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Alive
04:04
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Alive
When the morning breaks through midnight,
And the sun lights up the sky,
When we rise up from our slumber,
There our dreams become alive.
And I feel, I can feel for the first time,
And I feel, I can feel for the first time.
I feel so alive. I feel so alive.
When the city lights take over,
And the stars blink as they fly,
Our search will not be over, not over,
We will seek You through the night.
Not gonna break, not gonna break, we are alive,
Not gonna break, not gonna break, we are alive
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Grave
03:20
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Grave
Oh, I’m coming back up out of the grave,
There’s nothing I want down there anyway.
Oh, I’m standing back up on both of my feet,
For once in my life, I can finally breathe.
You lift me out of darkness, You raise me up to life,
You opened my eyes,
And I can see the sunlight breaking with the dawn,
You opened my eyes.
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Hey War
03:09
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Hey War
Thought I was a pacifist, afraid of what to make of this,
I hid myself from all their cries and bought into your trendy lies,
But now my heart is caving in inside.
Hey war, you’re the beginning of my peace,
Hey war, you have been waged with all that’s wrong in me,
Hey war, hey war.
Facing down these battle lines, my brothers with me side by side,
The self in me has come undone, but Love, You beckon us to run,
Now that this war has already been won.
You are the means to your own end.
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Wake Me Up
03:01
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Wake Me Up
I’ve been lying in a bed with a headboard made of stone.
I’ve been sleeping underground, but I’m dying here alone.
Wake me up, wake me up.
Wake me up to Your love.
I’ve been feeling like a ghost with a heart as cold as ice.
But now You’re breathing in my lungs and You’re filling me with life.
Wake me up, wake me up.
Wake me up,
(You wake me up with Your breath inside my lungs,)
To Your love
(I’m alive for the first time.)
I’m alive,
(I was blind, but my eyes are open wide.)
In Your love.
I’m awake in my dreams and alive to die,
I’m awake in my dreams and alive to die,
I’m awake in my dream and alive to die,
I’m alive, I’m alive.
Wake me up,
(I’m in love and Your love’s become my song.)
To Your love.
(I’m alive for the first time.)
I’m alive,
(I’m in Your arms and I’m right where I belong.)
In Your love.
(I’m alive for the first time.)
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Chasing You
04:33
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Chasing You
You and me, we have a piece of heaven-sent harmony.
But I’ve not seen what we could be,
Though I know You’re what I need.
I’ve been chasing You,
I’ve been chasing You,
Chasing You.
We both know this love can grow if I’ll just let You through,
So won’t You stay, ‘cause every breath I take,
Just leaves me running hard after You.
I’ve been chasing You,
(I’ve been traveling oh, so long, lost my strength and lost my song out there.)
I’ve been chasing You,
(I’ve been running and now I know, You’re my heart and You’re my home, oh yeah.)
And through all these years, through the pain and tears,
You take what’s old and make it new,
So until my last breath, I’ll be, I’ll be chasing You.
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Masquerade
03:27
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Masquerade
I was a king at a masquerade,
But my throne was a grave, and in my treachery,
I took the crown that You gave and threw it away,
I threw You away.
You took me away from the mess I made,
And all those tears that I cried, You wiped them away,
And the mistakes I had made, You threw them away,
You threw them away.
I’m not mine, I belong, I am Yours.
I’m not mine, I belong, I am Yours.
Once I was before, a prodigal of sorts,
Facedown in the mud, but You picked me up.
I was a king at a masquerade,
But my throne was a grave, but even in my treachery,
You took the mess I had made and threw it away.
I’m not mine, I belong, I am Yours,
I’m not mine, I belong to You, I am Yours, I am Yours.
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Matchless
04:33
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Matchless
I will lift my hands to the Maker of all things,
I will lift my heart to the One who first loved me,
Wonderful.
Worthy, worthy is our Lord, we sing holy, holy.
Beautiful, His matchless love, we sing holy, holy.
I delight in the love of my God,
I delight in the love of my God,
I delight in the love of my God,
I delight, I delight in Love.
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Solid Ground
04:08
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Solid Ground
The hurt is deep, but still I keep running,
Even when I feel like I’ll fall down.
And I can’t sleep for all of my dreaming of the day we walk on solid ground,
Of the day we walk on solid ground.
I can’t hold back the tears that keep falling down my face to mirror back my pain,
But I’m breathing in Your voice that keeps calling, it gives me strength so I can rise again,
It gives me strength so I can rise again.
Stand up strong, we can’t be shaken,
Breathe it in, the beauty of this sound,
Every heart will awaken, while we stand upon this solid ground.
I see Your hands in all of my memories, leading me through heartache, one by one.
And every time, Your grace was the whisper reminding me that I can carry on, reminding me that I can carry on.
Well, I believe that we can run much farther,
Hand in hand, we’ll break out of these chains,
And I can see every son and daughter,
In a place where only love remains.
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Sunshine
03:03
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Sunshine
When I was just a child, I thought just like all children do.
My life was a game to play, Your hand in mine while skies were blue.
You were my sunshine, You were my moonlight,
You were everything.
The air I’d breathe in, the song I’d sing out,
You were every, everything.
Now I am so much older, the world’s a little colder, too.
But when my days are cloudy, Your love just keeps on shining through.
You are my sunshine, You are my moonlight,
You are everything.
The air I breathe in, the song I sing out.
You are every, everything.
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Home
03:21
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Home
There’s a longing inside for something outside of everything that I’ve seen,
And the truth is that I’ve never felt this alive by any means in me.
Hope is rising, hope is rising.
Oh, we’re not home,
Oh, we’re not our own,
Oh, You’re our home.
There’s a longing inside for something outside of everything that I, I can’t afford, no.
The truth is that I, I’m on the brink of new life, on the brink of so much more.
Ashes to ashes, we all fall down, but one day we’ll rise.
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Falling
04:08
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Falling
Just like lightning, You struck me, like an arrow straight through my chest,
And my wound here is so lovely. It feels like You’re stealing my breath,
But You breathe for me.
And I am falling for You, oh,
Yes, I’m in love again.
And I’m falling head over heels for You,
Yes, I’m in love again.
Like a fire, You consume me, and You’re singing in me a new heart,
And my dying is so lovely, at the end here, I’ve found my new start,
With Your song in me.
Just like lightning, You struck me.
My wound here is so lovely, whoa.
Like a fire, You consume me.
My dying is gain.
Whoa, whoa, head over heels,
Whoa, whoa.
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Second Hand City Lenoir, North Carolina
Inspired by an urgency to unite the Body of Christ and to build His kingdom through music, Second Hand City wraps their
passion for melodies, lyrics and sonic textures around honest life experiences. This provides the framework for their upcoming eponymous album, “Second Hand City.”
www.secondhandcitymusic.com
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