NEAL MORSE LYRICS

1. The Temple Of The Living God

And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God.
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God

Suffer, trespass, stranger redeemed
Leviticus 21:18
The blind, the lame, the flat nosed,
superfluous
Broken footed on burning sand
The Priest, the seed, the blood stained hand
The leper testifies and turns to dust

And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God

Oblation, vows, the promise of faith
Atonement, the wine, oil and cakes
The sheep, the goats, acceptable in his eyes
The maimed, the blemished, the scurvy scabbed
The creeping things, the firstborn lamb
Avail his presence in the house of sacrifice

And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God

2. Another World

The tent of meeting at the center and the tribes are camped around
With the banners of the living creatures sticking right out of the ground
The brazen alter and the laver are before the Holy Place
Like Moses did upon the mountain he will meet them face to face

So sanctify every boy and girl as we step into
Step into, step into, into another world.

As you enter in the courtyard there's a smell of sacrifice
Reminding all the holy people they must pay the highest price.
It's like I'm staring out a window into another world
Where the lamb is sitting with the lion
And the beast protects the girl

My soul projection is a flyin' now
As I step into, step into, step into, into another world

3. The Outsider

I am no one
I hide outside
I must stay in the darkness
'Cause the sun, it burns my eyes
The scapegoat leaves the people shout [Lev 16:22]
With songs of mercy ringing out

But I am lonely
And dead inside [Eph 2:1]
Clearly God doesn't love me
So I'll just wait outside
Watching the procession pass
The glory streams to earth at last

4. Sweet Elation

Sweet elation
Come down, come down
And bring a new sensation
All around, all around
A cloud of secrets fills the air [Ex 40:38]
As the lines are blurred
between here and there [Heb 9:24]

Mercy, mercy
Look on, look on
He's gone behind the curtain [2 Sam 7:2]
Where no one's ever gone
His face is shining like the sun [Ex 34:29]
Our great return has now begun [2 Cor 3:18]

5. In The Fire

But before you enter in nothing more can begin
All the darkness that we choose, lay it down it can't be used
Burn it in the fire

You can't offer up your guest you can't get by with second best
If you try to sneak away, the list is long the price you'll pay
Burn it in the fire
Burn it in the fire
Burn it down

Long before I came this way I thought the world would see my way
But I didn't see all the danger signs
Long ago and far away I missed the boat I went my way
And I turned into the other kind

Peter says don't wonder why when these fires come to life
Don't look down and don't think twice
You are now the sacrifice

Burning in the fire
Burning in the fire

6. Solid As The Sun

A million people in the sun
A million people waiting for the one [Lev 16:34]
One solid reason to go on
One star that's solid as the Sun

One pillar burning in the night [Num 9:16]
One man steps into the light
One went in with a mighty shout
All wait to see if he'll come out [Ex 28:35]

It's a sacrificial sojourn [Psa 50:5]
It's the bomb, it's all the rage
As the cloud fills the temple [1 Kings 8:10]
The wonder of the age

In a world filled with people
There was only One
Who could stand in the presence
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun

A stranger had no place to stay [John 1:11]
A stranger made it all the way
Not once a year but every day
Now we can go – he made the way [Eph 2:6]

But it's a sacrificial sojourn [Psa 48:9]
With our God at center stage
As the cloud fills the temple
With the wonder of the age

In a world filled with people
There is only One
The High Priest of the kingdom [Heb 9:11]
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun

It's a sacrificial sojourn
With God center stage
As the Spirit fills the people
The wonder of the age

In a world filled with temples
We can all be one [1 Cor 12:13]
As we stand in the presence
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun
Solid as the Sun

But before you enter in
Nothing more can begin
All the darkness that we choose
Lay it down it can't be used
Burn it in the fire
Burn it in the fire, burn it down

7. The Glory Of The Lord

And the glory (2 Chr 5:14)
And the glory of the Lord
Shall be face to face
And the glory
And the glory of the Lord
Shall dwell in this place
And the Spirit
And the Spirit of the Lord
Shall be like a cloud
Be ye holy
And the Spirit of the Lord
It shall fill the house
It shall fill the house
It shall fill the house...

8. Outside Looking In

Here I am more or less a man
Second rate, the last in line
One of life's little twists of fate
But here I stand
the unaccepted man [Neh 1:9]
At the temple gate...

Sometimes I sit and wonder why
I was born
When everything that I touch
Seems to turn out wrong
Though I'm a mistake
There must be a place I belong

But I'm outside looking in [Luke 15:14]
(Life looks so easy, they all seem so happy)
Yes, I'm outside looking in
(And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
I'm all alone without a friend
'Cause I'm outside looking in

The plan was laid
I guess I was made this way [Psa 51:5]
I've tried before
but I just can't seem to change
Still my heart longs to belong
I wish there was a way

But I'm outside looking in
(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Eph 2:21]
Yes, I'm outside looking in
(And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
The celebration will begin
While I'm still outside looking in

Oh, I'm outside looking in [Gal 4:26]
(They make it look easy to love and be happy)
Yes, I'm outside looking in
(I'm cast out and ugly and nobody loves me)
Oh, nobody knows me now I'm outside looking in
(The beautiful city – they all seem so happy) [Num 24:5]
Oh, nobody sees the ones outside looking in
(And everyone's pretty but I feel so ugly)
Oh, nobody knows me now
As life goes on for them
I will stay here in my sin
'Cause I'm outside looking in

9. 12

Twelve groups of stars [Rev 12:1]
Surrounding God's heaven
Same as the tribes
The twelve tribes of Israel [Gen 49:28]

Each hold a sign [Num 2:2]
Surrounding God's presence
Blurring the lines [Heb 9:24]
'tween here and his residence

Twelve makes a day
Twelve tones in music
Twelve months a year
Do you think it's an accident?

Christ as the Sun [Heb 1:3]
Pictures the Father
Sorrounded by twelve [Mat 23:8]
That he calls his brothers

Twelve precious stones [Ex 39:7]
Upon the Priests Ephod
Twelve were the sons [Gen 35:22]
The twelve sons of Jacob

Twelve oxen held [2 Chr 4:4,5]
In Solomon's temple
Three thousand baths
To cleanse all the Levites

Christ built his church [Eph 2:20]
Upon twelve apostles
And three thousand souls [Acts 2:41]
Were added at Pentecost

Christ built His church
Upon twelve apostles
And three thousand souls
Were added at Pentecost

And then after all,
with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
We seek the temple of the living God

10. Deliverance

I see a man with hair as white as wool [Rev 1:14]
Whose tongue's a sharp-edged tool [Rev 1:16]
With feet like burning brass [Rev 1:15]

"Come", he says,
"I'll be your guide of sorts [Psa 43:3]
Into the outer courts
I have made a way [John 14:6]

For the unclean ones
to come into the gate [Heb 9:24]
To the weakest ones
I will give my strength [Isa 40:29]
And the lowest ones,
they will be brought higher [Isa 40:4]
Let the unclean ones
be washed in the fire" [Mal 3:3]

I am afraid I'll stay where I am
But the Spirit takes my hand
and gently leads me in [Rev 4:2]
There is the laver; He drops me in the bath
It's like a sweet heart attack [Rom 8:11]
And I hear his voice again...

Let the unclean ones come into the gate
To the weakest ones I will give my strength
And the lowest ones, they will be brought higher
Let the unclean ones be washed in the fire

Sweet elation come on, come on
I'm part of the Holy Nation [1 Pet 2:9]
And the past is forever gone
Wash and see the looking glass [Ex 38:8]
Second heaven's coming fast

Seven candles so bright, so right [Rev 1:13]
The incense burns on the mantle [Rev 8:3]
As we eat the bread of life [Num 4:7, John 6:35]
And in third heaven's Holy Grail [2 Cor 12:2]
Awaits behind the final veil [Ex 26:33]

After all with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
After all with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
We seek the temple of the living God

11. Inside His Presence

And in this place of gold [1 Kings 7:50]
The ancients walked this road
There is no death [2 Tim 1:10]
There is no time [Ecc 3:15]

There is a love unknown [1 Pet 1:8]
There is a scent of home
A rainbow wreath [Rev 4:3]
A blazing throne

From a grave of stone
to a world unknown
From the smoke and ash
comes true life at last [Isa 61:3]
Among earth and sod
the very life of God is here [Rom 8:11]

From a list of laws
seeing all our flaws [Rom 8:3]
To the blind, the lame,
we are all the same [Acts 10:34, 35]
Our High Priest has come
to make us all as one in Him [Gal 3:28, Heb 4:15]

The temple of his throne [Acts 7:48]
Is now not made with stone
Your very heart is now his home [1 Cor 3:16]

He will come and live if you'll only give [John 14:23]
Him a place inside that the world can't buy
And the Holy Place is now face to face in Christ [Heb 9:24]

When he died and was born
the temple walls were torn [Mat 27:51]
And God's Spirit poured out to all the ones without
Now the temple of the living God is you [Eph 2:21, 22]
The temple of the living God is you [Rev 3:12, 1 Pet 2:5]

12. The Temple of the Living God

And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God.
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God

Suffer, trespass, stranger redeemed
Leviticus 21:18
The blind, the lame, the flat nosed,
superfluous
Broken footed on burning sand
The Priest, the seed, the blood stained hand
The leper testifies and turns to dust

And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God

Oblation, vows, the promise of faith
Atonement, the wine, oil and cakes
The sheep, the goats, acceptable in his eyes
The maimed, the blemished, the scurvy scabbed
The creeping things, the firstborn lamb
Avail his presence in the house of sacrifice

And then after all, with our backs against the wall
We seek the temple of the living God
And outside the gate the cripples sit and wait
To see the temple of the living God
To see the temple of the living God





NEAL MORSE LYRICS