Five Iron Frenzy Distant Shores Lyrics

Distant Shores Lyrics

I have been scarred so deep by life and cold despair, 
and brittle bones were
broken far beyond repair. 
I have leveled lies so deep, the truth may never
find. 
And inside my faithless heart, I stole things never mine.

If
mercy falls upon the broken and poor, Dear Father, 
I will see you, there on
distant shores.

I have toiled for countless years, and ever felt the
cost, 
and I've been burned by this world's cold, 
like leaves beneath
the frost. 
On my knees I've crawled to you, bleeding myself dry, 
But
the price of life is more, then I could ever buy.

If mercy falls upon
the broken and poor, Dear Father, 
I will see you, there on distant
shores.

And off of the blocks, I was headstrong and proud,
at the
front of the line for the card-carring, highbrowed. 
With both eyes fastened
tight, yet unscarred from the fight. 
Running at full tilt, my sword pulled
from it's hilt. 
Its funny how these things can slip away, our frail deeds,

the last will wave good-bye. Its funny how the hope will bleed away,

the citadels we build and fortify. Good-bye. 
Night came and I broke my
stride, I swallowed hard, but never cried. 
When grace was easy to forget,
I'd denounce the hypocrites, 
casting first stones, killing my own. You
would unscale my blind eyes,
and I stood battered, but more wise, fighting
to accelerate, 
shaking free from crippling weight. With resilience
surpassed, 
I  clawed my way to you at last. And on my knees, 
I wept at
your feet, I finally believed, that you still loved me.

Healing hands of
God's mercy on our unclean souls once again, 
Jesus Christ, Light of the
world, burning bright  
within our hearts forever. Freedom means love
without condition 
without beginning or an end. Here's my heart let it be
forever yours. 
only you can make every new day seem so new.