RUNNING TO OR AWAY FROM GOD?

"The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away form God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt." November 3, 2005 ー Interview with Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone)

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I was born from a screaming sound 
I could see the lights in front of me... 
Saw a statue of a gold guitar 
Bright lights right in front of me. LIGHTS OF HOME

I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one
But yes I'm still running. I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR

They want you to be Jesus
They'll got down on one knee
But they'll want their money back
If you're alive at thirty-three. HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME

My father is a rich man, he wears a rich man's cloak.
He gave me the keys to his kingdom (coming)
Gave me a cup of gold
He said "I have many mansions
And there are many rooms to see."
But I left by the back door
And I threw away the key. THE FIRST TIME

If I could, through myself, set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away
Into the light and to the day. BAD

This desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation, in temptation
Isolation, desolation. BAD

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU

Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome. BULLET THE BLUE SKY

Angel, angel or devil?
I was thirsty
And you wet my lips. TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES

So hands that build
Can also pull down
The hands of love. EXIT

Sister I can't let you go
Like a preacher stealin' hearts at a travellin' show
For love or money, money, money...?
And the fever, gettin' higher
Desire. DESIRE

I have cursed thy rod and staff
They no longer comfort me
Love rescue me. LOVE RESCUE ME

Waves of regret and waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
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​You don't know if it's fear or desire,
Danger the drug that takes you higher?
Head of heaven, fingers in the mire. SO CRUEL

Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief. THE FLY

​How far are you gonna go before you lose your way back home
You been tryin' to throw your arms around the world
Gonna run to you, run to you, run to you; be still
Gonna run to you, run to you, woman, I will. TRYIN' TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD

Sometimes I feel like I don't know
Sometimes I feel like checking out
I wanna get it wrong
Can't always be strong
And love, it won't be long. ULTRA VIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY)

And I'd join the movement
If there was one I could believe in
Yeah, I'd break bread and wine
If there was a church I could receive in. ACROBAT

Red lights, grey morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim
It depends on who's around. STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)

Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet, there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel hits the ground. STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)

I went out there in search of experience
To taste and to touch and to feel as much
As a man can before he repents. THE WANDERER

I went out walking with a bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the one. THE WANDERER

But you take what you can get
'Cause it's all that you can find.
Oh you know there's something more
But tonight, tonight, tonight.
Boom cha, boom cha, discotheque. DISCOTHEQUE

Lookin' for to save my, save my soul
Lookin' in the places where no flowers grow
Lookin' for to fill that God-shaped hole
Mother, mother-suckin' rock an' roll. MOFO

You're not the only one staring at the sun
Afraid of what you'd find if you stepped back inside
I'm not sucking my thumb, staring at the sun
Not the only one who's happy to go blind. STARING AT THE SUN

She feel the ground is giving way
But she thinks we're better off that way
The more you take, the less you feel
The less you know the more you believe
The more you have, the more it takes today. LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

Give it away
You gotta give it away
You gotta give it away
She already knows it hurts
She's living like it the last night on earth. LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

We'll go driving in that pool
It's who you know that gets you through
The gates of the playboy mansion
Then will there be no time for sorrow
Then will there be no time for shame. THE PLAYBOY MANSION

Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes,
Your stick-on tattoos now they're making the news
Your holy war, your northern star
Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car. PLEASE

Hello hello
I'm at a place called Vertigo
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something I can feel. VERTIGO

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