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Wideness
04:08
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there's a wideness in god's mercy
like the wideness of the sea
there's a kindness in god's justice
which is more than liberty
there is welcome for the sinner, the cast-off, and the unloved
there is mercy with the savior, there is healing in his blood
for the love of god is broader than the measure of our mind
and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind
but we make his love too narrow by false limits of our own
and we magnify his strictness with a zeal he will not own
there's grace enough for thousands
of new worlds as great as this
there's room for fresh creations
in that upper home of bliss
there's plentiful redemption in the blood that has been shed
there's joy for every creature in the sorrows of the head
for the love of god is broader than the measure of our mind
and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind
but we make his love too narrow by false limits of our own
and we magnify his strictness with a zeal he will not own
o holy instructor, i fear we've found a way to
be wholly destructive, and pin the blame on you
o wideness, come searching and repair what went wrong
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Pulse
05:20
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there's a secret pulse hidden in
the fabric of creation
and the story of every creature is
bone from dust, gift from Gift
reconnect our hearts to that pulse you hid
resurrect the peace we've unlearned
and in the wreckage of our selective loves
build a tower that can't be hidd'n
there's a remedy for the ache
that plagues us all in waves
and the cure for our other-scorning rage
is break my bread, i'll break your shame
reconnect our hearts to that pulse you hid
resurrect the peace we've unlearned
and in the wreckage of our selective loves
build a tower and lock us in
until we find there's only one kind of love that won't break
more than blind, more than selfless in name
it's open arms either way
because there's a pulse at the heart of all things
that gives life all the same
and a design to the rhythm we breathe:
Holy Name, Give and Take
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Mystery
04:03
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sweet jesus christ my sanity
sweet jesus christ my clarity
Word Eternal brought low with me
cup of salvation, poured out to drink
jesus, mystery
christ has died and christ is risen
christ will come again
sweet jesus christ, my Evergreen
sweet jesus christ my Living Peace
Love Embodied, broken for me
Trampled Redeemer, raised up and free
jesus, mystery
christ has died and christ is risen
christ will come again
celebrate his death and rising
lift your eyes, proclaim his coming
and all who walk in dreadful darkness
lift your head, you're not forgotten
celebrate his death-subversion
recalibrate fear to purpose
and in the face of oppressive power
don't calm down--sing it louder:
christ has died and christ is risen
christ will come again
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o love that will not let me go
i rest my weary soul in thee
i give you back the life i owe
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer fuller be
o light that follows all my ways
i yield my flickering torch to thee
my heart restores its borrowed ray
that in thy sunshine's blaze its day
may brighter fairer be
o joy that seeks me through the pain
i cannot close my heart to thee
i'll trace the rainbow through the rain
and feel the promise is not in vain
that morn shall tearless be
o love, don't let go of me
o light, hold my flickering
o joy, don't lose sight of me
o love, don't let go of me
o cross that's lifting up my head
i dare not ask to fly from thee
though i lay in dust, life's glory dead
from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be
endlessly, endless be, endlessly
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Anthem
05:46
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the birds, they sing at the break of day
start again, i hear them say
do not dwell on what is passed away
or what is yet to be
ah, the wars, they will be fought again
the holy dove, she will be caught again
bought and sold and bought again
the dove is never free
so ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there's a crack, a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in
we asked for signs, signs were sent
the birth betrayed, the marriage spent
the widowhood of every government
signs for all to see
but i can't run no more with that lawless crowd
where the killers in high places say their prayers out loud
oh, they've summoned, they've summoned up a thunder cloud
and they're gonna hear from me
ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there's a crack, a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in
you can add up the parts
but you won't find the sum
you can strike up the march
but there is no drum
every heart, every heart to love will come
but like a refugee
so ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there's a crack, a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in
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