Sanctuary
Hiss Golden Messenger
Feeling bad
Feeling blue
Can't get out of my own mind
I know how to sing about it
Ring of bone
A little lonely
I better hit the road, child
We can cry into the phone a while
Jubilee
Find me
Steady with your hope now
That little light's gotta last a while
Like an arrow to the marrow
I know it feels like hell now
'Til we make it to the other side
You want good news
You want sanctuary
When you try to get real
Oh, they break you on the wheel
You wanna move
You want sanctuary
That's all that I can offer to you
From the bottom to the bone
To the bone
Get used to the bad news
It's all part of the show, child
Handsome Johnny had to go, child
Did you feel the bad news?
Oh, there's something you should know now
Little things that'll cut you down
Ragged people
Hard times
And the lightning strikes the poorhouse
The rich man cries like a crocodile
Salvation
Despair
But the game that they taught me
Sometimes it feels like it just ain't fair
You want good news
You want sanctuary
When you try to get real
Oh, they break you on the wheel
You wanna move
You want sanctuary
That's all that I can offer to you
From the bottom to the bone
To the bone
Yeah, to the bone
Ah, to the bone
Yeah, to the bone
Ah, to the bone
Yeah, to the bone
Ah, to the bone
Feeling bad
Feeling blue
Can't get out of my own mind
But I know how to sing about it
Finding God In The Music: Sanctuary
August 28, 2022 • Brian Zahnd
Finding God In The Music: Quiet Town
August 21, 2022 • Brian Zahnd
Quiet Town The Killers A couple of kids got hit by a Union Pacific train Carrying sheet metal and household appliances Through the pouring rain They were planning on getting married after graduation Had a little baby girl, trouble came and shut it down Things like that ain't supposed to happen In this quiet town Families are tight Good people, They still don't deadbolt their doors at night In this quiet town When we first heard opioid stories They were always in whispering tones Now banners of sorrow mark the front steps of childhood homes Parents wept through daddy's girl eulogies And merit badge milestones with their daughters and sons Laying there lifeless in their suits and gowns Somebody's been keeping secrets In this quiet town They know how to live Good people who lean on Jesus They're quick to forgive In this quiet town Now whenever I'm near the town I'll find some reason to give And I will walk with the dead and the living where I used to live And every time I see my parents in the prime of their lives Offering their son the kind of love he could never put down Part of me is still that stainless kid, lucky In this quiet town Salt of the land Hard-working people, if you're in trouble They'll lend you a hand Here in this quiet town The first crop of hay is up School let out and the sun beats down Smoke billows from a Sunday train That cries away from a quiet town
Finding God In The Music: Unconditional (Lookout Kid)
August 14, 2022 • Brian Zahnd
Unconditional (Lookout Kid) Unconditional (Lookout Kid) Arcade Fire Lookout kid, trust your heart You don't have to play the part They wrote for you Just be true There are things that you could do That no one else on earth could ever do But I can't teach you, I can't teach it to you Lookout kid, trust your mind But you can't trust it everytime You know it plays tricks on you And it don't give a damn if you are happy or you're sad But if you've lost it, don't feel bad 'Cause it's alright to be sad Lookout kid, trust your body You can dance, and you can shake Things will break, you make mistakes You lose your friends, again and again 'Cause nothing is ever perfect No one's perfect Let me say it again, no one's perfect Right A lifetime of skinned knees And heartbreak comes so easy But a life without pain would be boring And if you feel it, it's fine I give you everything that's mine I give you my heart and my precious time Lookout kid, trust your soul It ain't hard to rock n' roll You know how to move your hips And you know God is cool with it But some people want the rock without the roll But we all know, there's no God without soul Right A lifetime of skinned knees And heartbreak comes so easily But a life without you Would be boring for someone like me And if you feel it, it's fine I give you everything that's mine I give you my heart and my precious time (Precious time) (Give you everything) I give you my heart and my precious time Unconditional Unconditional No matter what you do It's unconditional Unconditional No matter what you do It's unconditional
Finding God In The Music: Waiting On A War
August 7, 2022 • Brian Zahnd
Waiting On A War Foo Fighters I've been waiting on a war since I was young Since I was a little boy with a toy gun Never really wanted to be number one Just wanted to love everyone Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this More to this, more to this than Just waiting on a war? Just waiting on a war? Every day waiting for the sky to fall Big crash on a world that's so small Just a boy with nowhere left to go Fell in love with a voice on the radio Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this than that? Is there more to this More to this, more to this than Just waiting on a war? Just waiting on a war? Just waiting on a war for this and that There's got to be more to this than that Just waiting on a war for this and that There's got to be more to this than that I've been waiting on a war since I was young Since I was a little boy with a toy gun Is there more to this More to this, more to this than Just waiting on a war? Just waiting on a war? Just waiting on a war for this and that There's got to be more to this than that Just waiting on a war for this and that There's got to be more to this than that Just waiting on a war for this and that There's got to be more to this than that Just waiting on a war for this and that There's got to be more to this than that 'Cause I need more Yeah, I need more Just waiting on a war Just waiting on a war Yeah, I need more (for this and that) (There's got to be more to this than that) Yeah, I need more (just waiting on a war, for this and that) (There's got to be more to this than that) Just waiting on a war