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Haven’t done a Music Monday in a quite a while…I really like this new song from Matt Maher, so I resurrected the series for this week. Hope you enjoy it as well!

Matt Maher – Hold Us Together

Listen:

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VERSE ONE:
It don’t have a job
Don’t pay your bills
Won’t buy you a home
In Beverly Hills

VERSE TWO:
Won’t fix your life
In five easy steps
Ain’t the law of the land
Or the government

PRE CHORUS:
But it’s all you need..

CHORUS:
Love, will, hold us together
Make us a shelter
to weather the storm

And I’ll, be, my brothers keeper
So the whole world will know
That we’re not alone

VERSE THREE:
It’s waiting for you
Knockin’ at your door!
Every moment of truth
When your heart hits the floor

PRE CHORUS TWO:
When you’re on your knees then…

CHORUS:
Love, will, hold us together
Make us a shelter
to weather the storm

And I’ll, be, my brothers keeper
So the whole world will know
That we’re not alone

BRIDGE:
This is the first, day of the rest of your life
This is the first, day of the rest of your life
‘Cause even in the dark you can still see the light
It’s gonna be alright, s’gonna be alright

This is the first, day of the rest of your life
This is the first, day of the rest of your life
‘Cause even in the dark you can still see the light
It’s gonna be alright, s’gonna be alright

CHORUS:
Love, will, hold us together
Make us a shelter
to weather the storm

And I’ll, be, my brothers keeper
So the whole world will know
That we’re not alone

Love this new song from Needtobreathe – Something Beautiful

Listen:

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In your ocean I’m ankle deep
I feel the waves crashing on my feet
It’s like I know where I need to be
I can’t figure out
No, I can’t figure out
Just how much air I will need to breathe
When your wave crashes over me
There’s only one way to figure out
Will you let me drown
Will you let me drown

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire
Cause I just want
Something beautiful to touch me
I know that I’m in reach
I am down on my knees
And waiting for
Something beautiful

And the water is rising quick
And for years I was scared of it
We can’t be sure when it will subside
So I won’t leave your side
No I can’t leave your side

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire
Cause I just want
Something beautiful to touch me
I know that I’m in reach
I am down on my knees
And waiting for
Something beautiful

I’ve seen some pretty elaborate and cool Rube Goldberg machines, but OK Go takes the cake with this massive, two story machine done in time with their song This Too Shall Pass! I don’t even want to begin thinking how long it took to build this and how many takes it took to get it right…

Love this new song by Leeland – Follow You (with Brandon Heath)

Listen:

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You lived among the least of these
The weary and the weak
And it would be a tragedy for me to turn away

All my needs you have supplied
When I was dead you gave me life
How could I not give it away so freely?

And I’ll follow you into the homes that are broken
Follow you into the world
Meet the needs for the poor and the needy God
Follow you into the world

Use my hands, use my feet
To make your kingdom come
Through the corners of the earth
Until your work is done
‘Cause faith without works is dead
And on the cross your blood was shed
So how could I not give it away so freely?

And I’ll follow you into the homes that are broken
Follow you into the world
Meet the needs for the poor and the needy God
Follow you into the world

I give all myself
I give all myself
I give all myself…to you

And I give all myself
Yes, I give all myself
And I give all myself…to you

And I’ll follow you into the homes that are broken
Follow you into the world
Meet the needs for the poor and the needy God
Follow you into the World

Here’s the official video:

This week’s Music Monday selection is:
Never Be Ready by Mat Kearney.

This song is from Mat Kearney’s newest album, City of Black and White. Though it was a long three year wait between album releases, with expectations high for the new one, it did not disappoint. There are many songs on this project that touch me and speak to where I am in my journey. Never Be Ready is one of them.

Too often in my life “fear is an anchor,” holding me back from using the gifts God has given me, preventing me from reaching the true potential God has in store for me. This is especially the case after failure. To avoid a repeat of the hurt that comes from failure, I tend to wait for the perfect moment, wait until I have all the information and the timing is just right, before acting or making a decision, but as Kearney sings, “We’ll never be ready if we keep waiting for the perfect time to come.” I’m gradually learning to not let fear hold me back, learning to seize the day (caaaarpeeee diiiieeeem – think Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society) because “we aren’t promised tomorrow.” As sung by The Wedding in Say Your Prayers, it’s time to not let fear anchor me to mediocrity or hold me back from reaching my dreams and golds, but to “Lay [my] life down at the altar” and show God “how serious [I am].” It’s time to “[dive] in over [my] head” and take some risks. [Insert any one of the thousand quotes about failure and success here.]

Listen:

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Lyrics:

We got our feet on the wire
Talking ’bout flying
Maybe we’re diving in over our heads
Scared of what I’m feeling
Staring at the ceiling
Here tonight

Come on and lay down these arms
All our best defenses
We’re taking our chances here on the run
The fear is an anchor
Time is a stranger
Love isn’t borrowed
We aren’t promised tomorrow

We’ll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready
When we don’t know, though we can’t see
Just walk on down this road with me
Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready

You’re OK here with me
Here in the silence
With all of the violence crashing around
Saying we can’t go
Saying we don’t know
This road that is narrow is the one we should follow

We’ll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready
When we don’t know, though we can’t see
Just walk on down this road with me
Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready

Steady my hands this one could turn around
Steady my heart, it’s beating faster
Steady my hands this one could turn around
Steady my heart, it’s beating faster
Beating faster now

We’ll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready
When we don’t know, though we can’t see
Just walk on down this road with me
Hold me steady, never be ready

Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready
Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready
Hold me steady, we’ll never be ready

This week’s Music Monday selection is:
Great Day to Be Alive by Travis Trit.

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I got rice cooking in the microwave
Got a three day beard I don’t plan to shave
And it’s a goofy thing but I just gotta say
Hey I’m doing alright

Yeah I think I’ll make me some homemade soup
Feelin pretty good and that’s the truth
It’s neither drink nor drug induced
No I’m just doin alright

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

It’s been fifteen years since I left home
Said good luck to every seed I’d sown
Give it my best and then I left it alone
Oh…I hope their doin alright

Now I look in the mirror and what do I see?
A lone wolf there starin back at me
Long in the tooth but harmless as can be
Lord I guess he’s doin alright

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neigborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

Sometimes it’s lonely
Sometimes it’s only me
And the shadows that fill this room
Sometimes I’m fallin
Desperately callin
Howlin at the moon…
Ahwoo!
Ahwoo!

Well I might go get me a new tattoo
Or take my old Harley for a three day cruise
Might even grow me a Fu Man Chu…
Oh Aww!

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin when I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t every day be just this good?

This week’s Music Monday selection is:
The Motions by Matthew West.

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This might hurt, it’s not safe
But I know that I’ve gotta make a change
I don’t care if I break,
At least I’ll be feeling something
‘Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of life

I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking,
“What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?”

No regrets, not this time
I’m gonna let my heart defeat my mind
Let Your love make me whole
I think I’m finally feeling something
‘Cause just okay is not enough
Help me fight through the nothingness of this life

‘Cause I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking,
“What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?”

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way (’cause I don’t wanna go through the motions)
take me all the way (I know I’m finally feeling something real)
take me all the way

I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking,
“What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?”

I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
without Your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking,
“What if I had given everything,
instead of going through the motions?”

take me all the way (take me all the way)
take me all the way (I don’t wanna go, I don’t wanna go)
take me all the way (through the motions)
take me all the way

I don’t wanna go through the motions

Less than a month until Mat Kearney‘s new album City of Black & White is released!

Here’s the music video for the first single from the album.

This week’s Music Monday selection is another from one of my all time favorite groups:
Jury Duty by O.C. Supertones.

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5 am on Tuesday, why am I up so early
drive out to Santa Ana ’cause I’ve got jury duty
no breakfast short temper and I cut my head shaving
ten miles out I hit traffic, some days just aren’t worth saving

You know I haven’t had the best of days
But I want to stop and thank You anyway

At the courthouse I waited, And waited then I waited
At lunchtime my car stalled out, I couldn’t get it started
Had a book by C.S. Lewis, I finished the last page and
Slept on my desk for three hours, Just like my high school days

You know I haven’t had the best of days
But I want to stop and thank You anyway

Cuz every single moment whether sleeping or awake is Your creation
At what You’ve made is good
I don’t always thank for you for the rough days and the hard times in my life
even though I should

Got home and decided I’d be in a bad mood and
My shy and quiet wife said she didn’t like my attitude
Got a call from my mother, Forgot my sister’s birthday
I’m a lousy older brother safe to say I’ve had a bad day

This week’s Music Monday selection is: Give Me Your Eyes by Brandon Heath.

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Music video available at: brandonheath.net

Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere,
Why have I never cared?

Chorus:
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Yeah
Yeah
yeah
yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what’s underneath
There’s a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He’s out of work
He’s buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Chorus
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Yeah
Yeah
yeah
yeah

I’ve been there a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way you see the people all along

Chorus (x2)
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Yeah
Yeah
yeah
yeah