Poor Old Lu : The Waiting Room

Indie Rock / USA
(2002 - Tooth And Nail Records)
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1. REVOLVE

It promises much
It promises you'll never be cold
The words are such
As to turn you until you are sold
And walk in this rut
And run in the ground where we know
Have the lights gone dim
In the light of this sin?
Am I breathing right?
Am I breathing right?

I'm pushing this out and pulling You in
I've been living in doubt and walking on pins
I'm throwing this out and hoping in
(Where joy and peace begin)
I'm sick of the drought and walking on

The current is strong
To move me and push me aside
And where I belong
Is it lost in the move of the tide
And when I am wrong
And when I am drowning inside
Has the sea rushed in
In the weight of this sin?
Am I breathing right?
Am I breathing right?

I'm pushing this out and pulling You in
(Where joy and peace begin)
I've been living in doubt and walking on pins
I'm throwing this out and hoping in
(Where joy and peace begin)
I'm sick of the drought and walking on

Pick up your feet and pick up your head
(I'm as tired as I can be)
Lift up your voice and sing till the end
(Lord, I need Your strength in me)

I'm pushing this out and pulling You in
(Where joy and peace begin)
I've been living in doubt and walking on pins
I'm throwing this out and hoping in
(Where joy and peace begin)
I'm sick of the drought and walking on


2. NOW

Don't dream of hours gone by
Of seconds came and spent
Don't wish on distant stars
Of worlds come and went
(Oh, what do I see?)

Tripping through the moments
(And to my shame)
I've longed for years and months and days
(And days…)

Don't wait for cloudless skies
When the sun breaks in between
Don't hope on fruitless things
What's in our hands, on what is seen
(Oh, what do I see?)

Tripping through the moments
(And to my shame)
I've longed for years and months and days
(And days…)

Don't swim in drowning grief
Anticipating the despair
Don't choke the seeds of joy
Give them life and give them air
(Oh, what do I see?)

Tripping through the moments
(And to my shame)
I've longed for years and months and days
(And days…)
Since I held the hands
(That bore my shame)
I count the years and months and days
(And days…)


3. SUNLIGHT & SHADOWS

I've been mixed in dark and light today, you know
And I'm sure it does not please or bless or show
Still there's something to be said
However far beyond my nose, I know

Have you become so dull, so cold?
Does the truth leave an awful taste in your…

I've been betwixt in wrong and right today, you know
It crowds the mind and stops the heart, so let me go
How far down will I be lead
I pray you put the foot down, I am so low

Have you become so dull, so cold?
Does the truth leave an awful taste in your soul?
When fear grips it chokes out the air
Sometimes the dark is dark because a door is there

I've been tripped in weak and might today, you know
The longing glance of circumstance has begun to show
Lord, free this guilty head
I let go and take a step and watch me grow

Have you become so dull, so cold?
Does the truth leave and awful taste in your soul?
When fear grips it chokes out the air
Sometimes the dark is dark because a door is there


4. CRUSHED

On top of the world
I am proud
In my heaven

A star in the sky
Shine so bright
Like the weather

I am sight and I am sound
They are lost and I am found
The well runs deep inside of me
Though I cannot sleep

I am crushed
And I am broken
With the words and with the truth He has spoken

Feet on the ground
Hand to the plow
I am going

A flash in the crowd
Know my name
I am chosen

I am light and I am loud
If you would don't make a sound
The door opens wide to me
Though I cannot see, I…

I am crushed
And I am broken
With the words and with the truth He has spoken
I am crushed
And I am hoping
Grace could find this soul of mine and hold me


5. TODAY

It is the sweetest thing to know that
To know it is right
And what a sight
To step ahead and see the Son, now…

Not a cloud in mind
Or waiting on time
I've emptied my hands
And now I can, I can receive

The most amazing things seem to follow
The darkest of nights
And what a sight
I am saved from the deepest of graves, now…

Not a cloud in mind
Or waiting on time
I've emptied my hands
And now I can, I can receive

Today
May be the most beautiful day
I don't sing alone
And the angels say…

Today
May be the most wonderful day
I don't sing alone
And the angels say…


6. INTERLUDE

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7. A MONTH OF MOMENTS

It swept me in and tossed me out, I fear
And the consequence is clear
Listen to the heartbreak, my dear
And now I sit alone

I count the words in me
“If you could only see
Sometimes choice is crippling
Abide in Me”

Am I full of pride or lost inside?
When I stand alone I am alone
(And I) have not the strength to break this shame
(And why) if I hate the sin and let it in
Do I see His arms are open wide

It's deafening to hear the ring of sin
And the waves are crashing in
Will I ever, ever win?
So take me home

I find these words in me
“If you would only see
The choice could make you free
Abide in Me”

Am I full of pride or lost inside?
When I stand alone I am alone
(And I) have not the strength to break this shame
(And why) if I hate the sin and let it in
Do I see His arms are open wide

And the moment was or the moment is
(Help me stand in the present time)
And the moment was or the moment is
(Help me stand in the present time)


8. PRAYING FOR THE PERFECT WORLD

I see… You are merciful
I see… You are kind
I see… You are full of love that is far beyond my mind

I hope… for strength to stand
I hope… to be the man that I should be
I hope… that You will embrace these little ones in spite of me

So I'm praying for the perfect world
Praying for the perfect…

I fear… for what I will say
I fear… for things that I have said
I fear… I'll close my eyes and trip on what is ahead

I know… I need to trust
I know… I need to reach
I know… I need to believe in what I cannot always see

So I'm praying for the perfect world
Praying for the perfect…

World where the darkest days are like the brightest skies
World where we look through the eyes of a little boy and girl
World where the darkest days are like the brightest skies
World where we walk in the faith of a little boy and girl


9. CROWDED

There are a million things
That want the best of me
Now my head is spinning
And back and forth I weave
It all looks the same to me
Is it good or bad?
But I read that the truth shall set me free

So make a sound in me
What I need to hear
Is muddled with uncertainty,
Mediocrity, and lack of sleep

There are a thousand things
That try to turn my head
And my blinking eyes
Are they easily led
It all feels the same to me
Is it good or bad?
It all feels the same to me
But I read that the free are free indeed

So make a sound in me
What I need to hear
Is muddled with uncertainty,
Mediocrity, and lack of sleep
So speak into my ear
What I want to hear
Is married to simplicity,
The King of Kings, and less of me

So come on down
I have much to, much to say
Be quiet now
And just you stay

So make a sound in me
What I need to hear
Is muddled with uncertainty,
Mediocrity, and lack of sleep
So speak into my ear
What I want to hear
Is married to simplicity,
The King of Kings, and less of me


10. FRIDAY TO SUNDAY

Darkness fell across the land
Our hope fell in the sand
And there it was
Though for certain we stood still
The earth shook and spilled
Then gave it up
Could we believe our eyes
When life has tossed us aside?
So turn and hang your head
He is given up for dead
And so am I

So give me the light to understand
The fight to comprehend the whys
So give me the mind to step ahead
When I hear what You've said and hide

The night turned to day
The days fade away
And so it was
The hours wouldn't pass
And forever couldn't last
We gave it up
We were fixed on the door
Waiting for… is this a dream?
Tell us how to feel
Can it be that this is real?
What am I?

So give me the light to understand
The fight to comprehend the whys
So give me the mind to step ahead
When I hear what You've said and hide

We once were full of hope to know
He's opened up our eyes
But if He walks across the sea
What does any of it mean
If He has died

But the stone was rolled away
And the angel came to say
He's alive, He is alive
But the stone was rolled away
And we just have to say
He's alive

So give me the light to understand
The fight to comprehend the whys
So give me the mind to step ahead
When I hear what You've said and hide


11. THE WAITING ROOM

She was staring at the ceiling
I was staring at the floor
He was fixed in thought and wonder of what lied behind the door

There was a man with little movement
I knew I'd seen him here before
The people with the children were sick to death and would wait no more

The world it can't be moving
It's been two thousand years or
Have I stopped breathing?
Have I stopped believing?
Believe me, I...

He must've talked for forever
I think they finally turned away
And I was thinking to myself I should have plenty more to say

And some were getting very restless
Some were filling up the days
I was hoping that the girl with the curl would be safe

The world it can't be moving
It's been two thousand years or
Have I stopped breathing?
Have I stopped believing?
Believe me, I...
Just want to have the patience of a saint who waits at the gate
Please don't be late

The floors are giving in
The walls are getting thin
The clock is moving slow
My breathing comes and goes
The room is getting small
The sin is growing tall
We wait for the day
We wait for the day

The world it can't be moving
It's been two thousand years or
Have I stopped breathing?
Have I stopped believing?
Believe me, I...
Just want to have the patience of a saint who waits at the gate
Please don't be late

She was full of good intentions
I was full with all my greed
He was holding out his hands as if to give, as if to bleed

There was a man with little substance
I know I'd seen him here indeed
The people with the children spoke so soft to confess their need

And some are getting hopeless
Some are filling up the days
I am hoping on a promise, on a gift, and so I wait...

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