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Be Still
03:40
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Be Still
Carolyn Arends
Words fail, but I just keep talking
I derail, but there’s just no stopping
The train of my thoughts, it goes faster and faster
This juggernaut is my natural disaster
My “what-ifs” collide with my “wherefores” and “whys”
‘Til the only way that I’ll survive
Is if I will
Be still
And know that you are God
My gears just keep on turning
My fears quickly are burning
My faith down to ashes, my hope up in smoke
I fan the flames and I stand here and choke
‘Til I remember if I want to breathe
Then the only remedy
Chorus
Oh how I need a vacation
‘Cause it’s so exhausting pretending I’m God
There would be much less frustration
If I would let you do your job
Chorus
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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STANDING IN THE NEED OF PRAYER
Trad., arr. Carolyn Arends
It's me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Oh it's me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
It’s me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Yes it's me, it's me, O lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not my father, not my mother, but it's me Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not my sister, not my brother, but it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Oh it's me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Yes it's me, it's me, O lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not my neighbor not my teacher, but it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Not the deacon, not the preacher, it's just me O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Yes it's me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Oh it's me, it's me, O lord
Standing in the need of prayer
It's me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Oh it's me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Oh it's me, it's me, O Lord
Standing in the need of prayer
Yes it's me, it's me, O lord
Standing in the need of prayer
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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3. |
My Favourite Lie
03:44
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MY FAVOURITE LIE
Carolyn Arends
I’m a caterpillar who will not cocoon
Feels like a tomb – I will not die
I am a seed that will not be broken
For the flower to open – no I will not die
I am a pilgrim on a dead-end road
Who refuses to go in a new direction
I am a sucker for my favourite lie:
That you don’t have to die to live the resurrection
I don’t wanna die to live the resurrection
I am a creature who prefers my cave
To the light of day ‘cause it’s what I know
And I am a sailor who will not leave shore
There could come a storm, the winds could blow
Chorus
I am a girl who is sore afraid
That the life I’ve made’s no life at all
Can you find a pulse in this concrete heart
Could the end be a start after all
Chorus
God help me die to live the resurrection
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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4. |
Something Out of Us
04:31
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SOMETHING OUT OF US
Carolyn Arends
We’ve got stiff necks, weak-knees
And tendencies to wander
We’ve got empty hands and pockets
All our fortunes have been squandered
And to see our situation
You would think that we were done
But it ain’t over till it’s over
And even then you overcome
You made cosmos out of chaos
You made Adam out of dust
You made wine out of the water
You’ll make something out of us
You make light shine in our darkness
You make life to conquer death
You make children out of sinners
You’ll make something of us yet
You’ll make something of us yet
We want our way
Like David with Bathsheba
We are dreamers, we are schemers
Like Jacob the Deceiver
But you meet us at the river
And you show us a good fight
Then you bless us and you name us
And make morning of our night
Chorus
We fall asleep
Instead of standing by you
Yeah we boast as big as Peter
And then just as quick deny you
But you’ve always made disciples
Out of prodigals and worse
Just by giving us your Spirit
You make us into your church
Chorus
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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5. |
I am a Soul
04:25
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I AM A SOUL
Carolyn Arends
Molecules and atoms
Just like Eve and Adam
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Even still I wonder
When we are six feet under
Will that truly be the end of us
‘Cause why beauty, why poetry
Why “no! no! no!” to every tragedy
Why laughter, why lullabies
And why this asking why
I have a body, but I am a soul
I see a fraction, it's not the whole
I cannot prove it, but still I know
I have a body … I am a soul
A sculpture or a canvas
Can speak a private language
Telling secrets hidden in the heart
About a world of spirit
I swear sometimes I hear it
Playing like a piper in the dark
It’s in love songs, in symphonies
In funeral marches and in liturgies
In whispers, in rally cries
In dreams that won’t say die
You have a body but you are a soul
You see a fraction, it’s not the whole
I cannot prove it, but still I know
You have a body … you are a soul
World without end, amen
World without end, amen
World without end, amen
World without end, amen
Chorus
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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6. |
Willing
03:37
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Willing
Carolyn Arends
You want the best for me but I don’t want to take it
Today the best just seems to cost too much
I know to mend a heart sometimes You have to break it
But I don’t have the strength to choose that love
But I am willing – to be willing
And I am ready to be moved
And I am longing – for the longing
That pulls me close to You
The only place that I am filled is at Your table
And still I starve myself day after day
I cannot choose Your will unless You make me able
That’s why You say You are the only way
Chorus
I’ll send the guards away who keep my heart
I’m making space for You, a place to start
Chorus
Please pull me close to You
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
CCLI 7165825
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7. |
Roll It
04:10
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ROLL IT
Carolyn Arends
When you got the weight of the world on your aching back
And the burden is too much for you
Well now, worry and strife won’t add a day to your life
But there is something you can do
You’ve got to roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
You’ve got to roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
He’s your PROVIDER PROTECTOR, YOUR SHELTER AND ROCK
YOU GOT TO ROLL IT ONTO GOD
When you’re mistreated and misunderstood
And there’s not a single friend in sight
There is none so close as the Holy Ghost
And He is gonna make it right
If you will roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
You’ve got to roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
He’s your PROVIDER PROTECTOR, YOUR SHELTER AND ROCK
YOU GOT TO ROLL IT ONTO GOD
When your own sin starts to drag you down
And the devil tells you you are through
Remember Jesus Christ already paid that price
And even now He’s telling you
He’s telling you
He’s telling you
You’ve got to roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
You’ve got to roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
He’s your PROVIDER PROTECTOR, YOUR SHELTER AND ROCK
YOU GOT TO ROLL IT ONTO GOD
C’mon and roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
You’ve got to roll it (ROLL IT) onto God
He’s your provider, protector, your shelter and rock
You got to roll it onto … God
You got to roll it onto God
You got to roll it onto God
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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8. |
The Last Word
04:11
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The Last Word (Love Was Here First)
Carolyn Arends
Bad day in the garden, Eve fell for the lie
Now we just keep falling one lie at a time
It seems like forever we’ve been under this curse
But love was here first
Verse 2:
Now everything’s broken and everything fails
We can’t quite imagine that love will prevail
We’ve got to remember when the bad goes to worse
Love was here first
Chorus 1:
‘Cause there will be a day
When the kingdom comes
When love has finished all that it’s begun
When we’re face to face
We will know for sure
Love’s gonna have the last word
Love’s gonna have the last word
Verse 3:
Bad day on the hillside, or so it seemed
When love was surrendered and nailed to a tree
But the grave came up empty and death was reversed
‘Cause love was here first
Chorus 2
Solo Chorus
Verse 4:
A bad day in the garden could not erase
All that was started with original grace
And though we have wandered, we will find if we search
Love was here first
Chorus 3
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
CCLI 7182514
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9. |
According to Plan
04:49
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ACCORDING TO PLAN
Carolyn Arends
Rain comes, and so often it falls
On the good and the evil, it's not personal
The sun shines, ‘cause that's what suns do
Probably don't mean it's been thinkin' 'bout you
And even though God's in control of it all
Sometimes the sparrow is going to fall
I'm not sure that God moves everything
Likes pawns in a chess game, or puppets on string
And I can't determine just whether or not
He causes our troubles or He makes them stop
But I am convinced we get one guarantee
There's no situation that He can't redeem
When He moves in our hearts, that's when we understand
It's going according to plan
We try to pull back the veil
We tug at the curtain, all to no avail
We say, “There are no accidents”
But we can't account for all life's randomness
So maybe some things are not orchestrated
Oh but with God nothing has to be wasted
Chorus
Yes I am convinced we get one guarantee
There's no situation that He can't redeem
When what we meant for harm, He turns into some good
Where our hearts start changing, then it's understood
He's doing the miracles, only He can
It's going according to plan
It's going according to plan
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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10. |
Nothing Can Separate
03:47
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NOTHING CAN SEPARATE
Carolyn Arends
Somewhere there's a mother waking up
To news in the night that she cannot bear
And somewhere the whole earth is quaking
Making dust of the city that was standing there
Well who can say if the trouble comes from
Above or below or the hands of fate
I just pray when the trouble does come
You help us to remember the promise you make
I know - neither death nor life
Not the past nor the present nor
Things to come
No foe - neither depth nor height
Can separate us
From the love of Christ
Today there's a church group meeting
Though the government already burned their building down
They say there's no kind of beating
That can take away the peace and the joy they've found
They know - Chorus
Though we go through the valley's shadow
And we live out our lives in these dangerous times
Still we know every step that we go
We don't have to walk alone, You walk by our side
We know - Chorus
Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ
© Running Arends Music/ASCAP
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11. |
Never Say Goodbye
04:00
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I know when You were here
You spoke a lot of words
To disturb the comfortable
And comfort the disturbed
But those who knew You best
Must have wondered why
You never said good-bye
You said “Lo, I’m with you always
Always know that I’m
Making preparations
In a world beyond all time
Where we never say good-bye”
I know when You were here
The people gathered ‘round
To hear You tell of prodigals
And treasures lost and found
And some folks understood
And some folks didn’t try
Still, You never said good-bye
Chorus
I know when You were here
Whenever You would speak
The lame would walk, the blind would see
Your talk was never cheap
And when the time had come
You said You had to die
But You never said good-bye
Chorus
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Carolyn Arends Vancouver, British Columbia
"One of the most affecting communicators in any genre." - Billboard Magazine
Carolyn Arends
has released 14 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books. 15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts. Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year.
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