Soul of Things
SARA GROVES SONG LYRICS
How is it a stranger
Can know you for a moment
And call out pretty closely
What it takes years to name
Why is it so to tell yourself the truth
To see into the soul of things
See you hopes your fears
The oughts the shoulds the habits
The unseen puppeteers
That pull you on the stage
Why is it so to tell yourself the truth
To see into the soul of things
What a mystery your very heart
Held inside you and known in part
Held inside you and known in part
Memory grows rigid
Playing in the loops
Running my resentments
And all my well worn proofs
It’s hard to get a witness even when I’m there
To see into the soul of things
What a mystery your very heart
Held inside you and known in part
Held inside you and known in part
Somewhere in the vast
Waters of my mind
A memory resurfaced
I’m looking in your eyes
You are trying to tell me
A better way to see
Into the soul of things
Into the soul of things
Cheshire Cat
SARA GrOVES SONG LYRICS
We were reading something boring
Busy bees and crocodiles
Sleepy on a sunny morning
Watching all the clouds go by
When the edges started slipping
Rabbit said he might be late
How did I get here dripping
Running in a caucus race
Just when I can’t take anymore
I see the moon’s a Cheshire cat
Just when I can’t take anymore
I’m having tea with the madness
Now I’m too big or too little
Fixing it’s no piece of cake
Reasoning with caterpillars
Not feeling like myself these days
Wish I could sit at the table
Someone yells no room no room
Everywhere galère enabled
Sneaky pens and nom de plumes
Just when I can’t take anymore
I see the moon’s a Cheshire cat
Just when I can’t take anymore
I’m having tea with the madness
Not feeling like myself these days
Fixing it’s no piece of cake
Not feeling like myself these days
Oh no no no
Oh no no no
Just when I can’t take anymore
I see the moon’s a Cheshire cat
Just when I can’t take anymore
I’m having tea with the madness
You say it makes no sense to
Paint the roses red
Next thing you know they’re
Chopping off your head
I’m waiting for true testimony
I’m waiting for the facts
I thought the rabbit had my back
Deal Breaker
SARA GrOVES SONG LYRICS
Hey, can you picture us on the other side
With detritus and wreckage far and wide
Are we crossing over no man’s land
Are we patting backs and shaking hands
I always thought with you and me
Though it’s not on paper
There would never be
A deal breaker
We’re both deciding what we can abide
Holding our tongues and speaking our minds
We’re living out our daily liturgies
Praying-in our different dreams
I always thought with you and me
Though it’s not on paper
There would never be
A deal breaker
And there’s grief like a black bird
Ever present in the sky
And I can feel all our distance
And the hidden reasons why
But some days I can see us
And we’re soft and reconciled
Last night we walked along the riverbed
Listened closely for what’s not being said
Last night I dreamt of jubilee
New beginnings as far as the eye can see
Rendezvous
SARA GrOVES SONG LYRICS
Forgiveness is a tour of duty
Is a hall of mirrors
Is a haunted house
And I held it till it burrowed through me
Til it hit the bone
Had to let it out
I want to let you in
Even now a new beginning
Even now a new beginning
All the courage even small
To set the boundary
To set the bone
To be tough and vulnerable
Not to bear it all alone
I want to let you in
Feel the howl and the hymn
Feel the howl and the hymn
I have to break the seal of this warm interior
Set out across the field of landmine and cold
Say I won’t be everything for myself
For every good a threshold
For every good a threshold
I forgot, then remembered
It’s so strange what makes it through
It’s so heavy what we carry
On our way to rendezvous
I want to let you in
With a wild abandonment
With a wild abandonment
Remains of the Day
SARA GrOVES SONG LYRICS
All this time you were a statue of gold
We gathered round to behold you center of gravity
All this time you held the honey in your hand
The only keys to understanding
Holy charisma
All this time you were reflected in the faces of the people I love
All the faces of the people that I love
All my life you had that chair up on the stage
That crazy chair that you had made
Holy charisma
Could I be noble
Could I still be brave
With the weeds and the wheat
The roosting birds of prey
What do I do with these
Remains of the day these remains of the day
All this time what was I defending
The velvet box or the actual ring
What is the real thing
All this time I gave the measure I could give
I gave a full measure
Where did it all go
Could I be noble
Could I still be brave
With the weeds and the wheat
The roosting birds of prey
What do I do with these
Remains of the day these remains of the day
Telltale Heart
SARA GrOVES SONG LYRICS
All is well, the past is in the past
The memory is blurry
Lots of things to point out if you’re asked
The sound and the fury
Smile and welcome in the guests
See the fork is on the left
There are bodies in the basement
Laughing at a joke too soon
Gliding through the living room
Hear the beating of the drum
It’s testimony time
It’s testimony time
Tell-tale heart is pounding through the floor
The memory is stirring
All the truth is hidden in the lore
The themes are recurring
Smile and welcome in the guests
See the fork is on the left
There are bodies in the basement
Laughing at a joke too soon
Gliding through the living room
Hear the beating of the drum
It’s testimony time
It’s testimony time
It’s testimony time
It’s testimony time
Smile and welcome in the guests
See the fork is on the left
There are bodies in the basement
Laughing at a joke too soon
Gliding through the living room
Hear the beating of the drum
It’s testimony time
It’s testimony time
It’s testimony time
It’s testimony time
Reach Inside
SARA GrOVES SONG LYRICS
We were born after the last great war
Came around after some big regrets
No way to download the brutal scars
Try to tell a newborn baby don’t forget
We saw the last witness dying
We made a movie of her life
It had us laughing and crying
But it didn’t reach inside
Here we are among the tents of war
The blustering the escalating talk
Hear the call to put down insurrection
Men of peace are pushed down on the walk
We see the last witness standing
We made a movie of his life
It was okay, a bit demanding
But it didn’t reach inside
Every war’s a civil war
If all men are brothers
And terror has no reasoner
When everyman’s an other
Where’s the blood meridian
Where’s the apex of the war
By the time we feel our violence
We have gone too far
We have gone too far
Gather round your cross of execution
Pass the peace and pass the bread
What do you remember when you take the cup
What do you forget
We see the last witness dying
We made a movie
It had us laughing and crying
But it couldn’t reach inside
Nothing
SARA GrOVES SONG LYRICS
Nothing you’ve got nothing
How can that be right
Didn’t I inspire
Words in you tonight
Did they try to come out did you save em up
For another time
We joke, you’re stoic
That’s just the way you are
We say, we know it
There’s more there in your heart
Still I would be lying if I didn’t say
It would be nice
Sometimes it’s not about you
What is and is not your style
Would you fight your demons
For me once in a while
I say I don’t need words and that’s true
Most of the time
I like to believe
You’ve been catching all the words in a net
One day you will let loose
With a speech we won’t forget
All the words will go flying
And it will be something
And it will be something
Loving a Person
Sara Groves Song Lyrics
Songwriters: Gordon Scott Kennedy, Sara Groves
Loving a person just the way they are, it's no small thing
It takes some time to see things through
Sometimes things change, sometimes we're waiting
We need grace either way
Hold on to me
I'll hold on to you
Let's find out the beauty of seeing things through
There's a lot of pain in reaching out and trying
It's a vulnerable place to be
Love and pride can't occupy the same spaces baby
Only one makes you free
Hold on to me
I'll hold on to you
Let's find out the beauty of seeing things through
If we go looking for offense
We're going to find it
If we go looking for real love
We're going to find it