Salvation
from I Did This In My Basement by the lilies & sparrows
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This is a song about salvation
lyrics
The kettle's on and your head's so far,
From the world you thought you
knew,
A book bound tight is open wide,
Revealing filth with which your
through.
Your smoker's lungs they gasp for air
In this burning house you
loved so dear,
Built on an island in the bay.
As pretty snow can hurt so
much,
Her eyes had pierced your thoughts,
And for that night she'd let you
sin,
And see her sinking ship.
She doesn't know she can swim,
Like you
didn't know you could breath,
But now you taste the freshest breath ,
And
you don't want her to sink.
This water's only two feet deep,
Stand up lets
walk away,
But it's really deeper than you think and its always been that
way,
Breathe what I breathe,
Breathe this air with me,
But her lungs
come prefilled with more than air.
We're not destined to sink,
We're all
meant to be free,
We're not destined to sink,
YOu must believe.
A fire
sparked in her heart,
And moved to her head,
And waves of grace brought her
to shore,
And showed her she weren't dead.
She said "its still there but
it's fleeting,
now that I've found hope,"
Oh the confidence in what she said
after tasking her first breathe.
"I breathe what you breathe,
I breathe
that air with thee, and now that I can see i know i'm free."
From the world you thought you
knew,
A book bound tight is open wide,
Revealing filth with which your
through.
Your smoker's lungs they gasp for air
In this burning house you
loved so dear,
Built on an island in the bay.
As pretty snow can hurt so
much,
Her eyes had pierced your thoughts,
And for that night she'd let you
sin,
And see her sinking ship.
She doesn't know she can swim,
Like you
didn't know you could breath,
But now you taste the freshest breath ,
And
you don't want her to sink.
This water's only two feet deep,
Stand up lets
walk away,
But it's really deeper than you think and its always been that
way,
Breathe what I breathe,
Breathe this air with me,
But her lungs
come prefilled with more than air.
We're not destined to sink,
We're all
meant to be free,
We're not destined to sink,
YOu must believe.
A fire
sparked in her heart,
And moved to her head,
And waves of grace brought her
to shore,
And showed her she weren't dead.
She said "its still there but
it's fleeting,
now that I've found hope,"
Oh the confidence in what she said
after tasking her first breathe.
"I breathe what you breathe,
I breathe
that air with thee, and now that I can see i know i'm free."
credits
from I Did This In My Basement,
track released September 18, 2009
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about
the lilies & sparrows Greer, South Carolina
the lilies and sparrows originated from Ben Patat's acoustic writings while on and off of tour with the band Divide the Sea. The songs are our way of praising God for what he has done for us. He is worthy of all of our praise for the sole reason that He created us, not to mention that He sent His son to die for our sins so that we may be considered righteous through faith. ... more
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