Lyrics - Jars of Clay

JARS OF CLAY presents THE SHELTER - LYRICS

1. Small Rebellions (feat. Brandon Heath)

2. Call My Name (feat. Thad Cockrell, Audrey Assad)

3. We Will Follow (feat. Gungor)

4. Eyes Wide Open (feat. Mac Powell, Derek Webb, Burlap To Cashmere)

5. Shelter (feat. Brandon Heath)

6. Out Of My Hands (feat. Mike Donehey)

7. No Greater Love

8. Run In The Night (Psalm 27) (feat. Thad Cockrell)

9. Lay It Down (feat. David Crowder, Dawn Michele)

10. Love Will Find Us (feat. Sara Groves, Matt Maher)

11. Benediction (feat. Amy Grant)

Small Rebellions

(Jars of Clay)

God of the break and shatter

Hearts in every form still matter

In our weakness help us see

That alone we’ll never be

Lifting any burdens off our shoulders

If our days could be filled with small rebellions

Senseless brutal acts of kindness from us all

If we stand between the fear and firm foundation

Push against the current and the fall, the current and the fall

God of the worn and tattered

All of your people matter

Give us more than words to speak

‘Cause we are hearts and arms that reach

And Love climbs up and down the human ladder

Give us days to be filled with small rebellions

Senseless brutal acts of kindness from us all

If we stand between the fear and firm foundation

Push against the current and the fall, the current and the fall

We will never walk alone again

No, we will never walk alone again

Call My Name

(Jars of Clay)

I’ll go when you call me

I’ll run when you tell me where to go

We are desert walkers under shaded clouds

Your fire shows there’s more of you to know

Let our idols fail

Vanity subside

We will see the beauty in our lives

When I hear you call my name

Send me to the edge of the earth

Show me what a life is worth

When I hear you call my name

I will wait in the darkest hours

For you will be a light on this road

Lead me out to the ground I’ve never walked on

Only to rely on you alone

This is my Father’s world

And to my listening ear

My heart is still at home

When I hear you call my name

We Will Follow

(Jars of Clay)

In the shadow of the cross where my first love died

In the valley where we learn how to climb so high

Will you open my heart and reach inside

Till the blood on your hands is yours, not mine

Set us free, trust the mystery

Till our eyes are clear enough to see you

Where you lead us, we will follow

Where you lead us, we will follow you

On the hill of the rich in the city of the poor

Where the wealth is in the hands of who needs you more

‘Cause there’s nothing in our view you haven’t made

No one that you’ve touched that you haven’t saved

So set us free to love the mystery

Till our eyes are clear enough to see you

Where you lead us, we will follow

Where you lead us, we will follow you

Open up our hearts and reach inside

Eyes Wide Open

(Jars of Clay, Phillip LaRue)

Talk to me, ‘cause I’ve been talking to myself

Help me get these thoughts out of my own head

I don’t believe, most days I don’t believe

Mercy is true, it’s hard to live with the things I do

So God, bruise the heels we’ve dug in the ground

That we might move closer to love

Pull out the roots we’ve dug in so deep

Finish what you started

Help us to believe

Keep our eyes wide open

Love is kind and love is daring, everything we need to keep our eyes

Keep our eyes wide open

Love is kind and love is daring, everything we need to keep our eyes

We can’t go on, it seems this conversation’s done

It’s so hard to win these fights and love you at the same time

So take my hand till grace makes her way to bend

Till the things I’ve set to ruin only lead to my own end

Draw us in, send us out

Draw us in, pour us out

Help us to believe

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Shelter

(Jars of Clay)

To all who are looking down

Holding onto hearts still wounding

For those who’ve yet to find it

The places near where love is moving

Cast off the robes you’re wearing

Set aside the names that you’ve been given

May this place of rest in the fold of your journey

Bind you to hope, you will never walk alone

In the shelter of each other, we will live, we will live

Your arms are all around us

If our hearts have turned to stone

There is hope, we know the rocks will cry out

And the tears aren’t ours alone

Let them fall into the hands that hold us

Come away from where you’re hiding

Set aside the lies that you’ve been living

May this place of rest in the fold of your journey

Bind you to hope that we will never walk alone

If there is any peace, if there is any hope

We must all believe, our lives are not our own

We all belong

God has given us each other

And we will never walk alone

Out Of My Hands

(Jars of Clay, Gabe Ruschival, Jeremy Lutito)

I wasted a rescue

Abandoned the mission

I failed by my own hands

And watched it all go wrong

You said you could save me

That I couldn’t save myself

You said that you loved me

No matter what I’ve done

When the light is gone and life is just a dare we take

Still the fight goes on to give my heart away

And it’s out of my hands, it was from the start

In light of what you’ve done for me

You lifted my head, set me apart

In light of what you’ve done for me

This is what you’ve done for me

It’s out of my hands

We grow where the light is

Like trees in the highlands

We’re bent by our own plans

To keep us in the dark

I act like an orphan

Forget that you found me

You came like a whisper

And saved me with a spark

When the light is gone and life is just a dare we take

Still the fight goes on and on to give my heart away

There’s nothing in the world that I can offer

Nothing in the world that I can stand upon

Apart from you, apart from you

There’s nothing in my life, nothing in my life

That you haven’t given to me

No Greater Love

(Jars of Clay, Laura Story, David Crowder, Gabe Ruschival, Jeremy Lutito)

Is it life in vain

Are we ghosts rattling chains

When we get what we want

Are the problems still the same

‘Cause my hands can’t heal

While I’m holding on so tight

And my heart won’t care enough

To pick a better fight

Show me the beauty of a life

No greater love, no greater love

And you say, there’s no greater love

Is it still my turn

I think I’m the last one left to learn

That the life I lose

Is the least of my concerns

Show me the beauty of a life

Laid down

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Run In The Night (Psalm 27)

(Jars of Clay, Thad Cockrell)

I know who I am

Once I was nameless, alone and you found me

You formed my knees to bend

You call me Beloved, I am perfection

All my failures won’t condemn me

Or leave me paralyzed and bound

When I’m at my worst

Your Love, it finds me first

By you, I can run in the night

For by you, I can run in the night

For I am such a man

Seized by the power of a great affection

No matter where I am

Peace spreads below me in every direction

When evil sets the war upon me

I won’t stumble, I won’t fall

Though they do their worst

Your love has found me first

For by you, I can run in the night

Hide me in the shelter of

Keep me in the cover of

Lead me in the light of your love

Hide me in the light of your love

No matter where I am

Whom shall I fear

Lead me in the light

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Lay It Down

(Sara Groves, Ben Gowell, Aaron Fabbrini)

Oh, we’ll never be short on people

And we’ll never be short on trouble

It’s a well-worn path, so how on earth can we feel alone

Why carry on our own what’s common to all men

Why drag your bag of bones to hell and back again

Why carry on our own what’s common to all men

Look around, lay it down

Oh, we’ll never be short on good news

And somebody to tell our story to

And we’ll never be short on redemption

And light for the dark

Love Will Find Us

(Jars of Clay)

Child of all creation, don’t let the world define you

And if you can’t remember who you are

Let these words remind you

On the path of the empty-handed

He will speak to the heart of the abandoned

These orphan hearts will find a home

Run to these arms, be not alone

Light is leading, love will find us all

Love will find us all

So hard to feel the fires of home when all we see is darkness

We forget we’re not our own and grasp for what’s around us

Till the dawn starts to break around you

Let all the stars in the night remind you

Benediction

(Jars of Clay)

Go into the world

Showing how much

He loves you

Walk in the world

In merciful ways

He loves you

Emmanuel on earth

God with us on earth

Yours is the body

The hands and the feet

And yours are the eyes

To look compassionately

To bless you and me

Bless you and me

He will bless you and me

Go into the world

Showing how much

He loves you

Walk in the world

In meaningful ways

He loves you

Emmanuel on earth

God with us on earth

Produced by Jars of Clay

Executive Producer: Terry Hemmings

A&R: Jordyn Thomas

Recorded at Sputnik Sound, Nashville, TN

Engineered by Mitch Dane, Assisted by Joshua Niles

Recorded at Gray Matters, Nashville, TN

Engineered by Mike Odmark

Amy Grant vox recorded by Mitch Dane (assisted by Drew Bollman)

Mac Powell vox recorded by Andy Hunt

Sara Groves vox recorded by Ben Gowell

Toby Mac vox recorded by Chris Stevens

Mixed by Jay Ruston

Mastered by Stephen Marsh, LA

All songs written by Jars of Clay except:

Out Of My Hands written by Jars of Clay, Gabe Ruschival, and Jeremy Lutito

Eyes Wide Open written by Jars of Clay and Phillip LaRue

Run In The Night written by Jars of Clay and Thad Cockrell

No Greater Love written by Jars of Clay, Laura Story, Gabe Ruschival, Jeremy Lutito and David Crowder

Lay It Down written by Sara Groves, Ben Gowell and Aaron Fabrini

Performed by Jars of Clay, with the following:

Gabe Ruschival played bass on We Will Follow, Out Of My Hands, Love Will Find Us, Shelter, Lay It Down, Call My Name, No Greater Love.

Jeremy Lutito played drums on We Will Follow, Out Of My Hands, Love Will Find Us, Shelter, Small Rebellions, Lay It Down, Call My Name, No Greater Love.

Jake Goss played drums on Eyes Wide Open, Run In the Night, Love Will Find Us.

Brother Henry played strings on We Will Follow.

BGVs on Shelter by Toby Mac and Audrey Assad

BGVs on Out Of My Hands by Leigh Nash

Brandon Heath appears courtesy of Reunion Records and Monomode Records

Audrey Assad appears courtesy of Sparrow Records

Gungor appears courtesy of Brash Music

Mac Powell of Third Day appears courtesy of Essential Records

Derek Webb appears courtesy of INO Records

Burlap To Cashmere appears courtesy of Jive Records/Essential Records

Toby Mac appears courtesy of Forefront Records

Mike Donehey of Tenth Avenue North appears courtesy of Reunion Records

Leigh Nash appears courtesy of Credential Recordings

David Crowder appears courtesy of sixstepsrecords / Sparrow Records

Dawn Michele of Fireflight appears courtesy of Flicker Records

Sara Groves appears courtesy of INO Records/Sponge Records

Matt Maher appears courtesy of Essential Records

Amy Grant appears courtesy of Amy Grant Productions, under exclusive license to Sparrow Records

Jars of Clay uses and is proud to endorse the following companies and their wonderful products: Sennheiser Microphones (Chris Isaac), West tone In-Ear Monitoring (Dale Douglass), Taylor Guitars (So long and Thanks for the last 10 years Bob Borbonus!), Universal Audio Products (Erica McDaniel), Aviom Personal Monitoring Systems (Ray Legnini), Presonus Pro Audio (Rick Naqvi), String Swings (Shanna Thieman), Swell Pedals, and Radial Touring Products.

Management: Red Light Management // redlightmanagement.com

Booking: Paradigm Talent Agency // paradigmagency.com

Photography: Victor Huckabee

Grooming: Jordan Byers

Wardrobe: Talitha Sha Moak

Design: Tim Parker

Art Direction: Jars of Clay, Beth Lee, Tim Parker

A&R Production: Michelle Box