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As Cities Burn – Made Too Pretty Lyrics 16 years ago
"how'd *A* pretty man get so ugly?"

Instead of "...THE pretty man"

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As Cities Burn – Lady Blue Lyrics 16 years ago
I agree with playitloud. especially with reference to "made too pretty"

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As Cities Burn – Capo Lyrics 16 years ago
i stand corrected, thought it made more sense.
still haven't received my pre-order yet

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As Cities Burn – Capo Lyrics 16 years ago
"Prophet" not "profit" in the first verse
otherwise good job on the lyrics

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As Cities Burn – Made Too Pretty Lyrics 16 years ago
in the first verse it should be "gods" with a lowercase "g"

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As Cities Burn – Into the Sea Lyrics 16 years ago
heh that's actually quite apparent when you I look at it now
cool beans

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As Cities Burn – Pirate Blues Lyrics 16 years ago
"but you don't live here *no more*"

"The horse *men*"

"I can still see you shining *now*"

And if you want to go nuts you can capitalize all your I's

Otherwise very good, I had no idea what he was saying right at the end

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As Cities Burn – Into the Sea Lyrics 16 years ago
Matthew 21: 21-22
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. 22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

Does anyone think it's a reasonable assumption that it's about someone dealing with something that he can't do anything about, so he desperately wants the faith to move their "mountain".. or he's straight out speaking it out of their life.

eh?

Just a guess.

I'm just not sure what the last line means...


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As Cities Burn – Into the Sea Lyrics 16 years ago
I have made the appropriate changes, thanks.

You'd think I would've caught the "you throw yourself.." one
haha thanks again

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As Cities Burn – Into the Sea Lyrics 16 years ago
Sounds good.

I'm so excited for this CD, I preordered it within a couple days of it being available.
Every one of ACB's album have been phenomenal. They've even changed their sound for each album, that's quite a thing to do (Iguess more so between SILYAYD and CNS.

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As Cities Burn – Gates Lyrics 16 years ago
Haha I've listened to it with headphones in and just the speakers and everything, but I can't tell which one. But hey I guess both ways make sense.
Just "Somehow your blood makes you blind" doesn't make sense by itself
If you put "To our divide" after it, then it works. And "I am all Yours" is fine by itself
but hey I guess it's true, only Cody knows lol

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As Cities Burn – '84 Sheepdog Lyrics 16 years ago
Good job on the second verse, it's a hard part to distinguish. I guess we'll know when the album comes out.

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As Cities Burn – Wrong Body Lyrics 16 years ago
pretty sure it's

All the love I want to give
gets caught between every rib
what does that make ME?

unless someone has the lyrics book

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As Cities Burn – Incomplete Is A Leech Lyrics 16 years ago
hearts*

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As Cities Burn – Incomplete Is A Leech Lyrics 16 years ago
playitloud I don't think there's necessarily a resolution in this song (I think it comes later on in the album)

I think the verse

"but i've grown not to mind because at least
stone doesn't sling like blood
or spill like guts across the floor
where the bloodsuckers want more and more and more "

maybe is talking about being numb and that having a "stone" heart is the easy way out... because when you're truly following Christ and rejecting sin, life isn't necessarily easy

"stone <- staying in sin and not changing

doesn't sling like blood
or spill like guts across the floor" <-difficult/real life of following Christ

I open to being completely wrong, but that's my spin on it

Anyway this is an amazing song about how Grace can change even the hardest of hears

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As Cities Burn – Contact Lyrics 16 years ago
^^^^^^^

oops hit enter too soon

I think he was referring to this verse in the last line of the song

Where he doubts the existence of God because he doesn't see Him anywhere and feels rejected

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As Cities Burn – Contact Lyrics 16 years ago
Psalm 44:23


Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever

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As Cities Burn – Admission: Regret Lyrics 16 years ago
"So I hear there's a whole world out there
But I've grown to love this bed too much to leave it
If love really drives out fear
Then I pray it's her voice I've been hearing outside my door"

1 John 4:18

18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

He's referring to this verse I believe

Basically he is in love with his sin so much that he doesn't want to leave it, and is perhaps scared of being honest, or scared of trusting God completely.



"One more time, love, won't you come remind me
I'm someone believed in
I'm someone still within your reach
Cause all I've got is sleep
Against my fear of being swept away
By the wind, the undertow, and thought"

He's asking love (ie God) to show him that there's still hope and grace for him, cause he's afraid of where he is and how he's consumed in sin



"Awake! awake in the company of men given something to say
Give me a servant's heart and a tongue to obey"

Obeying God

"Tired head, take up your mat
Take your mat and walk"



Luke 20

20When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

21The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

22Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? 23Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? 24But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...." He said to the paralyzed man, "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 25Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God.

(read the full story here http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%205;&version=31;)

So
"Tired head, take up your mat
Take your mat and walk"
could refer to him having his sins forgiven

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As Cities Burn – Thus From My Lips, By Yours, My Sin Is Purged Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is so amazing
LiveThroughChrist pretty much summed it up

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As Cities Burn – Tides Lyrics 16 years ago
I think the last verse

"Leave your bad limbs behind
For they are conduits to the heart"

Is referring to Matthew 5:29

"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell"

Which is also mentioned at the start of "New Sun"

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As Cities Burn – This Is It, This Is It Lyrics 16 years ago
I think this song might be about Christians not being transparent with who they really are/what they're dealing with

"forget about being honest
forget about being passionate
wear that smile like you feel it
even when you don't"

I think it may also have something to do with people trying to earn their forgiveness and think you need to have everything worked out before you can go to God.

"i think they forgot about Jesus
seeking us out

in the bodies we're still in
the bodies we still war"

I have a recording of the album release show and he adds in the song (please correct me anyone if you have a recording)

"come on grace be the wind
cause I don't deserve it, you don't deserve it"


I think the main point of the song is that you can't attain forgiveness by your own efforts
and that you just need to accept grace
"we're all sinking for our sins unless grace be the wind"

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As Cities Burn – Gates Lyrics 16 years ago
I think this makes more sense

"Somehow your blood makes you blind
To our DIVIDE

I am all Yours"


Basically by Jesus dying for us, it doesn't matter how undeserving we are, we can accept forgiveness.

The gist of it is that Jesus' blood makes a "bridge" to God


Also there's a spelling mistake

"I've been looking for a new CHORUS"


This song is absolutely amazing. I was so happy when they put it on their myspace.
I also pre-ordered their new album... but I'm not sure if this song is on it.

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