The Beautiful Old Things - Lateman Mark

I've seen the sun crash into the ocean And paint the sky purple and pink I've seen a star shoot out of the night And burn up before I could blink Snowflakes and diamonds Daises and lightnin' We'll never take it all in So why do we close our eyes When we pray, cry, kiss, dream? Maybe the most beautiful things in this life Are felt and never seen I've seen a picture of what this world looks like Looking back down from the moon Satellite photos like brushstrokes and bangles All shades of skies green and blue Meltin' and swirlin' Peacful and twirlin' Heaven's already around us So why do we close our eyes When we pray, cry, kiss, dream? Maybe the most beautiful things in this life Are felt and never seen Never seen I, di, di, di, di, di, di, di, di, dum The only way I know Any of this might even be true Is the love I feel for you The love I feel for you (Pray, cry, kiss, dream) (Pray, cry, kiss, dream) (Pray, cry, kiss, dream) (Pray, cry, kiss, dream) (Pray, cry, kiss, dream) (Pray, cry, kiss, dream) (Pray, cry, kiss, dream) I, di, di, di, di, di, di, di, di, dum I, di, di, di, di, di, di, di, di, dum

Beautiful things are comin' my way Beautiful things, I want them to stay But after a while my beautiful things Don't seem beautiful at all Terrible things like when you wake up And all of your dreams seem to crack up Like things you have done Like breakin' my heart For you don't seem terrible at all Is there someone I can talk to? Someone on the line? Does anybody want to hear what's on my mind? Beautiful things like leaves on a tree Beautiful things, the sky and the sea Since you've been gone no beautiful things Seem beautiful to me Is there someone I can talk to? Someone out there on the line? Does anybody want to hear what's on my mind? Make the grass grow in the garden When the rain is passin' by Does anybody want to know What's on my mind?

All this pain I wonder if I'll ever find my way? I wonder if my life could really change at all? All this earth Could all that is lost ever be found? Could a garden come up from this ground at all? You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us All around Hope is springing up from this old ground Out of chaos life is being found in You You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us Oh, you make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of us You make me new, You are making me new You make me new, You are making me new Making me new You make beautiful things (You make me new) You make beautiful things out of the dust (You are making me new, making me new) You make beautiful things (You make me new) You make beautiful things out of us (You are making me new, making me new) Oh, you make beautiful things (You make me new) You make beautiful things out of the dust (You are making me new, making me new) You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of the dust You make me new, You are making me new You make me new, You are making me new

For a while there it was rough But lately I've been doin' better Than the last four cold Decembers I recall And I see my family every month I found a girl my parents love She'll come and stay the night And I think I might have it all And I thank God every day For the girl he sent my way But I know the things he gives me He can take away Oh and I hold you every night And that's a feeling I wanna get used to But there's no man as terrified As the man who stands to lose you Oh, I hope I don't lose you Mmm Please stay I want you I need you Oh God don't take These beautiful things that I've got Please stay I want you I need you Oh God don't take These beautiful things that I've got Oh-oh-oh-oh, ooh Please don't take I found my mind I'm feelin' sane It's been a while but I'm finding my faith If everything's good and it's great Why do I sit and wait 'til it's gone? Oh I'll tell ya I know I've got enough I've got peace and I've got love But I'm up at night thinkin' I just might lose it all Please stay I want you I need you Oh God don't take These beautiful things that I've got Oh-oh-oh-oh, ooh Please stay I want you I need you Oh God I need These beautiful things that I've got

Look at you in bed, you're hardly breathin' I knew it was gonna end this way I said it all the time, but you said that you were fine And now you wonder why, and why you I tried my best to make you check it out, huh? I cried so much it burnt my eyes, I begged every day But all the stubborn things you do I must've gotten that from you Now there's nothing they can do, and why you? I wished that there was something I'd done more Knocked you out and dragged you there myself Maybe then you'd be here, you'd be here Tuck my things we've grown up to And how much I love you every way But you're not here, and with all my tears It feels like Monsoon every day Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Look into your eyes, do you see me? Staring into space, you've lost yourself The rain has fallen through, and there's nothing I can do But just cry all over you, and why you? Play our favorite songs, do you hear them? Take us back to times so happy, with good health Traveling galore, just the two of us in store And the plans we had for more, and why you? Never thought that there would be an ending Father loved strong enough to make you stay If it was, if it was You'd be here, you'd be here Tuck my things we've grown up to And how much I love you every way But you're not here, with all my tears It feels like Monsoon every day Halo halo halo Monsoon You'd be here Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Feels like Monsoon every day Monsoon Monsoon You'd be here Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Monsoon Feels like Monsoon every day Halo Amber, I love you

I came down with a fever The catacombs, they were filled Lucifer within my larynx Clothing a sarcophagus Baby set my head on fire Every man is born to die The captain called me out on a carpet boys You know I got a tear in my eye I have been lost and wandering A wanderer I remain Met Judas in west Texas Tried to take my name Now I am lost and wandering And wandering I am plain Will the moon come off its axis Before I lose my mind? I came down with a sickness Pouring down just like rain Red, red sun in the evening Red, red heart full of pain Baby set my head on fire Every man is born to die The captain called me out on a carpet boys You know I got a tear in my eye I have been lost and wandering A wanderer I remain Met Judas in west Texas Tried to take my name Blood is worth much more than money That's a poison crown Tell the snake that bit me honey It's gonna take me down Now I am lost and wandering And wandering I am plain Will the moon come off its axis Before I lose my mind? Will the moon come off its axis? Will the moon come off its axis? Will the moon come off its axis? Will the moon come off its axis?

It's just a phase, in time it will subside It never would aptly take my place along the line Losing my fate, and faking through the days Search for the motive keeping me alive Passing time Nothing left to see Nowhere to return Go and set me free One time around the sun Follow the path along the broken roads We know the weight of all the sorrow we can't hold Not what we want It's all become a blur We're growing numb out in the cold But can't let go Patiently waiting for the last reprise Anticipation of the slowly rising tide Keep it locked away, a world to wash away Pretending I can do more than survive Wasting time Nothing left to see Nowhere to return So go and set me free One time around the sun Follow the path along the broken roads We know the weight of all the sorrow we can't hold Not what we want It's all become a blur We're growing numb out in the cold But can't let go But can't let go But can't let, can't let, can't let go Oh, I sit hold and my breath Can't scare myself to death There must be some attraction to this ritual of guilt Crawling through my time Can I watch the day unwind? Sifting through the remnants I know what I will find Follow the path along the broken roads We know the weight of all the sorrow we can't hold Not what we want It's all become a blur We're growing numb out in the cold But can't let go But can't let go