Marc Andre Lyrics

BACKSTAGE PASS: LYRICS (2004) All Words & Music by Marc Andre Click here to listen to audio clips from "Backstage Pass"
02 PULL THROUGH Ps 69:1-2, Matt 14:30-31, Ps 142:7, Rom 8:26 Crashing questions flood my mind As broken answers float away To my knees I sink before You As I fade in seas of grey But there I see You walking, Speaking to the waves Splashing hands I'm shakin Screaming out in faith Lord, I need You Take me far from here Give me strength to soar again Let me live in the light You've left for me I'm gonna pull through Holy pages stained with grace As speechless oceans drench my soul At your feet I sing before You And in this emptiness I'm full And every breath I've wasted, Drowning in these doubts And all along You've waited, Screaming through my clouds I can feel You Repeat Chorus Trapped inside A world of temperament Swept along These shores of circumstance, But You're reaching in Repeat Chorus	03 SUPPOSED TO BE Heb 2:17-18, 2 Cor 5:17-21, Eph 2:4-6, Gal 4:7-9, 2 Cor 10:5 It's like a lead weight These chains of self that strap your neck So swiftly sunk with disbelief Defeat is your fate These guilty leaches grip your chest Choked in the words you can't complete But you're free Still searching for some lost identity And you're trapped within these webs of history Every dead end brings you back to Calvary It's who you're supposed to be He came the same way Sinless, but tempted still like us He felt the claws of fallen flesh These thoughts that you hate, Just bring them captive to His love He bled away your worse regress Repeat Chorus Made a new creation, These shackles, they're gone So leave the imitation, He's calling you home Repeat Chorus
04 HURRICANE Ps 46:1-2, 10, Jms 1:4, 2 Cor 1:9, Job 42:5 Crazy how the things you know Unveil the ways you're wrong And all the stars you've held so close Can vanish with the dawn Skies that seemed to write your name Brought you storms of spinning rain Spinning rain The wind is ripping at my face, But I close my eyes in faith I'm holding on And when my world is falling in, Your peace consoles me And when these thoughts can't touch the end, You promise me Your rest And when I don't know where to try And when these wings can't see to fly And when this heart's too worn to cry, You're the eye of my hurricane Crazy how the things you need Remind you what you have And all the wounds that made you weak Give strength to steeper paths Clouds your cries could not erase Left you limp in arms of grace Arms of grace The wind is ripping at my face, So I close my eyes in faith I'm holding on Repeat Chorus And when this life's too thick to breathe I cling to You, You carry me You whisper words that calm This raging night again And as these demons whirl around I hold to You, I won't look down I feel Your light inside, It's rising in the distance Repeat Chorus	05 AFTER EVERYTHING Eccl 3:1,4-8 When sorry won't wipe it away And forgive me is answered in grey I've been fighting, I've been praying But it's dying, I'm watching it fade After everything I messed up Everything I knew not Everything I couldn't see After everything she'd hide, And everything I tried to be When perfect is left in the rain And "I love you" can't remember your name I've been bleeding, I've been waiting Now I'm leaving, it's just not the same After everything I messed up Everything I knew not Everything I couldn't see After everything she'd despise, Everything I tried to be This was our parade, my friend As a heart betrayed runs again After every night you smiled And every time you laughed And every kiss you shared with me After everything we had And everything we longed to be Repeat Chorus I'm gonna be, you're gonna be We're gonna be
06 MAKING OF A ROCK STAR Eccl 9:10, 11:9-10, Col 3:17 Strutting around, A Strato '69 glued to your neck You're skipping school to jam With Jimmy on your three-piece stack That Abercrombie blond, A smile that melts, you're oh the look And every freshman chick Wants you to sign her French notebook It's three a.m., Inspired pen and paper by the bed There's thirty teen-sensation Grammys sprinting through your head Mom's talking college, But you're tired of learning how to spell While everyone keeps screaming, "Can you play that somewhere else?" And your future looks so bright You were born for these spotlights You've got the making of a rock star Well, I can see you going so far And if you dream of playing fast and loud For a crazy crowd, Dontcha leave that stage without Sharing the bow He'll take the interview If you'll remind him of his name The dye from all those tattoos Must have gotten to his brain Still sports the earrings, But the mullet's getting sort of thin There's three-packs of his greatest hits In Wal-Mart's discount bin His purple air guitar got dumped in 1988 While pretty band boys dance With songs they'd like to think they made So now he's hosting infomercials About herbal health Because the techno remakes Wouldn't seem to leave the shelf And every gold must lose its shine Just remember why you rhyme Repeat Chorus Can't forget your skyway gig (He sent you such a gift) Don't you waste it with those pigs Repeat Chorus	07 FOOLED Jms 1:6, 22-24, 5:16, Lk 8:17, Prov 10:9 Bottled and raised inside this town You like to take the shortest way around Learned how to stand and when to sit down, You've always been the starYou bring two legs for every fence Know how to fake that stained glass grin Learned how to wipe those greasy fingerprints From that cookie jar, yeah You're switching masks, Playing everyone's stage, Straddling the ropes of rapport You won't sleep In this bed that He's made Because you know You can't lock these doors You flash a diamond from your knees You're everything she wants a man to be But there's a shaded room you're praying she won't see It's just the way you are It's sad the way you are... Repeat Chorus You blur the lines, You're dead, but you can't see the signs Five candles, funnel hats, and screams Seems just like yesterday, but now he's seventeen He's got a gift of dancing in between He's just the way you are Is it the way you are? Repeat Chorus You're so fooled
08 A THOUSAND GODS Matt 7:13-21, Acts 4:11-12, Eph 2:8-9, Jn 1:29, Jn 15:13, Gal 3:28, Acts 7:2-60, I Jn 5:21, I Cor 8:4-6, Mt 15:7-9 Chills of tragedy, A nation finds its need As caskets pass, we stop to pray Darkened mornings flee, Repack our rosaries We frame the light, but won't obey A thousand gods, a thousand lies, Ten thousand paths to touch the sky, A million walks for penance pride, With shifting laws of twisted tries, A trillion souls to tortured loss, A spotless lamb, the rugged cross, A perfect love, a sweeping grace, Surrender's all, the only way... He spoke from Abraham, The laws of counting hands The King they killed, a love denied Laid aside their robes, In anger, threw those stones As Stephen bled, He clung to Christ Repeat Chorus And all the idols we create, These gods of tolerance and taste, Forms without a face There's only One who holds the gate, Our single saving grace, We owe Him everything…Jesus	09 BY NOW Jn 18:25-27, Lk 22:47-48, Gen 4:4-5, Heb 11:4, Jn 21:11-14, Isa 53:4-5, Ps 103:12 Carcass soul, the darkest sin abyss Echoing crow, betrayer leaves a kiss Sacrifice, so selfishly arranged Crucified, gasping from my shame Father, do You hear me? Savior, can You heal me? By now, I should've packed and left this place I should've thrown these lusts away, by now By now, You should've slammed these palace gates I'm so ashamed to show my face, right now Candle lights, chorus sung in vain Wand'ring child, so foolishly inflamed Granite heart, spitting blood stained hands Teardrops pour, I'm a faithless wretched man Father, do You hear me? Savior, can You reach me? Repeat Chorus You break bread with me You call me friend and You plunge my sin Into the farthest sea
10 LADDER Lk 9:58, Matt 19:24, Mt 6:28, Lk 12:18, Lk 9:24-25 A golden afternoon in May, Cameras flashed and tassels waved A closing pose with plaques engraved, Just to think how far we'd come With corporate dreams and trophy brides, Diapered cribs and fences white, Polished rungs of applauded heights, So innocently clung Ridiculously hung This is the ladder, These are the rumors, This is the future we'll fail to find These are the towers Our daddies built for us to climb This is the measure, These are the dangers, This is the pressure that we've defined, These are the tangles From a land we've left behind Foxes' dens and sparrows' nests, The Son of Man sought no place to rest, Said go and sell that real-estate And burn those resumes', Eternity can't wait Repeat Chorus Flannelgraphs and Bible crafts, And stories 'bout a King that left His throne for love Balding paths with buried tracks, And feasted tables lined with scraps Of lives untouched Angels grieve as pulpits preach In castles locked from troubled streets Beneath a setting sun Beneath a setting sun Beneath a setting sun Repeat Chorus A golden afternoon in May, Cameras flashed and tassels waved A closing pose with our plaques engraved, Just to think how far we've come	11 BACKSTAGE PASS 2 Cor 5:1-9, I Pet 2:11, Heb 11:13, Ps 119:19 I've got a backstage pass, But the show won't end Well I've been stuck here for years They're careless liquor latched And uncondemned, But I'm so glad You hear my cheers And now I see You from a distance In this drunken crowd, I'm cold and alone Man, I'm so sick of this cheap system But You remind me this ain't home I've got a backstage pass, But the clouds won't close As Sunday shouts the end is near I've got my bags all packed For that thin gold road, Guess I missed out on why I'm here Repeat Chorus I've got a backstage pass, But the show won't end Guess I missed out on why I'm here
DISHES: LYRICS (2001) All Words & Music by Marc Andre Click here to listen to audio clips from "Dishes"
01 PASS ME BY Would I climb a tree just to get a better glimpse of You? Would I swim the crowd just to touch the tail of Your coat? Would I rip a hole in the rooftop just to get to You? What would I do? You pass me by in the sunrise as I'm running out the door You pass me by in the blue skies, in the colors of Your world You pass me by when Your whisper is drowned by my noise Oh Lord, You pass me by Would I scream your name as I reached my wand'ring hands to You? Would I drop my trade just to blindly follow Your lead? Would I beg Your peace as I hung there helpless next to You? What would I do? Repeat Chorus Some days this race I've made Is more than I can stand Oh Savior, where's my faith? Help me lose this life again Repeat Chorus Don't pass me by Don't pass me by Don't pass me by Don't pass me	02 BROKEN DOLLS Ribbons on the floor, little eyes that glowed Bright as the lights on the tree Mommy Daddy she's prettier than I Had ever dreamed she would be Tea and toast, all the toys would come She was the queen of the stock Funny now, the gal that was loved so much Is sleeping in the garage And I'm thinking to myself, What if that's the way God felt? Thank heavens His children Don't leave His thoughts like broken dolls Thanks heavens He hasn't Tucked us away on a dusty shelf Thank heavens Huddled all alone in a gloomy place, My fragile features are worn Spider webs of doubt wrapped around my face Forgetting where I was born And I'm looking at myself I'm the doll who climbed this shelf Repeat Chorus Like a barbie in the attic, I don't feel that attractive The devil says that You forgot my name But You told me when its cloudy, Your arms are still around meThe promise of Your presence hasn't changed Repeat Chorus You haven't left me on a dusty shelf You haven't turned Your face You don't forget me like a broken doll Cause I'm bought with grace
03 CONTENT Well, I don't have wear your label And I don't have to pierce my navel To be somebody And I don't have to fake my color Cause my Father, He likes it how it is I'm content with who I am Well, I don't wanna be a mindless imitation It ain't my style, I'm taking my cues from a different aisle I'm content with who I am, But I appreciate your thoughtful invitation Thanks, but no thanks I've got my money in another bank Well, I don't need a child's complexion And I don't need your lyposection To make me lighter And I don't need to switch the blueprints Cause there's no sense in changing what is good Repeat Chorus I don't wanna be in your stack One more carbon copy, no Crafted by His hand, I'm complete For He makes no accidents And I'm... Repeat Chorus	04 FIND YOURSELF Thought she was the one for me Lines of romance laced my poetry No map, no compass there to lead I was young and life was free There were clouds around my head Watching her, it all seemed right, But haunting questions draped my bed at night If perfect love is peace, then why Did I feel this fight inside? I remember what they said You'll never find yourself in her You'll never be each others' cure You'll never love until you've learned to trust Him first Troubled skies, uncharted blue Thought the wind of love would steer us through But love that's sailing in the dark Drives a ship of shattered hearts Better think before you sign Repeat Chorus And when the lonely moon is peaking through the longing blinds And I wonder if her perfect face is only in my mind, He pulls me close and I let go I'm so grateful looking back A book of lessons that I would have lacked Depsite my doubt, I goes to show How our faithful Father knows Just exactly what we need Repeat Chorus
05 DISHES Dear Jesus, have I forgotten About the loaves and Johnny's fishes I recall that we had plenty Lord, I should know, I did the dishes I did the dishes The crowd had gathered on the hilltop The day was late and I was famished I couldn't drop this one thought I should've packed myself a tuna sandwich A local boy had brought a bag lunch You said to give the crowd some dinner Ended up with so much, it took hours to pick up all the litter All the litter Repeat Chorus I told my family all about it We kept a basket for the memories But once again I'm doubting Oh teacher, don't You know my stomach's empty My stomach's empty Repeat Chorus I did the dishes Why can't I get it? Dear Jesus, I can trust You Dear Jesus, I believe Dear Jesus, You are faithful Dear Jesus, rescue me Rescue me Rescue me	06 ANTENNA MAN I used to wake up before the sun To meet a wire headed buddy of mine A bowl of cereal, my hair on end It wasn't tough at all to lose track of time He told me stories of cat and mouse, Big lemon yellow birds and rabbits that talk He made me giggle like no one else He had to be the coolest guy on the block Mr. Antenna Man Mr. Antenna Man It's been some years now since I've seen Him Pulled me aside one day, cigar in his hand, said I know a place where the thrills are cheap Of course, my world ain't real, but we can pretend Mr. Antenna Man Mr. Antenna Man Mr. Antenna Man, what got into your brains? Sure you've gotta sell some stuff, but why'd you sell your brains? Mr. Antenna Man, I wish that we could be friends again Repeat Chorus Mr., Mr., Mr. Antenna Man Mr., Mr., Mr. Antenna Man
07 LOOK LIKE YOU Some said You were a prophet, Some swore You were possessed Some claimed You were a god come in flesh And some just followed for Your love The harlots thought You were the greatest The outcasts couldn't stay away The teachers scratched their heads in wonder And whispered, "What kind of king is this That walks among the Godless filth?," well If I could look like You, I'd see the masses If I could look like You, through Your scarlet glasses If I could look like You, I'd be broken at the sight If I could look like You Some said You were Messiah Such love a man could not compose Your eyes, they sparkled with compassion And closed in love as the nails rang And the shadows fell and the blood poured Repeat Chorus You gazed in grace upon the multitudes You saw their shame from perfection's view But You embraced a world that crucified Oh how I long to have Your eyes If I could look like...Jesus Christ I'd be broken at the sight, If I could look like... Repeat Chorus	08 WHAT DID YOU SEE? There must have been some days on the mountain When You wondered to Yourself, "What in the world am I doing here? Please tell me, Father" Our hearts were cold, You watched in sorrow Our hands had pierced the hands that had made us But somehow You look beneath the darkness Somehow You loved What did You see in us, dear Jesus? Why did You give Your life away? What did You see in us, dear Jesus? I guess it must have been true love There must have been a calm in those moments When You saw the longing eyes, The tender heart beneath the fists of doubt, A reminder why You came Your pain was great, Your heart so heavy Beyond description, But the thought seemed to drown the jeering crowd But somehow You looked beyond the darkness, Somehow You loved Repeat Chorus I guess it must have been true love I guess it must have been true love Repeat Chorus
09 STILL I CALL I still recall the day you knelt down at my feet You gave your heart and said that it was mine to keep I held you close and as the tears ran down your face, I promised you that you were safe within My grace The years went by, and all along, my words held true, But you forgot about the love that we once knew I stood and watched you as you packed then went away And sadly hoped you would return to Me someday I call for you, I cry for you I watch the setting sky for you I plead for you, I pray for you I'm waiting on the porch for you, my child My child I still recall the day I walked that lonely hill My Father left, and to this day, it gives me chills There on the cross, I hung My head for you and died And like before, I wait for you arms open wide Repeat Chorus	10 HOME I can sense Your presence moving in my heart I can feel Your spirit speaking through the dark And how I long to come back home to You, my God My Savior I'm running home, home to You I'm running home, home to You I'm running home, home to You My God, my God I surrender Father, humbled at Your throne Take me as Your servant, hold me as Your own And how I long to come back home to You my God, My Savior, My Savior Repeat Chorus
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