ROCKET

I've been to the rocket
It left a big hole in the ground
I found the engine-parts
and I think we could figure it out
We should get it wired,
hack the construction-schemes, the pilot's log

Do you know what this means?
Can you see what I see?

There's a way out!
There's a chance we might learn to fly,
and we'll leave these grounds
and reach all the way to the sky.
There's a way out!
So who's gonna try
to rebuild this ship and set off for the Morning Star?

Whoever built this
must have had the greatest plan.
Misunderstood for sure
but He shouldn't have died in vain.
Now you might think I'm insane,
when I'm calling through hum and hiss:
Will you be part of this?

There's a way out...
Into the Son

ENEMY WITHIN

It’s not that I’m possessed or anything,
But to deny would be to lie about this thing
Claiming control over me.

I stand on guard and I’m checking it’s strategies.
To be blind would be to loose initiative
In this battle of my soul and its purity.

Of all the seeds I have planted,
How many bore the bitter fruits of the flesh?

This three-headed beast
Of pride and greed and vanity
Wants to be unleashed
And it’s roaring inside of me.
Should I follow its every move
If I don’t want to give in
To the enemy within

Nobody saw it lurking in the shades
Charming, twisting the minds of the called and the talented.
Changing the banners on the fields.

The next time I’m gonna be prepared,
By the grace of God, if I succeed I will beware.
So that pride won’t grow out of my victory.

Standing on guard on my acres,
To make sure they bear
The fruits of the spirit.

This three-headed beast…
No I don’t want to give in
To the enemy within

It’s not that I’m possessed or anything,
But to deny would be to lie about this thing
And I know this three-headed beast…

LACK OF FAITH

I'd drop all in my hands,
I'd let go of it all
if you were here
if you were here today

I'd withstand all the pain
I wouldn't need anything
if you were here
if you were here today

Though I say it wide and far
that you already are
There's something wrong with this
and its a lack of faith
There's something wrong with this
and its a lack of faith

I'd pray with tears of joy,
I'd give all to the poor
if you were here
if you were here today

Though I say it wide and far
that you already are
There's something wrong with this
and its a lack of faith
There's something wrong with this
and its a lack of faith

Oh Lord I do believe
help me overcome my unbelief

If there's a lack of faith
I'll make an act of faith

Since you are here
Since you are here today
Since you are here today

I'll overcome unbelief
and make an act of faith

GOD IS LOVE (A Tribute to Frere Roger of Taize)

I’ve been told
not to give coins to the homeless
It will only serve for drinks and drug-abuse

And I’ve heard
I shouldn’t care for any fugees
They’re safe enough in someone else’s paperwork

But love is gone
When it’s replaced by empty empathy
and God is love
He paid the price for me on Calvary

It’s been said
I shouldn’t speak up for the unborn
My views might stir the guilty's conscience
And I’ve seen
how we dehumanize the elders
The glory of their age is left outside their prison walls

I hear all these words,
the soothing voice of the enemy,
'close your hand for an unknown friend
in need. In need'

But love is gone…
And whoever lives in love, lives in God
and God in him.
God is love.

Some might say
it's useless to lay flowers at the graves
or even to say prayers for the departed

I hear all these words…

But love is gone…
…God is love

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

So you’re looking for happiness?
Will you find it in fortune and success?
Take a look at your predecessors,
you have seen all the stars and how they rise and fall

I wish I could say 'good luck',
(broad is the road destruction)
but I fear you’ll go astray on that way

Strong faith in the beginning and end
Firm hope, already but just not yet
True love,
I could show the way if that’s what you’re looking for

(That’s probably not what you’re looking for)

So you’re looking for happiness?
Will you find it in beauty and fitness?
I could show you another way,
we could go to the silent spring, inner well

He who drinks from my cup..
(narrow the road to eternal life)
streams of living water, inside

Strong faith in the beginning and end
Firm hope already but just not yet
True Love,
I could show the way if that’s what you’re looking for

(That’s probably not what you’re looking for)

“Give up the lies you make”
Is that what you’re tryin’ to say
Through what I see these days?

Give up the life you fake
Your manners and your ways
Come to yourself now and

Go for that dotted line
Sign up with your own name
Living an honest life
With the treasure of honesty
Give up the lies you make

I’ve seen the theater, the masquerade
I’ve been a part of it, I must amend
You show me hints about how I should live
I hear your voice inside telling me

Give up the life you fake
Your manners and your ways
Live in the life I gave

Go for that dotted line…
OK, so it’s over
you can come out, it is over now

Give up the lies you make
Your manners and your ways
Live in the life I gave

Go for that dotted line…
Give up the lies you make

Give up the lies you make
Live in the life I gave
Give up the life you fake

BENEATH

Cars are running back and forth
to the houses in our town
Cheers and smile all in the streets

Kids are playing in the grounds
Happy spouses holding hands
Man, if we don’t look to deep

With all the make-up things are looking good
‘Ttil we go beneath…

Underneath the surface lies,
safely hidden from all eyes
things unspeakable but true

All the evil that men do
things forbidden, pretty soon
They’ll reach the headlines, the news

Though many feel alone
We’ve been there too

We have been beneath
where surface blurs the sight
the film of lies made up to cover crime
No one knows
We should all reveal
And heed the calls of tearfilled eyes:
Will there be relief?
Will you go beneath?

Leaving power and might behind
He who came down from above
Went through layers of the blues

The Son of man was made
a victim too

He has gone beneath
where surface blurs the sight
the film of lies made up to cover crime
No one knows
We should all reveal
And heed the calls of tearfilled eyes:
Will there be relief?
Will you go beneath?

/:We can go beneath
No one knows
But we’ve all been there:/
When Lord comes back
to judge us all…

… He will go beneath!
/:When He comes to jugde us all
He will go beneath, the fearsome God, He will go beneath:/
where surface blurs the sight
the film of lies made up to cover crime
No one knows
We should all reveal
And heed the calls of tearfilled eyes:
Will there be release?
Will you go beneath?

THE LIGHT

Daddy gave me
the record with that song
'God of Thunder'
just to let me know
that I was raised by
demons in the dark

And my fear was
that what was whispered in the dark
would one day be
shout out loud
from the roof top
And yet it was my dearest hope

Deep in this reality
there is a light that shines within
Though I can’t see it with my eyes
I’ll keep on devoting my life
to find
and to hold on
To find
and to hold on
in communion with the
God of Light

I remember
being baptized
Like Jesus Christ, at the age of twelve,
I knew where to go
to find my real Father

And I understand
why the words of S:t Paul,
about the darkness and the light,
would always speak so sharp
into my heart and soul

Deep in this reality…

I can’t explain how I’ve come this far
unless it was a work of God
I always wanted to become
one of the children of the Light

I can’t explain it,
wow I’ve come this far
Unless it was
a work of
the Light that shines within
Though I can’t see it with my eyes
I’ll keep on devoting my life
To find
and to hold on

In communion with the
God of Light
The God of Light
The risen Christ
The God of Light

WE PRAY

And while we're waiting for
the little things in life,
the coffey or the bus,
we let stillnes lead to pray

For how long,
we don't know
We pray

A minute or an hour,
an hour or a day,
through wait and tension
there will be release

For how long,..

And while we're waiting for
the second coming of Christ,
like lanterns in the night
forsees the dawning,
we pray

This journey through the desert
sometimes it seems like a lifetime
so we lead our lives in pray

For how long,..

And while we're waiting for
the second coming of Christ,
like lanterns in the night
forsees the dawning,
we pray

We're burning of your oil,
of Christ,
like lanterns in the night
forsees the dawning
we pray

MAKE WAY

Standing at the doorstep
not worthy to know.
I don't know if I dare
put the key into the look

Sometimes I just have to
go the longer way

I'm gonna make way
throught fast and pray
Even if the road is harsh and grey
I know it will lead me all the way home
'til you open the door

Standing at the doorstep
you're knocking on my heart
And I know it's a sorrow
for you that we're apart

Sometimes you just have to
wait for me there

I'm gonna make way...

I'm gonna make way...
'til you open the way home
Home, my home in your Kingdom
Home, home, your home in my heart

All lyrics (c) Mikael Nordin 2007