Kerry Livgren Lyrics

"Collector's Sedition" LYRICS

On the Air
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2000 Kerygmatic Music

Daylight comes in a stream
My bedroom window wakes me from a dream
Faces, leer on the screen
Opinions plentiful, what do they mean...

Today in Jerusalem, violence flared
26 were injured, it appears no one cared
Opposing factions kill for their cause
All of them claiming to follow God's laws...

Here we go once again
A technicolor spectacle of sin
High definition resolution display
Tomorrow's news in detail seen today

On the air, we're live again
I sit and watch the latest bulletin
They call it news, but it's getting so old
The voices rise until the truth is lost in the din

Trinitron, Positron, in my living room
I drink my coffee contemplate my doom
Turn it down, switch to radio
No place to run nowhere is safe to go

The debate goes on with a partisan strain
One sides’ loss is the others’ gain
Network correspondent is live on the scene
Stand by for coverage of the guillotine

Ay,ay, what can you do?
Just hit my knees and leave it up to You
Sometimes it hits like a train
The winds of change come like a hurricane

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The Sentinel
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2000 Kerygmatic Music

My voice has risen in the wind the words are gone away
A warning not to heed is lost - upon some future day

I walk the fields in rags and scorn, but still the grip is strong
The harvest moon is burning bright, and the day of work is long

The world will lie in his embrace , til' all have run the race
and fullness comes to us
We'll taste the dew of heaven's morn, a chance to be reborn
Into a Paradise no dream, can imagine or restore

Though many to the vineyard come, to drink the wine of life
The messenger has been cast out, and tasted of the knife

The keeper sent beloved one, who surely they'd receive
But the sons of darkness struck him down, their own hearts to deceive

Reap the whirlwind all ye lost, gaze upon a treasure lost
Grace will open wide the gate, nevermore to change our state

The signal echoes loud and clear, my heart makes no mistake
The oracles hold on to us, a rebel's will to break

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Hindsight
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2000 Kerygmatic Music

The blunders and the oversight
Could turn the brightest day to night
Can't grapple with reality, our grasp is way too slippery
We bit the hand that always fed
Turned out the light and went to bed
We made our share of bad mistakes
Then threw away the decent breaks

You might say it's just bad luck, but it's much worse than you think
If we could do it over, we could turn back from the brink

Hindsight, everything is clear in hindsight
Twenty twenty
Hindsight, we could be so wise in hindsight
Looking back I can see, everything in focus

The opportunities have gone, the warning light is always on
We missed the boat it left the port
We never got our day in court
It vanished right before our eyes, they really brought us down to size
We took the bait, we paid the fine
We signed above the dotted line

There's one born every minute, and I guess we fit the bill
If I could turn the clock back, I'd take that bitter pill

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The Navigator
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2000 Kerygmatic Music

The ripples on the water, reach out as they expand
the center of my ocean, was touched by someone's hand
As far as I can see it, as deep as I can fall
If I should last forever, I'll never know it all

I hear the roaring of the sea, as surely must be
Still I'm waiting for the calm - no fear
the Navigator's here

I'm carried on the highways, beyond the wind and wave
I long to feel the cleansing, so free to be a slave

To sail to unknown harbors, beyond the furthest shore
Transported by the Zephyr, my heart would there explore

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No More Time for Love
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2000 Kerygmatic Music

We’ve gone a ways down the road, time to lighten the load
It’s all in the numbers
Got a bad axe to grind but it’s easin’ my mind
Reality slumbers, cause....

It all comes down, who’ll be around

(when there’s)
No More Time for Love, No More Time for Love

When the history is read, there are millions who’ve bled
It’s all in the making
If the viewpoint is skewed, then the outcome is lewd
It’s there for the taking

And it all comes down, who’ll stick around,

(when there’s)
No More Time for Love, No More Time for Love

If the truth goes down hard, you can’t let down your guard
A lie is so easy
Taken in by a smile that is hiding it’s guile
The MO’s so sleazy

And it all comes down, Bad News in town

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Safe Alone
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 2000 Kerygmatic Music

It plays like a song and it reads just like a book, it’s an old line
You can watch it in a movie you can even play the part, it’s an old line

Brush off the dusty page, undo the lock that opens the cage
Put the child to rest, facing the greatest test

What’cha gonna do when it all goes under?
Where you gonna be when it all falls down?
Who you gonna call when it starts to thunder
Where you gonna be when it hits the ground?
(No one’s safe alone)

The long way the short way the easy way the hard way
It’s all the same
Your tied up in a knot, it’s the Gordian you’ve got
Tell me who’s to blame

Something that you once heard, one day they told you back in your old school
Did it hit the mark? Was it light or dark?

What’cha gonna do when it all comes crashing?
Where you gonna be when it all falls down?
Are you gonna run when the ball starts smashing?
Where you gonna be when it hits the ground?

Turning as hard as a stone, you’re feeling as cold as ice
Nothing can penetrate through, you’re tightening up the vise
But Love still waits for you

Brush off the dusty page, undo the lock that opens the cage
Put the child to bed, facing the thing you dread

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Cold Gray Morning
by Kerry Livgren
Ⓒ 1994 Kerygmatic Music

Cold gray morning, without sunlight
Ghostly mist on the horizon
Empty visions of a world gone mad
Paint a picture so revealing

Through my window, dark tomorrow
I can hear the sirens wailing
For the future we are holding on
As the ship of fools is sailing

Such a long time, such a long time
We are waiting for a peace that's lasting
Reaching upward, sliding downward
Looks like just another cold gray morning......

Hardly breathing, hope is fading
It's end of the beginning
Children playing in the empty streets
As their innocence is fading

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Your Ill gotten gain pays a dividend in pain
It’s more than the market will bear
You’re slammin’ the door in the face of the poor
Never pretending to care

To your brother, you say the checks in the mail
And your mother, you know you got her on sale
There’s no other, that has a place in your heart
There’s only one thing on your mind it’s...

Red Money it looks ( feels) like blood on your hands
Red Money is a curse on the land
Red Money buys a ticket to hell
Red Money , you’ll do anything to buy and sell

If there’s a buck to be made, you don’t care who you degrade
The figures look good on the chart
The strong will survive and the ruthless will thrive
On a diet of cash a’la carte

To your brother, you say the checks in the mail
And your mother, you know you got her on sale
There’s no other, that has a place in your heart
There’s only one thing on your mind it’s....

Red Money, ain’t no time for the blues
Red Money you’ll be payin’ your dues
Red Money buys a ticket to hell
Red Money, you’ll do anything to buy and sell

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Autumn comes and soon a fall
I dream in darkening haze
I watch the days grow short and cold
A winter sky ablaze

I wonder aloud what have we become
As I wait for the day we shall overcome

May I ever know as I am known
In fullness of the time
Dark secrets purged away for all
No cursed mount to climb

And I'm wondering still, will I know your name?
As I stand in the place where You overcame

Nigh is the one to follow
Savior is come to every pilgrim shows
Empty the heart so hollow
Life overflowing on the day arose
Chosen a path to endless days
Follow at every turn
Nearer today than yesterday
Hungry for the truth to learn

Legion voices rising now
So hardened in their rage
There is nothing new beneath the sun
In this gilded age

And I wonder aloud how can these things be?
When there lives such a life, that is pure and free

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There’s a man that we all know
And he walks a barren road
Once strong and bold, now he’s weary
And on his back he bears a heavy load

Down beneath all his armor
There remains a living soul
Though his will is unyielding
He’ll soon return the sovreignty he stole

The crown of the earth was given at birth
All of the world was his dominion
But he chose to dethrone the true cornerstone
He exchanged it long ago - for a heart of iron...

Though he strives for the sceptre
It belongs to the rightful heir
And the Right Hand of Power
Will surely come and lay his kingdom bare

(I’m a man with a Heart of Iron, God save a man with a Heart of Iron)

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The sons of man have broken, the peace ‘twas theirs to keep
Now the Dragon has awakened in the darkness from his sleep
When the kingdoms fall and crumble, and men forsake the truth
The Dragon, in his vengeance, will feed upon their youth

Now some will die for honor, and others die for peace
But most will die in hatred, as the Dragon is released
And some men stand for evil, while others rise for good
But the Dragon will consume them, no matter where they stood

When the curses are broken the Dragon will cease
Til’ the truth can be spoken we’ll never find peace

He has no soul or passion, No mind to understand
From the abyss he is beckoned, by the wickedness of man
While the winds of war are raging, They raise him from the deep
When at last they tire of bloodshed
They send him back to sleep

Let Love, let hope, let reason never fall
One heart, one mind, one Kingdom for us all
One love, must bind, One deed for humankind
All hate will cease, One King to rule in peace