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the newsboys

thumbs out on a desert road
i am told leads to nowhere
any shade is as good as the rest
if your shadow doesn't go there

week seven: did you really assume
i'd find some solace from the letter in your room
next life could you kindly refrain
from throwing yourself at the mercy of a train

silence all nobody breathe
how in the world could you just leave
you promised you would
silence that evil with good

hear me out i have the floor
i'll give you my tears, i'll listen more
you promised you would
overcome evil with good

maybe this world is a barren place for a soul
prone to get lost
but heaven still hounds from the smallest sounds
to the cries of the storm-tossed

week nine: i am writing in the sand
any little clue that could help me understand
every whispered secret, every muffled sigh
every half truth that was added to the lie

silence all nobody move
i gotta know now what you hoped to prove
you promised you would
silence that evil with good

shame feeds guilt, guilt needs release
you took it to god, you made your peace
and promised you would
overcome evil with good

every old demon playin' back the crime
if they needed blood i'd have gladly given mine
a child of the kingdom, still an invalid
forgive her please father, she don't know what she did

silence all, now go to sleep
the water's free, the well is deep
how can we return
that which we never could earn?

god, i long to see her face
we haven't a hope beyond you grace
i know that you will
overcome evil
for good



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And now, each night I count the stars.
And each night I get the same number. (Amiri Baraka)
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