The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues) Lyrics

[Verse 1] I don't like to admit When I'm wrong and need gifts Of forgiveness instead of applause I was dying to prove to myself I could make it alone It took years to confess...Read Full Lyrics

Put your hands up open wide Put your hands up side by side Age don't matter, like race don't matter, Like place don't matter like what's inside Let the kick drum kick one time Br...Read Full Lyrics

Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead Yesterday is a promise that you've broken Don't close your eyes, Don't close your eyes This is your life and today is all you've got now Y...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse:] I'm pickin' up the pieces I'm trying out adhesives I'm trying to fix a place that feels broken [Verse:] All my words have failed me My voices don't avail me I'm trying to...Read Full Lyrics

I've got my memories They're always Inside of me But I can't go back Back to how it was I believe it now I've come too far But I can't go back Back to how it was Created for a plac...Read Full Lyrics

Been fighting things that I can't see in Like voices coming from the inside of me and Like doing things I find hard to believe in Am I myself or am I dreaming? I've been awake for...Read Full Lyrics

Under the floor Between me and the door There's a presence I cannot deny It's under the car Between me and the stars I see glory filling up the sky And I'm certain that He hears ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] My words come out like an avalanche in silence And you've got oceans trapped in your eyelids They tell me that no man is an island But it feels like it's a storm that...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Twenty-four oceans Twenty-four skies Twenty-four failures And twenty-four tries Twenty-four finds me In twenty-fourth place With twenty-four dropouts At the end o...Read Full Lyrics

Walking along the high tide line Watching the Pacific from the sidelines Wonder what it means to live together Looking for more than just guidelines Looking for signs in the night...Read Full Lyrics