1. Curse Of The Faithful
I’m here. I’m always here. 
And you know that because you’ve tested me
You know that that’s what’s best in me;
That when it all breaks, I’m still holding on. 

There’s a story to tell 
About the houses that fell
And the ones they left trapped underneath
Who stood in their places
With everything shaking 
And everyone else trying to leave

And in some other story 
About heroes and glory 
Some greater soul saves the day. 
But the curse of the faithful 
Is watching the ones they love go away. 
I’m here. I’m always here



2. The Long Defeat (Sara Groves)
I have joined the long defeat
That falling set in motion
All my strength and energy
Are raindrops in the ocean

So conditioned for the win
To share in victor’s stories
But in the place of ambition’s din
I’ve heard of other glories

I pray for an idea
And a way I cannot see
It’s too heavy to carry
And impossible to leave

I can’t just fight when I think I’ll win
That’s the end of all belief
And nothing has provoked it more
Than a possible defeat

I pray for an idea
And a way I cannot see
It’s too heavy to carry
And impossible to leave

We walk a while we sit and rest
We lay it on the altar
I won’t pretend to know what’s next
But what I have I’ve offered

I pray for a vision
And a way I cannot see
It’s too heavy to carry
And impossible to leave
I pray for inspiration
And a way I cannot see
It’s too heavy to carry
And impossible to leave

3. Loving You

Loving you was easy  
Before I had learned so much  
Like holding on seems simple  
Until it hurts just to touch  
Loving me, I figure  

Is quite a thing to choose  
It might look good on paper 
But it comes at quite a cost to you  
This is how we know what  

Know what love is  
And what love can do  
You will lay your life down  
And I’ll lay mine down for you 

4. Laying Down On The Job
Laying Down  
On the job  
Heavy eyes 
Tired heart  

And I know I disappointed  
I know I disappointed  
I know I disappointed you. 

Time, they say 
Heals all things 
It’s been so long  
It all still stings  

And I know I disappointed  
I know I disappointed  
I know I disappointed you. 
I’m disappointed too  

Lift your head up 
Keep your eyes fixed 
Without ceasing  
Capture every 
Thought within you  
Think on goodness  
Night and day  
Now don’t forget  
Be strong  

5. But You Called Me
I had almost given up. 
I had almost given up. 
I had almost given up. 
When you called me 

And said this one life 
Is more than the numbers 
And more than time stacked up on time 
It’s measured by 
The nearness of your heart to mine. 

And said all these years 
You’ve searched for a place 
To put both feet down  
To call “home” for good All this time, 
You’ve been building wherever I stood.

Why do we fall down
If not to remember 
Where our strengths come from?
Why do we fall downIf not to remember 
How to get back up?

You have never given up 
You have never given up 
You have never given up 
Keep on calling me 

5. Pour Me Out
You can take 
Take all my money 
Take my credit and my cash 
But you can’t take
What I have spent on love
That ain’t coming back 

So pour me out 
Upon my neighbors 
My family and my friends 
Pour me out
Take everything from me
And I will rise again 

You take break 
My reputation 
Among some people I don’t know 
But you can’t take 
My faithful family 
The love they give’s their own 

You can shake
My motivations
Make me doubt myself all day
But you can’t take
The love I’ve given
I’ve already given it away

7. Home
I think I can remember now
What it’s like to love you 
It’s not that I was wandering 
I just couldn’t stick around.

And I’m sorry that, by leaving like I did 
I know I probably hurt you
It’s not a choice that I made lightly 
I felt like I had too. 

Home means something new 
It’s the place where there is more of me 
And somehow also of you.

I listen to the songs we used to sing 
They still mean so much to me
Their words in all their complication 
Like life rafts in my soul 
But I can’t sing a single word
Without the thought of your voice singing with me
That’s how they wrote the good ones
To be sung with the ones you know completely. 

Home. It’s where you learn to love at first.
Home. It’s where you learn to love while hurt.

8. Curse of the Faithful (reprise)
I’m here
I’m always here
And you’re right they want to burn it down 
With you inside, straight to the ground 
But I’m not here to save your from the flames 
I’m just here to tell you I will stay. 

I’m here
I’m always here 
And you’re probably right to fear what’s next
It’ll cost you more than you can spend 
And I’m not here to pay that price for you 
I’m just here to hold you as you do 

I’m here
I’m always here 
I’m here because I choose to be 
Despite all that’s been done to me 
I don’t have much left that I could lose 
So I’m here And I’ll be here tomorrow, too. 

listen:

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