Anberlin’s new album comes out in a few days, but i have been listening to it on their myspace till then and my favorite song so far, even though i’m honestly in love with all of them, is “soft skeletons.”
the lyrics are so amazing, and this song gives a good feel for how deep this album is lyrically.
here they are…..
Soft Skeletons
by:Anberlin
Dear little girl
So much hurt
For such a young age
Trapped inside
A pretty little lie
Your body’s betrayed
Don’t fix your eyes on
A fix you’ll rely on
Fixed her eyes on
A fix she relies upon
Stand unafraid
All the good souls
Stand unafraid
When the light starts to burn
And the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There’s life in your veins
These needles aren’t chains
to hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
If you’re too afraid to fight?
Dear little one
That was so much pain
Time you can’t replace
Trapped inside
Too afraid to cry and
Now hands and bruises cover face
Don’t fix your eyes
A fix you’ll rely on
Fixed her eyes on
Effects
When the light starts to burn
And the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There’s life in your veins
These needles aren’t chains
to hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
If you’re too afraid to fight
Stand unafraid
All the good souls [all the good souls]
Stand unafraid
All of the good souls
Stand unafraid
When the light starts to burn
And the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There’s life in your veins
These needles aren’t chains
to hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
When the light starts to burn
And the pain returns
I just wish that I could heal the hurt you feel tonight
There’s life in your veins
These needles aren’t chains
to hold you down
How can you expect to win this war
If you’re too afraid to fight
Anberlin is streaming their new album that comes out this coming tuesday(September 30th) on there myspace (click here to listen). It is AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Anberlin has done it again. The albums already in my all time favorites list and i haven’t even heard all of it yet. It has an amazing blend of passion and emotion mixed with catchy music and thought provoking lyrics. I will be posting some thoughts on some of there songs in coming weeks. and expect a lot of post between october 3-7 as i will be on fall break and will have some time to write some post that i have been meaning to write for awhile. Till then enjoy Anberlin’s new album and pick up a digital and/or physical copy ASAP. It is so worth it. also check out www.newsurrender.com for more Anberlin info and search around for hidden links in the foreground that contain song lyrics, videos, and who knows what else……
I just bought a Flame album the other day. It is awesome. highly recommend it. I especially like the song titled ‘Hold On.’ I find it so encouraging. It is what i need to hear so often in my life. This songs reminds me of Hebrews 12:1-13
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
”My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!
10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
13“Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
it also reminds me of 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.
27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
and Philippians 3:13-14
13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
I want to share this song with all of you in the hopes that it will encourage you to hold on in this life in both the good and bad times. (The lyrics to the song are bellow the video)
Hold On
By: Flame
[HOOK:]
Say – Say – Say
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a warrior
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, just look at your neighbor say
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
[VERSE:]
This walk it ain’t easy
Matter of fact it gets
Hard
You’ve enlisted for war
The battleground is your
Heart
It’s going to be some stress and strain
And
Discomfort and involved
But my advice to you homie is to
Make your resolve
To fight for your joy
In God’s keeping
Grace
So at the end you can say like Paul that I’ve kept the
Faith
You see the way is hard
Cause narrow is the
Gate
And those who find it are few
I’m praying you
Complete the race
But yet his yoke is easy
And His burdens
Are light
But that’s the fight for us to rest and find in Him
Delight
You see our self reliance and self exaltation
Is still
Pacing in our souls as we battle with Satan
You see it’s
Unbelief that spring from our sinful pride
That straight
Denies that what God supplies can really satisfy
But God is
Working for us even though we hate the struggle
In
Decisions make the one’s that strengthen your Faith muscle
[HOOK:]
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a warrior
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, look at your neighbor say
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
[VERSE:]
I been crucified with Christ so it’s no longer I who
Live
But it’s… Christ who is living inside your boy
Now my
Whole life’s defined by dying
To the praise of my God as I
Fight for joy
It’s getting bloody as I pluck out eyes
Matthew
5:29 flat our war (on the flesh)
To set my mind on the flesh
Is death
Gotta keep my mind set on the Spirit of
Course
Plus Satan came to kill and destroy (and steal)
Steal
Sheep from being the children of God
Let my relationship
Run real deep (oh Lord)
How deep? All the way to the
Core
We’re in this process
Of making
Progress
Sanctification is taking place in our mindset
Cause
We were united with Christ when He resurrected
Now we
Can reflect with the power of God
[HOOK:]
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a warrior
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, look at your neighbor say
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
[VERSE:]
You see this new life
It comes with new
Rules
You’re a new born baby
You’re fresh out of the
Womb
The Holy Spirit of God has given you new birth
Now
Your Father’s the Trinity you’re apart of the church
And all
The church is – is the body of Christ
Jesus is the head of
This organism giving it life
You see it’s one body, but yet it’s
Many members
Nothing but plenty sinners
Given His grace
Then He cleanse us
Mean we need each other
The hand
Can’t say to the feet
That I don’t need you if I despise my
Eyes then I can’t see
So if one member suffers we suffer
Across the globe
So if my nose is broken then we’ll
Dysfunction-ally grow
So we must kill all individual
Talk
We’re all necessary visible invisible parts
So being in
Isolation only leads to more of sin
Don’t hurt the covenant
Like the cuttin’ of foreskin
[HOOK:]
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a warrior
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, look at your neighbor say
Hold on, He’s strong
Hold on, cause our God is a beast
Don’t you ever give up! [Repeat]
