GALAXIE TWELVE

October

Song 1: Love Magnificent

Holy King of all the earth, You have made me from the dirt

And to dirt I’ll return

Sovereign Lord, who am I that You would bid me come and die

And would turn Your wrath aside?

Oh, what a love, what a love magnificent

Oh, what a price, what a price my father spent for my ransom

All the wicked things I’ve done, You have pardoned every one

Even when I killed Your Son

Oh, what a love, what a love magnificent

Oh, what a price, what a price my father spent for my ransom

Song 5: Foolish Man’s Blues

I wrote today’s song in twelve bars for Doyle. RIP.

My throat is an open grave, I’ve got poison on my tongue

I’m a death-talking traitor staring down the wrath of God

I was born into a darkness, not inclined to seek the Light

I ain’t ever been a lover, I ain’t ever loved what’s right

I’m a dreadful man beyond compare, spiteful through-and-through

If you cross me there’s no telling all the vengeful things I’ll do

I like my pleasure on the rocks, and joy in hundred-dollar bills

I leave discretion at the doorstep on the way to get my thrills

I won’t hesitate to serve myself as long as I’m alive

They say at the rate I’m going I won’t live to twenty-five

But I was born to walk the wild way and never settle down

Guess I’ll answer for it when the Man in White comes back around

It ain’t the life I had in mind back when I was a boy

I’m finding quickly that I hate the things I once enjoyed

Every girl another apology just waiting to be said

I lined em up and shot em down and it’s a wonder they ain’t dead

I’ve got a boulder on my shoulders for every wicked thing I’ve done

And I know there’s wrath pursuing me wherever I may run

Song 4: Thief

God of my failures, God of my strife

God who for my sake would lay down His life

I’m a beggar and thief, a traitorous son

Swimming in the sea of the damage I’ve done

If you can uphold me whenever I fall

Then why won’t you answer me now when I call?

There’s pages of truth I just can’t seem to hear

If Your love is perfect then why do I fear?

I’m hungry for flesh and I’m thirsty for blood

But all the bread and the wine is never enough

I’m wearing the stripes of my sin on my back

Cause I wrote off my Father and took off with His cash

It’s so hard to write when the music doesn’t agree with me.

Song 3: Untitled IX

Falling in love ain’t as great as they say

At the end of the day, it’s not worth all the pain

That’s bound to come along when it doesn’t work out

And no matter how loud you scream and you shout

I don’t believe a word.

I’ve got a long list of falls and regrets

And it’s hard to tell how good’s “as good as it gets”

I’m marked by a shadow of failure and ruin

So when you say you love me you’re changing your tune

And I don’t believe a word.

I’m an expert in heart-breaking, God I’m so cruel

Cause I do whatever my heart wants to do

So if I come around with a sweet-talking tongue

And promise you happiness, you’d better run

Baby, don’t believe a word.

Song 2: Doubt

There’s a blackness in my blood, it’s living in my heart

Darker than a desert night it’s tearing me apart

I’ve got a scar for every bit of damage that I’ve done

And I don’t think that You’ve got blood enough to make a right of every wrong

So what can You do to make me believe the truth?

What can you do to make me believe in you?

You can make the blind man see, You can set the captives free

You can make friends of enemies but what does it mean to me?

There’s a law that I can’t keep, but I love it endlessly

Cause it’s safer than anything You could ever ask of me

So what can You do to make me believe the truth?

What can you do to make me believe in you?