Stoney Places (CTP)

Stoney Places Verse 1 Discontented Sorting between extremes Somewhere between Eternal and material dreams The secrets of my heart Accusations in my head On the bargain of blood I’m just as guilty as how I pled Pre-Chorus Confessions of Faith in theory Droning on in Sunday congregations of derivative praise When words pass lips with joy But hard hearts fail The seed is stolen in light of darker days Chorus We plateau as we survive Longing to know what it means to thrive To justify our every breath by what it means to be alive Running circle races as we spiral and we strive Verse 2 Circumstances steal away I’m honest in my songs But I’m compelled to be right When it’s another’s wrongs Complaints of another Something in myself Resented Double standard self-excusing Authorship in verse Remorseless for the little things presented Prone to esteem my own trials as worse Pre-Chorus Confessions of Faith in theory Droning on in Sunday congregations of derivative praise When words pass lips with joy But hard hearts fail The seed is stolen in light of darker days Chorus We plateau as we survive Longing to know what it means to thrive To justify our every breath by what it means to be alive Running circle races as we spiral and we strive Bridge I’m cynical when I see What’s just as true of me When we have a tendency To wallow But it’s not what I want to be When lies are authenticity As we bait affection on pity The hardest things to swallow Pre-Chorus Confessions of Faith in theory Droning on in Sunday congregations of derivative praise When words pass lips with joy But hard hearts fail The seed is stolen in light of darker days Chorus We plateau as we survive Longing to know what it means to thrive To justify our every breath by what it means to be alive Running circle races as we spiral and we strive Chorus We plateau as we survive Longing to know what it means to thrive To justify our every breath by what it means to be alive Running circle races as we spiral and we strive