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Sleeper, Rise

by Joe Zambon

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1.
The Giver 03:49
It’s a long way back to the Giver He’s the one, the one I love He is my all in all And go a way We’ve got a long way back to the Giver And it could be a long while till you’ve won Come be alive my Lord And it could be a long while till you come, again And when the sun goes down on the river You see the lines you leave They’re never coming back they never will return And you hear the heart beat of the Giver He’s the one you’ve always wanted To lose your heartache and give it back to the one in love with you And go a way We’ve got a long way back to the Giver You’ll need to give it all back in the end Come be alive my Lord It's going to be a long while till the morning sun Long way back to the morning sun The long way back to love with you
2.
Love reaches out, from tender keeping To seek me out, to redeem me Tonight God goes out, the world is sleeping Sleeper, rise from the dark The bridegroom is waiting And when darkness comes you won’t forsake me And when evening falls your love surrounds me Cause nothing here can separate me from your love Tonight Love cries out, you are my dearest Come closer now, come receive me When the liar lies you will defend me When I lose my way you run to save me Cause nothing here can separate me from your love From your love You hold me, tonight
3.
Don’t tell me that you’re leaving When I know you never came Don’t tell me that you’ll need me You never loved me anyways And I know it is a long way down From the top where you are To me at the bottom We’re not as different as you thought What made you think you’re better Is it that you hide the best And you think that you are seamless But you’re just as broken as the rest And I know it is a long way down From the top where you are To me at the bottom, I know You wouldn’t want to be me at all You wouldn’t want to see me, I know You wouldn’t want to touch me, I know I know You wouldn’t want to be me at all We’re not as different as you thought Stop pretending like we are
4.
Trouble 02:45
Hmmmmm, you go Trouble, well you ain’t no friend no more I said Trouble, no you ain’t no friend no more Yeah I don’t want you, you’re not welcome here no more Yeah I don’t want you, don’t you come round here no more Trouble, well I ain’t your fool no more I said Trouble, no I ain’t your fool no more Yeah you played me, but I’m stronger than before Yeah you played me, but I won’t have it anymore Trouble, you can drink your own poison I said Trouble, go on and drink your own poison Yeah I don’t want you, you’re not welcome here not more Yeah I don’t you, I don’t want you here no more
5.
Not the Man 03:46
I’m not the man I want to be I still do things that I should hate I see it more as I grow old That I will let you down My father did what he thought best Though he himself grew fatherless Late have I loved the man in you And I have let you down You need to learn to forgive and let go Don’t hold me up where it’s too high I will fall down I’ll make you cry I cannot love you perfectly And I will let you down Don’t hold too tight when I’m called home One day I’ll leave you here alone I cannot walk with you always And I will let you go I need to learn to forgive and let go You need to learn to forgive and let go I’m not the man I see in you Though I try hard to be like you I see it more as I grow old That you won’t let me down You won’t let me down
6.
And what happened to us I don’t know I remember when we were still friends We were much younger back then But somehow we’re now where we stand Now with nothing What happened to us I don’t know And life will always remind you When everyday delights aren’t pure And everyday I dream about you And pray that each day love finds you And pray that I’ll forgive my life too From everything I did that hurt you And everything I did that burned you And I would burn my eyes to see you And I would give my life to free you But I know that I can’t turn back pages And I cannot heal the pain you felt And I cannot forget when you left When you said we won’t ever be friends But I hope you know I’ve always loved you And I wish I’d done better to show you And I hope one day we’ll be reconciled And I hope one day to see you smiling And I hope we will get there To see a better end Than what happened to us I don’t know
7.
And you don’t want me no more You want to be free and move on But you told me you would never leave But your love is gone And something in you has changed The one that I knew has gone away And when did we stop giving, And when did we stop forgiving Only God can pick up what we’ve dropped And we built a home and family The table we knew is now empty Cause your love is gone And you’re moving on For the years I had loved you I bore you your own son and your daughter Do they know you had left for another Your own blood, they’re yours But your love is gone And you’re moving on You’re not coming home You left us alone
8.
Time is running out My hope is drying up I’ve planned my own defeat This habit's killing me Take me to a new place Don’t give up on me Please don’t give up on me just yet Take me to a new place Past the graves I lied in Lead me to green meadows Cause I can’t fight this alone Give me something worth living for Take me to a new place Past the pain I relive Lead me to green meadows Cause I can’t fight this alone No I can’t fight this alone No I can’t fight this no more
9.
Across the riverbed is where you found me I’ve been giving up on me just barely living And who will come, who will save me? And who is left that won’t abuse me? Love will overflow You take me through the river, it’s where you clean me My wounds are running deep, and I’m still bleeding And where were you when I was cheated? And why would you let me feel this? Love will overflow From the wounds you held in you And love will overflow From the wounds you held in you They’re opening When you called out to me I received it And every tear that fell I did feel it When they used you they stripped me naked When they stole you they crucified me I was there with you when the nail had pierced you And I was there with you I never had left you And let love overflow From the wounds that bleed for you And let love overflow From the wounds that bleed for you They’re opening And I was there with you Though father had left you And I was there with you Though mother regretted you And I was there with you Though others had hurt you I never had left you
10.
You don’t know where I’m broken You don’t know where I’m breaking You don’t know my dear mother You don’t know where I’ve been hiding All alone And these, why they had to be And please, help me now to see, Tell me why this had to be I remember you said “Blessed are they for who this life is not easy” And I could die here, wrapped up in me As if I was only bleeding And these, why they had to be And please, help me now to see Tell me why this had to be Only you know why this had to be I guess this had to be For me to wind up here For me to be with you
11.
Welcome back summer Old heart of mine I thought I had lost you When last summer died And welcome back summer There’s laughter again I thought you had left me When tears became bread But you were locked underneath winter snow I never thought I’d heal from months of cold But welcome back summer And welcome back summer Forgiveness in me We strip off the branches That won’t let me breathe And welcome back summer I hope you can stay There are reasons to look for A new start again When you were gone I wandered far from home I didn’t want to face who I’d become But you were locked underneath winter snow I never thought that life would come from loss Welcome home summer Welcome home Welcome back home
12.
I’m letting go, letting go I forgive you, forgive you I’ll let you go, let you go

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released April 13, 2012

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