Wes Tucker & The Skillets

1. GOOD GOD

Step out into the night and throw your judgment around

That torch is so easy to pick up so hard to put down

Where you gonna run what you gonna burn when its your turn

When its too late to fix is it too late too learn

Come On, Good God

 

It’s your crusade your ignorant parade

Giving every god-fearing man a bad bad name

What the hell happened to turn your heart to stone

How you think its gonna go down when you’re standing before the throne

Come on, Good God

 

Every time we find our place they come and take it away

Right now in our time and space we know we cant we cant stay

 

Everybody’s in the middle aint nobody on the outside

Spare yourself the identity separation provides

You justify drawing line after line

Say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours aint right

Come On, Good God

 

You think you know just how this all ends

The end all be all freefall dance we pretend

To know where we’re headed and it all means something

The only true wisdom is in knowing we know nothing

 

Every time we find our place they come and take it away

Right now in our time and space we know we cant we cant stay

 

2. RATTLE YOUR CHAINS

There’s a ghost chained where he’s never been before

Left slain lying on the dessert floor

Sent to settle somebody else’s score

Left to haunt a land a long a long way from home

 

Money was good he went in in the spring

Saved up for to buy her a ring

She said when you get home I’ll let you know

Don’t want to be nobody’s widow

 

Is it worth all we stand to loose

For all that we might gain

When you’re gone ain’t much that you can do

Except rattle your chains

 

A heart grown colder, looking over his shoulder

Feeling much older than he ever thought he’d be

Enemy grown bolder, life of a soldier

Home of the brave land of the free

 

Is it worth all we stand to loose

For all that we might gain

When you’re gone aint much that you can do

Except rattle your chains

 

When my soul is laid down to rest

Lord please bless all that I have left

And in this life or in the next

May we live on after our death

 

3. NO ROOM IN BETWEEN

Been to the top of the summit on high

When you can see for miles all the answers fall in line

Nothing hanging over me but the clearest blue sky

Every lonely ghost has got something to find

 

Down in the valley all the people gather round

Waiting to hear all the wisdom that I’ve found

Down here in the valley sometimes the rules don’t apply

Little more complicated little less cut and dry

So much fear and confusion and I feel it only grows

Heavenly illusion when we act like we know

We think that we know what do we know

 

You can waive a flag, put up a fence and call it yours

You can stand on the shoulders of all those who came before

There’s two sides to every story every fight I’ve ever seen

How can we be so far apart with no room in between

 

So much fear and confusion And I feel it only grows

Heavenly illusion When we act like we know

We think that we know What do we know

 

4. OUT OF MY HANDS

She lies still, still wishing she had the words to say

Just to explain how things ended up this way

But it’s been so long since she took the time to pray

Oh how it stings tears well up in her eyes

Eyes that were opened far too soon for a restless mind

And it’s hard to have faith when you don’t know what to believe

And when for all you give wickedness is all you receive

 

And I stay up all night just watch the sun come up

Waiting for the light after an endless night I swear I’ve had enough

But there was only rain falling to quench my sorrow

And if the light’s the answer I’ll have to try again tomorrow

And I can’t wait to stop tripping and walk my path straight

Lay down my burden rid my mind of this weight

 

Every problem seems like the end when we face it alone

I call out to the almighty when I feel I can’t go on

We all want to be I control of our own little plan

The hardest thing to do is to just let go when you know its out of your hands

It’s out of my hands

And I can’t wait to stop tripping and walk my path straight

Lay down my burden rid my mind of this weight

Lay down my burden lord it’s out of my hands

I place it at your feet my lord I don’t’ want to trip no more

Lord have mercy on me it’s out of my hands

 

 

5.  LET IT FALL

Sit and search your mind

There must be something left to say

We must have known all along

There had to be an end to the games we played

 

Trading sunshine for stolen time

Someone came along and turned your days to night

All these years wound without a trace

Like the tears roll down your face

Let it fall, let it fall

 

When we reach the bottom of the well

And all we have are the stories that we tell

Nothing ever looks as clear

As when you’re staring through the afterlens my dear

 

While you wait and pray for grace

Someone came along, shot holes all in your faith

It’s no cure for a broken heart

To put up your walls, never let down your guard

Let it fall, let it fall

 

Let it fall, let it fall down like rain

Let the tears wash away the pain

Do it on your own like squeezing blood from a stone

Let it fall, let it fall away

What we need is some kind of reprieve

Show yourself a little mercy

Let it fall, let it fall

 

6. THE LINE

Everywhere I go I get the feeling like I’ve been there before

Maybe its just me voices in my head just mean I need the company

Oh I love the way you try to make me believe that it’s all in my mind

Like some kind of ever dream where everything is far worse than it seems

 

Oh we live in a world where you can’t hold on too long

Truth is hard to find when we can’t draw the line any more

Nowhere to go find your own way back home

 

Catch me if you can it’s always more elusive once it’s slipped thru your hands

I guess you had your chance but this life don’t look nothing like we planned

They say silence is gold now we got a fortune all our own

For all that we have, all that we gave is all that remains

 

Oh we live in a world where you can’t hold on too long

Truth is hard to find when we can’t draw the line any more

Nowhere to go find your own way back home

 

Hold on too long too long

Truth is hard to find we can’t draw the line anymore

 

7.  COULD BE WORSE

We used to drive to a place outside of town

Where we could hear the stars go by and lay our burdens down

We would rage against all that didn’t have a name

Philosophers deciding the winner of the blame

 

And its more than I could hope for and less than we deserve

I guess you got it right, the understatement of all time

When you said it could be worse

 

Tell fate to come and find me I’ll be standing in the line

Waiting my turn to be passed by

Let me not forget I was born to live for this

I was born to be a target you were bound to miss

 

And its more than I could hope for and less than we deserve

I guess you got it right, the understatement of all time

When you said it could be worse

 

Oh hear my prayer come and take me away

Safe in my place never to be changed

Tell fate to come and find me tell fate to come and find me now

Let all the world remind let them all remind me remind me how

It could be worse

 

I’ve got sixteen miles to go until we reach the promise land

I’m tired of all this dirt and I’m tired of all this sand

Can’t even remember what we came here to find

When you’re living in the desert lost is just a state of mind

 

And its more than I could hope for and less than we deserve

I guess you got it right, the understatement of all time

When you said it could be worse

 

8.  COME HOME TO ME

I can still hear your heart pounding beneath my ears

I can still hear the songs you sang your voice ringing clear

But you’re never far no matter how far you roam

Though your heart grows cold, your touch still feels like home

 

Tell me we’ve tried I just can’t see it

Tell me a lie and I will believe it

You say that we’re through but I don’t believe it

Please come home to me

 

You told me everything was alright and I believed it was true

They say all good things come to an end but it ended far too soon

And I wish I’d said then words I just couldn’t speak

More than anything in this world you were precious to me

 

Tell me we’ve tried I just can’t see it

Tell me a lie and I will believe it

You say that we’re through but I don’t believe it

Please come home to me

 

9.  RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW

Every moment from the very first

Just like a curse to walk the earth

Everywhere you go can’t wait to leave

All ground is holy beneath your feet

Spending all our time just running out

Why cant we be right here right here right now

 

Yesterday all full of hate

Today’s the day was it worth the wait

Sky is falling pick up the pace

Slipping through the fingers of the hand of fate

Spending all our time just running out

Why can’t we be right here right here right now

 

Still sound no silence to be found

Pray for a chance to slow down

And we wait we wait we wait

I remember when all we had was time

I remember when time was on our side

Before we grew up and outgrew our lives

I remember when all we had was time

I remember when time was on our side

Before glory glory hallelujah

 

10.  TRADE UP

Its getting late, leaving tomorrow morning

Couldn’t wait to get away No goodbyes no warning

Too many days gone by too long unsatisfied

Gonna see what else is out there

 

Stack it up, go ahead and place your bet

It aint all luck, you gotta play with the cards your dealt

Gotta roll away this stone if it cuts right down to the bone

Show them all what you’re made of

 

Hold on to what you’ve got

Unless you don’t have what you want

Go on trade up

Its your life on the line

Go, go ahead and roll the dice, Trade up

 

Three days gone, three days on the run

But you can’t get far until you know what you’re running from

Darkness will chase you down, follow you form town to town

You just can’t hide in the light

 

Hold on to what you’ve got

Unless you don’t have what you want

Go on trade up

Its your life on the line

Go, go ahead and roll the dice, Trade up

 

It’s only all we know, you let go of your heart and home

Until you spread your little wings you won’t know if you can fly

Take your time spread your wings tonight

Trade up

 

11.  FORGIVE

Try to pinpoint the moments it all went astray

We lye awake and replay every mistake we’ve ever made

Pick up your shield and lay down your sword

You against yourself, yourself against the world

 

We just can’t unsee all the things we’ve seen

Can’t cut off hands that won’t come clean

Spend time wondering what could have been

I know let it go, forgive

 

Try to lead your life just to find you’ve been mislead

Calls into question everything everyone has ever said

When all you’ve built has been torn apart

Stitch it back together weary hands and a heavy heart

 

We just can’t unsee all the things we’ve seen

Can’t cut off hands that won’t come clean

Spend time wondering what could have been

I know let it go, forgive

 

I’ve built myself a home

Brick by brick stacking up everything gone wrong

One foot stomping out change one foot in the past

Built my cage out of looking back

 

Teach me to let go of all that I just can’t control

Let me learn to forgive so that I can live again

 

12.  ONCOMING TRAIN

Ashes to ashes dust to dust

We can watch it burn to the ground

Angels and sparks rise upward and home

Departing without a sound

 

So close your eyes and pray for rain

Aint no telling how much we’ll get

Aint much you can do when the levy breaks

Old and new washed away

 

Holy light shine down on me

Show me all my eyes won’t see

I can hear it coming miles away

Soft and low like an oncoming train

 

Pound for pound day by day

All our wages measured and weighed

All that pain you carry around

I know it’s more than your share

 

From the quarry’s edge this world seems so small

All our worries so vast and wide

Step back from the edge shake your shackles off

Come and meet me on the other side

 

Holy light shine down on me

Show me all my eyes won’t see

I can hear it coming miles away

Soft and low like an oncoming train