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Sparrow Eyes
05:53
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You held me in a mother's arms
Down in the breadline
She wore her millefleurs dress
She watched me with sparrow eyes
Because she knows how I
Can be a punchline
That everyone knows
Something about an altar
I am a crawler
And I know inside
I know inside
You're there
More than I am
Even to myself
So I could try to flee from your sight
Or fold myself into a beam of light
Or become any kind of thing I like
But what I am is known to you
And I can't get all the way away from you
You know I can't
Get all the way away from you
You were hounding me
From heaven
When you caught me outside
Down by the water
Or at the end of time
No creature is hidden
And neither was I
Because you know how I
Can be a punchline
That hits a little close to home
You lead us to the altar
All us belly crawlers
And if I'm curving in
And see nothing but my sins
You're there
Deeper than I have been
Even within myself
But we have tried to flee from your sight
In a browser, in a boardroom, on our bed at night
We've become all the kinds of things we've liked
And the emptiness calls out to you
Cos we can't
Get all the way away from you
You know we can't
Get all the way away from you
You see me and you know me
That can be a terrifying thought
But I'm as real as a rabbit
In a fiery field
And my best hope
Is getting caught
I was told
To embrace the shadow
I never felt more free
But at the end of the day
It covered everything
So please
Come recover me
Cos what we are is known to you
What we are is made for you
What we are is known to you
What we are is made for you
And I heard you pouring your heart out to mine
For what must have been the thousandth time
When I was struck by the lightning from eternal light
And now my body is a bell at the sight of you
And I can't keep anything
Away from you
You know I can't keep anything
Away from you
I want to fly to your open side
And be underwing under sparrow eyes
And see you wingspread against a broken sky
And be remembered back to you
Cos I can't
Keep anything
Away from you
You know I can't
Keep anything
Away from you
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Doxology
04:57
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Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Praise God beyond what words can express
Praise God who has spoken to us nonetheless
Praise God in language long confessed
Praise Father, Son, and Spirit blessed
Praise
When we turn back to you
You return us to ourselves
When we praise
Because you need of nothing
We can leave nothing withheld
When we praise
The heart is an archer
Rising up to take her aim
When we praise
We become what we behold
It's a risk we're meant to take
To praise you
Praise God who sees us after work
At home, un-consoled, alone, and uncorked
Praise God that the salt fails to meet our thirst
Praise God who yearns to meet it first
Praise God baptizer
Dancing in the womb
Praise God thrice-denier
I am weeping too
Praise God through firelight
With His eyes on you
Praise God the one
Who will see us through
Praise
When we turn back to you
You return us to ourselves
When we praise
Because you need of nothing
We will leave nothing withheld
When we praise
It's the sound of waters flowing
Down the mouth of suffering
When we praise
We become what we behold
It's a risk we're meant to take
To praise you
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
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