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Beloved
06:29
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Asleep, but my heart was awake
Restless in my dreams
Passion’s consuming flame
Etched in my heart
Set me, as a seal on your heart
A seal on your arms
Love, is strong as death
Passion, fierce as the grave
A lily of the valley
So is my love
A lily among the brambles
So is my love
Set me, as a seal on your heart
A seal on your arms
Love, is strong as death
Passion, fierce as the grave
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Epilogue
05:35
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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
In the presence of mine enemies
Thou anointest my head with oil
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
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Theodicy
04:03
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Where are you now?
Where have you gone?
Things as they are…
We could use a few miracles now
Tragedy
Calamity
Indignity
Have you abandoned me?
If you don’t answer
You might not answer
If you don’t answer
You might not answer
All that we know
Down through the years
Although we may struggle
Still you are here
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Make Me Yours
05:07
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You pour the water on me and make me yours
Fill me with your spirit and lead me on
What does it mean if I am saved?
Do I just keep it, or share your way?
You call me to do good, and call me to do right
But you never said anything about day coming without night
You pour the water on me and make me yours
Fill me with your spirit and lead me on
If there’s oppression, are any free?
What do you want Lord, what do you ask of me?
You call me to do good, and call me to do right
But you never said anything about day coming without night
If I suffer, for doing your will
If you require it, I’ll follow you still
You promise greater than we can know,
Your love is stronger than we can show
You pour the water on me and make me yours
Fill me with your spirit and lead me on
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Comfort
05:04
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Comfort, what comfort
What comfort is here for us?
In flashing sword, or glitt’ring spear
in a city of bloodshed?
What was, is going away
Carried away, burning away
flinging wide city gates
for us, there is no escape
Devastated
Violated
Convicted and shamed
Death through wide open gates
What comfort comes
From death and shame?
What justice comes
through grief and blame?
When innocents, share punishment
How can one celebrate victory?
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A Stubborn Hope
04:20
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We think we’ll always have the time
That it really doesn’t matter
The future stretches on and on
that those we love will always be there
There’s always parting in the end
With the others moving on
We try to hold to what we have
But it slips right through our fingers
The time together is much too short
With the ones we love the most
A thousand lifetimes not enough
Yet we cling to a stubborn hope
We will have to carry on
Though we feel our hearts are breaking
Help keep on reaching out
To try and ease each other’s aching
Some it’s Friday
That Sunday’s coming on
I don’t feel that way today
Roll my stone away
The time together is much too short
With the ones we love the most
A thousand lifetimes not enough
Yet we cling to a stubborn hope
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Expectation
05:28
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We met you with a hero’s welcome
We couldn’t wait to come and see
Lined the road with coats and shouted for you
You’re the one to set us free
The next day when you cleared the Temple
You made the merchants flee
We didn’t know how the week would change us
We wanted you for our king
Well it turns out you were a radical
You came to love the weak
You were a threat to the powerful
And it made them your enemy
I’d like to think I’d stand with you
While you gave up your life for me
But the ones who were closest denied, betrayed you
So you can’t expect more from me
Open our ears so we can hear you
Open our eyes so we can see
Help us to act like we know better
Help us to work toward unity
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Change
05:23
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You may say
It’s always this way
But I know
that the Spirit will lead us to grow
We do things the same
Things go the same way
If things aren’t working out
Maybe it’s time for change
We’re sure we are right
And we fight
But maybe we’ll agree
That we’re all of the same body
Maybe there’s something more
Maybe what we look for
Maybe there are some things
that really aren’t essential at all to faith
What if God’s first in our hearts?
What if God’s where love starts?
What if we choose to reposed?
What if, we’re God’s feet and arms?
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Subaltern Project Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Subaltern Project bends genres at the speed of sound (but we love post-punk, alternative, and lots of early music).
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