Download - Tenth Avenue North Lyrics
Over and Underneath (2008)
01. Love Is Here
Come to the watersYou who thirst and you’ll thirst no moreCome to the FatherYou who work and you’ll work no more
All you who labor in vainAnd to the broken and shamed
Love is hereLove is nowLove is pouring from His hands from His browLove is near it satisfiesStreams of mercy flowing from His sideCause Love is here
Come to the treasureYou who search and you’ll search no moreCome to the loverYou who want and you’ll want no more
All you who labor in vainAnd to the broken and shamed
Love is hereLove is nowLove is pouring from His hands from His browLove is near it satisfiesStreams of mercy flowing from His side
And to the bruised and fallenCaptives bound and brokenheartedHe is the Lord, He is the LordBy His stripes He’s paid our ransomFrom His wounds we drink salvationHe is the Lord, He is the Lord
Love is hereLove is nowLove is pouring from His hands from His browLove is near it satisfiesStreams of mercy flowing from His side
02. Lift Us Up To Fall
You move the earthYou hold the starsCome move in usCome hold our heartsYou send the rainAnd life beginsSo rain on us and reign within our lives again
We’re waiting hereWaiting for you GodWith our hopes and fearsWe come empty hands held outLord draw us nearHeal these broken heartsAnd lift us up to fall before everything you are
You lift the sun into the skyYou lift us upOpen our eyesTo see your faceAnd what you’ve doneYou took the nails to give us loveAnd we stand in awe before your throneThere’s no where else that we can go
We’re waiting hereWaiting for you GodWith our hopes and fearsWe come empty hands held outLord draw us nearHeal these broken heartsAnd lift us up to fall before everything you are
Come O Come EmmanuelCome Lord Here to dwellLet all your children lift one voice
We’re waiting hereWaiting for you GodWith our hopes and fearsWe come empty hands held outLord draw us nearHeal these broken heartsAnd lift us up to fall before everything you are
We’re waiting hereWaiting for you GodWith our hopes and fearsWe come empty hands held outLord draw us nearHeal these broken heartsAnd lift us up to fall before everything you are
03. By Your Side
Why are you striving these days?Why are you trying to earn grace?Why are you crying?Let me lift up your faceJust don't turn away
Why are you looking for love?Why are you still searching?As if I'm not enough?To where will you go child,Tell me where will you run?To where will you run?
I'll be by your side wherever you fallIn the dead of night whenever you callPlease don't fight these hands that are holding youMy hands are holding you
Look at these hands, at my sideThey swallowed the grave, on that nightWhen I drank the world's sinSo I could carry you inAnd give you life
I'll be by your side wherever you fallIn the dead of night whenever you callPlease don't fight these hands that are holding youMy hands are holding you
Here at my side wherever you fallIn the dead of night whenever you callPlease don't fight these hands that are holding youMy hands are holding you
And I, I love youAnd I want you to knowThat I, I'll love youI'll never let you go
I'll be by your side wherever you fallIn the dead of night whenever you callPlease don't fight these hands that are holding youMy hands are holding you
Here at my side wherever you fallIn the dead of night whenever you callPlease don't fight these hands that are holding youMy hands are holding you
04. Let It Go
I've been holding on so tightLook at these knuckles they've gone whiteFrom fighting for who I want to beI'm just trying to find security
You say let it goYou say let it goYou say life is waiting for the one's who lose controlYou say you will be everything I needYou say if I lose my life it's then I'll find my soulYou say let it go
Well it's hard enough to hearHarder still to move beyond this fearWe know there's nothing I can bringSo tell me what do you want from me?
You say let it goYou say let it goYou say life is waiting for the one's who lose controlYou say you will be everything I needYou say if I lose my life it's then I'll find my soulYou say let it go
What do I love what do I hateWhat will I lose what will I gainHow do I save my soul?
What if I bend what if I breakWhat will it cost what will it takeFor you to save my soul
You say let it goYou say let it goYou say life is waiting for the one's who lose controlYou say you will be everything I needYou say if I lose my life it's then I'll find my soulYou say let it go
05. Break Me Down
I feel you fallingLike the rain against my skinI hear you callingYour voice like thunder in my head
But now I am stallingCause I’m afraid to let you inCome break me down with your mercyCome break me down again
I’m yours tonightI’m yours if you can break me downBreak through these walls I hide behindI’m yours tonightCome and break me downWon't you break me
I feel it inside meI feel you underneath my skinThese walls could not hide meThey could not keep you from coming in
So now here you find meRight back to where I beganCome break me down with your mercyCome break me down again
I’m yours tonightI’m yours if you can break me downBreak through these walls I hide behindI’m yours tonightCome and break me downWon't you break me down
I need your strength to feel this weakAnd I need your touch to feel my needAnd I need your strong hands to carry meTake me break me set me free
I need your strength to feel this weakAnd I need your touch to feel my needAnd I need your strong hands to carry meTake me bring me to my knees
I’m yours tonightI’m yours if you can break me downBreak through these walls I hide behindI’m yours tonightCome and break me downCome and break me downCome and break me downWon’t you break me down
06. Hold My Heart
How long must I prayMust I pray to youHow long must I waitMust I wait for youHow long till I see your faceSee you shining through
I’m on my kneesBegging you to notice meI’m on my kneesFather will you turn to me
One tear in the driving rainOne voice in a sea of painCould the maker of the starsHear the sound of my breaking heartOne life that’s all I amRight now I can barely standIf you’re everything you say you areWould you come close and hold my heart
I’ve been so afraid, afraid to close my eyesSo much can slip away before I say goodbyeBut if there’s no other wayI’m done asking why
I’m on my kneesBegging you to turn meI’m on my kneesFather will you run to me
One tear in the driving rain one voice in a sea of painCould the maker of the starsHear the sound of my breaking heartOne life that’s all I amRight now I can barely standIf you’re everything you say you areWould you come close and hold my heart
So many questions without answers your promises remainI can’t see but I’ll take my chances to hear you call my nameTo hear you call my name
One tear in the driving rainOne voice in a sea of painCould the maker of the starsHear the sound of my breaking heartOne life that’s all I amRight now I can barely standIf you’re everything you say you areWould you come close and hold my heart
07. Times
I know I need youI need to love youI'd love to see you but it's been so long
I long to feel youI feel this need for youI need to hear you is that so wrong
Now you pull me near youWhen we're close I fear youStill I'm afraid to tell you all that I've done
Are you done forgiving?Can you look past my pretending?I'm so tired of defending what I've becomeWhat have I become?
But I hear you say my love is overIt's underneathIt's insideIt's in between
The times that you doubt meAnd when you can't feelThe times that you questionIs this for real?
The times that you're brokenThe times that you mendThe times you hate meThe times that you bend
My love is overIt's underneathIt's insideIt's in between
The times that you're healingAnd when your heart breaksThe times that you feel like you've fallen from grace
The times that you're hurtingThe times that you healThe times you go hungry and are tempted to steal
In times of confusionIn chaos and painI'm there in your sorrow under the weight of your shame
I'm there through your heart-acheI'm there in the storm
My love I will keep you by my power aloneI don't care where you've fallen or where you have beenI'll never forsake youMy love never endsIt never ends
08. Beloved
Love of my lifeLook deep in my eyesThere you will find what you needGive me your life
The lust and the liesAnd the past you’re afraid I might seeYou’ve been running away from me
You’re my beloved loverI’m yoursDeath shall not part usIt’s you I died forFor better or worseForever we’ll beMy love it unites us and it binds you to meIt’s a mystery
Love of my lifeLook deep in my eyesThere you will find what you need
I'm the giver of lifeI’ll clothe you in whiteMy immaculate bride you will beCome running home to me
You’re my beloved loverI’m yoursDeath shall not part usIt’s you I died forFor better or worse forever we’ll beMy love it unites us and it binds you to meIt’s a mystery
You’ve been a mistress my wifeChasing lovers that won’t satisfyWon’t you let me make you my brideYou will drink of my lips and you’ll taste new life
You’re my beloved lover I’m yoursDeath shall not part usIt’s you I died forFor better or worse forever we’ll beMy love it unites us and it binds you to meIt’s a mystery
09. You Are
Lord of empty spaceYou breathe and then createBefore the earth was madeYou are
The king of every ageOutside of time and spaceAll the heavens speak your name you areYou are
Lord of brilliant lightYou separate the nightAnd everything inside you are
The one who calms the seasAnd every part of meWith just a word you speak you areYou are
I give you all of me for all you areHere I amTake me apartTake me apartI give you all of me for all you areHere I amTake me apartTake me apart
Angels bowing downBeneath the rushing soundA voice that thunders out you are
The one who holds the starsAnd the beating of my heartExalted above all you areYou are
I give you all of me for all you areHere I amTake me apartTake me apartI give you all of me for all you areHere I amTake me apartTake me apart
All I am I want to lay down at your feet
I give you all of me for all you areHere I amTake me apartTake me apartI give you all of me for all you areHere I amTake me apartTake me apart
10. Satisfy
Before the sun has touched the skyColors bursting from your eyesBefore the flood of the morning light
Before the earth has felt your heatBefore I stand up to my feetBefore I begin to feel this weak
Satisfy me LordSatisfy me LordI’m begging you to help me seeYou’re all I want you’re what I needSatisfy me Lord
And when the day is closing in like the stars in the nightI am falling into the pull of the earth and its affections
In me O Lord can you create a pure heartBecause I’m afraid that I just might run backTo the things I hate
Satisfy me LordSatisfy me LordI’m begging you to help me seeYou’re all I want you’re what I needSatisfy me Lord
You’re beautifulYou’re beautifulYou’re more than all this world can giveYou’re beautifulYou’re beautifulYour love is all I need to live
You’re beautifulYou’re beautifulYou’re more than all this world can giveYou’re beautifulMore beautifulYour love is all I need to live
Satisfy me LordSatisfy me LordI’m begging you to help me seeYou’re all I want you’re what I needSatisfy me Lord
11. Hallelujah
At first I am afraidBut not because of fearBut the holy of holies is drawing me nearYour voice like thunderShakes the ground I'm on
Hide my face in the shadow of your wings oh LordHide my sin from the beauty here before your throne
Hallelujah for the blood of the lamb that was slainHallelujah for the blood of the lamb that was slainAnd so we enter in to see your faceEnter in to see your face oh God
I'm falling to my kneesI feel the earth beneathWith the weight of my sin and this crushing unbeliefCould you really love meWith all that I've done
Hide my face in the shadow of your wings oh LordHide my sin from the beauty here before your throne
Hide my face in the shadow of your wings oh LordHide my sin from the beauty here before your throne
Hallelujah for the blood of the lamb that was slainHallelujah for the blood of the lamb that was slainSo we enter in to see your faceEnter in to see your face oh God
Hallelujah for the blood of the lamb that was slainHallelujah for the blood of the lamb that was slainSo we enter in to see your faceEnter in to see your face oh God
You spread your handsAnd made a refuge for the weakAnd blessed the weary bruised and brokenTook us inInside your wounds we hide awayInside your wounds we hide
You spread your handsAnd made a refuge for the weakAnd blessed the weary bruised and broken
The Light Meets The Dark (2010)
01. Healing Begins
So you thought you had to keep this upAll the work that you doSo we think that you're goodAnd you can't believe it's not enoughAll the walls you built upAre just glass on the outside
So let 'em fall downThere's freedom waiting in the soundWhen you let your walls fall to the groundWe're here now
This is where the healing begins, ohThis is where the healing startsWhen you come to where you're broken withinThe light meets the darkThe light meets the dark
Afraid to let your secrets outEverything that you hideCan come crashing through the door nowBut too scared to face all your fearSo you hide but you findThat the shame won't disappear
So let it fall downThere's freedom waiting in the soundWhen you let your walls fall to the groundWe're here nowWe're here now, oh
This is where the healing begins, ohThis is where the healing startsWhen you come to where you're broken withinThe light meets the darkThe light meets the dark
Sparks will fly as grace collidesWith the dark inside of usSo please don't fightThis coming lightLet this blood come cover usHis blood can cover us
This is where the healing begins, ohThis is where the healing startsWhen you come to where you're broken withinThe light meets the darkThe light meets the dark
02. Strong Enough To Save
You foughtbut you were just too weakso you lostall the things you tried to keepnow you're on your kneesyou're on your knees
But wait,everything can change,in a moments time you don't have to be afraid,cause fear is just a lieopen up your eyes
And he'll breakopen the skies to savethose who cry out his namethrowing the wind and waves at bayHe's strong enough to save you
Looknow is not too latelift up your headlet the rain fall on your faceyou're not far from graceyour not too far from grace
And he'll breakopen the skies to savethose who cry out his namethrowing the wind and waves at bayHe's strong enough to save you
I know the weight of this world can take you down like gravityand I know the current of yourself can take you out,out to seabut hold onhold on
And he'll breakopen the skies to savethose who cry out his namethrowing the wind and waves at bayHe's strong enough to save you
03. You Are More
There's a girl in the cornerWith tear stains on her eyesFrom the places she's wanderedAnd the shame she can't hide
She says, 'How did I get here?I'm not who I once was.And I'm crippled by the fearThat I've fallen too far to love'
But don't you know who you are,What's been done for you?Yeah don't you know who you are?
You are more than the choices that you've made,You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,You are more than the problems you create,You've been remade.
Well she tries to believe itThat she's been given new lifeBut she can't shake the feelingThat it's not true tonight
She knows all the answersAnd she's rehearsed all the linesAnd so she'll try to do betterBut then she's too weak to try
But don't you know who you are?
You are more than the choices that you've made,You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,You are more than the problems you create,You've been remade.
You are more than the choices that you've made,You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,You are more than the problems you create,You've been remade.
'Cause this is not about what you've done,But what's been done for you.This is not about where you've been,But where your brokenness brings you to
This is not about what you feel,But what He felt to forgive you,And what He felt to make you loved.
You are more than the choices that you've made,You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,You are more than the problems you create,You've been remade.
You are more than the choices that you've made,You are more than the sum of your past mistakes,You are more than the problems you create,You've been remade.
You've been remadeYou've been remade.You've been remade.You've been remade.
Behind the Song:“Every time we play it, people come up to us and say that’s the first time they’ve ever heard anything like what the song says: ‘You are more than the problems you’ve made, the sum of your past mistakes.’ People don’t believe that. They believe the choices that they’ve made make them who they are and who they will continue to be until the day they die. The gospel doesn’t work on that scale and that’s what a lot of non-believers and believers don’t know about the gospel is that Christ has made you a new creation and you are known as a child of God. That song has been really powerful and so we’re excited.” (Jeff Owen)
“This song might have the most important message of the whole album. It says: ‘This is not about what you’ve done or what’s been done to you and it’s not about where you’ve been but where you’re brokenness brings you.’ This is not about what you feel. In a world where our validation and our acceptance is based upon what we do, how well we perform, what we feel, I feel like that is just a really special statement to sort of negate all those false ideas that are going around. It’s not about what we do, or what we feel, it’s about what He did and what He felt. It’s about what Christ has done for us.” (Mike Donehey) -- Tenth Avenue North
04. The Truth Is Who You Are
It would be easier if You were just a thought in my headSimply something that I once readA belief needing my defense
And it would be easier if You were something I once knewA hope just to hold onBut You're holding out Your hands
You came to take us back to the startYou came to touch the hardness of our heartsYou gave us truth that truth is who You areIt's who You are
And it's not enough to just say, 'I believe''Cause truth is that talk is cheapSo grace give me eyes to see
You came to take us back to the startYou came to touch the hardness of our heartsYou gave us truth that truth is who You areIt's who You are
Flesh and blood You offer usOh, to eat the bread and drink the cupOh, to taste, to see, to feel, to touchEmmanuel, God with usEmmanuel, God with us
'Cause You came to break the chains apartTo wake the dead and the sleeping of our heartsYou gave us truth that truth is who You areIt's who You areIt's who You areIt's who You are
05. All The Pretty Things
We are, we are, we're caught in the in betweenOf who we already are and who we are yet to beAnd we're looking for love but finding we're still in needIt's only what we have lost will we be allowed to keep
And we're waiting but our eyes are wanderingTo all this earth holds dear
Look at all the pretty thingsThat steal my heart awayI can feel I'm fading'Cause Lord I love so many thingsThat keep me from Your faceCome and save me
We run we run to finally be set freeBut we're fighting fighting for what we've already received
So we're waiting but our eyes are wanderingTo all this earth holds dear
Look at all the pretty thingsThat steal my heart awayI can feel I'm fading'Cause Lord I love so many thingsThat keep me from Your faceCome and save me
We are we are caught in the in betweenBut we're fighting for what we already have receivedWe are we are caught in the in betweenBut we're fighting for what we already have received
Look at all the pretty thingsThat steal my heart awayI can feel I'm fading'Cause Lord I love so many thingsThat keep me from Your faceCome and save me
06. Any Other Way
Don't say goodbye, don't say helloWe're just standing on the surfaceDon't say alright, don't say I knowI promise it's not worth it
I want to know who you areEven if you're falling apartReach in and touch your scarsAnd all the shame you've kept in your heart
'Cause it's not enoughit's not enoughjust to say that we're okayi need your hurt i need your painit's not love any other way
Let's not pretendStop your paradetrying to convince meThat you're alright and everything's okayDo you even know me
'Cause I already know who you areAnd all things that kept us apartSo reach in and touch My scarsand know the price I paid for your heart
'Cause it's not enoughit's not enoughjust to say that we're okayi need your hurt i need your painit's not love any other way
A broken and contrite heartI will not despisecome as you areand I won't close my eyesI won't close my eyesI won't close my eyesI won't close my eyes
'Cause it's not enoughIt's not enoughJust to say that we're okayI need your hurt I need your painIt's not love any other way
'Cause it's not enough it's not enoughjust to say that you're okayYou needed my hurt, you needed my painIt's not love any other wayIt's not love any other wayYeah, it's not love any other way
07. On And On
Love, I have waited for youAnd love, I was wounded for youWon't you look into my eyesThrough the pain and through your prideAnd find I am trueYou're the one I can't denyAnd I'll never leave your sideI gave my life for youSo what are you waiting for?
On and on we goCome love take my handOn and on we goTime and time againOn and on we goBack to where this all beganCome love take my hand
Life is waiting for youAnd life I have given to youTell me what else can I doWhat more have I left to prove?That I am what you needStill I will hold on to your heartThrough the chaos and the darkWhen your eyes fail to seeSo what are you waiting for?
On and on we goCome love take my handOn and on we goAs you run away againOn and on we goBack to where this all began
Broken I was for youBroken I'm still for youMy broken heart breaks for youBroken I'm over you
On and on we goOn and on we go
On and on we goCome love take my handOn and on we goTime and time againOn and on we goBack to where this all beganCome love take my handCome love take my handCome take my hand
08. Hearts Safe (A Better Way)
I feel it in your eyesThere's pain that covers up these liesNow you may look like meBut it seems you're really different on the insideWe used to keep our hearts safeWe kept them safe and locked awayBut then we grew up learningThat life could serve us in a better way
And why?I'm asking you why?
So what happened to your eyesI saw them wander just like mineSo how did we come to see so differentlyAfter all this time
And why?I'm asking you why?
And why?I'm asking you why?
If the sheep know his voice then tell me what is the choiceFor the ones who haven't heard and have no need to rejoiceFather, help me understand'Cause I am just like him and Lord he's just like meWe came from the same town and the same familiesBut now he, he just won't understandPlease Lord open up his eyesCan You open up these eyes?
And why?I'm asking you why?
09. House Of Mirrors
You can’t seem to see past your own reflectionCaught up in the halls of your introspectionAnd you’re staring at your mirror on the wallAsking “who is the fairest of them all?”‘Cause Lord I know, it’s not meIf only you could seeThat you’ve already been set free
Well come on, come onLet’s throw our mirrors downYeah come on, come onLet’s shatter the glass on the ground
Well you say “hold on, if I could just try this one thing.Well I know I can change and that would change everything”But a house made of mirrors never helped you see any clearerIt’s yourself you can’t see pastAnd Lord, isn’t that just like me?If only we could see, that He’s already set us free
Well come on, come onLet’s throw our mirrors downYeah come on, come onLet’s shatter the glass on the ground
Oh, ohFreedom’s waiting for you nowSo come on, come onAnd throw your mirrors down
Come on, if you’re tired take a step outsideYou might find that you can forget about yourself tonightOh, come on if you’re tired of failed attempts to tryFreedom’s waiting when you look outsideCome on, if you’re tired take a step outsideYou might find you can forget about yourself tonightYeah, come if you’re tired of your failed attempts to tryFreedom is waiting when you look outside
Well come on, come onLet’s throw our mirrors downYeah come on, come onLet’s shatter the glass on the groundFreedom’s waiting for you nowSo come on, come on and throw your mirrors down
10. Empty My Hands
I’ve got voices in my headAnd they are so strongAnd I’m getting sick of thisOh Lord, how long will I be haunted by the fear that I believe?My hands like locks on cages of these dreams I can’t set freeBut if I let these dreams dieIf I lay down all my wounded prideIf I let these dreams dieWill I find, that letting go lets me come alive?
So empty my handsFill up my heartCapture my mind with YouOh, empty my handsFill up my heartCapture my mind with YouWith YouWith You, Lord
‘Cause these voices speak insteadWhat’s right is wrongAnd I’m giving into themOh please Lord, how long will I be held captive by the lies that I believe?My heart’s in constant chaosAnd it keeps me so deceivedBut if I let these dreams dieIf I could lay down my dark desire‘Cause if I let these dreams dieWill I find, You brought me back to life?
So empty my handsFill up my heartCapture my mind with YouOh Lord, empty my handsFill up my heartCapture my mind with YouWith You
‘Cause my mind is like a building burning downI need Your grace to keep meWell keep me from the groundMy heart is just a prisoner of warA slave to what it wants and to what I’m fighting forSo won’t You...
So empty my handsFill up my heartCapture my mind with YouOh, empty my handsFill up my heartCapture my mind with YouWith You
With YouI need You nowI need You now LordWith YouWith YouI need You now Lord
11. Oh My Dear
I called you up, you were in bedCould barely make out the words that you saidBut you wanted to see me insteadSo I got dressedAnd I stepped out into the snowAnd walked for a mile or soFelt the rush of blood come from the cold, in my chest
Well you finally came to the doorAnd we talked for an hour or moreUntil I asked if you would stay up till fourYou said “that’s fine”But you said “there’s something I have to sayAnd I can’t because I’m just so afraid”And so I held you as you started to shake, that night
Oh my dearI will wait for youGrace tonight, will pull us throughUntil the tears have left your eyesUntil the fear can sleep at nightUntil the demons that you’re scared of, disappear insideUntil this guilt begins to crackAnd the weight falls from your backOh my dearI’ll keep you in my arms tonight
You slowly lifted your head from your handsYou said “I just don’t think that you’ll understandYou’ll never look at me that way again, if you knew what I did”And so your tears fell and melted the snowYou told me secrets nobody had knownOh, but I never loved you more even though now I knew what you did
Oh my dearI will wait for youAnd grace tonight, will pull us throughYeah, oh my dear, I will wait for youAnd grace tonight will pull us throughUntil the tears have left your eyesUntil the fears can sleep at nightUntil the demons that you’re scared of, disappear insideUntil this guilt begins to crackAnd the weight falls from your backOh my dearI’ll keep you in my arms...
Till the tears have left your eyesUntil the fears can sleep at nightUntil the demons that you’re scared of, have disappeared insideUntil this guilt begins to crackAnd the weight falls from your backWell, oh my dearI’ll keep you in my arms tonightI'll keep you in my arms tonight