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Guard Your Heart
03:54
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Guard your heart from it comes life guard your mind read the scriptures and know the light
guard your soul its everlasting think critically choose wisdom and live right
This is the new drunkenness black and white jail cell got nothing on this all these colors at the flick of a wrist all these colors at the flick of the wrist and we are standing in line big money disclaimer I wrote this song on mine am I a hypocrite or just another slave to the system sleep patterns and rythms are we going blind or just losing our vision man I have a bad feeling about this forget star wars its a war on minds and eyes and hearts and souls and lives like yours and mine have a seat but don't stand down its gonna take time its gonna take more than beats and rhyme I know I know
Fake news featuring fake views and freakin fabrications how many views you got click like and subscribe is this the new mark of the beast blue face dead eyes don't see don't sleep here is the father of lies he's there lurking prowling ready for devouring (he's right there in front of you) but he can have a throat punch and a kick to the junk because I'm done giving him a foothold in my home base have another fist to the face I don't care if it hurts I don't care what you say I will not let anyone destroy my family anyway we're not going down without a fight we are not going down without a fight
This is the new emptiness four walls got nothing on our digital prison depression at the flick of a wrist depression at the flick of a wrist we stare dumfounded wireless but I hope we're grounded when the lightning strikes come to think of it oh (oh man) what if the power goes out (what's going on) what if the batteries die (oh my gosh) what if the router is down (oh my goodness) what is that an EMP blast (what was that) where did the power grid blow (whats that sound) what is this blessed darkness (is this the end) why aren't my eyes adjusting (Oh dear GOD) what did we do to deserve this
(Wow that escalated quickly - hey yeah let's get out of here)
God says relax chill out I got this this is why I made the sun moon and the stars kids go outside you're not digital natives you were not created for digital cages (NO) you got a heart mind soul body and life I put breath in your lungs and I keep you alive so put the darkness away and look up for some real light ignore the loudness of lies and look up for some real right
There will come a day when the darkness will fade away and everything will be remade beautiful new and bright
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The Identity Song
02:29
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In the beginning we traded who we are we traded health for scars in the beginning
We caved to fallen stars we cradled newly broken hearts in the beginning
We gave it away we're doing it today its not the same but it goes the same way
Its not just the rules its in his very being its not about you but you're in his heartbeat
He's the good father and we're his sons and daughters so let's stop breaking his heart
You were in his mind before the stars began to shine before time began to tell its stories rewind beyond my eyesight insight hindsight his sight pierces through the universe empty infinite night the spirit hovered over the face of the deep see the light separate and the darkness retreat while creation explodes to life at the sound of the deep deep voice of love booming or a whisper it has the same potency snap his fingers and infinity really could be deceased but his voice brings creation love and belonging and his breath gives life to humanity
Thats who he is in that's your I.D.
Confusion contusions concussions taking damage cultural conclusions continue wreaking havoc nobody knows who they are anymore nobody knows who they are nobody knows the trouble they've seen causing collatoral damage crushing the scenery they really are gunning for you and me and family I'm not trying to sound like an alarmist but the sky is actually falling
Time's running out - He's coming back - Do we know who we are - We weigh heavy on his heart
In the beginning God created after the beginning man rejected at the cross and empty tomb we're set free that's who he is in that's your I.D.
In him all things hold together in him we live and have our being in him all things hold together
that's who he is in that's your I.D.
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Avalanche
03:35
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So when you go up the mountain or when you roll down the valley get back up and go
Up the mountain what if you fall down the avalanche will you get back up again
Mountaintop experience get a healthy fear of this its cool til you look down where is your faith now what does it do if you fall down
faith shouldn't be attached to emotion devotion is independant like your soul on fire fear is a liar get it right get out alive become the street fighter become a street fighter sometimes you have to fight on your way back up the mountain
Mountaintop experience just don't take it for granted its cool til you look around where are your friends now who's got your back if you come down
hope is not dictated by your feelings or captivated by your surroundings you decide your own direction you can climb up and get a new perspective you should climb up and get a new perspective
just climb all the way back up the mountain
Mountaintop experience just keep climbing up again its hard til you look down look where you are now where would you be if you gave out
love isn't usually like the movies love is a choice what are you pursuing its not an accident its an action an activation of a devotion an activation of a devotion a devotion to keep going up the mountain
Its not an accident its an action an activation of a devotion
Its not an accident its an action an activation of a devotion
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Sleep Patterns
03:51
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Writing songs in my head when I'm trying to sleep tracks waking me up when I'm trying to sleep is there a rave in my room I'm just trying to sleep I'm just trying to sleep
My thoughts are unstoppable when I go to bed to early then I fill my head with worry so I wanna turn it off I wanna turn it off so focused on a pocketful of my anxious obnoxious apocalypse level drama someone snap me out of it I just wanna turn it off
But when I try too hard to convince myself to shut up that's when I realize I'm losing the battle so I have a choice keep fighting and accomplish nothing or wake up and use this energy to make something good for you mood for you I know I need to stop trying to prove my love for you you know I'm good for it you know I died for it I've been all in since I fell in and came up breathing so what what do you want me to do what what do you want me to do and how how do you want me to move how do you how do you want me to move look its not about hip hop electronic rock its just my thoughts dropped over some beats and music in a stream of conciousness but I'm barely concious truth is I'm just starting to wake up
I just wanna go back to sleep but I'm here...
I tried counting sheep but the sheep just keep laughing at me
I tried counting sheep but they just keep picking at me sheep aren't very reliable really you can scatter and scare them easily but they can get riled up and gang up and show up and fill you with anxiety and that's not relaxing
And I'm just trying to sleep
shhhhh...
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Caverns
03:37
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I'm in the dark
like in a cavern below the city I can hear noises people moving around above me its filling with water there is no way out and there is no light its slowly filling with water I don't know how but I have to fight I don't know how but I have to fight I have to fight
That's how it feels that's how it feels on this battlfield nobody gets it when they offer a helping hand they say things like hey just get better snap out of it its part of GOD'S PLAN but that makes it worse this is my CURSE
I'm in the air
I'm staring down at this beautiful day I see the city people below moving quickly too busy I'm in the air its a dream come true til I realize that I am not flying I am just falling and no one will catch me I am just falling and no one will catch me I am just falling
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I'm in a garden
I'm full of sorrow blood in my tears I'm in the dirt trembling because of my only fear I take the cup the one with your caverns and darkness and falling I drink it all
I drink it all I take it all on me
I'll lift you out of the caverns I will break your fall I am the MAN OF SORROWS I've been through it all with you do not give into the darkness hope for the future instead
I will fight by your side til the light lasts forever and all of this darkness will end
HOLD ON TO ME
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Scream out asthmatic breath in my lungs I prayed so hard but death keeps coming struggling suffering no wonder JESUS WEPT not because he couldn't stop it but because of how he felt just like we feel now he walked here off streets of gold he walked here where it reeks of mold and stains and rusted trust in stories told nothing fixes everything here NOT YET no nothing fixes everything here so
breathe breath we're fighting death every second and every day we got to inhale exhale our lungs are getting stale feel no emotion no tears are falling anger expression growing will I will I will I explode I guess I will one day I'll follow my loved ones and pass away into reality where death will have no power over me or over anyone anything anymore forever justin just in just in time apart now I hope you hear my rhyme and that new heart beats forever and nothing ever ever gonna take it away from you
so rest in peace say hi to Jesus for me I hope you meet my mom we're gonna miss you homie
This is not goodbye though just see ya later after a while
Please Jesus make all things new soon
I hate it JESUS WEPT uh I know you hate it too
My my my LORD COME QUICKLY amen all men just better be ready its not a prayer to take lightly it might be your end or it might be your new beginning and I get so tired and weary so LORD COME QUICKLY amen all men we better be ready its not a prayer I take lightly it might be the end or it might be the new beginning and I get so tired and weary so LORD COME QUICKLY open up your bibles to the last page with me the final thoughts there are like LORD COME QUICKLY its both a promise and a warning so hear me when I say amen
Breathe breath we're fighting death every second and every day we got to inhale exhale our lungs are getting stale if you're running out of breath you can still pray
Please Jesus make all things new soon
I hate it JESUS WEPT uh I know he hates it too
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Haunted
04:29
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Haunted like its a legacy sin comes after and overpowers me get up and dust off the hit
but there is one memory that I find quite haunting
lurking behind all the victories is a major defeat never repeated but never really forgotten and I'm not sure if its forgiven or still living and breathing inside me but I woke up with evil being evil to me it shouldn't be surprising when I walked right into it in VIOLENT RESISTANCE I rode my bike home in the middle of the night tears in my eyes how will I explain the damage to my dad I knock on the door its 3 AM he says to me my son where have you been I was waiting for you the whole time I've been praying for you all night protection protection protection yeah
How do you write a chorus for this thing that I just want to forget
It's like writing curses in cursive I think I should just stick with the vers35
You wouldn't believe the darkness if I told you the evil that men and their children could do but would you forgive me would you offer a healing my heartbeat hurried up and pounding but my breath locked up and freezing and I can't speak but I believe the promise of a loving father I believe the promise for a son that falls when he follows please forgive my reliving and please take away my remembering YOUR GRACE is greater than my hate and anger but this thorn is painful can you help me forgive me ugh
It's true that the regret lasts longer than the moment does its over but its never really going away so I paint the red tag on my hands [#metoo] and I can't wait til YOU come back again
AND MAKE ALL THINGS BRAND NEW AND BRING ME TO A BLESSED FORGETFULNESS
cause how do you write a chorus for this
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Other Worlds 1
03:14
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I am a gamer I create a character
I am an adventurer choose your own adventure
I am a painter I mix the colors
I create the textures choose your own impressions
I am a creator I design the layers
I create the flavors I make the levels for the players
I like to live in other worlds I like to explore
I like to play in other stories I want to become more powerful
Level up
Skills
Its not about the thrill
Usually I like to say its not about the endgame
Its about the journey there its about the hours played
Welcome to the system not this game one life
This is one you have to win
You lose you die
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The Climb
03:45
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I'm climbing the building but I couldn't get in
The only door is on the ground floor
Sometimes I forget what I'm climbing it for
I'm climbing the building but I couldn't get in
I could have walked in through the front door
Somebody open a window and hold the elevator for me
I've been doing it wrong for so long for so long striving cease trying to please everybody please there are only one or two things worth the death of me my creator he doesn't exist at the top of a building he made my family and they exist here right beside me so why do I keep climbing
WHY DO I KEEP CLIMBING?
I don't know probaby because [NEVERMIND] I don't easily trust in others very much
But I know there's somebody that's out there climbing with me
And I know the temptation to do it all on your own
And I know there's a rescue for anyone who needs to live again
And I know that it's harder to climb down than it is to just keep going going going going gone
I let go and I'm gone
I've been doing it wrong for so long for so long striving cease trying to please everybody please there are only one or two things worth the death of me uh
There are only one or two things worth the death of me
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New Beat
02:50
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This ain't trap its not mumble rap its not this or that its just a new beat
There's nothing new under the sun its all been done its all for fun don't sweat it its all for one I don't care about your criticism or how my mission doesn't fit into your system I wanna break traditions mysticisms schisms I wanna make good decisions so I don't end up fed up regret my time spent up
hold up I need to repent
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I wish I could go back and take back the time that I wasted look an opportunity erased it scrolling binging consuming things that don't matter consuming things that don't matter rolling singing I want to make a difference I want to make a difference you hear me
SO GET OUT AND DANCE
STOP HATIN AND GET OUT THERE AND SAVE IT
There's nothing new under the sun including my new beat its all been done its just for fun its fulfilling me creativity its all already been created we're just discovering whats been lost and buried deep within us its the image of the creator hey man that just got deep yes indeed he's at the core of every being his fingerprints are on everything too bad we've perverted inverted subverted so much that he made for us to enjoy
hold up we need to repent
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I wish I could go back and clean up the mess that I made oh wait I forgot that debt's been paid and I got a new beat I got a new beat I got a new heartbeat
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Driven (90s Song)
03:50
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Deer eyes like reflectors shine keep your focus on the white lines
Drivers with the bright lights burning out my eyesight
Traveling again down this road moving on heavy hearted
What am I chasing where am I going what do I love the most that's where my heart is
Headlights vers35 animal eyes metal vers35 softer skin
Truth is no one gets out alive our end is to begin again
Traveling again down this road moving on heavy hearted
What am I chasing where am I going what do I love the most that's where my heart is
Moving on is difficult so is the ridicule that I lost my passion can you feel it now bro passionate fist-fighting my fears shedding real tears staying up late night praying let em hear it this is raw and emotional like a midnight devotional sitting at the feet of THE KING LISTENING moving on is tiring but I'm inspired to let it be kick the dust off my feet peace out down the road I'll be following
PEACE OUT DOWN THE ROAD I'LL BE FOLLOWING
Traveling again down this road moving on heavy hearted
What am I chasing where am I going what do I love the most that's where my heart is
When my journey ends will my story matter
Will you see my love or just what I chased after
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Blanket
06:04
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Reflection is a fire I can feel it burning so come open my eyes I can't see through the night
Look into my own eyes staring down a little blind if this is my reflection it looks like I'm moving in the wrong direction the dark is creeping on me I can feel it coming you can see it growing how do we not notice how do we not see it I know that you got this you can hear us groaning
But I get a little tired forgotten under fire my heart is getting heavy
WILL YOU COVER ME - I hope you got me covered
When I get lonely when I get weary when my spirit's low I know YOUR SPIRIT is my hope and I know that he's speaking I can see him moving he covers my weakness even when I'm speechless even when I don't know which direction I should go I trust in you to know and I wait for you to show me
But I get a little tired forgotten under fire my heart is getting heavy
See my strength failing feel my spirit falling I'm so thankful that you know me thankful for the moment when I have to trust you you know that I love you see my faith growing
But I get a little tired forgotten under fire my heart is getting heavy I get a litte tired I know you got me I know you got me covered I know you cover me
Reflection is a fire can you feel it burning so come open my eyes
I know you got me I know you got me covered getting warmer and warmer I got my blanket on and I'm feeling comfort I'm pressed on every side but protected I got a special ability that reflects the damage you soak it all up for me you light up the dark for me classic line I was blind now I see you but sometimes the dark is overpowering overwhelming like 2018 some nights I fall on my knees and shut my mouth and let my SPIRIT speak when I don't have the words I know you cover me
I know you got me covered
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Chemicals/Math/Names
02:39
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SO LISTEN my friend died because basically it was an accidental suicide
I can't believe it happened but it happens every day a chemical dependant goes too far goes all the way and you can never return you can never return there will come a point where you can never return
Did you know that a meth lab may be next door have you heard one out of five drivers is lit up on a friday night did you know that driving is a daily deadly activity and chemicals make it worse and you become my enemy for threatening my family
NUMBERS DON'T MATTER NAMES DO
STATISTICS AIN'T NOTHING
BUT WHEN YOUR FRIEND DIES YOU'LL WISH YOU HAD REALIZED
Numbers don't matter people do there is more life because of a sacrifice
There is more to fight for there is more than just your own life
What about your friends what about your family what about the people who look up to you and up to me
NUMBERS DON'T MATTER
I HATE MATH I AM NOT GOOD WITH NUMBERS
they don't matter but neighbors do
Do you understand what I'm telling you everybody has an addiction and you don't know what they might be going through so love love them love them love them like they were your own your own friend your family
Their savior might be you
You are the light of the world a city on a hill so love love them love them
love them like they were your own
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YOU (Other Worlds 2)
04:43
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You can be anything you want to be
But its always best to be you
You can be what they tell you you should be
but its better to just be you
Just be the you that the maker made tune out what everyone else is saying
HE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN THEY DO
HE'S KNOWN YOU FOREVER
Before you were born
Before you were formed
And even before the earth was formed by the deep deep voice of love
He knew you
He loved you
You're a child of the creator of the universe everything
He made it all to show you
FIND HIS WORDS FIND HIS WILL
FIND HIS POWER FOLLOW HIS VOICE
HEART MIND SOUL
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VERS35 Ohio
DJ and Artist Lyle Baker (VERS35) has been making original music for many years. His latest music can be found on iTunes,
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Lyle's main website is www.vers35.com
Thank you so much for your support! Hope you love the music!!
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