Field Guide - Lyrics
The Edge of the River
I don’t know where I’m gonna go
I’m stuck on the edge of the river
Stuck in the sleet, stuck in the snow
Stuck on the edge of the river
The bridge is out and the flood is high
I’m facing treacherous water
Guide me safe to the bye and bye
I’m stuck on the edge of the river
The motors broke and the oar is gone
I’m stuck on the edge of the river
I have no path through the gates of dawn
I’m stuck on the edge of the river
Bring me safe to the other shore
And into Your arms forever
I don’t wanna be alone anymore
I’m stuck on the edge of the river
The water is wide I cannot cross
And I don’t have wings to fly over
Guide me safe or all is lost
Lost on the edge of the river
I’ve tried to forge this on my own
But I’m stuck on the edge of the river
I need my captain to guide me home
To the far, far banks of the river
The bridge is out and the flood is high
I’m facing treacherous water
Guide me safe to the bye and bye
I’m stuck on the edge of the river
Bring me safe to the other shore
and into Your arms forever
I don’t wanna be alone anymore
Stuck on the edge of the river
The Imposter
I’ve aired out my life for all to hear
It’s been 10,000 years and I’m still stuck here
Facing the falsehood, fighting the fear
They tell me I don’t belong here
You’ve whispered to me through every score
And walked beside me through every door
You’ve stilled my soul when I’m flat on the floor
Feeling like I don’t belong here
Why am I scared of my own hands?
Why am I scared of your own plans?
A seed just grows wherever it lands
And I know I belong here
I know I belong here
Things have been working
Working together for good
Working together for good
In this speed trap world you gave me a slow song
From the prison of night to the mercy of dawn
In a gatekeeper’s world I know I belong
I know I belong here
I know I belong here
The Racer
I always lived my life in the left lane of the road
Holding pedals down to floor pans with a cinder block shoe
But the runner gets old and the driver gets towed
And through smoke and screeching rubber I found You
“Cruising USA” in the arcade at the mall
Coffee stained Hot Rod mag and a box full of tools
Fuel and air and sparked a love I can’t shake at all
But I meant to take a passenger and I meant it to be You
Going round in circles is the whole point of the game
But I find I’m getting nowhere when the race is through
I wanna take my souped up Buick and hit the interstate
Wind at my back sending me back too You
Now You were my roadmap when I was just a kid
Now my steering wheel has Phillippians turned over and misused
But in my chest I love You now just the way I did
And I know You still love me, You love me too
Going fast and going far is the reason that we drive
But never quite far enough to outrun the truth
I’ll burn the soles on this Grand National and leave this town alive
Wind at my back sending me back to You
Trying to stay ahead in chess and checkered flags
I’ve let down my friends and family and the realest love I knew
‘Cause speed is a speed trap and riches became rags
But I found the place where I belong, and that’s with You
Going round in circles is the whole point of the race
But I find I’m getting nowhere and there’s nothing new
I wanna take this restless soul and rest in your embrace
Wind at my back, wind at my back, sending me back to You
Two Boats (a Field Guide to Faith and Practicality)
I asked the Lord to help me with my depression
The Lord gave me a doctor who gave me antidepressants
I said my visions going bad and I’m failing all my classes
He said why you at the altar when you should be out buying glasses?
Father plant my feet on solid ground
He said son there’s the floor
Father can you help me find a way out
He said son there’s the door
The water was a rising I said God keep me from drowning
There were two boats and a helicopter but I turned them down
So I sank and went to heaven I said why’d You let me die
He said I tried to help you float then I tried to help you fly
I said Father give me peace
He said stop trying to fight
Father can you help me keep me from doing wrong
He said start doing right
The Lord ain’t always working in mysterious ways
But we’re looking for flashes of light
Father plant my feet on solid ground
He said son there’s the floor
Father can you help me find a way out
He said son there’s the door
The Lord ain’t always working in mysterious ways
But we’re looking for something more
Lord I have a question
Why’s my life always a mess
He said it’s ‘cause I made you human
So just give it your best
Prayers of My Friends
If you don’t believe I need you then look at my face
Your kind of love can’t be replaced
And if I have less tomorrows than I had yesterdays
I hope that I spend them in your garden of grace
Where do I begin
I need the prayers of my friends
How can I begin
I need the prayers of my friends
No ones an island and no ones alone
No one is better without a home
I could head out tomorrow and face the unknown
But iron and iron makes us stronger than stone
Where do I begin
I need the prayers of my friends
How can I begin
I need the prayers of my friends
Seasonal people will all go away
Traffic light garland on broadway
When the heat is on it’s the fire escape
No greater treasure than people that stay
No greater treasure than people that pray
That's My God
(Written by Andrew Hibbard)
When the night strikes the day
And the blessed go to sleep
And the prowlers in the night
Baring claws start to creep
When the lost need be found
In their sorrows do weep
There's a voice that comes calling
Down the mountain through the prairies
If you listen you can hear it
That's my God
In the depths of confusion
Drowning in harmful waters
And to Thee we are all sons
And to Thee we are all daughters
If you feel like a lamb
Being led to the slaughter
There's a hand that comes reaching
To the wayward to the weary
Let it guide you He will keep you
That's my God
There's a voice that comes calling
Down the mountains through the prairies
If you listen you can hear Him
That's my God
Salvation Mountain
I’ll show you Salvation Mountain
I’m home from the battle I’m safe from the war
I know I’m forever in Your care
So I’m going to speak with the Navajo people
And teach the world the Sinner’s Prayer
I’ll show you Salvation Mountain
I’ll show you God is love
Somewhere in the California desert
Salvation Mountain is rising high above
I’m going to build a mountain with faith and my bare hands
Just up from the Salton sea
And with Adobe bricks and painted up Jeep Cherokees
My Jesus, my mountain and me
I’ll show you Salvation Mountain
I’ll show you God is love
Somewhere in the California desert
Salvation Mountain is rising high above
Wait
I’ll take time to fall apart
While You take time to heal my heart
It’s like music to my fears
And sorrow to my ears
I break mirrors on my own dime
But You heal in Your own time
If I could see behind those doors
Harmonize my heart to Yours
It’s hard to keep on waiting
In a place that’s always changing
Waiting, changing, waiting, changing
Lead me beside still springs
Lift me up on eagle’s wings
It’s like music to my fears
The beauty of the spheres
It’s hard to keep on waiting
In a place that keeps on changing
But I’ll wait on You
The Truth of the Matter
I live in a library but I don’t know how to read
I work in a hospital but I pass out when I bleed
I got what I want but not what I need tonight
I’m a billionaire who don’t know what to do with all his things
I’m a flightless bird who don’t know what to do with all his wings
Tom Brady and my aunt are getting old but they’re still chasing rings tonight
And the truth of the matter is
It don’t matter at all
You’re green in the spring
You’re on the ground and brown by the fall
Well I’m hulled up in the kitchen and I’m tryna cook the books
I been blessed with ignorance but I’ve been cursed with good looks
Fishing in the Dark has got a catchy hook tonight
And there ain’t too much difference between a memory and a scar
I guess I shoulda spent more time with her than my guitar
I wrote a gospel song and I sang it in a bar tonight
And the truth of the matter is
It don’t matter to me
‘Cause Jesus could walk upon the land
And He could walk upon the sea
I’m a tow truck that broke down
And now I’m getting towed
I’m a weatherman that didn’t bring a coat when it snowed
Everyone but me is on the wrong side of the road tonight
And the truth of the matter is
It don’t matter at all
‘Cause the ground is the only real distinction
Between flying and a fall