A Worthy Prize

from Everywhere Out of Place by Jason Howell

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how long must i lay here
pretending to be at peace?
while on the surface i seem steady
underneathe i stumble for the beat
and the music was so charming
that we tried to sing along
and the campfire that burnt so lively
hasn't breathed since you've been gone

how long must i tell myself
love with always find a way?
as i curse the very God who's so called love
gave His only Son away
i wish i could have been there
when they hung you on a tree
for i'd know without a doubt
the blood you shed was love for me

and i don't know what to say
words never mattered anyway
and i don't know what to say
did words ever matter anyway?

if i played you a sad song
would you cry or wipe my tears?
think of me when you feel sorrow
for it was i who whispered it to your ears
and i told her that i loved her
as she walked away from me
just like Jesus as He closed his eyes
was it too late to believe?

and i don't know what to say
words never mattered anyway
and i don't know what to say
did words ever matter anyway?

i want to believe so badly
but i can't seem to let go
i want to believe so badly
but i lost faith tears ago
i want to believe so badly
that it holds me when i sleep
i want to believe so badly
that you'd love a wretch like me

i know you don't like flowers
but that's all he had on the corner street
and i know you don't like words
but that's all i have if you've no faith in me
a disappointing birthday thrown
to celebrate death's approach
there was a clown with nails in His steady wrists
and candles that held a single wish
so i asked Him for a new soul
and He took it as a joke
He said "this trick is tough but if you wait long enough
i'll pull a worthy prize out of my throat."

and i don't know what to say
words never mattered anyway
and i don't know what to say
did words ever matter anyway?

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from Everywhere Out of Place, released May 28, 2013

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