phase

pretty soon

it just becomes your life

pretty soon

it just becomes your life

it's strangely not a phase

it's how i'll live my life

it's how i'll spend my days

pretty soon

it just becomes your life . . .

but it's a beautiful life

could've been a preacher?

i could've been a preacher

i could've been a punk singer

i could've been a preacher

i could've been a punk singer

in the end i'm sure i would have drowned

i just couldn't make those sounds

i could've been a preacher

i could've been a punk singer . . .

in the end i'm sure i would have drowned

i wasn't ready for those sounds

could've gone to the party

could've been an egg nog spiker

could've gone to the party

could've been someone else

yes, i could've been someone else

somethin' other than myself

i could've been a preacher . . .

i could've been a preacher

i could've been a punk singer . . .

and i'm changin' my colors

i'm changin' my colors

i could've been a preacher

i could've been a punk singer . . .

used to be a shapeshifter

now i'm just a fencesitter

i could've been a preacher

i could've been a punk singer . . .

i could be someone else

yeah and i might even become myself . . .

when i forgive you

something in me is gonna change

when i forgive you

holy water's running through my veins

the pillar of fire, the cloud in the sky

doesn't seem so high

the pillar of fire, the cloud in the sky

when i forgive you

something wrong is gonna turn right

when i forgive you

i just might sleep through the night

the pillar of fire, the cloud in the sky

doesn't seem so high

the pillar of fire, the cloud in the sky

when i forgive you

it's gonna be a wonderful sight

when i forgive you

gonna shine with a different kind of light

the pillar of fire, the cloud in the sky . . .

when i forgive you

something in me is gonna change

when i forgive you

holy water's running through my veins

the pillar of fire, the cloud in the sky

doesn't seem so high

the pillar of fire, the cloud in the sky

key signatures

when i've lost my way, i pull out my mercator

and when i feel okay, you know i play it in major

but then my feelings change

and i wonder what chord will it be

b-flat, c major, or d?

there's more than one side of me

when i've lost my way, i pray to my savior

and when i feel okay, you know i play it in major

but then my feelings change

and i wonder what chord will it be

b-flat, c major, or d, no longer major

there's more than one side of me

had a vision

i had a vision

i didn't see things with precision

i had a vision

i didn't see things with precision

i had a vision of glory

was only part of the story

yeah i had a vision of glory

was only part of the story

and i saw shapeshifting clouds

then i started to look down

yeah i saw shapeshifting clouds . . .

i had a vision

i didn't see things with precision . . .

love is patient love is kind

it never fails

and it's always on my mind

you know that i love my savior

i had a vision

i didn't see things with precision . . .

love hopes, trusts, and perseveres

it never fails

and that's how it brought me here

you know that i love my savior

started a line

i started a line

and it seemed my friends had wandered ahead

or my friends had fallen behind

and i felt like cryin'

so i started a line

i started a line . . .

and then the line forked into two

and i wondered where were you?

and i felt like cryin'

so i started a line

i started a line . . .

the bands of time

the bounds of space

they form a geometric shape

and i saw a design

so i started a line...

i started a line

sidewalk song

when i'm feeling low, when i don't feel pretty

there's a place i go, it's in my city

i know a man who salts the roads

cause god forbid that safe stretch froze

i know a man who lifts the soil

i know a man who checks the oil

i know a man who salts the roads

cause god forbid that safe stretch froze

i know a man who never takes

he checks the rotors, he checks the brakes

i know a man who salts the roads

cause god forbid that safe stretch froze

he does it for the kids they say

where would they go, where would they play

when they're feeling low, when they don't feel pretty

there's a place they go, it's in my city

i know a man who clears the brambles

i know a man who never rambles

i know a man who salts the roads

cause god forbid that safe stretch froze

i know a man who takes the trouble

i know a man who's doin' double

i know a man who salts the roads

cause god forbid that safe stretch froze

i know a man who plows the driveway

i know a man who clears the highway

i know a man who salts the roads

cause god forbid that safe stretch froze

when i'm feeling low, when i don't feel pretty

there's a place i go, it's in my city

i know a man who salts the roads

cause god forbid that safe stretch froze

shining hours

shining hours, shining hours

how are you gonna spend your shining hours?

you were made to shine

but you were only given so many hours

shining hours, shining hours

how are you gonna spend your shining hours?

you were made to shine

shining hours, shining hours

how are you gonna spend your shining hours?

may god help you shine

cause you were only given so many hours

shining hours, shining hours

you were made to shine

you're gonna have to practice what you preach

you're gonna have to turn the other cheek

turn the other cheek

shining hours, shining hours

how are you gonna spend your shining hours?

may god help you shine

cause you were made to shine

you were made to shine

shining hours, shining hours

how are you gonna spend your shining hours?

may god help you shine