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DELIVERANCE LYRICS
"Stay of Execution" (1992)
1. Stay of Execution
2. Windows of the Soul
3. Words to the...
4. From Once Was
5. Self-Monger
6. Horrendous Disc
7. Lord of Dreams
8. Ramming Speed
9. Entombed
10. Weapons of Our Warfare (Remix)
1. Stay of Execution
Strong is your hold, oh mortal flesh
And now I've fallen to you again
Mighty's the faith that overcomes
But somehow you always seem to win
Stay of execution
Stay of execution
On the straight and narrow path of life
The word always comes to lift me up
Brings me to my feet when I fall
But you lie in waiting to bring me down
Stay of execution
Stay of execution
And so the struggle still goes on
Between the spirit and the flesh
Knowing His Word will make me strong
For the tormenting of my flesh
Stay of execution...
2. Windows of the Soul
Turning away
Seeing the light
I vanquish the dark
And conquer the night
River of anger is rapidly flowing
Mind keeps unleashing its poison
Diverted directions where words become weapons
Bitterness sown, deep hatred and malice
Reach deep in my soul
Through the windows of my eyes
Distorted views on what beauty may be
Mind goes to work on these impurities
Over and over my faint heart has failed
I cross to the dark side and search for the key...
I'm tempted to judge every book by its cover
Fail to consider the spirit within
Give me the heart of the nail torn lover
The bloodied and battered forgiver of sin
Reach deep in my soul
Through the windows of my eyes
Reach deep in my soul...
3. Words to the...
A crime of the mind, it's a terrible thing to waste
A sign of the times when mine is feeling out of place
Could it be that it's me who's a victim of society's plan
New stage - big change, a wave of the Savior's hand
Words to the wise and the poor of spirit
Words to those whose thoughts are clear
Words to those who have the ear to hear it
Words to the ones drawing near
I walk away when they say that my Lord and my God is dead
When they kneel they reveal that they worship an idea instead
Getting caught in the thoughts of a nation selling lies
We are chained to the game of ignorance epitomized
The mind and the time lie in the embryonic state
To reveal and conceal as we're learning how to love and hate
Laying waste as we taste of the fruit of the poisoned tree
Guiltless lamb come again breaks the chains
And to set us free
A crime of the mind, a terrible thing to waste
Now I know why I'm so helplessly out of place
Sin undone, kingdom come, cause this world is not my home
Cast my lot, food for thought, words of wisdom of a life atoned...
4. From Once Was
Unfortunate souls will often say
We need to cling to yesterday
An evil there or light to see
Gives of hope of what might be
Faith gathered from "once was"
Hope gathered from "once was"
Peace gathered from "once was"
Love gathered from "once was"
I dream the past, the burning bridges
Old photographs, discarded pages
Unanswered prayers, the childhood endings
The bitter tears, the new beginnings
The life and times of a child alone
Searching for love in the cold unknown
Soul beat and scarred with the truth in sight
The lessons he's learned in the darkest night
I dream of youth and unrequited love
There lies the truth, in what once was
And through it all I see at last
The Saviour's hand and all that's past
Memory is clear, Saviour drawing near
Feel my heart embraced, see desire's face
Here my soul will rest
The answered prayers, the childhood endings
The bitter tears, the new beginnings
The new beginnings...
5. Self-Monger
Hard not to get caught in the world and
Its thoughts when this mad world keeps
Blocking your view
Through a slap in the face or a kiss concealed hatred
Reality keeps pushing through
Keeps pushing through
But what do you win if you gain the world
And lose your own soul?
Selfishness reigns where there is no one kind
Though most of the time it's not me
Now and again I'm the center of light and
This selfmonger longs to be free...
But what do you win if you gain the world
And lose your own soul?
Segueways of illusion invade while I'm sleeping
Come vision to taunt me again
Where am I going, what am I becoming?
A selfmonger dying within
Dying in sin...
6. Horrendous Disc
[Act 1]
He turns the t.v. high, the walls are paper thin
He hopes the neighbor folks aren't listening
He's killed his wife with words, confident it's private rage
When up goes the curtain and he is on the stage
He's on the stage
God sees it all
He has total recall
It is an art
Hiding murder in your heart
[Act 2]
The show is over, he pours himself a drink
Best to forget about it, put a record on
The stereo and try not to think
And the record plays:
This is your life, you beat your wife
We'll spare the gory details and simply say...
Recording artist
God hears it all
He has total recall
Your sneaky moves
Are right here in the grooves
[Act 3]
He puts his car in gear, got to get out of here
Going somewhere far away
But through the headlight beams
He sees the billboard screen
His fight last night is on display
You're on display
God sees it all
He has total recall
Your bloody crime
Is up there on the sign
7. Lord of Dreams
Sunlight is pouring all over me
The cracks in the window blinds
Tell me I'm free
But in the night when fear paralyzes
Allowing no pathway to see
Weighted eyes close and blood pressure rises
I'm traveling where this slumber leads
Into the dark, crawl inside your mind
To worlds hidden by night
Visions and nightmares, or just another dream?
One step away from the light
They say to ignore most of what
I might find there, I fear I'll
Spend most of my time there
Dream control is so hard to achieve
Mastered through some evil scheme
There is one way followed without fear
Make Jesus the Lord of your dreams
Out of the dark and into the light...
[repeat 1st verse]
8. Ramming Speed
Slaves to the King of Kings
And slaves to love
Steer the ship by the sweat
Of our brow and beat of the drum
War against sin with the weapons of our unity
Right on the mark with a love for humanity
Building up to ramming speed...
The power of God is ramming speed...
The sea is raging, there's the enemy ahead
On fiery waters float the bodies of the dead...
We count our casualties, but we'll never stop
Set the captives free with a strike against the enemy
We'll live to tell the tale of bravery and gallantry
Building up to ramming speed...
The power of God is ramming speed...
[repeat 1st verse]
9. Entombed
The fleeting hours of mourning come
But soon pass away
The thought of laying 'neath a slab
Seems an unenticing gray
Life as it is, life as it was
The difference in dark and light
The only way to truly live is to
Let my flesh die...
Romans 6 tells me I'm a slave
A slave of righteousness
My carnal mind tells me
From sin there will be no rest
Because of sacrificial rights
I now stand not condemned
Once a slave to mortality
I now reckon myself dead...
I've reckoned myself dead
I've been entombed...
Knowing this, that our old man
Was crucified with him
That the body of sin might be done away with
We should no longer be enslaved to sin
We are not to live as the damned...
10. Weapons of Our Warfare (Remix)
Imaginations running wild
Innocent they seem
Polluting your mind
A formulated scheme
The battle; it starts in your mind
A lesson to be learned
Provoking thoughts only cause the sin
That provoking thoughts have earned
Cast down imaginations of every high thing
That dare exalts itself against the knowledge of God
The weapons of our warfare
Powerful they are
No nuclear warfare attacks can bring these strongholds down
To take dominion over Satan's own ground
Rise up with the sword of God and put your armor on
And the weapons of our warfare aren't carnal
Imaginations running wild
Innocent they seem
They've polluted your mind
The formulated scheme
The battle; it started in your mind
A lesson to be learned
Provoking thoughts only caused the sin
That provoking thoughts have earned
Cast down imaginations of every high thing
That dare exalts itself against the knowledge of God
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