A Fearful Wonder

1. With Open Eyes

There’s so much you won’t let go 
So gripped by the emptiness 
You won’t show it but I know 
You’ve sunken into distress 
All that you refuse to face 
Leaves you guarded and austere 
Hiding an arcane disgrace 
And living enslaved to fear 

Don’t you want to feel a little more alive 
And live with open eyes? 
‘Cause if you can believe, you’ll find you’re just in time 
To leave it all behind 

You have carried endless war 
Inside of your mind 
Picture now an open door 
And take back the time 

Don’t you wanna feel a little more alive 
And live with open eyes? 
‘Cause if you can believe, you’ll find you’re just in time 
To leave it all behind 

With open eyes 

Don’t you wanna feel a little more alive 
And live with open eyes? 
‘Cause if you can believe, you’ll find you’re just in time 
To leave it all behind

2. Rooted In Thin Air

They said there was nothing out there 
But what has always been 
Worlds eternal that never did begin 
An infinite regression 
And quietly I've longed for something else 
But where's the truth to tell 
When someone's truth is false to someone else 
And thoughts unwrite themselves? 

I feel this mystery (It's so real to me) 

Show me your reality 
Beyond the lies they share, 
They're rooted in thin air 
Let me see the mystery 
Around us everywhere 
In thin air 

They said you had come from somewhere else 
Older than time itself 
Worlds above us sent a message down 
And somehow I never found out. 

"Show me your reality 
Let me see the mystery" 

Show me your reality 
Beyond the lies they share, 
They're rooted in thin air 
Let me see the mystery 
Around us everywhere 
In thin air

3. Steel

Light me in the forge and forge me in the light 
Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight 
(I) Steel myself to test the steel that’s burning bright 
Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight 
Oh my soul to stand and fight 

Formless ore to brandished blade 
A transformation wrought by pain 
Born of hammer, born of flame 
Born again with a new name 
Arms made strong to bear the sword 
Are first to bear the cross 
Victory the true reward 
Of those who learn from loss 

Light me in the forge and forge me in the light 
Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight 
(I) Steel myself to test the steel that’s burning bright 
Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight 
Oh my soul to stand and fight 

And all that burns away was never meant to stay 

Scorched and tortured into shape 
With every strike the hammer makes 
A living weapon, loathe to fate 
So stick me back into the blaze 

Sharpen the edge of my defense 
Scars will forget the blood they’ve bled 
So bleed 
Bleed 

Light me in the forge and forge me in the light 
Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight 
(I) Steel myself to test the steel that’s burning bright 
Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight 
Oh my soul to stand and fight

4. Waveway

Love I need I give away 
Love in vain – the price I pay 
Love I need I give away 
I’ve trained my heart for this mistake 

So there’s a singer on the stereo 
Who said he had a little love that he spread too thin 
Now perfectly lonely is the song I know 
Cause only I know how I’ve spread my sin 
Indictment comes when I least expect 
Rebuking this inclination 
They wage their war with no respect 
Make love – make war, these passions wreck 

Until my heart learns to love right 
I give the love I need away 

Love I need I give away 
Love in vain – the price I pay 
Love I need I give away 
I’ve trained my heart for this mistake 
Evermore becoming fake 
It’s a sin sick wish I make 
One of many hearts I’ll break 
I’ve trained my heart for this mistake 

Awake before it so desires 
My heart lights me with this dark fire 
I make believe sincerity 
If I can't think that I'm even worth saving 
I will breed disregard 
And so watch them wave as they fade (images all float away) 
Misappropriated passion spawns bewilderment 
Vanity presumed on its right time 
And thought you were mine 

Love I need I give away 
Love in vain – the price I pay 
Love I need I give away 
I’ve trained my heart for this mistake 
Evermore becoming fake 
It’s a sin sick wish I make 
One of many hearts I’ll break 
I’ve trained my heart for this mistake 

Regret knows my name, 
Regret knows my face, 
My hand, 
Your heart torn through your ribcage 
And through skin 
I never meant for you to truly let me in.

5. To The Wind

Throw it away to the wind and start again 

We built a wall made out of words 
To try to keep us safe 
We built that wall into towers 
With keepers at the gates 
Now I want to find out what is real 
Not just what they told me I should feel 
I saw a light from the outside 
A window opened wide 

And if I don’t belong here in this place 
Let the walls give way; they can’t keep me safe 
And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake 
Throw it away to the wind and start again 

Backspace on bricks around the frame 
Remove the windowpanes 
The wind could blow this house away 
Erase the phrases out of place 

My faith, my heart rose to the wind 
And I don’t know where it will lead me 
I don’t know where to begin 
But I’ll take my chances just to find a firmer foundation 

And if I don’t belong here in this place 
Let the walls give way; they can’t keep me safe 
And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake 
Throw it away to the wind and start again 

Let the walls give way 
Let the walls give way 
Backspace what’s fake, throw it away 
They can’t keep me safe 
I’ll hold to my faith and find a new way 
I’ll find a new way 

And if I don’t belong here in this place 
Let the walls give way; they can’t keep me safe 
And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake 
Throw it away to the wind and start again 

And if I don’t belong here in this place 
Throw it away to the wind and start again 
And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake 
Throw it away to the wind and start again 

Throw it away to the wind and start again

6. Take The Sky

Taken hostage from skies where I once flew 
My heart is chained and my wings removed 
Tethered to the earth, taking undesired root 
The heavy, fettered birth from seed to bitter fruit 

For my wings I wait in the silence 
Keeping my eyes trained on the horizon 
When they bloom from me, I’ll fly away 
I’ll take the sky, I’ll take the sky today 

Sever the ties, the stitches that they used 
To bind me down, to serve the ground 
I’m ready now 
For my wings to bloom 

For my wings I wait in the silence 
Keeping my eyes trained on the horizon 
When they bloom from me, I’ll fly away 
I’ll take the sky, I’ll take the sky today 

Fly away 

Run, and fall, and rise again 
For no fall is ever the end 
Lift me up to where I belong 
Let the weak say “I am strong” 

For my wings I wait in the silence 
Keeping my eyes trained on the horizon 
When they bloom from me, I’ll fly away 
I’ll take the sky, I’ll take the sky today 

No imprisonment to circumstance 
Hope is endless 
No destiny but liberty 
Convalesce 

Sever the ties, the stitches that they used 
To bind me down, I’m ready now 
To fly away

7. The Locust Season

Release the lamentation, the anguish in a burning lung 
For all the devastation that’s only just begun 
The mandibles of sorrow have come to drag away the world 
The season of the locust, the sickly skyward swirl 

So never let my spirit break; We will begin again 
Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end 
Never let my spirit break; We will begin again 
Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end 

Provoke the day of darkness; The ancient hand strikes the field 
The army comes devouring, reversing Eden’s yield 
So gather all the people whose hope has still survived 
The day for dreams to come alive has arrived 

So never let my spirit break; We will begin again 
Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end 
Never let my spirit break; We will begin again 
Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end 

When the world is wrapped in dread wonder 
Brother, sister, just look up 
Don’t be fearful when you hear the thunder 
Blood and fire means it’s only just begun 

As the sun goes dark it truly seems 
That the whole world’s sight’s gone blind 
But the sons and daughters dream their dreams 
For they know that it is time 
And the locust season sinks its teeth 
Into every faithless mind 
But the children dream their father’s dream 
For they know that it is time 

Never let my spirit break; We will begin again 
Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end 
Never let my spirit break; We will begin again 
Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end

8. Nail

Don’t you know just what you’re made of? 
Child I see you there 
Regretting all you couldn’t be 
A fearful wonder when you wake up 
‘Cause you were unaware 
That you have a destiny 

Nail the lid shut on your past 
The casket for your doubts 
Who you're meant to be is yours for finding out 

Don’t be satisfied with a compromise 
When you realize that you’re worth so much more 
Don’t be scared to try; raise your colours high 
If you don’t then I’m afraid you’ll never know 

You’re a child of eternity 
Seen by Divine eyes 
Bought by sacrifice 
And led into the light 

Nail your colours to the mast 
And let the whole world know 
You’re not scared to face the danger on your own 

Don’t be satisfied with a compromise 
When you realize that you’re worth so much more 
Don’t be scared to try, raise your colours high 
If you don’t then I’m afraid you’ll never know 

Someday you will wake, and you won’t run away 

Don’t be satisfied with a compromise 
When you realize that you’re worth so much more 
Don’t be scared to try, raise your colours high 
If you don’t then I’m afraid you’ll never know

9. Burning In My Mind

Show me my hubris and my abuses 
All my excuses become elusive 
Another broken vow today 
Another price I couldn’t pay 
Another nail in hands that save 
I let my promise break 

Oh, it’s burning in my mind 
How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light 
No, I’m running out of time 
And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right 

My mind’s a ruthless internal Judas 
This voice abuses, tells me I’m useless 
Another hour wastes away 
Another selfish word to say 
Another nail in hands that save 
I let my promise break 

Oh, it’s burning in my mind 
How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light 
No, I’m running out of time 
And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right 

It’s time to go; terror grips my throat 
Death calls, I know just why the bell tolls 
I stand alone at the judgment throne 
Guilt breaks these bones 
There’s no way that I could atone 

Oh, it’s burning in my mind 
How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light 
No, I’m running out of time 
And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right 

Oh, I can’t believe my eyes 
But I’ve seen grace replace mistakes with perfect sacrifice 
And though I fall a thousand times 
I will remain to rise again and stand to face the light

10. Red Sky

Burning, oh the sky is burning 
Holy red lights dazzling this judgment day 
Yearning, I can feel the yearning 
Of the lawless jaws that long to carry me away 

Light, erase this age 

Scarlet lights - the sky’s so blinding 
I’m ready for the foe that finds me 
Watching all the world unwinding now 
Crumbling down 
Scarlet lights - the end is nearing 
See the signs that you’ve been fearing 
Blood for a world running weary now 
All around 

Watching the world unravelling 
The earth begins to sing itself to sleep 
Slumber for this perishing age 
But come and wake the graves 
Empty graves, greet the morning 

Come awake 

O Behold! 
The end inaugurates a new forever 
Baptize it in blood 
And let the world rise up in flames 
Come hell and high Heaven 
Let light erase this age 

Erase this age 

Scarlet lights - the sky’s so blinding 
I’m ready for the foe that finds me 
Watching all the world unwinding now 
Crumbling down 
Scarlet lights - the end is nearing 
Open hearts no longer fearing 
Blood for a world running weary now 
All around 

Look to the red skies