Olympus Mons - a battle of syntax

1. your weapons are useless
your weapons are useless. your powers are useless.
(you have) placed a dagger in my heart, and now i'll rip it out.
(you have) tried to drown me in this sea,
but as the water fills my lungs, i still breath.
i know how to save my life.
this grace will save my life.
guiding light will save my life
this grace will save my life.
save my life...
cast your weapons down, they fail you. let them wash into the sea.
i know how to save my life...
the sky opens up; the stars are listening, as they sing,
"i'm saved by grace."
i'm saved by grace.
your weapons are useless. your powers are useless.
("For by grace are ye saved through faith..." Ephesians 2:8)
 

2. just four minutes and thirty-six second left
when you sleep, will you dream? or will nightmares haunt your memory?
are you blind? or can you see? and tonight it's just eternity (at stake.)
what if now it's too late? and for the better could have made that change.
i think we're slowly sinking. i think we're sinking.
it's not too late.
we cannot hide, even though we try.
our words mean nothing; (they are) like a grain of sand in a desert.
actions mean so much more.
and now there's a gun to your head.
and you're begging and pleading, "please, don't pull the trigger."
but now it's all too late.
and you're begging and pleading, "oh God, save me."
the seconds have counted down. the sky - it' falling right now.
what if now it's too late? and for the better you could have made that change.

3. send me the moon
i cast myself to the ground.
i don't need this anymore.
this fragile human form - it's weak and fleeting.
hear my voice as i scream, "it's all Yours. i'm all Yours."
hear me right now as i say, "please, take it all away."
this is still all i've ever known. i stand alone; transfixed.
the moon is sinking. i am perplexed.
time came like a thief in the night. i can't see, nor can i feel.
i have resolved myself to the safest emotion: (indifference)
and ran a million miles away.
guide me to what's here for me. show me a miracle.
i want to stare at the sun, yet not be blinded.
my knees are to the ground, my face is to the sky.
my knees to the ground. my face to the sky.
i pray to you tonight, "please send me moonlight,
so i may see this wonderful evening."
guide me to what's here for me...

4. minutes and moments
and in this winter scene, let me drift off
to a place where dragonflies dance on the water
and fireflies light up this sky tonight.
our shadows are welcomed by this (summer scenery.)
this invitation is forever.
and my hand is outstretched now.
had i waited this long?
just to see myself at the horizon - painting this sunset,
where it all fades away.
(just) like the cry of a dying star; a supernova. my swan song.
"and just like the light of the most distant star that was never seen before it's death,
i was never taken to heart."
minutes.
i could never leave. you were polaris.
And every star went right back to you.
moments.
i was never taken to heart.
i was never taken to heart.
 

5. carthage must be destroyed
kill these lights.
shut my eyes.
black it out.
all of this wonder has taken its toll.
i'm so sick of this vibrant city - the joy painted its faces.
they seem so content and blissful.
this ghost haunts me every night, reminding me it's time to go.
(so) i return to my hiding place (where it is) as cold as the darkest hole.
and just like winter's breath creeping slowly into my lungs,
the sound of my retreat lulls you to sleep as i burn this city down.
burn it down. salt the earth.
burn it down. salt the earth.
it's cold where i'm headed. maybe because it's always winter.
and when the sun has set on my face, i am but a memory.
oh, how i am but a memory.
i drop my head, slowly turn, and begin my progression to a place i never wanted to go.
i leave this city behind in ruins, never to flourish again.
i have fallen so short.
the only words i have are, "take me, oh Lord, to where i belong."
because in this city i'm so lost.
do i want to be found?
(of course) i want to be found.
kill these lights.
all of this wonder has taken it's toll and now i'll end it all.
 

6. anomaly
welcome to this day Forever, the sun has set, and the landscape fades.
i cried to her, "why can't you see?"
i'll just scream her name. Forever, will You be with me tonight?
welcome to this day Forever?
and if she said, "please come back," i'd say, "my dear, i've waited to long?"
but i won't hear these words? forever.
and if she said, "please come back..."
welcome to this day Forever...
Forever, will you be with me tonight?
("He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Psalms 147:3)

7.  i'll wake in the mourning
etched in my mind - these memories will last forever.
always i will see your face, whenever i close my eyes.
i will never understand why this is how it had to be.
why were you taken from us?
to leave us here in the dark. to wake us from our slumber.
(to leave us) filled with dreams of untold stories.
of what will never be. of what i'll only dream.
there's no limit to what i would do to bring you back.
(just) to bring you back.
i will never understand why...
and you'll sleep forever... and i'll wake in the mourning...
(and i pray you are with Jesus.)

8. juxtaposition of the sky
my head is poised upwards, toward the glimmering satellites above.
(i can see) two softly lit shining back at me.
i see my reflection (while) getting lost.
where do you go when you've found your place in the stars?
andromeda.
the boundaries found; a section of heavens torn from the sky
and placed into the palms of your hands.
this sky is on fire tonight.
can you hear jupiter whisper, "where are you? where are you?"
can you hear this shooting star cry out, "catch me."
where do you go?
i dream in portraits of black, streaked with white and blue.
i dream in portraits of the night time sky; where i'm safe right now.
(i am) pinpointing constellations - illustrations of fairy tales,
delivering you safely to your dreams.
the sun never shines on the dark side of the moon,
and where light can't escape is where i sleep.
where do you go when you've found your place in the stars,
but clouds blanket the sky?
("Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding." Proverbs 3:5)
 

9. please be with us
dreams fall to the ground (where) they die.
like autumn leaves in suspended animation.
i will never see a light; my eyes, they are sealed so tight.
please, oh God, open them so wide.
be with me on this black night, so, although i drown in fear,
You're always near. You're always here.
...and this is my darkest hour.
all that i hold dear has crumbled before me.
i don't wish to see me once more, as i'm fading into a darkness so bleak.
i'm drowning. i'm dying with all of this uncertainty.
...and this is my darkest hour.
all that i hold dear has crumbled before me.
please be with us in this, our time of need.
please be with us in this, our time of need.
i don't wish to see me once more...
and that's me, wrought upon the floor.
i'm writhing in pain.
i'm reaching out to this world before me, the one i'm drowning in.
please, oh God, be with me right now.
in You, i find comfort.
in You, i find everything.
everything.
everything.

10. the astronomical society
let this voice be heard.
to see.
to touch.
your heart.
the blind shall see. the deaf shall hear. the dead shall live.
crying out,
"i know You are the way, the truth, and the life. this is all unto You."
take this. take this. take this: my heart.
take this: my heart. i will sing Your praises.
take this: my heart. i will lift Your name high.
thank You for this gift.
i once was dead, but now i live.
"...the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound in praising and thanking the Lord..."
and there was the crashing of cymbals.
we basked in a chorus of voices.
screaming. resonating.
and we all glance towards the sky.
we all stare.
and we all sing. and we all scream.
scream.
"and it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord will be saved."
shall be saved. we are all saved.
and we all sing these praises.
and we all scream Your praises.
take this. take this. take this: my heart.