David Crowder*Band Album

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die!
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Play it, boys!

Come and listen
Come to the water’s edge
All you who know and fear the Lord
Come and listen
Come to the water’s edge
All you who are thirsty, come

Let me tell you what He has done for me
Let me tell you what He had done for me
He has done for you
He has done for us

Come and listen
Come and listen to what He’s done
Praise our God for He is good
He has done for me
He has done for you
He has done for us

From wherever spring arrives to heal the ground
From wherever searching comes
(The look itself a trace of what we’re looking for)
So be quiet now...and wait
The ocean is growing
The tide is coming in
Here it is...

Here is our King
Here is our love
Here is our God who’s come
To bring us back to Him
He is the One
He is Jesus

And what was said to the rose
To make it unfold
Was said to me here in my chest
So be quiet now...and rest
The ocean is growing
The tide is coming in
Here it is...

Majesty...
Finally...
Here

I am full of earth
You are heaven’s worth
I am stained with dirt, prone to depravity
You are everything that is bright and clean
The antonym of me
You are divinity
But a certain sign of grace is this
From the broken earth flowers come up
Pushing through the dirt

You are holy, holy, holy
All heaven cries “Holy, holy God”
You are holy, holy, holy
I want to be holy like You are

You are everything that is bright and clean
And You’re covering me with Your majesty
And the truest sign of grace was this
From wounded hands redemption fell down
Liberating man
But the harder I try the more clearly can I feel
The depth of our fall and the weight of it all
And so this might could be the most impossible thing
Your grandness in me making me clean

Glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
So here I am, all of me
Finally everything
Wholly, wholly, wholly
I am wholly, wholly
I am wholly, wholly, wholly
Yours

I am full of earth and dirt and You

Love so incredible to know
It’s never gonna go, never gonna go
Love too impossible and true
For anyone but You, for anyone but You
I think I’m on the brink of something large
Maybe like the breaking of a dawn
Or maybe like a match being lit
Or the sinking of a ship, letting go gives a better grip

I’m finding everything I’ll ever need
By giving up, gaining everything
Falling for You for eternity
Right here at Your feet, where I want to be
I am Yours

Love so indelible to know
You’re never gonna go
You’re never gonna go
Love too unthinkable and true
For anyone but You
For anyone but You

Forever and ever and ever and ever and...

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The breaking makes a sound I never knew
Could be so beautiful and loud
Fury filled and we collide
So courageous until now, fumbling and scared
So afraid You’ll find me out
Alone here with my doubt

Here it comes, a beautiful collision
Is happening now
There seems no end to where You begin and
There I am now
You and I collide

Something circling inside
Spaciously you fly, infinite and wide
Like the moon and sky, collide

Here it comes now

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How long till You hear us?
Till You come back, we ain’t giving up
How long till You heal us?
Till you come back, we ain’t giving up

Love rise up
Hope rise up

How long till You free us?
Till You come back, we ain’t giving up
How long till You mend us?
Till You come back, we ain’t giving up

Your strength will come like something lifted
Lift up your head (love is rising)
Lift up your head (hope is rising)
Lift up your head (be lifted)
Be lifted, be lifted
Lift up your head!

I’ve wandered so aimless, life filled with sin
I wouldn’t let my dear Savior in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
Praise the Lord, I saw the light (Williams)

I saw the light, I saw the light
No more darkness, no more night
Now I’m so happy, no sorrow in sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light (Williams)

I’ve walked in darkness, clouds covered me
I had no idea where the way out could be
Then came the sunrise and rolled back the night
Praise the Lord, I saw the light (Cash)

Just like a blind man I wandered alone
Worries and fear I claimed for my own
Then like a blind man who God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord, I saw the light (Williams)

When death takes me down and I breath here no more
My anthem will sound on that eternal shore
When I join with the angels in heaven on high
Singing “Praise the Lord, I saw the light” (Crowder)

O God, hold me now
O Lord, hold me now
There’s no other man who could raise the dead
So do what You can to anoint my head
O God, where are you now?
O Lord, say somehow

Da da da, da da da

O God, hold me now
O God, touch me now
There’s no other man who could save the day
There’s no other god who could raise the dead

Be more quiet, now, and wait for a voice to say 'be more quiet...'

I don’t want to move
And I don’t think I could
I don’t want to move
And I don’t think I should
I don’t want to move
No, I don’t want to move
I don’t want to move
And I don’t think I could

Breathe in deeper now
Breathe in deeper now
Breathe in deeper, breathe in now

The costliest of costs
The deadliest of loss
The wonder of the cross
The breath of life that stops
The hope of heaven bought
The wonder of the cross
The wonder of the cross

Breathe in deeper now (the wonder of the cross)
Breathe in deeper now (the wonder of the cross)
Breathe in deeper (the wonder of the cross)
Breathe in now
I don’t want to move

Are we left here on our own?
Can you feel when your last breath is gone?
Night is weighing heavy now
Be quiet and wait for a voice that will say

Come awake, from sleep arise
You were dead, become alive
Wake up, wake up, open your eyes
Climb from your grave into the light
Bring us back to life
You are not the only one who feels like the only one

Night soon will be lifted, friend
Just be quiet and wait for a voice that will say
Rise, rise, to life, to life

Shine
Light will shine
Love will rise
Light will shine, shine, shine, shine
He’s shining on us now

And He set me on fire
And I am burning alive
With His breath in my lungs
I am coming undone
And I cannot hold it in and remain composed
Love’s taken over me and so
I propose the letting myself go
I am letting myself go

You are my joy
You are my joy
You are my joy
You are my joy

I need to catch my breath, I need to
I need to catch my breath, give me a moment now
I’m laughing so hard...

Hallelujah, we are on our way
Hallelujah, we are on our way to God
From Egypt lately come
Where death and darkness reign to seek our new
Our better home where we our rest shall gain
There sin and sorrow cease and every conflict’s o’er
There we shall dwell in endless peace and never hunger more

Jerusalem, our happy home

Would God I were in Thee
Would God my woes were at an end
Thy joy that I might see
We soon shall join the throng
Their pleasures we shall share
And sing the everlasting song
With all the ransomed there

There in celestial strains enraptured myriads sing
There love in every bosom reigns for God Himself is King

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We’re gonna shout loud, loud
Until the walls come down
Shout loud, loud until the walls come down
Loud, until the walls come down

Cause we’ve already won and you don’t have a chance
Yeah we’ve already won and no, you don’t have a chance
Yeah it’s already done and you don’t have a chance
Because we’ve already won
We have already won

We’re gonna should loud, loud
Until the final sound
Shout loud, loud, until the final sound
Loud until the final sound
This is for glory, His glory
We have already won!

There's a darkness in my skin
My cover's wearing thin, I believe
I'd love to start again, go back to innocent
And never leave

Don't give up now
A break in the clouds
We could be found
There's nothing wrong with me
It's just that I believe things could get better
And there's nothing wrong with love
I think it's just enough to believe

Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming

And there's nothing wrong with you
And nothing left to do
But believe something bigger
And there's nothing wrong with love
I know it's just enough to believe

Don't give up now
A break in the clouds
We will be found
Rescue is coming now

Andy: hello.

David: yeah, is Andy there?

Andy: uh...this is he.

David: this is David Crowder calling for the interview that was scheduled today?

Andy: oh. Yeah. Great. Um sorry...I didn’t expect you so soon. Let me...give me a second to get things set up here.

David: no problem.

Andy: yeah. Made a few changes around here and my typical setup is kinda, you know, technology’s a killer right?

David: uh...well...we’ll have to wait and see I guess.

Andy: well. Alright. Well. Umm. Well. Hey, let’s get started. Uh...sorry my notes are...you know a little scattered here...uh...you’ll have to forgive me.

David: mmhmm.

Andy: uhmm...I gotta admit I...I really don’t know much about...you know...you... You...or the band...but I’ve got some friends that are big fans and um...

David: right.

Andy: but...uh...anyway...um...alright. Well. Ok. So here we go. Um...so your new CD is titled a collision, or...um...3 + 4 = 7 that’s...that’s interesting. You know the...the...

David: mmhmm.

Andy: ...whole double title thing.

David: yeah.

Andy: uhmm lets see...uh...and the atom on the cover that’s pretty

David: uh huh.

Andy: cool. I was...I mean...I was never all that great in science and. and math wasn’t really my...my specialty...which is...which is I guess, you know, why I’m a writer now. But uh...

David: mmhmm.

Andy: ...anyway um...

David: ok.

Andy: ok. So uh...it...I don’t know...is that...it’s like with the cover...is that a metaphor or...uh...I mean is it metaphorical for something or like, or is it...

David: well...

Andy: ...just pretty or...

David: ...nah. Well I mean. Yeah. The...uh...atom, it’s not really...I mean it’s a symbol. You see that and you think atom. It shows electrons moving in elliptical paths around a nucleus and all...we know...

Andy: mmhmm.

David: ...that’s...that’s not how an atom works. Or...or looks even, for that matter...

Andy: ok.

David: ...and so....and so that’s why it was appropriate for the cover, you know...

Andy: right. Uhmm. Ok. Yeah. I’m not really sure I see the connection. But...

David: ...well...and what we mean to say is that the elements of worship are inadequate, much like the atom depiction. But this is what we have you know? It helps us carry the idea.

Andy: mmhmm. Mmhmm. Uhmm. Ok. Uh. Tell...ok...what’s the deal with these little songs between the real...you know, the real songs? Like are they significant? Uhmm...is there like a theme of the album? Or are they creating space? Like what’s...going on there?

David: uhmm. I don’t...

Andy: ok. Uhmm. So you know I hear there’s this really spectacular ending to...to the record is that true?

David: we’ll have to wait and see on that.

Andy: swell.

David: it does swell.

Andy: wait...uh it...wait...hold on...it does well?

David: no. It swells.

Andy: oh. Right. It swells. Uhmm. Ok. Well. And so the end starts with this...this piece called “the lark ascending.” Uhmm now what is...what is the lark? Is that...is that also a metaphor for something?

David: uhmm. I gue...I mean I guess. I just...I don’t think...I don’t think you should read too much into any of this you know? Its...I mean the lark ascending was written...it was a piece written by Vaughn Williams who died in 1958, and uh, the work opens with this calm set of sustained chords and then (coughs) sorry. Excuse me. And uhmm. Anyway and so then the violin enters as the lark and it...it starts with this series of ascending and repeated intervals and this...these nimble then elongated arpeggios. Uhmm. And he actually found inspiration in a work by the English poet George Meredith who died in 1909 and the composer included a portion of Meredith’s poem on the flyleaf...

Andy: wait uh...

David: ...of the published work

Andy: ....hold on wait...

David: ...uhmm...

Andy: ...why do you keep mentioning...

David: ...and it...

Andy: ...the year they died?

David: ...well it went...and it went like this it says uh...


“He rises and begins to round,

He drops the silver chain of sound,

Of many links without a break,

In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake.

For singing till his heaven fills,

‘Tis love of earth that he instills,

And ever winging up and up,

Our valley is his golden cup

And he the wine which overflows

To lift us with him as he goes.

Till lost on his aerial rings

In light, and then the fancy sings.”

Andy: huh. Wow. That’s nice. But I mean...but who is the lark?

David: I don’t know.

Andy: sorry. I think i’ve got the wrong page. Uhmm. The script you gave me says something different. It says, “you are.”

David: yeah but I don’t...I don’t feel like the lark much of the time and uhmm there are other larks for me you know?

Andy: wait a second. Ok. So correct me if I’m wrong but uhmm...

David: yeah.

Andy: ...in the script I have you’re...

David: right.

Andy: ...making a point that art does this...

David: right.

Andy: ...you know the whole, “it rises on wing from earth to fill the heavens...

David: yes.

Andy: ...pulling the rest of us with it. That as the lark rises so do we.”

David: right. I’m unsure.

Andy: but. Uh. Hold on. I mean...it...it says so right here.

David: yeah. Uhmm. But the ground pulls at my feet.

Andy: hold...hold on just a second. Uh but I mean what about the number 7?

David: did you ever notice that the sky is all the way to the ground?

Andy: wait. Hold on. What?

David: we’re walking around in it. We’re in the sky. There is sky and there is ground and we’re somewhere in between. That is where we live. And sometimes some of us take wing and when they do, when their feet leave the ground, even for a second, they pull the rest of us with them. And when we rise, and when we rise, and when we notice that the sky has been around us all along. We have been walking into it. It has been this constant collision. Divinity and depravity. And we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise and we rise...

And I’m trying to make you sing
From inside where you believe
Like it’s something that you need
Like it means everything

And I’m trying to make you feel that
This is for real, that life is happening
That it means everything
I’m just trying to make you sing