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Matisyahu

1Sea to Sea
Hashem S'fasai tiftach u-fee yagid tehilasecha Hashem S'fasai tiftach u-fee yagid tehilasecha

Open up my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise Open up my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise

From sea to shining sea ohhhhhhh... Searching for me. yeah. searching for me but you wont find me.

all across the land. digging through the sand .. said im digging through the sand.

2Chop 'em Down
From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe Split this wilderness listen up this ain't where it's at Clear a path so that you could find your way back Chop 'em down, chop 'em down; chop 'em down, chop 'em down

Time flies by like clouds passing in the sky lifetimes hear and gone like the blink of an eye March through this desert one-step at a time, march through the desert one step at a time

From the forest itself comes the handle for the ax, Drop the staff Moshe rabbainu split the ocean in half, March through the desert this ain't where it's at Chop 'em down, Chop 'em down

Patterns engraved not so easily erased, still wandering trying to find your place Playing the game I see pain on your face now a day's the yiddin like children sold as slaves Strange ways running through the maze, strange ways always lost in the desert trying to find to find your place lost in the desert trying to find your place

From the forest itself comes the handle for the ax, Drop the staff Moshe rabbainu split the ocean in half, March through the desert this ain't where it's at Chop 'em down, Chop 'em down

Joseph descended sold as a slave, thrown into a dungeon cause he wouldn't be swayed Interpreted pharaoh's dreams and Egypt was saved stock piled food for seven years of rain then sold to all the nations when the drought came Joseph rose to power and the yiddin stayed They started to build and success was made Pharos getting worried let's make them pay bound in chains First born was sent down to their graves Moshe was saved and a prince he was raised Hashem spoke to him hears a message to relay Take my Nation from Mitzrayim (Egypt) I see the suffering Hard hearts ego breaks take sparks and make way Trail blaze through the wasteland breaking the chains Last generation just the ruminants March through the desert leaving footprints Peel off the lid this is just plastic, get into it, get into it Heavy hitter stepping solid never quitter jump into the ocean before it split got a jump into it Rip through Egypt rip through it, get into it, 600,000 witnessed it, no you didn't forget In the spiritual desert things are not what they seem snakes camouflaged just fit the scene Put your faith in a mirage it's just a smoke screen The king is sitting on his thrown of glory

3Warrior
You're the son of his majesty Remember how it used to be In the light of day it's easy to see Now it's nighttime You had to leave

Now the water's rushing and you keep trying to swim against the streams* Almost drowning ears ringing, once upon a time we were singing One day *those trees will stand and clap hands Stream of thought getting caught in the klipa, this place is just a shell, external Egos swell, that one'll burn ya, we fell a long way down, that eternal frown'll get you You look vexed it's the dregs, the yetzer hara's lurking Trying to make *us forget we got a job to do your a priest and a prince and you can't be moved,
 * You got Separated from the king
 * it seems, like your not moving the many water's gushing you gasp for air
 * a priest and a prince and you can't be

Chorus: You're a warrior, Fighting for your soul Taken from a world above, and brought down to *this world below Re-united, re-united return the princess to the king, Re-united, re-united, she's been taken for so long Re-unite them, re-unite *them and then she'll be filled with joy Re-unite them, re-unite *them like the days of her youth

Descended to the pit What's this feeling can't get rid of it Soul sick Can't seem to shake it When one retires at night weeping, joy will come in the morning You made my mountain stand strong

Chorus Chorus: You're a warrior, Fighting for your soul Taken from a world above, and brought down to *this world below

Like and ancient memory Remember how it used to be Close your eyes and breath in Ringing across the sea Land of milk and honey One day will wake up from this dream and we'll stop sleeping Oh, yo, then we'll see clearly
 * the scent of freedom

Chorus Chorus: You're a warrior, Fighting for your soul Taken from a world above, and brought down to *this world below

you just crossed two works in the last verse ,,

jah bless,

4Lord Raise me Up
See I been gone for so long where my mind been at wont you please wake me up wont you please bring me back daydream fantasy and my mind well asleep eyes closed up from you with my mind heavy

5King Without A Crown
You're all that I have and you're all that I need Each and every day I pray to get to know you please I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty Without you there's no me You're the air that I breathe Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe I'll stand on my own two feet Won't be brought down on one knee Fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights Crown Heights burnin' up all through till twilight Said, thank you to my G-d, now I finally got it right And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my might

[Chorus:]2x What's this feeling? My love will rip a hole in the ceiling Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being Sing to my G-d all these songs of love and healing Want Moshiach now so it's time we start revealing

Strip away the layers and reveal your soul Got to give yourself up and then you become whole You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low You want G-d but you can't deflate your ego If you're already there then there's nowhere to go If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat Ask Hashem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope You're looking for help from G-d you say he couldn't be found Searching up to the sky and looking beneath the ground Like a King without his Crown Yes, you keep fallin' down You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground Given up your pride and the you heard a sound Out of night comes day and out of day comes light Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray, Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze

[Chorus] [Chorus:] What's this feeling? My love will rip a hole in the ceiling Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being Sing to my G-d all these songs of love and healing Want Moshiach now so it's time we start revealing

6Aish Tamid
The place lays phased like a warrior slayed Engraved into the space with his sword still raised Layers of charcoal sprayed through hallways Praise relays off the walls echoing all ways

Dirt covered earth lays beneath my rib cage Giving birth to overgrowth invading on to path ways Burnt out trees cover streets where children once played Sown seeds decay through sacred stepping stones in disarray Where the alter used to be placed inter-changed for bloodstains Sunrays illuminate the smoke filled haze Trace of incense scents of sacrifice stayed

Chorus: Aish tamid eternally A fire burns continuously Wondering where you been Won't you come on home to me?

Flash back patches of grass growing wild in fact Cracked walls burnt black like a kingdom sacked Memories like artifacts attacked yet still intact Melodies wrapped in glass and shatter with the impact

Air intermingling ringing with the singing of songs once sung, hung, flung into the rafters Catastrophe struck the sound stuck Disaster plastered The aftermath a blasted building once standing, like a starved man fasting the skies expanding clouds passing, dust particles dancing, in broken bars of light, streaming from a shaft, slashed into the ceiling, Sshhhh, you could feel the ground breathing.

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Daughter of Zion is lying crying in the mist Morning light slips in, shifting through the darkness Like a morning wife reminisce having visions of her long gone prince Memories drip rain drops tip towing emptiness Intermixed with tears like fears left unfixed Walls worn thin frozen fortress like dawn waiting for the sunrise of a day that got skipped Like a life gone wrong wandering wilderness Lovesick stripped abyss empty once luscious

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Paint the scene so you could see, the city's picking up speed On a bench 14th street, taxi's streaming yellow streaks Spears piercing through my ears, you could hear the traffic speak Jack hammers drill smacking through the cracking concrete Buildings filled with windowsills spilled tangled telephone wires Signs sparking neon lights flash like wild fire My insides rise I start to feel paralyzed Let out a sigh-a melody blew by- like an ancient war cry the way the sunlight hit the trees it really caught my eye, glistening' listening' to the breeze dancing' through the leaves, freeze, the city move's in slow motion like a dream

I'm left empty like the temple turned into a fox den Bus fumes dripping spitting into city summer sun Sifting through the ash dimly lit vision listening To the hiss lifting off a nighttime ocean Shim, shim, shimmering singing hair on my skin Glim, glim. Glimmering, whispering where ya been

From amidst the darkness set sail with the softness Breeze traveling across the seas arisen from with in Mt. Zion Wind coming in picking up momentum Cutting crisply through the thickness riding on a rhythm A rollercoaster sizzling, twisting down the mountain ripping rocket ship exploding like a fountain overflowing spilling through the courtyards of Jerusalem Uncovering debris lifting up the fallen arisen within to reach the yiddin even in Manhattan exposed menorah glowing in the shadows of destruction trailblazing through affliction brushing off the branches golden standing strong flames dancing like a lion roaring rising out of nothing

9Exaltation
Exaltation, my G-d of salvation The field and there in will be filled with jubilation The lord's name will be proclaimed amongst the Nations We don't have no time for patience

Heavens rejoice and the earth will exalt Oh no, come swing back like a catapult The sea and its fullness will roar He is our help and our shield our soul yearns for the lord Burning G-d of Yaacov everlasting stronghold Break down the door I can't hold back no more Wait all night long, until the early morning Like night watchmen wait for the dawning

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Arise, be our help Place my trust in your kindness It's a must hoping in the G-d of deliverance Since way back when before time began Existing eternally, everlasting, rejoice in the name of his majesty so we sing

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Chant sweet melodies, utter hymns and sing praise to his name For he's alone exalted holy, Performing mighty deeds and making new things, Sowing righteousness and creating healing He spoke, the world came into being Master of praise, renews each day Redeems and saves, continuously, blessed is his name Making great lights, creating luminaries Abounding in mercy Won't you grant me? Understanding To perceive, all the teachings in your Torah of love, existing eternally, lead me

10Refuge
Ani auni vevyone. Hashem yashav li. Ezrati, umafalti, atau. As for me, I am poor and destitute. Hashem my G-d will think about me. My help, my rescuer, you r.

My word is like a hammer like a shattering rock, crack through your heart and take the evil apart

From the end of the earth unto you I call, time and again I fall, back to you I crawl You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy Enemy, enemy lines I find I let myself get tied up too many times You can't have my heart I'm taking back what's mine I know it lie just smoke in your eye and you saved my soul from the other side

When faint grows my heart to a rock that too hard for me to climb alone lead me For you have been a refuge

With you I smash a troop and with my G-d I leap over a wall May the king answer you on the day that you call Stand tall, battle yawl, the clouds crawl low, all stalled, heavens lay draped over New York like a prayer shawl, the holy one enthroned upon the praises of Israel

Pathways of my heart clogged like a traffic jam From the start, I want to take the blockage apart

11Close my Eyes
"Close My Eyes"

No matter where I am bless me with all your light, I'm on the train brain vexed connect and the I feel blessed Whether day or night I'm on the street midtown New York City Let me stop praise your name I need room to breath I want to feel your peace; I got to feel your ease Screaming' down on my, because my insides bleed My hearts on fire witnessed all the vampires Yes I came hear on a to inspire

[Chorus:] Close my eyes and take a ride inside Feel the breeze blow by yo I'm getting' you high Bob Nesta said it best everything will be all right Introspect connect the sect's and let this music make you fly

I listened' to the wind whistle in a channel of sound my ear like a vacuum begin to boom glisten like the sun heats a drum, cursing' all of them doomed rising' up from the ground growing full like the moon Said I'm planting like a seed yes sir them get up and get up and grow and I'm firm like a tree, well I know that's all I know, that some their colors wonderful like it was a rainbow Let me tell you one time if you didn't know

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Moonlight enlighten my way at twilight from the heights of my roof I send praise then poof I'm looking up at the night and ask for help to get up and get up and get up and get up and get it right

Jerusalem you take me high make me fly like arrow in the sky