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•CONCEPT: Human relationships echo our relationship with the Divine.
“Nothing more but You right here.”
•LYRICS & LINER NOTES:
1. More From You:
-Carries on from the Almost album. What our world can’t give or get. What God can.
We spend our money like we spend our time We get a family like we get a car Think we get more Think we get more Think we get more Think we get more because we pay more CHORUS: But I can taste this cloud like a dream come true I can touch the stars in the evening sky I can know this love and it never ends I get so much more from you We see our moments through a magazine We live our lives on a movie screen Think we get more Think we get more Think we get more because we see more... CHORUS We make our world out of a paper doll We hold forever in a paper world We think we have more because we make more We think we have more because we pay more We think we have more because we see more I get so much more… from you Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards: Dave
2. As You Are:
-Something about stars that pull us beyond our pain. Something beyond the stars. Who is the You? Well, at least I know he can wipe away your tears in this night where the lost are found.
Way tall in a short life I got stars for dreams just to tantalize I’m still feet down but a whirling dream Gotta beg for love... not what it seems CHORUS: I want You as You are Nothing more but You right here And I ask not a word Let Him wipe away your tear And I ask not a word Let Him wipe away your tear Synchronize our watches In the night when the moon goes down You got your lamp lit here In the night when the lost are found! CHORUS Synchronize our watches In the night when the moon goes down You got your lamp lit here In the night when the lost are found! Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Harmonica: Dave
3. The Reason Why:
-The worst thing is giving up on real love. I’m a bit like a cheerleader asking you to try again. So much disappointments and questions, I was thinking what is our raison d’etre: to live, to be, to try? There’s a clue here… when I ask you to sing with me. No, I mean it.
Tip it a little bit a time enough to bluff and stuff and Try but a little here and there and try try try again Elasticity electricity diddly dum dum doowop doowop You Stop and Stick a thumb in the air and say hey hey ‘Cause today you don’t care now do you? Do you? Do you? Let me tell you now Care is not an afterthought It drives this car down to the starlit sky and the firefly and The reason why we have a reason. To live, to be, to try You can sing with me No, I mean it, you can sing with me Dance the best of love’s divinity And we sing Ha le lu ia (sing with me) Ha le lu ia (sing with me) Ha le lu ia___ Heart like Leaf shake snake rattle tail Quake quail and we too much afraid to talk We walk it off quickstep quake-step shake-step run a little fake-step To hide the fear we look a little queer who say hey hey ‘Cause today you aren’t what you appear, are you? Are you? Are you? Let me tell you now Life is not a question It is an answer waiting to be loved in daylight’s warm reply The reason why we have a reason To live, to be, to try Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards: Dave
4. Don’t Believe:
-The reality of God is a bit beyond us (to say the least!). He may be beyond, but that doesn’t mean He isn’t near. Listen to the chorus: “Don’t believe He’s given up… on you.”
But when I heard God speak, I was laughing and crying The voice of what really is... what really is. Eyes round the wheel makes something Wheel in the wheel makes it spin All around the crazy world... and back again Slow down. Feel down... to sweet surrender God is as God does. What is will be and what was. CHORUS: Don’t believe He shuts His eyes Don’t believe He doesn’t care Don’t believe He’s given up... on you... And we pray to the beautiful One We taste the red rose and the wild strawberries Coriander and morning rain... rain And our lips like lives sing favorite memories Our lives lips kiss Love’s unending... CHORUS On you... on you... on you. Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards: Dave
5. Anywhere:
-Well, if Almost was dedicated to departed Carol, this one is dedicated to my sweet, sweet wife Alison. The love around here is ridiculous! Yes, this song is about us. “Hearts go dancing… Beautiful”
She floats like a leaf on the water She breathes with mint and honey dew She takes the daylight warm to cold hands She’s got a heart that goes running... running CHORUS: Out into the wildness is where I want to be With you into the wetlands Out into the wildness is where I want to be... And flowers pass by beautifully You can take the metaphor and plunge it into deep delicious memory And I will swim you run you fly you Take you anywhere... anywhere He leans his shoulder into it He holds strong as steel the world He builds things that last He sweats he bleeds to make his words dependable Saying I am here and will not let go I am here and will not let go... CHORUS They walk by lanes of lovers They take roads to cover... distances They find paths to drift through the waking dream They got hearts that go dancing... dancing... CHORUS Anywhere... anywhere... anywhere... Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Harmonicas
6. mm mm mm:
-an expression that Alison’s mom used say all the time. Well, hearing it from Alison, I couldn’t help but love into it! Ah, sweet romance!
Just that look... in your eyes... wide as wonder And I am. Oh I am. Yes I am... mm... mm... mm... Smile that bright smells so sweet... breathe on me And I am. Oh I am. Yes I am... mm... mm... mm... Sound of you say anything I am listening And I am. Oh I am. Yes I am... mm... mm... mm... I’m seeking you. You’re seeking me. Touch of love everywhere And I am. Oh I am. Yes I am... mm... mm... mm... Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards: Dave
7. The Last Dance:
-Human romance echoes God’s romance with us. It’s like He walks up to you and says may I have this dance? It takes the loss of someone you deeply love to get you to rightly dream of a love that transcends this short, short life. May Love dance the last dance with you and the ones you love.
It pours right into me. Rain rain on dry ground Wet as wet as water can be We drink like dust and death We need life to drench this clay alive And the air is thick with you around... all around me CHORUS: Windswept bones are dancing this flesh alive And I can see love dancing the last dance with you Can you taste true love smack dab in the middle of a hurricane When its winds blow your roof right off Can you look down the barrel of a fire-breathin’ twelve guage heart Love will find the place where you live Hey! Love is gonna ring your bell On the very next time you get up to bolt the lock an’ put a sign on the door sayin’ Go away you got no hold on me Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards: Dave
8. Two Fires:
-Tough world, seems in flames, but there is yet a holy fire that burns and does not consume. I want that fire.
That I may burn the undying flame of a different love A love that lasts and lives to love the hungry man Set me apart from the fire of eyes and pride that dies a thousand deaths I was made to burn with a holy breath (and not be consumed) Fire burns the soul in Babylon burn the hearts of men Flame throws the dead and dying spirits of the fallen stars They will fling you too from the heat too hot for human breath The race too long the water too sparse The rest that never was Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Bass: Dave Background Vocals: Lisa
9. Life Is More:
-Knock! Knock! Who’s there?
Tired broken Catch a little wind let it pick you up and Spread my wings. See me fly. Love is more than I first expected Love is more than I ever did Love is more than I first expected Love is more than I ever did… recognize Question everything… NO! Dive right in let the current take you. Water flow. Drink it up Drink it up Life is more than I first expected Drink it up Drink it up Life is more than I ever did… recognize Love is standing at my door and knocking Life is standing at my door and knocking Love is standing at my door and knocking Open up Open up and let him in Something gone Tell me why Mirror mirror on the wall but I am not watching my own reflection Like a window I can see right through You are more than I ever knew ever knew Like a window I can see right through You are more than I ever knew ever knew Love is standing at my door and knocking Life is standing at my door and knocking Love is standing at my door and knocking Life is standing at my door and knocking Jesus standing at my door and knocking Open up Open up and let him in! Open up Open up Open up this door this door And let him in Vocals, Guitars, Harmonicas, Bass: Dave Drums: Dan
10. His Grace Is Sufficient:
-More than I can count, my back has been against the wall. But there’s something about His grace. Everyone seems to know the Amazing Grace song. But is it theirs?
His strength is made perfect in the midst of my weakness With my back to the ocean... face to the dark In the wake of my brokenness when I feel so defeated His grace is sufficient, sufficient for me Amazing grace, how sweet the sound And His grace is sufficient, sufficient for me I see all the pieces all broken and damaged All that is left of all that is me But the love of my Father in heaven is smiling Cause His grace is sufficient, sufficient for me The power of Jesus to fill me and use me The mystery of healing in the arms of His love The fullest acceptance, the joy of His nearness And His grace is sufficient, sufficient for me Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch, a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found And His grace is sufficient, sufficient for me Vocals, Guitars, Harmonicas, Bass, Keyboards: Dave
11. Looking For You:
-We all have our eyes out for the one we will fall in love with. And when they walk into our lives, it’s as if we’ve known them all our lives. They are in true fact, a dream come true. Let me repeat myself. Our human relationships of real love echo what can be our relationship with God. For all that I’ve known about Jesus, for all the love I’ve felt from him, for all the songs I’ve sung about him: I’ve never actually seen him. Not really. But still, I completely know that I will totally utterly recognize him when he comes again. The best of dreams come true.
I’ve never seen your face but I’m sure… I could easily pick you out in a crowd And the first time that I see you I swear… I will scream your name out loud CHORUS: I’ve been looking for someone to remove the fear I’ve been waiting for my life to be made clear I’ve been hoping for the one, and now you’re here I have been looking… for you. I have been looking for you. Though the whole world should attempt to prevent me Though the demons line up against me to conspire I will shout your name from the rooftops You are my one desire… CHORUS Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Bass, Harp: Dave
Where the Dark Don’t Reach (short):
-Yup. This is pretty much the epilogue.
My reference point is a rock, personal rock, a bleeding rock Way above the flood-line My slipping feet are standing now and I am Dancing where the dark don’t reach Vocals, Slide Guitar: Dave
•CREDITS:
Musicians: Dave Petty: Guitars,vocals,bass,keyboards & harmonicas Lisa: background vocals J B: violin Lydia Lichtenberger: cello Production, Recording, Engineering by: Dave Petty Art direction, layout and text: Dave Petty
