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Softer Ground

by Guthrie

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1.
Seattle 04:26
We all swore we'd be gypsies Living on the furthest edge Now were stuck singing songs of the dream And pushing a broom instead. But last night I felt like Seattle A city built over a corpse Today as I fight my battle I'll kill and feel no remorse Here I thought I was different Free from the people about Now I see I'm disabled I'm crippled and dying of doubt But last night I felt like Seattle A city built over a corpse Today as I fight my battle I'll kill and feel no remorse Last night I felt like Seattle A city built over a grave You led us on like cattle God rest my soul to save And I can't rap the words to set me free No spoken word no poetry Can rescue me deliver me Or find the winding way and keep reminding me I'm falling up, and stepping down I'm back in Oregon in my home town This hurricane goes round and round And I'm in the middle of the lost and found I know you're right I hear you cry Ill try to get to you before I die But if I don't and you ask why The entire city was built on lies Cause underneath these golden streets The truth is buried beneath our feet I tried to rise and catch the beat But they all told me to keep my seat And I swore right then that I'd never sing for them again. L`Éternel est mon berger: je ne manquerai de rien. (The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.) Il me fait reposer dans de verts pâturages, Il me dirige près des eaux paisibles (He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:He leadeth me beside the still waters.) Il restaur mon âme, Il me conduit dans les sentiers de la justice, A cause de son nom. ( He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.) Quand je marche dans la vallée de l`ombre de la mort, Je ne crains aucun mal, car tu es avec moi (Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.) But last night I felt like Seattle A city built over a corpse Today as I fight my battle I'll kill and feel no remorse Last night I felt like Seattle A city built over a grave You led us on like cattle God rest my soul to save
2.
Rising Up 02:56
I find you sitting on your own I dont know why, but I'd rather you not be alone So I tried to fight your way out of the cold I dont know why, I can hear my own songs getting old And I sold myself for some moldy bread And today my body turned up dead And I know I finally see your ghost Rising up to me And I choke I feel myself letting go Rising up to see You've heard every word that I've cried Yet you leave this thorn sticking in my side You said "My child why can't you see?" But God your grace, it is always sufficient for me And you hold my hand through the pain And you my Lord will sustain And I know I finally see your ghost Rising up to me And I choke I feel myself letting go Rising up to see
3.
Can you see me here in the fire's light Im growing dark as the night Im losing you, and I dont know if I'll ever gain my sight Can you see us here we're losing hope Like burning hands grasping a rope We're falling apart and I dont know if we'll ever learn to cope But you will not fail us now We will find our way somehow But you will not fail us now We will find our way somehow And it's not to say that we can't get free We cant beat the forest through the trees We're running blind but there we'll find the one who truly sees And it may just be me and it may just be you But I feel like you're the one telling the truth And out of my darkness your lighthouse can shine to those who still need proof But you will not fail us now We will find our way somehow But you will not fail us now We will find our way somehow But you will not fail us now We will find our way somehow But you will not fail us now We will find our way somehow
4.
It seems like only yesterday that we were climbing trees Swimming in our normal clothes and making memories But life caught up and took from us what we forgot was sure Now we're finding emptiness in our supposed cure Oh These stories show up sad and true, a new song everyday I write them down in softer ground, not bedrock but the clay I know my story's coming soon, I wait with bated breath His way will come through faithfully, His life up from my death Oh My hope's a flower blooming tall My hope's a door through any wall My hope will grow up rain or shine My hope's a branch, he is the vine My hope's a lantern burning bright A respite from the dark of night My hope's a bridge o'er waters deep My hope's a dream that needs no sleep My hope endures through any pain My hope can break through any chain My hope is set in God above My hope is here, My hope is love
5.
Provider 03:39
Im falling now I dont know how You can rescue me This time around Im fading fast This cannot last Can you pick me up When Im down Cause you are my savior You are my provider You will never let me go My life so far Hasn't been this hard Can you find my way Lead me out of the dark I've covered up my pain But it deepened the shame Can you take the past And heal the scars Cause you are my savior You are my provider You will never let me go Oh cause you are my savior You are my provider You will never let me go And I know, I know that this is not my home And I know, I know Im not alone And I know, I know that this is not my home And I know, I'm not alone Cause you are my savior You are my provider You will never let me go Oh cause you are my savior You are my provider You will never let me go
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Buried Here 02:44
I find you a little hard to believe Harder even still to read Do you know what I mean You know, I'm spinning out of control Buried my head in this hole But I'll never be full You said you would never place second best I start to say I need to confess But you pull my head to your chest And you said "Your sins are buried here in my scars,"' "And I have thrown them further than far," "Further than the east is from the west"
7.
Sometimes it gets hard When I dont know where you are And I'm tired of waiting But I've made it this far I can't wait to see your face Oh, how I long for the day And I'm dying to fall asleep tonight Just to see the love in your eyes And my heart skips a beat When I see you I need To hold you all of my life All of my Life All of my Life Just another passing day And all I can do is pray But when I think about you I know Ill find a way I can't wait to see your face Oh, how I long for the day And I'm dying to fall asleep tonight Just to see the love in your eyes And my heart skips a beat When I see you I need To hold you all of my life
8.
I'm falling out with the deepest part of me I'm letting go of faces I thought I couldn't see I'm letting go of all of those I thought I loved but couldnt be there for But you're here, I feel you I'm never letting go You're here, I see you Just think of all we could've done before I'm falling out of space and I cannot wait to hit the ground I feel the waves hit me, and drag me under the endless sea they sound I'm letting go of all of the control I thought we had And at last You're here, I feel you I'm never letting go You're here, I see you And I want to be everything and more You're here, I feel you I'm never letting go You're here, I see you And I want to be everything and You're here, I feel you I'm never letting go You're here, I see you And I want to be everything and more
9.
Sit us down in this little wooden boat And I don't believe I trust this thing to float Set us out, all the waves are tinged with red Just further proof that we may end up dead And I wont lie it took some time For me to finally come to light But now you're here, your hand in mine Our vessel gliding through the night I start to glance back, the frothy glass in tow How we're supposed to do this I don't know Waves inside crash, my breaking heart lets go Of any hope that we can find our home But softly there, you steal my stare The moonlight dancing in your eyes And I can taste the salty air As we lay down and say goodnight I see you there inside the dream In the corner of the room Shadow's blue, lost in sleep Reach my fingers out to you Feel the cracks, broken glass Crashing waves of red outside Come rushing in, soak our skin And plunge our ship into the night Can you see the red and blue Swirling together and covering you So pure you'll be A hand painted portrait of when His blood stained the sea As the dawn breaks I feel a light on my cheek A breeze and you're breathing next to me You're astounding, A glow surrounding your frame I lean in and whisper your name And I'm alive, the shores in sight Jesus you have brought us through the night Our hands entwined, we'll take our time And sail this vessel through your sea divine Can you see the red and blue Swirling together and covering you So pure you'll be A hand painted portrait of when His blood stained the sea Sit us down in this little wooden boat And I'm trusting you to keep this thing afloat
10.
Skyline 03:44
So I guess it's not what I wanted What I want just shouldn't be gone It can swing me around, toss my heart to the ground But I know if it's here it's not wrong See my mind is full of ideals I know the things I must see But with every step one more falls off my chest And the emptiness makes me feel free Can you see the skyline growing dim Through the trees and city lights Do you know that your hope just got hung by a rope By the neck and it put up no fight By the neck and it put up no fight Guess you heard I'm thinking of leaving Got my bags packed and counting the days But these bridges aren't burned, just one more lesson learned And I'm sure we will each find our way And I guess this must disappoint you It must feel like I'm running away But I feel like I'll die if I dont learn to fly And I'm sure that you'll see me someday Can you see the skyline growing bright With the future spread out like the sea I can hear all the wrong in the siren's sweet song And the emptiness makes me feel free And the emptiness makes me feel free Like a tree cut down for the fire I know this life will be short Though marked with the scars and these cracks in my heart I hope that the fire burns warm Yeah, let's hear the fireplace roar Can you see the skyline open wide Like a door in a pitch black room And my Jesus is there and I leave all my cares Like that stone rolled away from His tomb Can you see the skyline open wide Like a door in a pitch black room And my Jesus is there and I leave all my cares Like that stone rolled away from His tomb Like that stone rolled away from His tomb
11.
Of All 02:35
High, lifted off the ground The colors in the sky Make a lovely sound And you are most beautiful of all Now spinning through the trees Dancing with the breeze What else could I ever want or need And you are most beautiful of all We are something you and me Together we are free What else could we ever want or need And you are most beautiful of all

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released September 26, 2013

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Guthrie Deltona, Florida

Two thousand miles more behind me. For the next month I would give up the company of friends and family for that of God, nature, and the stories. Song by song I worked through my hardest and best times. These aren't stories of rehabilitation but of resurrection. I have not spent the last few months learning to cope with pain, I found peace. I want to share that with you. ... more

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