Just Like They Said

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Laid my head down, fell asleep
Woke to voices like a mighty rushing wind
Sky on fire, sky on fire
They told me how I'd find Him

And it was just like they said
Just like they said it would be
Wrapped in a cloth, laid in a manger

And it was just like they said
Just like they said it would be
Wrapped in a cloth, laid in a manger

No one believes me, no one believes me
They shake their heads and say
"What good comes from Bethlehem?"
I know what I saw, I know what I saw

And it was just like they said
Just like they said it would be
Wrapped in a cloth, laid in a manger

And it was just like they said
Just like they said it would be
Wrapped in a cloth, laid in a manger
Years later I walked by this place
I know this place
The roof caved in, but I know this place
Cause I ran the whole world
And it was just like they said

And it was just like they said
Just like they said it would be
Wrapped in a cloth, laid in a manger

He was just like they said
Just like they said He would be
Wrapped in a cloth, laid in a manger

Laid in a manger
Laid in a manger
Laid in a manger

Let Our Gladness Have No End

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Let our gladness have no end,
Alleluia!
For to earth did Christ descend.
Alleluia!
On this day God gave us Christ,
His Son, to save us;
Christ, his Son, to save us.

See, the loveliest blooming rose,
Alleluia!
From the branch of Jesse grows.
Alleluia!
On this day God gave us Christ,
His Son, to save us;
Christ, his Son, to save us.

Into flesh is made the Word,
Alleluia!
He, our refuge and our Lord.
Alleluia!
On this day God gave us Christ,
His Son, to save us;
Christ, his Son, to save us.

Fireflies and Songs

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Thirty years ago I was a little girl
riding in the back seat of the car
a woman sang you don't bring me flowers anymore
I felt a sadness in my little heart

we're looking for the music
in the music box
tearing it to pieces
trying to find a song

I was drawn to you in ways I can't explain
we fought like crazy but I couldn't stay away
piled on expectations and lots of blame
like we couldn't do it any other way

we're looking for a firefly
moving through the night
staring at the one place
swear it never lights

were you surprised our hearts were not like ticking clocks
with faces and hands easy to read
we both wished if only in the land of oz
longed for things we'd never really need

now we're standing in the kitchen
all pretense is gone
you kiss me on the shoulder
fireflies and song

From This One Place

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

I was about to give up and that's no lie
cardinal landed outside my window
threw his head back and sang a song
so beautiful it made me cry

took me back to a childhood tree
full of birds and dreams

from this one place I can't see very far
in this one moment I'm square in the dark
these are the things I will trust in my heart
you can see something else
something else

I don't know what's making me so afraid
tiny cloud over my head
heavy and grey with a hint of dread
I don't like to feel this way

take me back to a window seat
with clouds beneath my feet

from this one place I can't see very far
in this one moment I'm square in the dark
these are the things I will trust in my heart
you can see something else
something else

Different Kinds of Happy

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Go on and ask me anything
what do you need to know
I'm not holding on to anything
I'm not willing to let go of
to be free, to be free

I've got to ask you something
but please don't be afraid
there's a promise here that's heavier
than your answer might weigh
baby it's me, it's me

it's a sweet, sweet thing
standing here with you and nothing to hide
light shining down to our very insides
sharing our secrets, bearing our souls,
helping each other come clean

secrets and cyphers
there's no good way to hide
there's redemption in confession
and freedom in the light
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid

better than our promises
is the day we got to keep them
I wish those two could see us now
they never would believe how
there are different kinds of happy
different kinds of happy
there are different kinds of happy
different kinds of happy

Twice As Good

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Christa Nichole Wells, Sara Groves

When I am down and need to cry till morning
I know just where I am going
when I'm in need of sweet commiseration
to speak out loud

raise a glass to friendship and to knowing
you don't have to go alone
we'll raise our hearts to share each others burdens
on this road

with every burden I have carried
with every joy it's understood
life with you is half as hard
and twice as good

with my good news your dancing on the table
babies born to celebration
the joy of life oh what a sweet communion
shared with you

I know we're growing older
can you imagine what that will bring
it's all a mystery to me now
but this one thing

will be half as hard, and twice as good

It’s Me

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Weather came and caught us off our guard
we were just laughing and feelin' alright
had such a great time just last night
we walked into a minefield undetected
you took a tone and I took offense
anger replacing all common sense

oh run for you life
all tenderness is gone
in the blink of an eye
all good will has withdrawn
and we mark out our paces and
stare out from our faces
but baby you and I are gone gone gone

incomprehensible layers of isolation
now your the man with a heart of stone
making me pay here by being alone
seemingly justified righteous indignation
now I'm the woman who holds all her pain
looking for somebody else to blame

we hold all the keys to our undoing
cutting me down in small degrees
you know my worst insecurities
I'm making no effort to understand
no one can hurt you like I can
deep down inside the girl's waking up
she's calling out to the boy she loves

it's me
oh baby it's me
how in the world can tenderness be gone
in the blink of an eye

the girl in me she's callin out
oh the girl in me she's callin out
to the boy in you
to the boy in you

baby come back
baby come back to me

This House

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

It took me by surprise
this old house and these old feelings
walked round and looked inside
familiar walls and halls and ceilings

where I'd dream and plan
every moment of sunshine
this was my whole world
it was all I knew
like the hull of a seed
this old house cracked wide open
as I grew

hadn't given it much thought
hadn't been back here for a while
everything looks so small
seen through the memories of a child

who would dream and stare
from that second story window
that was my whole world
it was all I knew
like the hull the of a seed
this old house cracked wide open
and I flew

sad fruitful broken true
sad fruitful broken true

memories for miles and miles
summers falls winters and springs
Ruby you take it in
see he's withheld no good thing

Setting up the Pins

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Man in a silk tie heads downtown
setting up the pins for knocking em down
people in cars all rushing around
setting up the pins

let's get rich find a way around
setting up the pins for knocking em down
we'll get gadget with a whirring sound
for setting up the pins

everyone everywhere some way some how
are setting up the pins for knocking em down

you can find joy in the fertile ground
setting up the pins and knocking em down
you can try to fight it till you're anger drowned
setting up the pins

everyone everywhere some way some how
are setting up the pins for knocking em down
it can feel simple but it's really profound
setting up the pins

rent a tent, build a stage, throw a party, get a gown
buy a ticket, rent a car, pack a bag and leave town,
cook a dinner, clean the kitchen hit the light
brush your teeth, read a book, say a prayer good-night

everyone everywhere some way some how
are setting up the pins for knocking em down
it can feel simple but it's really profound...

my grandmother had a working song
hummed it low all day long
sing for the beauty that's to be found
in setting up the pins for knocking em down

Love

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Love I made it mine
I made it small I made it blind
I followed hard only to find
it wasn't love
it wasn't love

love of songs and pen
oh love of movie endings
takes out the break
leaves out the bend
misses love

love not of you
love not of me
come hold us up
come set us free
not as we know it
but as it can be

love's reality
is not a passing bravery
it holds out hope beyond what's seen
the hope of love

love not of you
love not of me
come hold us up
come set us free
not as we know it
but as it can be

Like A Lake

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

So much hurt and preservation
like a tendril round my soul
so much painful information
no clear way on how to hold it

when everything in me is tightening
curling in around this ache
I will lay my heart wide open
like the surface of a lake
wide open like a lake

standing at this waters edge
looking in at God's own heart
I've no idea where to begin
to swallow up the way things are

everything in me is drawing in
closing in around this pain
I will lay my heart wide open
like the surface of a lake
wide open like a lake

bring the wind and bring the thunder
bring the rain till I am tried
when it's over bring me stillness
let my face reflect the sky
and all the grace and all the wonder
of a peace that I can't fake
wide open like a lake

everything in me is tightening
curling in around this ache
I am fighting to stay open
I am fighting to stay open
open open oh wide open
open like a lake

Eyes Wide Open

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

I've got layers of lies that I don't even know about yet
bathroom doors turned billboards
no place left untouched without the mumblin
tell me what I need, tell me what I want
worship the things that we've made with our own hands

in so deep I don't even know it, I don't even know it
rubbing these sticks till the air is thick
no spark no heart no inspiration
tell me what I need, tell me what I want
worship the things that we made
with our own hands

oh I'm gonna find the truth
even if it kills me
oh I gotta get a new view
the only way I know to
oh I gotta keep my eyes wide open
keep my eyes wide open

diggin in the dirt till it hurts
won't come up for air don't care
how long it takes me
I get tired want to just get by can't I get by
but I can't cuz there's a
fire in my bones, fire in my bones
burnin in my bones

when the lights come up on this town
when the thing goes down wanna be found
when the lights come up on this
when the lights come up on this town
when the thing goes down
wanna be found tryin
when the lights come up
wanna be telling the truth

Joy Is In Our Hearts

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

We were pressed on every side
full of fear and troubled thoughts
for good reason we carried heavy hearts

it is good to come together
in our friendship to remember
all the reasons hope is in our hearts

hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength
hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength

now with patience in our suffering
perseverance in our prayers
with good reason this hope is in our hearts

hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength
hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength

oh we saw the face of Angels
many good things well secured
for good reason this joy is in our hearts

hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength
hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength

hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength
hallelujah hallelujah
Christ our joy and strength

for good reason joy is in our hearts

Jesus, See the Traveler

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Jesus, see the traveler
On their long hard road
See the mother, see the father
See the child, have mercy on the traveler

Lord make soft the strangest bed
Rest the weary feet
Of the mother, of the father
Of the child, have mercy on the traveler

See the mother, see the father
See the child, have mercy on the traveler
See the mother, see the father
See the child, have mercy on the traveler

Behold

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Propaganda, Robby Seay, Audrey Assad, Ellie Holcomb, Sara Groves

Behold
Behold
Behold
I am doing a new thing
I am doing a new thing

Yeah, accomplice accomplice
Yeah, accomplice
Yeah, accomplice accomplice
Hey, accomplice accomplice
Let me address the accomplices
Us walking contradictions
Because if mission was accomplished
We'd find ourselves jobless
You can scoff at priests who left victims on side of road or
Celebrate half breed that got down on bended knee
But, who asking the real question
Why so much madness happened on Damascus road
Behold
Why so much madness happened on Damascus road
Behold
Yeah yeah yeah
Accomplice accomplice
Lemme address the accomplice
You should be careful to live in the light of the things that God accomplished
Let me whisper co conspirator
You a clandestine weapon
You are something to invest in
You a refugee in rescuing
You can stand upon that ground
You could slide up on ya knees
You ain't run away from the pain
You ran into the screams
You can go plant your flag
Y'all done chanted down Babylon
Go on embrace it
Go on redeem it
Welcome freedoms
Welcome me
Behold

And when tomorrow came calling
You ain't run from the scream
He did a new thing with you and me
Hey, and when tomorrow came calling
He did a new thing and He did it with you and me
Behold

Behold we are a people of many troubles
Raised up in violence strife and war
We are a people of tears and toil

Behold we are your people you call us home
Raised up in mercy grace and love
We are a people of life and hope

And as we gather
At your mountain
Holy holy
Glory glory
We lift our eyes, we lift our eyes
All is made new

Behold, we are a people of deep conviction
Raised up in Jesus by His grace
We are a people for time and place

As we gather
At your mountain
Holy holy
Glory glory

We lift our eyes, we lift our eyes
All is made new
Holy holy
Glory glory
We lift our eyes we lift our eyes
Behold
Behold
Behold

Miracle

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
Quiet our hearts for a little while

Things have been spoken
Shouldn't be said
Rattles around in our hearts and our heads

Let's feel what we cannot feel
Know what we cannot know
Let’s heal where we couldn't heal
Oh, it's a miracle, it's a miracle

Things have been spoken
Shouldn't be said
Rattles around in our hearts and our heads

Let's feel what we cannot feel
Know what we cannot know
Let’s heal where we couldn't heal
Oh, it’s a miracle, love is a miracle

Let's feel what we cannot feel
Know what we cannot know
Let’s heal where we couldn't heal
Oh, it's a miracle

Let's say what we cannot say
Let’s see what we cannot not see
Let’s hear what we could not hear
Oh it’s a mystery, love is a mystery
Oh it's a miracle, it's a miracle
Let's be a miracle

Obsolete

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

It's hard to feel obsolete
It's hard to feel your skirts are showing
You pull and tug to hide the works
That keep the whole thing going

And you don't know where you stand
And you feel so small and thin
And if you are dismissed
Will another take you in?

Walking through a hall of doors
Looking through a million portals
Everyone is having fun
Everybody seems immortal

And you don't know where you stand
And did something pass you by?
And if you are dismissed
Will you get another try?

Are you and I an apparition
Flickering up on the screen
Sending out our best transmissions
Waiting in our velveteen
Tell me you can really see me

It's hard to feel disqualified
For living in a different time
As if the train will only stop
For the current paradigm

And I don't know where we are
Are we passing through these wires
Are we walking through the streets
Of invisible empires

And I know I shouldn't care
If I'm out or if I'm in
Cause if I am dismissed
Oh you always take me in

I’ll Wait

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

I can't run with the horses
If I can't keep up with men
I can fight all these forces
On my own and never win
I can take it from here
And have nowhere to go
I could take it for years
And have nothing to show

I can work like the devil
Build a tower to the sky
I can work for my possessions
Till they empty me of life
I can build my own house
And be building in vain
I can plant a seed
But I can't bring the rain

I'll wait for you
Now more than ever
I see it's true
Now more than ever
I’ll wait for you now

I can take my own vengeance
Make a war of all my pain
I can get my own insurance
Find a way to lay the blame
I can win the whole world
And lose my own soul
Holding on for dear life
Spinning out of control

I'll wait for you
Now more than ever
I see it's true
Now more than ever
I’ll wait for you now

I don't want to do this by myself
I know I need your help
And so I'm waiting for you

I can take it from here
And have nowhere to go
I can take it for years
And have nothing to show

I'll wait for you
Now more than ever
I see it's true
Now more than ever
I’ll wait for you

I don't want to do this by myself
I know I need your help
And so I'm waiting for you

Scientists in Japan

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Andy Gullahorn, Sara Groves

Scientists in Japan are building a robot to take your job
Doctors in France are growing a heart that will save your mom
Eyes wide open, and your jaw on the floor
We see science fiction ain't fiction no more

There's a meeting of minds slowly designing our future days
Back at the office they're running some copies from the DNA
We rob from Peter to extend Paul's life
Cause dying ain’t no way to die

Who's gonna stay here and think about it
Who's gonna stay, who's gonna stay
Who's gonna stay here and think about it
Who's gonna stay
Everybody's left the room
There's no one here to talk it through
Now stay, stay, stay

Set machines in motion, just to set machines in motion, just to watch em roll
There's no destination in sight just the rhythm of a barcarole
Don't know where we're going, but we've got the means
Put a front load washer in our time machine

Who's gonna stay here and think about it
Who's gonna stay, who's gonna stay
Who's gonna stay here and think about it
Who's gonna stay
Everybody's left the room
There's no one here to talk it through
Now stay, stay, stay

Eyes wide open and your jaw on the floor
We see science fiction ain’t fiction no more

Who's gonna stay here and think about it
Who's gonna stay, who's gonna stay
Who's gonna stay here and think about it
Who's gonna stay
Everybody's left the room
There's no one here to talk it through
Now stay, stay, stay

Scientists in Japan,
Scientists in Japan...

Open My Hands

Sara Groves Song Lyrics

Songwriters: Alli Rogers, Sara Groves

I believe in a blessing I don't understand
I’ve seen rain fall on wicked and the just
Rain is no measure of his faithfulness
He withholds no good thing from us
No good thing from us, no good thing from us

I believe in a peace that flows deeper than pain
That broken find healing in love
Pain is no measure of his faithfulness
He withholds no good thing from us
No good thing from us, no good thing from us

I will open my hands, will open my heart
I will open my hands, will open my heart
I am nodding my head an emphatic yes
To all that You have for me

I believe in a fountain that will never dry
Though I've thirsted and didn't have enough
Thirst is no measure of his faithfulness
He withholds no good thing from us
No good thing from us, no good thing from us

I will open my hands, will open my heart
I will open my hands, will open my heart
I am nodding my head an emphatic yes
To all that You have for me

No good thing from us
No good thing from us
He withholds no good thing from us

I will open my hands, will open my heart
I will open my hands, will open my heart
I am nodding my head an emphatic yes
To all that You have for me