Artist: Focused
Album: Bow
Track Listing
1. Bow
2. Forever
3. Walk Beside Me
4. Forward
5. Strain
6. Behold
7. Perfect Will
8. Falling Down
9. Open My Eyes
10. Blinded
11. Absence
1. Bow
A white flag can not end this bloody war.
No water can cool this fire that burns on.
You've lived in clouds of rebellion
That are now being blown away by the winds of consequence.
The peace in your heart will now be replaced by terror in your eyes
Because the fire that will consume
You is a fire that you have lit.
The hands you've killed with will decay.
The eyes you've plotted with will melt away.
The light you rebel in is about to be swallowed up by an unfathomable darkness.
You've made yourself your God and now God will make you a vessel of wrath.
Wipe the tears from our eyes,
Erase the fear from your heart put
Your knee in the dirt and bow to
The God that holds your blood red
Destiny in the palm of his awesome hands.
IT'S YOUR CHOICE...
2. Forever
Victory is mine
As I recover from my wrong doings
Taste my tears endure the hardships
That I've been myself through
Tear up the grief
That I've heaped upon myself
Sacrifice me forever
Sacrifice me
Fire of love addicted to the light
Unseen the wonders of your hand
Like a sword two sided sharpened edge
I will cut through the evil that enslaves me
I will prevail and learn from my mistakes
Sacrifice me forever
Sacrifice me
Unseen the wonders through your hand
Like a sword two sided sharpened edge
I will cut through the evil that enslaves me
And I will prevail and learn from my mistakes
Forever, forever
Forever, forever
Sacrifice me
Now may the God of peace who raised the Christ
From the dead
Great Shepherd of sheep and through the very blood
Of the everlasting covenant
Make me complete in every work
To do your will pleasing in your sight
Through the Christ to whom be the glory
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Sacrifice me
Like a sword two sided sharpened edge
I'll cut through the evil that enslaves me
I will prevail and learn from my mistakes
Through the Christ to whom be the glory
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Forever and ever
Sacrifice me
Sacrifice me
3. Walk Beside Me
Say you're a friend, [Incomprehensible] talk is cheap
It's not the promises we make, it's the ones that we keep
And I won't live in darkness, no, only in light
We'll work together not in spite
You say you're a friend, don't walk in front of me
You just walk beside me
Never use a fist, only an open hand
I never intend to hurt, only to understand
Look into my eyes 'cause there's not a blank stare
It's obvious, man, it's obvious if you really care
If I'm confused and don't know what to do
An open mind seeing helps me through
Learn from my mistakes and I will learn from yours
Together we'll defeat these pressures
Together we stand, no hatred at all
That's weakness, man, it will make us fall
Bonded by Christ, is how we live
Never to take, only to give
4, Forward
Well, I'm always making things
Out to be more than what they really are
Without questioning, seeking and changing
How can we be expected to move too far?
I can't sit content or conditioned by
What others may say
I fight apathy and complacency
To hopefully make a dent, in this I pray
Pressing forward to open blind eyes
Looking on to see what's deep inside
Moving closer to first change ourselves
Never willing to abide, never willing to abide
To this world's lies
No I won't listen to this world's lies
This world's lies
Sometimes I feel, I feel so afraid
Of what I might be searching for
Why do I look for an easy way out?
As my failure keeps haunting me
The answer's in my reach
I won't give up, I have no doubts
In what lies ahead of me
Moving forward
Pressing forward to open blind eyes
Looking on to see what's deep inside
Moving closer to first change ourselves
Never willing to abide to this world's lies
No I won't
Moving forward
The answer's in my reach
Moving forward
5. Strain
Times I've spent I've spent searching
Looking, wanting answers but so scared
So frightened it won't be what I want
Then i realize my conscious effort to filter out the imperfection in my life
To seek the guidance for the truth and remove the time spent wasted, the time lost
Straining to achieve
Facing reality
I'm not apart from my eternity
Recovered from afar a past of unbroken dreams only wanting for myself
So dark to what I see
Strain
Reaching toward a higher place to save me from this pain
What to gain a life of strain a race to run
Standing up to no other one but the true God
6. Behold
Fighting a war, a timeless hour
Clock still ticking there's a picture in my head
An endless killing, an endless slaughter
There are no innocent, all are dead
Final days in Revelation, a prophecy fulfilled
The dead will rise on Judgment Day
No time to think, no time to hide
Black ash, no light, die eternal death
Behold the fate you choose
Behold, behold
Come into the light, living water, never thirst
Voice inside your head knocking at the door of your heart
A spirit of love, acceptance is the key
If any man is in Christ he is a new creation
Old thing pass away, behold, all have become new, all have become new
Behold the fate you choose
Fighting a war, a timeless hour
There's clock still ticking in my head
An endless killing, an endless slaughter
There are no innocent
Behold the fate you choose
All are dead, all are dead, all are dead
Behold, behold the fate you choose
7. Perfect Will
Never will I leave you
Never will I forsake you
'Cause now I stand with confidence
Lord you are my healer, provider, redeemer
And I will not be afraid for what could a man do to me?
(Romans 12: 2...)
I will not conform any longer to the pattern of this world
But be transformed by the renewing of my mind
Then I will be able to test and approve what God's will is
His good, pleasing, and perfect will
(1 John 4: 4...)
Because the one who is in me is greater than the one in this world
Humility when I fall to my knees for not my will but thy will be done
For I am not my own
I was bought with a price, the price a bloody sacrifice
And I will live for you
You're the one to erase my pain
Oh God, take me from my minds fight, and I will not be afraid
For what can a man do to me?
Never will I leave you
And will I forsake you
And now I stand with confidence
Lord you are my healer, provider, redeemer
Humility as I fall to my knees for not my will but thy will be done
For I am not my own
I was bought with a price, this price, a merciful sacrifice
For I can only see your light
You're the one to erase this pain
Oh God, take me from my mind's fight, and I will not be afraid
8. Falling Down
Excel where I left off
To go where I gone
Defeated my failure
Yea, but I still stand as one
Why must I contribute to hate?
Tears burning in my eyes
See the confusion all around me
This one's told me so many lies
Walk is easy, we make it hard
God give me the strength
'Cause I've fallen down, down so far
I have fallen down
Why must I contribute to hate?
The tears burning in my eyes
I see so much confusion all around me
Man, 'cause I've been told so many lies
So many lies, lies
A new life now I began
Once lost but now I'm found
Familiar in this same song
No more chains that I've been bound
Saying the same old thing
Yes, I'll continue on
Take a look around you
Man, you know the battle has been won
The battle has been won
10. Open My Eyes
No more standing all alone so much that I have found
Love in my eyes that's all that you will see but why is it only me?
True life given on the cross yet we continue to be lost
Can't you see it's in our grasp?
Our faith is where we'll make it last
Praying God take my life
My heart opened, forgive me
The weight that once forced me down now I open my eyes so I can see
And I'm on the edge but I'm falling off
Searching for truth and I'll give it all I've got
Open my eyes
11. Blinded
Blurred vision inside of here
I must destroy my pattern of thought
My sight inside a world of dreams is a chain about to break
My mind cannot deny this fact that what I choose to see is not of me but what I feed my eyes
In my head this battle goes on
Cleanse me
I've been blinded by desires of my flesh
Dreams of false reality haunt my head
Hear my cry oh God
Drowning in a vision of evil I must reverse the path I see
Destruction in my mind
Gives I'm left blinded
Seek the mind of God
12. Absence
Darkness is not the opposite of light it is the absence of it
Truth is not one's opinion but the knowing through understanding
Preconceived ideas based on ignorance will always change
But the knowledge of God will always remain the same
Different measures are intended to mislead for the manufacturing of hypocrisy
The naive believe in everything
But the wise will consider every step
Be cautious and turn away
Refuse to be careless and arrogant
I refuse to sell my soul to a mindless system
Why would I contribute to the absence of my identity?