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Ruins and Temples

by The Longing

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1.
Sons of the Living Who am I that you even notice me, Who am I that you even care Who am i that You're so faithful to me, when most days i barely believe that you're there This way of life is killing me, There's nothing good that dwells in these bones I need you to save me today, I forget who I am… I forget my home Savior, I just don't understand why You look with love on me When all I have inside Are broken pieces and poorly crafted lies This way of life is killing me There's nothing good that dwells in these bones I need you to save me each day I forget who I am… I forget my home You reach out your hand You make me stand You looked me in the eye And told me that I would be a fisher of men But I'm so bad at believing So bad at being a godly man You told me to follow where you lead That your Father could provide everything that I need My Lord, why do you use me You put a ring on my finger You called me your brother But you're my Savior and my God I can't look in your face, I've sinned against no other But You alone have lifted my head You alone can resurrect my dying heart You alone can cleanse me from within My Lord, if you are willing, you can heal me I believe You are the Christ/King The first born Son of the living God with us, Saving us Making sons of the living
2.
Ruins and Temples I thought I'd find You in the glorious desert sky, in pillars of cloud and fire. I thought that You would part the way before me, win my battles and lift me higher. But when I ate the bread You gave me, feeding me day by day, I saw You more in the darkened corners, and in the war-torn faces of saints. Chorus 1 Laying brick by brick, Building stone upon stone Making these ruins a temple, Making this temple Your home My heart was hard but still I tried to chase You, into the wild and into the wind leaving behind all the faces You gave me, all the hearts You were dwelling in. I Didn't know You weren't waiting for me there, and I was turning my back to You Didn't see all the light I was leaving, or the shadows You'd take me through Chorus 2 Walking each step into exile, breathing each breath as a prayer Leaving a ruin behind me, always feeling the tear and as the faces of those behind me, were burned into my heart I was left with nothing to treasure, but the memories and the scar Still I waited for You each day, and I longed for You each night, from the moment I’d lay down, to the moment that I would rise In the daylight hours I searched, through all the grains of desert sand for the life You'd left for me to find, the crumbs that fell from Your hands (If I could write a thousand songs to sing regret away It wouldn't touch the surface of the words my heart could say. And if I walked a million miles and further still did roam There'd never be as fair a land I'd find as our first home.) When I awoke in this new land, to the sounds of stone and steel, You took me up into Your hands, nourished, washed and healed You placed a trowel into my left hand, and a sword into my right, And I will chase the wind no longer, I will stand and build and fight. Laying each brick by brick, building stone upon stone Making these ruins a temple, making this temple Your home Bound hand in hand to my brothers, never to wander free This is my only purpose, no other life for me (No turning back There's only forward and if I thought it would do any good I'd undo it all Put it back together Pray things would be the way that they should.) Lay each brick by brick, Build each stone upon stone Make these ruins a temple, Making this temple Your home Bind us to our brothers, never to wander free This is our only purpose, no other life for me...
3.
I cannot sing a song to a god who does not know what I'm going through But you are Father, you know my every move I cannot offer praise to a God who's distant a god who's far away But I give you praise You are the God who stays Many lies come to keep us up at night and keep us sleeping through the light Still you wake me with a song to lighten the load and light the way And though at times I slip and fall in this fight You never let me out of your sight Keep me near you I want to be there for everything you say Undeserving Sometimes it's so unnerving how you persist when we resist It doesn't make much sense We simply don't understand a Father who loves us without end It's easy to say But it's so much harder to let you have your loving way Your mercy is overwhelming all of me Your relentless love is setting me free Overcome me Overshadow everything that would keep me from being The me that you've created me to be
4.
Shame 08:14
Shame The voice that made the sea You’re calling out to me Are you wanting me to walk on water? Don’t you know who I am? You’ve proven to me that I can barely stand... And you’re wanting me to walk on water It’s a matter of pride that I stand by your side “Even if others run and hide I stand till the day I die” This makes you smile Why do you shake your head and smile? How deep is my sin When the author of waves and wind Can speak into me and yet I fight within? How deep is my lie When the very author of life To awaken me must stretch his arms and die? And I can’t wait for my emotions to come around This pride inside has only let me down I’ve wasted so many years on insecure fears an indulgence with a trail of blood and tears I can’t wait for my emotions to come around Stay my hand Sheathe my sword Let no more innocent blood be shed by these two hands my Lord The voice that made the sea You’re calling out to me You’re telling me that I can walk on water You know who I am You’ve proven to me that I can barely stand And I will believe that I can walk on water
5.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand ponder nothing earthly minded, for with blessing in his hand Christ our God to earth descended, our full homage to demand King of kings yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood Lord of Lords in human vesture, in the body and the blood He will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food Rank on rank the hosts of heaven, spreads its vanguard on the way As the light of light descendeth, from the realms of endless day That the powers of hell may vanish, as the darkness clears away At his feet the six winged seraph, cherubim with sleepless eye Veil their faces to his presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry Alleluia...
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Adoration 07:39
ADORATION The earth it groans beneath my feet The trees await your word They stretch their arms to praise You And we do the same before the throne of the One In whom there is no blame Lifted our shame filled eyes, that we might see to life The earth it groans beneath my feet Let me be in awe of You, deep in my brother’s eyes All lies fade away when we’re gathered in Your name Liberation from our shame You change us into one who has no blame Standing here in holy fear Amazed You even draw us near We give you praise that you have loved us like Your son Nothing we can do or say will ever be enough Nothing we can do or say compares with your blood Behold the gentle Lamb in your brother and sister as they stay by your side Behold his double edged sword as we separate spirit from lie Behold the Lion’s roar as we speak in each other’s lives Behold the Son of God as your brother lives and dies... … for you Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty The Whole Earth is filled with your glory
7.
All the Time Is Quiet Time In the morning... I will lift my hands and sing you a song I know it's good for me it will help me all day long When I sing to you a song And in the quiet... I will lift my hands and praise you through the day I know it's good for me it will drive the doubt away When I praise you through the day But it's so much easier in the quiet of the day To hear your voice still and clear It's about 20 times as hard when trouble comes my way To tell my soul to be still- I will not bow to fearPraise your God Lift your voice and sing Let everything within you bow before the King of Kings! Praise your God! And your soul it will be still! Everything within you bending to the Father's will!In the afternoon... Anxiety hits and it's like I'm howling at the moon So much to do and I'm feeling so distant from you Will rest be coming soon? So in the chaos... I will ignore the voice that tells me to dispair I will defy the urge that tells me I'm alone And I will make my struggle known I know it's hard to get vulnerable when your belly's full of fear The day to day can make hard to see and hard to hear Somehow we've got to train ourselves to be honest and be true There's nothing else for us to say, nothing else to do (chorus) Creation- it sings it's praise to you In the chaos- it sings it's praise to you And who are we- not to do what they do And live out every day- a life of praising you
8.
Psalm 51 05:44
Have mercy on me God wipe away my rebellion Wash me of my evil cleanse me of my sin my sin is always in front of my eyes I see it everywhere I look But against you... you alone have I sinned You're right to condemn me guilty from the day I was born guilty since I left my mother's womb wash me and I will be pure wash me wash me and I will be whiter than snow The greatest joy is to be forgiven by you You crushed my bones now... make them rejoice Create in me a clean heart Renew my spirit make me right again Don't take your Holy Spirit from me Let me rejoice in your deliverance and sustain me by giving me the desire to obey
9.
My heart is like a stone
 Heavy smooth and cold 
My mind is like a whirling wind
 That knows not where to blow

 My ears tire from straining so 
They’ve been deafened by the din
 My eyes have been looking long 
looking long for Him 

My love is like the burning sun that never cannot shine
 And I forever am my love’s and my love is mine 
My love is like a roaring storm cloud pouring down his love
 And I am like the desert crying “Who is like my love?” 

“Beyond all of the longing, toiling and sighs 
Lay down your burdens
 Gaze in my eyes 
Come away come away with me come drink from the streams 
 Of my Spirit that calls to you and sings in your dreams” 

My heart is like a hatching egg
cracking round the rim
 My mind is like a risen bird 
dancing on the wind

 My ears now pricked can hear the song 
hear the song of truth 
My eyes are wide and looking up
Looking up at You 

My love is like... 

“Beyond...” 

Be with us now
 Give us Your heart
 Don’t leave us alone
 Speak to us now
 Sing in our hearts 
Breathe on these bones

 Not in the earthquake 
The wind or the rain 
Not in the fire but never too far away 
In spite of the darkness
In spite of the pain
 Here in the moment and never to far away

10.
My Anthem 06:57
Our Father in heaven You’re set apart from this Not bound by our division Not bound by the blood on our fists Let Your Kingdom come And let your will be done Let heaven overcome us and make us one (like your Son) Lord, give us what we need But don’t let us fall to greed The sweet song of the Sirens Father, teach us not to heed Father teach us to forgive that we may receive the same That in the end we’d be worthy To bear the honor of your name And though death can come so quickly In the most unlikely place We will seek You in our chaos Lord, we long to see Your face in the eye of every struggle You are with us to the end We are grateful here in turmoil because God has called us friend Come, Jesus... Come Holy Lamb of God make us one

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Beats, synths, sounds... hammered dulcimer, 12 string and loads of harmony.

This collection of songs is an intimate journey through the different facets of us coming before God in our daily life... our pitfalls, victories, and the way that we cry out to him.

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released September 30, 2012

All Songs written by John and Yvonne Cullimore
Vocals by John and Yvonne Cullimore, Donna Lemire, Abby Hobbs, Bethlehem Steiner and Jeff Milam. (oh, and our kids make an appearance on Sons of the Living)

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The Longing Selmer, Tennessee

The Longing is music by John and Yvonne Cullimore.

We seek to bring music that will connect with you both in sound and poetry, melding loops and beats with hammered dulcimer, 12-string guitar and layers of vocals and harmonies.

More importantly is that we enjoy our music, and can use them for worship and prayer. We certainly do hope and pray that you can do the same.
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