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Anymore
A couple months ago as part of our MuteMath VIP package Jason and I traveled to Grand Rapids to sit on a tour bus and listen to the new album, Armisitce, before it was available to the public. One of the songs that stood out to me was Clipping. I remember distinctly looking at Jason and saying that this is a great song for a church to use leading into a sermon.
It remains one of my favorites on the album, not only because of the great music but because it resonates with me so much.
In the last year I’ve been coming to a point in my life where I just don’t feel like fighting people who disagree with my beliefs—religious, political, sports, whatever. I’m very happy in what I believe, and I’m very willing to listen and learn from others, I just feel no desire whatsoever to fight or argue with anyone, on anything.
I know how it happened. It was a combination of more church infighting, and “christians” acting like tools during the presidential election. I feel passionately about many subjects, but if you’re wanting to fight me on the subject, or threaten to (or actually) leave me because of it… good riddance.
I’m just not sure if that’s a good place to be or not. Seems like I should be more willing to fight for people or ideas. But honestly, I’m not. At least right now.
Clipping — MuteMath
Feeling overload
Carrying bottled skies around
I’ve been drowning all along
Wearing out in a faltered sea
And I give up
Common sense failed again
Meddling in a foreign scene
Foreign dream
Time won’t spare another sun
Daring me with another choice another choice
Anymore I don’t know who to fight anymore
I don’t know what is right anymore anymore
Anymore I don’t know who to fight anymore
I don’t know what is right anymore anymore
Anymore I don’t know how to feel anymore
I don’t know what is real anymore anymore
Anymore I don’t know who to trust anymore
I don’t know what I want anymore anymore
Anymore I don’t know who to blame anymore
I don’t know what to say anymore anymore
Anymore I don’t know what I want anymore
I just don’t know anymore
Swim
Swim – Jack’s Mannequin
You’ve gotta swim
Swim for your life
Swim for the music
That saves you
When you’re not so sure you’ll survive
You gotta swim
And swim when it hurts
The whole world is watching
You haven’t come this far
To fall off the earth
The currents will pull you
Away from your love
Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
They fired at me from a gun
A crack in the armor
I swim to brighter days
Despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I’m not giving in
I swim
You gotta swim
Through nights that won’t end
Swim for your families
Your lovers your sisters
And brothers and friends
Yeah you’ve gotta swim
Through wars without cause
Swim for the lost politicians
Who don’t see their greed as a flaw
The currents will pull us
Away from our love
Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
They fired at me from a gun
Cracking me open now
I swim for brighter days
Despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I’m not giving in
Well I’m not giving in
I swim
You gotta swim
Swim in the dark
There’s no shame in drifting
Feel the tide shifting and wait for the spark
Yeah you’ve gotta swim
Don’t let yourself sink
Just find the horizon
I promise you it’s not as far as you think
The currents will drag us away from our love
Just keep your head above
Just keep your head above
Swim
Just keep your head above
Swim, swim
Just keep your head above
Swim
Enemy Among Us
Enemy Among Us – Paper Route
Fell into a hole my ears were ringing
Followed every rule and kept repeating
Could I be a fool?
In the silence, you’re the first one that I turn to
You’re the first voice that I turned to
In the absence of my own
There’s an enemy among us
There’s an enemy among us
And he stole as best he could
He stole as best he could
An enemy among us
There’s and enemy among us
He stole as best he could
Our hearts like an enemy should
And when I awoke my friends were sleeping
I put on my coat to keep from freezing
Something isn’t right
In the silence, you’re the first one that I turn to
You’re the first voice that I turned to
In the absence of my own
There’s an enemy among us
There’s an enemy among us
And he stole as best he could
He stole as best he could
An enemy among us
There’s and enemy among us
He stole as best he could
Our hearts like an enemy should
In the silence, you’re the first one that I turn to
You’re the first voice that I turned to
In the absence of my own
There’s an enemy among us
There’s an enemy among us
And he stole as best he could
He stole as best he could
An enemy among us
There’s and enemy among us
He stole as best he could
Our hearts like an enemy should.
Oh My God
“With ‘Oh My God,’ we wanted to communicate that everybody at some point intersects with God, whether they choose to believe or not. People have all their reasons for crying out to God, and some of those are really deep, deep doubts. There are times when I wrestle with that now, but growing up I didn’t know the gospel could stand up to the scrutiny. It’s a question that I think needs to be asked.” READ MORE »
Oh My God – Jars of Clay
Oh my God, look around this place,
Your fingers reach around the bone,
you set the break and set the tone
For flights of grace, and future falls
In present pain all fools say, “Oh my God.”
Oh my God, why are we so afraid?
we make it worse when we don’t bleed,
there is no cure for our disease.
Turn a phrase and rise again,
or fake your death and only tell
your closest friends,
Oh My God.
Oh my God, can I complain?
You take away my firm belief
and graft my soul upon your grief.
Weddings, boats, and alibis,
All drift away, and a mother cries…
Liars and fools, sons and failures,
theives will always say..
Lost and found, ailing wanderers,
healers always say..
Whores and angels, men with problems,
leavers always say..
Broken hearted, separated,
orphans always say..
War creators, racial haters,
preachers always say..
Distant fathers, fallen warriors,
givers always say..
Pilgrim saints, lonely widows,
users always say..
Fearful mothers, watchful doubters,
Saviors always say..
Sometimes I can not forgive
and these days mercy cuts so deep,
If the world was how it should be,
maybe I could get some sleep.
While I lay, I’d dream we’re better,
scales were gone and faces lighter,
When we wake we hate our brother,
we still move to hurt each other,
Sometimes I can close my eyes
and all the fear that keeps me silent,
Falls below my heavy breathing,
what makes me so badly bent?
We all have a chance to murder,
we all feel the need for wonder.
We still want to be reminded
that the pain is worth the plunder.
Sometimes when I lose my grip,
I wonder what to make of heaven,
All the times I thought to reach up,
all the times I had to give up.
Babies underneath their beds,
in hospitals that cannot treat them.
All the wounds that money causes,
all the comforts of cathedrals,
All the cries of thirsty children,
this is our inheritance,
All the rage of watching mothers,
this is our greatest offense
Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God
My Will
My Will – DC Talk
I’m setting the stage for the things I love
And I’m now the man I once couldn’t be
Nothing on earth could now ever move me
I now have the will and the strength a man needs
It’s my will, and I’m not moving
Cause if it’s Your will, then nothing can shake me
It’s my will, to bow and praise You
I now have the will to praise my God
Complexity haunts me for I am two men
Entrenched in a battle that I’ll never win
My discipline fails me, my knowledge it fools me
But You are my shelter, all the strength that I need
It’s my will, and I’m not moving
Cause if it’s Your will, then nothing can shake me
It’s my will, to bow and praise You
I now have the will to praise my God
I’m learning to give up the rights to myself
The bits and the pieces I’ve gathered as wealth
Could never compare to the joy that You bring me
The peace that You show me is the strength that I need
It’s my will, and I’m not moving
Cause if it’s Your will, then nothing can shake me
It’s my will, to bow and praise You
I now have the will to praise my God
We’ve got to be children of peace
Don’t you know we’ve got to be children of peace
The Nerve
The Nerve – Mute Math
Can you believe this world’s got the nerve to insist it won’t trade for a better one?
Can you believe this world’s yelling out in the dark it wants to be left alone?
Can you believe this world never would’a had a chance without us giving it blood?
Can you believe this world lacks the common courtesy to thank us all for the love?
SET IT ON FIRE!
Can you believe this world’s like a glassy eyed swimmer caught sippin’ another one?
Can you believe this world’s like a tyrant taking over anything that it wants?
Can you believe this world’s like a wounded martyr warrior when his commitment is gone?
Can you believe this world’s like a vagrant in the gutter talking nothing is wrong?
SET IT ON FIRE!
Can you believe this world’s just a double dealing joker gonna stick to his guns?
Can you believe this world’s just a television blaring a million devils at once?
Can you believe this world’s just a charmer in disguise with a lavender soul?
Can you believe this world’s just exactly as we built it burning out of control?
SET IT ON FIRE!
Cautioners
Cautioners — Jimmy Eat World
The time I would spend
with pictures I would not send
I watched you go from left to right
I followed you all night
Across my blinds
You’ll change your mind come Monday
and turn your back on me
You’ll take your steps away with hesitance
Take your steps away from me
I’m making my peace
making it with distance
Maybe that’s a big mistake
you know I’m thinking of you
I miss you
You’ll change your mind come Monday
and turn your back on me
You’ll take your steps away with hesitance
You’ll take your steps away from me
You’ll change your mind come Monday
and turn your back on me
You’ll take your steps away with hesitance
You’ll take your steps away from me
Firefight
Firefight — Jimmy Eat World
This is where our diligence has lead
The waves roll in to claim our patient steps
Can we become more than just ourselves?
And leave the sand, our want, our will, our doubt
It’s firefight, I won’t run
There’s spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me, there’s nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there’s no one else alive
This is now the moment after next.
Are these still the eyes of the temptress?
Why open the door if you won’t go?
Don’t ask twice if you don’t wanna know
It’s firefight, I won’t run.
There spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me, there’s nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there’s no one else alive
Is there an answer?
And if it’s an honest one, honestly worth it’s question
There’s no question
The city as my witness
I am who I wanna be, but you could be anything
Just be anything here with me.
Love is quartz and breath the secondhand
If you let go then that’s where time will stand.
It’s firefight, I won’t run
There spit and spite all through my blood
For you and me, there’s nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there’s no one else alive
It’s firefight, I won’t run
They’re spitting spite all through my blood
For you and me, there’s nowhere left to hide
Except you and me, there’s no one else alive
Spread The Love Around
Spread The Love Around – Michael Waite
I woke up in the morning.
I pulled the covers over my head
I tried to use the telephone,
but the telephone was dead.
I looked outside the window
and saw the snow piling high
I bid good morning to my pink catfish
but my pink catfish had died
“This cannot be happening.
I’ve been such a nice guy.”
So I called on my old Grandma
and this was her reply:
We all know what to do
We all know what to do
We all know what to do
We’ve got to spread the love around
I stood beside a river
Saw a spirit come bubbling up
He tried to tell me I was wrong
and that I should not look up
I said “I understand you man.
I’ve said the same thing many times.
But the only place it ever led me
was wallowing in slime.
You too can give up your grief.
Your life can be peaceful.
You may have to lose your pride
but at least you’ll feel alive.”
We all know what to do
We all know what to do
We all know what to do
We’ve got to spread the love around
I know someday I’m gonna go that way.
I’m gonna take a little walk
in the valley of death
Walking in the valley in the shadow of death
I’ll be walking on down that road.
And His rod and His staff are gonna comfort me
Like a whole world of brothers gonna comfort me
Like a father and a mother gonna comfort me
Though I walk on down alone.
For I’ve seen it on Earth how He makes me to lie
In the pastures of plenty with the clear blue sky
Birds and bumblebees bumbling by
Singing this song to me:
We all know what to do
We all know what to do
We all know what to do
We’ve got to spread the love around
Nuisance
Nuisance — John Reuben
So here we are in the same old spot,
knowing something needs to happen but our mouths are locked.
tongue tied, closed tight, sealed shut yup.
I tried hard,
but it just wouldn’t come up.
It’s on the tip of my tongue,
it’s in the front of my mind.
But the words were still so hard to find.
Finally the reality of things to come pushed me to the edge.
I jumped off the cliff into the abyss as I said,
I’m not trying to be a nuisance.
I just think we can do better than this.
That was simply my two cents.
You can, you can, take it or leave it.
The conversation lingered on and on,
Before I knew it, night had turned to dawn.
We’ll be searching for the truth in all of this
ha, or are we debating, just to win the argument.
Cause none of us wanna hear about where we go wrong.
This song could easily be from me to you, or me to john.
Cause I have the potential, to be the guiltiest.
My greatest strength is also my strongest weakness.
I’m not trying to be a nuisance.
I just think we can do better than this.
That was simply my two cents.
You can, you can, take it or leave it.
Let’s think about this path that we’re taking,
Let’s think about this future we’re creating.
Let’s think about this life that is fading,
Think about it
Come on, think about now
Lets think about this time we’re spending,
Investing in monetary things that are ending.
Let’s think about it then.
Let’s think together.
Let’s think about what we can do to make it better.
I’m not trying to be a nuisance.
I just think we can do better than this.
That was simply my two cents.
You can, you can, take it or leave it.
