Carry On Wayward Son

On the long and treaturous road of life the wayward son still hears his father's call.

Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son

CARRY ON WAYWARD SON - KANSAS
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see
I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think
I still was a mad man
I can hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man
It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
No

(Carry on)
You will always remember
(Carry on)
Nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Relearn Love

Man falls by turning away from authentic goodness, truth and love.  When darkness takes root in the soul and the faceless man takes over one actually loses charity or the ability to love.  Now he can only hope to respond to the call - the grace of a true conversion of heart - and a chance to relearn love.

Scott Stapp - Relearn Love

RELEARN LOVE - SCOTT STAPP
On a dark and lonely highway
I need the Son to raise my head
I come before you, I am naked
The man I am now must be shed
I’ve weathered storms and I am broken
My beaten heart is in your hands
What I really need is shelter and a chance

To relearn love
Teach me all over
All over
To relearn love
Show me again
So I can relearn love

The comfort of Your arms around me
Your tender hands caress my head
I lay beside You, I'm not worthy
This jaded man's not who I am
I’ve touched the flame and I’ve been burnt
All I need is a second chance
Give me eyes of a child
And teach this man

To relearn love
Teach me all over
All over
To relearn love
Show me again
Show me again
So I can relearn love

I was selfish, but You still loved me
You gave the greatest gift of all and it set me free
When time means nothing, and your world is standing still
Listen world, He’s calling: if you feel me drop and kneel
Can you feel it?
Just remember, oh oh remember
To relearn love

To relearn love
Show me again
To relearn love (Relearn my love)
Teach me all over
All over, to relearn love (Show me, show me)
Show me again (To relearn my love)
To relearn love (Teach me now, now)
Teach me all over, all over (Relearn my love)
To relearn love (To relearn, relearn my love)
Show me again

So I can relearn love

Rain

It is normal to stumble and fall while carrying on the good fight.  It takes honesty and humility to recognize our failings and courage to ask for help - a cleansing and a new beginning.  

Creed - Rain

RAIN - CREED
Can you help me out, can you lend me a hand?
It's safe to say that I'm stuck again
Trapped between this life and the light
I just can't figure out, how to make it right...

A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more... something more...

I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
With every tomorrow comes another life...

I feel it's gonna rain, for days and days
(I feel it's gonna rain)
I tried to figure out, I can't understand...
What it means... to be whole again...
Trapped between the truth and the consequence
Nothing's real, nothing's making sense...

A thousand times before
I've wondered if there's something more... something more...

I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
So let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's going to rain like this... rain like this... rain like this...

Fall down, wash away my yesterdays
Fall down, so let the rain fall down on me...

I feel it's gonna rain like this for days
Let it rain down and wash everything away
I hope that tomorrow the sun will shine
I feel it's going to rain like this... rain like this...

So let the rain fall...
I feel it's gonna rain like this... rain like this...
So let the rain fall down...
I feel it's gonna rain like this...

I feel it's gonna rain.

Good Fight

The full potential of human development is not attained without an epic inner struggle.  We must subdue the "faceless man" in order to become fully ourself.  Each virtue to nurture and develop has an opposing vice to battle against.  This is the good fight.

Creed - Good Fight

GOOD FIGHT - CREED
I give my all my everything
Anything you want I've tried to be
I tried, god knows I tried
Or am I stuck somewhere between
Who I am and who I hope to be
Am I fighting the good fight

Keep pressing on
Fight the good fight
Fight, what you know is wrong
Keep pressing on
Fight the good fight
Fight, what you know is wrong

I've come so far to fall too fast
As for? I can't look back I try
God knows I try
I shift my eyes to the sky
In the distance see the horizon line
She waits for me
Fighting the good fight

Keep pressing on
Fight the good fight
Fight, what you know is wrong
Keep pressing on
Fight the good fight

Fight, what you know is wrong

I give my all my everything
Anything you want I strive to be
Am I stuck somewhere between
Who I am and who I hope to be
Fighting, I'm fighting
Fighting the good fight
Am I stuck somewhere in between
Who I am and who I hope to be

Keep pressing on
Fight the good fight
Fight, what you know is wrong
Keep pressing on
Fight the good fight
Fight, what you know is wrong

Remember that
Sometimes I fall in between
The nights blue moon and the shadows
Fight on, Fight the good fight
What you know is wrong
I'll keep fighting
Fight on, keep fighting the good fight
Fight on, fight on

Faceless Man

In order to fully realize our human potential and attain our final end, we must choose to stand against the faceless man -- that inner weakness that threatens to cast us back into the void.  But we can't accomplish this by our own efforts alone.  The true face inside us needs outside assistance from the true light -- otherwise we may never make it home.       

Creed - Faceless Man

FACELESS MAN - CREED
I spent a day by the river
It was quiet and the wind stood still
I spent some time with nature
To remind me of all that's real
It's funny how silence speaks sometimes when you're alone
And remember that you feel
I said it's funny how silence speaks sometimes when you're alone
And remember that you feel
Again I stand, Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man
Again I stand, Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man

Now I saw a face on the water
It looked humble but willing to fight
I saw the will of a warrior
His yoke is easy and His burden is light

He looked me right in the eyes
Direct and concise to remind me
To always do what's right
He looked me right in the eyes
Direct and concise to remind me
To always do what's right

Again I stand. Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man
Again I stand. Lord, God I stand,
against the Faceless Man

'Cause if the face inside can't see the light
I know I'll have to walk alone
And if I walk alone to the other side
I know I might not make it home

Again I stand, Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man
Again I stand, Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man

Next time I see this face
I'll say I choose to live for always
So won't you come inside And never go away
Next time I see this face
I'll say I choose to live for always
So won't you come inside And never go away

Again I stand, Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man
Again I stand, Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man
Again I stand, Lord I stand,
against the Faceless Man