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The best days were the days of struggle
Up to our necks in trouble
Never were we more fully alive
The victory was won so sweetly
When we gave ourselves completely
Nothing could have weakened our resolve
If yesterday you could have seen
Where you'd be tomorrow
Would you even start the journey?
The road will lead you places
You would never choose to go
For seemingly it takes you
Far from your quarry
To a cache of treasure,
You may not recognise
But in that moment your faith is being tested
To see if it will bridge the chasms floor
For every soldier proven in the fire
To them a crown of glory
Surely does await
Ch.
When I look back in wonder
At where the road has brought me
Regret is not the lover
Who shall be my muse
For in the heart of darkness
The recess of your shadow
Disappointment will be blinded by the light
For destiny will not forsake me
Calamity not overtake me
For every soldier fallen in the battle
Deserted disbelieving
To them our duty
Is to carry on
Carry on
Ch.
The best days were the days of struggle
Up to our necks in trouble
Never were we more fully alive
The victory was won so sweetly
When we gave ourselves completely
Nothing could have weakened our resolve
We went all the way
All the way from sorrow
All for a bright tomorrow
All the way
And in the witness cloud
They testify of virtue
Of the souls who shine
In the shadow of the valley
And the sequel will be wonderful
Not hurtful not shameful
For they seek not their own but the glory of others
To carry the weight of sisters and brothers
To forgive but not condone
Anonymous unknown
And my brother says:
Who will bear this burden?
And I say what burden?
I am my brothers keeper
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Where'd ya get your soul brother
Where'd ya get your soul brother
Where'd ya learn to cry brother
Where'd ya learn to cry brother
When I bore my cross sister
I walked the narrow way mother
I went to the well with the thirst of my soul
And I drank of the cup of the water so cold
I'm crying Father please
How'd ya come to know brother
How'd ya come to know brother
I looked into His word brother
I looked into His word brother
It's how I learned to read sister
The writing on the wall mother
I went to the well...
If you wanna walk the streets of gold
If you wanna shout and bless your soul
You must love your enemy
And bear the blows of enmity
I went to the well...
Where'd ya get your soul brother
Where'd ya get your soul brother
Where'd ya get your wounds brother
Where'd ya get your wounds brother
In the household of my friends sister
I turned the other cheek mother
His footsteps scored the earth sister
Bruised upon the heel mother
I went to the well...
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Only Love Can Heal 2020
05:01
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There in Gethsemane
He bled for you and me
Teardrops of salvation
Walls all came tumbling down
As the thorny crown
Dug into his temples
Scorned in the raging storm
Mans perfect image formed
On the cross to save us
This is what I've learnt
Only love can heal
All creation yearns
For this to be revealed
Only love can see
See beyond the veil
The veil of our hearts
The veil's torn apart
Fear fear and doubt be gone
Footsteps walk upon
The mountains of the ocean
All our hunger surely fed
In every word he said
Baskets full left over
Though though the body dies
The Spirit testifies
He rebuilt the temple
This is what I've learnt
Only love can heal
All creation yearns
For this to be revealed
Only love can see
See beyond the veil
The veil of our hearts
The veil's torn apart
His disciples swiftly fled
The night before He said
'Father it is finished'
The rooster crows three times
Conscience cannot deny
The Son of God forsaken
Betrayal with a kiss
Cast in to the abyss
By those who crucified Him
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Prayer Is Desire
04:04
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For when prayer is desire
Faith is command
Clutching His garment
In the palm of her hand
Alone in a sea of humanity
Who in her sorrow will see?
None but the saviour
None but the King
At His feet she worships
To His altar brings
Her prayer her desire
Her deepest demand
Clutching his garment
In the palm of her hand
Lower than the angels
Just for awhile
To see through our eyes
To groan in our sighs
To die in our footsteps
Our sufferings share
The extra mile
Our burden to bear
There at his weakest
In the garden that night
He wept in his sorrow
Even for his life
But though he struggled
His desire won out
To see us walk forth
In the glorious light
None but the saviour
None but the King
At His feet we worship
To His altar bring
Our prayer our deisre
Our deepest demand
Clutching his garment
In the palm of our hands
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Charity Unless
05:05
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Though I speak in tongues of angels
Though I give my body burnt
And bestow the poor my wages
For what profit in return?
If I had mountains
Pouring down rivers
If I had fountains
Filling the sea
If I had faith to remove those mountains
It would be nothing without charity
She takes me where the river flows
Takes me where the flowers grow
And always is a friend to me
We will share our destiny
She takes me to the places
Of pure free born graces
Before the dawning of the world
But unless I go
How will I see
Unless I'm cut
How will I bleed
Unless I feel
How will I know
How sweet it is
To love you so
Though I speak...
Blind men and sages
Their voices roar
Clashing symbols
In a holy war
But she suffers long
Always is kind
Does not envy
Boasts not in pride
She we will meet me at the Tree
With fruit of innocence and dreams
We will be consumed as one
In the glory of the Son
We will share the secret of the revelation
Thy will will be done
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Temptation
04:06
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Don't lead me in
Into temptation
You can never win
If you tempt temptation
Your eyes betray you
Your lips will lie
Lust will slay you
In vain you'll cry
Sin is crouching at your door
Don't lead me in
Into temptation
You can never win
If you tempt temptation
Her lips are shining
Her breath tastes sweet
Her smile's blinding
Your eyes they meet
Sin is crouching at your door
She's like the wind in the she oaks and the storm on the sea
She puts the rhyme in the rhythm and the weakness in me
Drags me under drags me under
She's the current in the river sweeping me off my feet
Alcohol in my liver siren of defeat
Drags me under drags me under
Sin is crouching at your door
All day long upon this killing floor
Don't lead me in
Into temptation
You can never win
If you tempt temptation
You say you're in love
Justified in your own mind
It don't make it right
The noose pulls tighter
Sin is crouching at your door
All day long upon this killing floor
credits
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7. |
Breaking Wave
03:22
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I'm gonna send her
I'm gonna send her
Flowers everyday and remember
Her deep love
I'm gonna send her
I'm gonna send her
All of my heart and defend her
This I know
Her deep love is a breaking wave
Her deep love is a breaking wave
I'm gonna love her
I'm gonna love her
All of my days and no wonder
This I know
Her deep love is a breaking wave
Her deep love is a breaking wave
And love
Is like coming up for air
It's like learning how to share
Things I never would have dared
It's a light that's shining in the dark
It's a dagger through the heart
It's a seat upon the ark
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Eddie Cole Monbulk, Australia
Eddie Cole is from the hills east of Melbourne Australia. He plays a blend of gospel infused roots folk. He has played festivals Australia wide, shared bills with legends such as James Reyne, Diesel and Brian Cadd along with performing his own headlining shows and performing regularly in the Revival Centres Church. ... more
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