LETTER TO THE EXILES LYRICS

1. To The One Who Keeps Us From Falling

Do not gloat over me, my enemy. Though I have fallen, I will arise.
I stand in darkness, the Lord will be my light. I’m lost in darkness, Lord be my light.

Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives transgression?
He is able to keep us from falling. We must not shrink back.
His grace sustains the righteous. His mercy will uphold us. Though we stumble, we will not fall.

Take your eyes off me, transparency, forget our names.
Give them eyes, do I make myself clear? Jesus, blind our faces, to see His glory, see His glory.

We will fight. We will not shrink back. We will be strong in Him. [2x]

And though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. [6x]

Pick me up now, I need You. Pick me up now, I need You.
Pick me up, I need You. Pick me up, I need You, God.

2. Eulogy

Tearing you down, the walls begin to crumble, our walls begin to fall.
They’re like a cancer, eating away within. They’ll only bring you down.

They will only bring you down. Soon you’ll find yourself drowning in the waves.
Waves of regret, gasping for air, as it fills your lungs.
Wake up, oh sleeper, you were not made for this. Rise from the dead and live.
This world has nothing to offer but more pain; pain and suffering.

With hearts filled with grace and love, and lips that are brushed with hope.
We can’t keep quiet now (We can’t keep quiet now).
Hear us God, we’re crying out... We’re crying out.

It breaks my heart to watch you turn your back. You turn and walk away.
Edge of the cliff (edge of the cliff), the wind is getting stronger, you’re falling faster now.

What have they done to you? What have you become?
What have they done to you? Look at what you’ve become!
You have turned your back, traitor. You have turned your back, traitor.

I said I’d always love you and I still do,
but the hands I used to hold, no longer feel the same to me... Common...

Hypocrite, I never wanted it like this. Hypocrite, I never wanted it like this.

Hypocrite, I never wanted it like this. Hypocrite, I never wanted it like this.

3. Vacant Ship

Make this ship empty, the captain my crew. No skill did we have or a song that we could sing.
Stop the ship so I can see your face. Drop the anchor, drop the anchor.

The water is intimate, so let the ocean see his work, light the waves on fire.
Put them in flames, our ship will not sail in shadows or be scared of the night.

Burning away the darkness. Flaming arrows will I see, I don’t know where we’re going.
Take my plans away, drop the anchor again. Make me landsick, make me landsick.
Sharpen our blades and bring us war. Make me forget my name. Bring us war.

Bring us war. Bring us war. Bring us war. Bring us war... Oh...

This ship won’t go down, our song will cut through the waves and burn.
Put the sky in flames, put the sky in flames.

Burning away the darkness, flaming arrows will I sing. I don’t know where we’re going.
Take my plans away, drop the anchor again. Make me landsick, make me landsick.

We won’t lose this fight. We won’t lose this fight.
Look at His work, we’ll see His glory. Look at His work, we’ll see His glory.

4. Raise Your Sword

Raise your sword. Cast down your idols. Turn your back, on that which has enslaved you.
Cast down your chains and don’t pick them up again.
Crimson stains have broken the chains and torn the veil from your eyes.
Advance the line, move forward and leave the dead all behind. Don’t look back, keep moving on.

Open your eyes, we are taking back what’s ours, the time has come now for salvation.
Open your eyes, we are taking back what’s ours, the time has come now for salvation.

Our time is now. Define yourself today. Will you hold the line? Prove your identity...
Now claim your crown (now claim your crown), disown your shame (disown your shame).
Now claim your crown (now claim your crown), disown your shame (disown your shame).

Burn down the bridges, leading to your old ways. Bring them down and scatter the ashes. [2x]

Open your eyes, we are taking back what’s ours, the time has come now for salvation. [2x]

My weapon is more than...is more than perfect. I will pursue them, with the sword.

Burn down the bridges, leading to your old ways. Bring them down and scatter the ashes.
He will uphold you with His right hand (with His right hand), He will dismember your enemies.

Now claim your crown (now claim your crown), disown your shame (disown your shame).
Now claim your crown (now claim your crown), disown your shame (disown your shame).
Now claim your crown, disown your shame.

"Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains, for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress." [Psalm 107:10-13]

5. There Will Be Blood

The sky has opened, announcing this as the end of everything.
When the stars no longer shine, will you fight or will you hide?
For our Lord has returned and the line has been drawn.
There is no turning back. This is where we will stand, now!

Ready your shields, prepare your hearts for war.
The sky has opened, announcing this as the end of everything.
Will you stand and take your place? In His blood you put your faith.
Now the line has been drawn. There is no turning back. This is where we will stand.

There will be blood. There will be blood. There will be blood. There will be blood.
There will be blood on all our hands, as we fight in our last stand.
The sky has opened, the Lamb returns, all the angels cry no more.
They have seen the end of this world.

"Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them!" [Revelation 12:10-12a]





LETTER TO THE EXILES LYRICS