All This to Say

by the band Sleeping At Last

all this to say,
our future is a blank page
that we chose to pour ourselves into
when God pressed play.

and we'll drag our pens
into these parallel lines
to record and to articulate
everything we find.

as decades unlace,
we'll pause and carefully trace;
our shadows are puddles of ink
that our memory saves.

layer by layer, the framework was formed
on an epic of paper:
we breathe to explore.
fast-forward motion
will gracefully show
the flickering story
that all of our sketches unfold.

before we were born
God gently told us the truth,
but understanding is something that stops
as our bodies bruise.

so we'll concentrate,
constantly rewinding tapes.
was the ghost just a glare on the lens
that our minds create?
our minds create...
when God pressed play.

layer by layer, the framework was formed
on an epic of paper:
we breathe to explore.
and fast-forward motion
will gracefully show
the flickering story
that all of our sketches unfold.

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From the Album Storyboards
All Lyrics Copyright 2009, Sleeping At Last

Love

Love

7-9-10

I thought that love could be defined
wrapped around the mind
and made to make them mine

I found instead that it defends
the rights of neighbors, enemies, friends
It does not buy, it only spends
and is spent
all for love

Love is a sacrifice
Flowing freely from the will
Love will make your knuckles white
and churn your stomach in anticipation
not of rejection, but at the prospect of crucifixion

A cup appears in a garden
The moment of decision
Love breaks through
Praise the Savior whose blood is in my veins
Let His genes transform me into His image
Spirit of Love, come in power