STORIES (DOWN TO THE BOTTOM)

CHORUS
We've been down to the bottom
Stories we got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there put your hands in the air
To let the lost know that someone cares
Cause we've been down to the bottom
Stories we've got 'em, when we hit rock bottom
If you been there put your hands in the air
And let somebody know that the Most High cares

I never knew that it would feel like this
When the two that raised you up and call it quits
Nobody told me 'bout the emptiness
When the place you call home is closed for business
I push the pain down, I gotta get by
Always knowin' in my heart that it ain’t gonna fly
Rock bottom's never felt so near before
And if pain is God's megaphone it's loud and clear
So hold me now father, human love ain't enough
I've failed and been failed by the people I love
But your faithful arms they surround me
And any other soul who has to sail those seas
Of a broken family... CHORUS

Been so many times that I've been close to rock bottom
Tryin' to look for answers but nobody's got 'em
Like the time my mother looked me in the eye
Tryin' not to cry, tellin' me the cancer might cause her to die
How can this be, I thought that God loved me?
So why would he try to take my mother from me?
And as I cry myself to sleep at night, holding on my pillow tight
He spoke to me and said that everything gonna be alright
So I tried to fight all the pain that it caused
Try to move on and I try to stay strong
So put your hands up, hey, if y'all are feelin' me
And put your hands up for everyone to see
So put your hands up, we all a family
So put your hands up, in unity, in unity... CHORUS

I've been there too
When everything falls apart and the best you can do is
Get through each day wonderin' will this never end?
Is it always going to be this way?
And the greatest lie you've ever been told is that
You're the only one to ever walk on this road
And that you'll never see the light of dawn, so we came together to say
Hold on
Cause we've been there and found our way home
I promise you that you're not on your own
One day this will pass, God will see us all through
God will see us all through, God will see us all pass through

Written by Max Hsu, Toby McKeehan, Matt Dally, Dave Ghazarian, Tricia Brock, Melissa Brock, Brandon Estelle  (c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Matt Dally Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / Onegirl Music / VMK / Starlit P Music / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP / Achtober Songs (admin by EMI Christian Music Publishing) / BMI
ANTHEM

Here’s to the ones who don’t give up
Here’s to the ones who don’t give up
Here’s to the ones who don’t give up
This is your Anthem
Get Your Hands Up

We are fire inside
We are lipstick and cleats
We are not going home and
We are playing for keeps

We are girls with skinned knees
We are concrete and grace
We are not what you think
Can’t keep us in our place

CHORUS
Here’s to the girls on their boards with bruises and scars
Here’s to the girls whose fingers bleed from playing guitar
Here’s to anyone who never quit when things got hard
You’ll never let them say you’ll never get that far
Never get that far
Never get that far

We are a fire inside
We are an army asleep
We are a people awaking to follow their dreams

We don’t have time for your games
We have our own GOALS to score
We have trophies to win
Instead of be one of yours

CHORUS
Here’s to the ones who don’t give up
Here’s to the ones who don’t give up
Here’s to the ones who don’t give up
This is your Anthem... CHORUS

Written by Max Hsu, Dave Ghazarian, Tricia Brock, Melissa Brock
(c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / Starlit P Music / Onegirl Music / Matt Dally Music / VMK / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
BOWLING BALL

Maybe he’ll change
Maybe things will get better
Maybe it would be nice
If he wouldn’t always put you down

Maybe things will work out
But maybe they’ll never
And I think that you given him
The benefit of the doubt

CHORUS
You need that boy like a bowling ball dropped on your head
Which means not at all
You have too much to give, to live to waste your time on him
You need that boy like a bowling ball dropped on your head
Which means not at all
You have too much to give to live to waste your time on him

Maybe he’ll change
If you could be better
But maybe it’s not your fault
He’s checking out the waitress now

But someday you’ll change
One day you’re stronger
And you will have changed enough
And it’s time to get out... CHORUS

You have too much to give to live to waste your time on him

Written by Max Hsu, Matt Dally, Dave Ghazarian, Brandon Estelle, Tricia Brock, Melissa Brock  (c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Matt Dally Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / Starlit P Music / Onegirl Music / VMK / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
PURE

This is my brand new day starting now
I let go the things that weigh me down
And rob me of the beauty that’s to be found in life all around

And this is my prayer without ceasing, the negative releasing
And as I rise above my burden is easing

CHORUS
I bring the pure flow LIKE water around
The rocks of life won’t pull me down
I bring the pure flow drink so deep
The river of life my soul at ease

I bring the pure flow of water around
The rocks of life won’t pull me down
I bring the pure flow rising above
The storms of life to live and love

This is my brand new day in the light
Troubles rising up on the left and the right
I keep my eyes fixed on where I want to go
The rest will follow

And this is my prayer without ceasing, the negative releasing
And as I rise above my burden is easy... CHORUS

This is my brand new day starting now
Letting go of the ways that I fall down
The old can be made new the lost can be found
The lost will be found

And this is my prayer without ceasing, the negative releasing
And as I rise above my burden is easy... CHORUS

My soul is at ease and I am free
My soul is at ease and I am free
This is my day
My soul is at ease and I am free
I am free…CHORUS

Written by Max Hsu, Matt Dally, Dave Ghazarian, Brandon Estelle, Melissa Brock, Tricia Brock, Abby Sasser  (c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Matt Dally Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / Starlit P Music / VMK / Onegirl Music / SassyBritches Music / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
WISHES

The saddest thing is you could be anything that you could want
We could have been everything
But now we’re not
Now it’s not anything at all

The hardest part was getting this close to you
And giving up this dream I built with you
A fairytale that isn’t coming true
You’ve got some growing up to do

CHORUS
I wish we could have worked it out
I wish I didn’t have these doubts
I wish I didn’t have to wonder just what you are doing now

I wish I didn’t know inside
That it won’t work out for you and I
I wish that I could stop this wishing
And just say my last goodbye

After all the things you put me through
Tell me why I’m still in love with you
And why am I, why am I still waiting for your call

You broke my heart
I’m taking it back from you
I’m taking back the life that I gave to you
Life goes on before and after you
I’ve got some growing up to do... CHORUS

It’s time I said my last goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
It’s time I said my last goodbye... CHORUS

It’s time I said my last goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
It’s time I said my last goodbye

Written by Max Hsu, Matt Dally, Tricia Brock, Dave Ghazarian, Melissa Brock, Branon Estelle, Simon  (c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Matt Dally Music / Onegirl Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / VMK / Starlit P Music / Coffee With Lionel Music / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
BEAUTY FROM PAIN

The lights go out all around me
One last candle to keep out the night
And then the darkness surrounds me
I know I’m alive
But I feel I like I died

And all that’s left is to accept that it’s over
My dreams ran like sand through the face that I made
I try to keep on but I just grow colder
I feel like I’m slipping away

CHORUS
After all this has passed
I still will remain
After I’ve cried my last
There’ll be beauty from pain
Though it won’t be today
Someday I’ll hope again
And I’ll be beauty from pain
You will bring beauty from my pain

My whole world is the pain inside me
The best I can do is just get through the day
When life before is only a memory
I wonder why God lets me walk through this place

And though I can’t understand why this happened
I know I will when I look back someday
And see how You’ve brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames... CHORUS

Here I am at the end of me
Trying to hold to what I can’t see
I forgot how to hope
This night’s been so long
I cling to Your promise there will be a dawn... CHORUS

Written by Max Hsu, Tricia Brock, Dave Ghazarian, Brandon Estelle
(c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Onegirl Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / Starlit P Music / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
IT'S ON

It all comes down to this
You take your best shot, might miss
You take it anyway
You’re gonna make your move today

You’ve got the will
You’ll find the way
To change the world some day
Grab this moment before it’s gone
Today’s your day

CHORUS
It’s on and on
It’s on and on
It’s on and on
Today’s your day
So c’mon bring it on
It’s on and on
It’s on and on
It’s on and on
Today’s your day
So c’mon bring it on

And the view will never change
Unless you decide to change it
Don’t feel like it today
Just show up anyway

And though life will take you down
It only matters if you let it
Get up, go through, press on
Today’s your day... CHORUS

And though you want to quit
Don’t think you can get through it
You’ve come to far to walk away
It’s not gonna be today

And now matter how you feel
It’s what you do that matters
This is your moment to be strong
Today’s your day... CHORUS

Written by Max Hsu, Matt Dally, Dave Ghazarian, Melissa Brock, Brandon Estelle, Tricia Brock, Simon  (c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Matt Dally Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / VMK / Starlit P Music / Onegirl Music / Coffee With Lionel Music / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
SUDDENLY

She feels lost in her own life
Treading water just to keep from slipping under
And she wonders if she’s where she’s supposed to be

Tired of trying to do it right
Her dreams are just to far away to see how steps she’s making
Might be taking her to who she’ll be

CHORUS
And suddenly it isn’t what it used to be
And after all this time it worked out just fine
And suddenly I am where I’m supposed to be
And after all the tears I was supposed to be here

She feels locked in her own life
Scared of what she might lose if she moves away from who she was
And she’s afraid of being free

There’s a way she knows is right
She can’t feel the things she knows
And so each step she’s taking is a step of faith toward who she’ll be... CHORUS

And here where the night is dark
It’s black
She feels the fear
And the light is farthest back
And through her tears
She can’t see the dawn is coming
Skies will clear
And the light will find her where she’s always been... CHORUS

Written by Max Hsu, Matt Dally, Dave Ghazarian, Tricia Brock, Melissa Brock, Brandon Estelle
(c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Matt Dally Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / Onegirl Music / VMK / Starlit P Music / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
COURAGE

I told another lie today
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games

I know the right words to say
Like “I don’t feel well”
“I ate before I came”

Then someone tells me how good I look
And for a moment
For a moment I am happy

But when I’m alone
No one hears me cry

CHORUS
I need you to know
I’m not through the night
Some days I’m still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we’ll be ok
Together we can make it through another day

I don’t know the first time I felt unbeautiful
The day I chose not to eat
What I do know is how I changed my life forever
I know I should know better

There are days when I’m ok
And for a moment
For a moment I find hope

But there are days when I’m not ok
And I need your help
So I’m letting go... CHORUS

You should know you’re not on your own
These secrets are walls that keep us alone
I don’t know when
But I know now
Together we’ll make it through somehow
Together we’ll make it through somehow... CHORUS

Written by Max Hsu, Melissa Brock
(c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / VMK / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
WE LIVE

There’s a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost a son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be their last time she’d trade with him for a little more time
So she could say she loved him one more time
And hold him tight
But with life we never know 
When we’re coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend

CHORUS
We live we love
We forgive and never give up
'Cause the days we are given are gifts from above
Today we remember to live and to love

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
‘Cause the days we are given are gifts from above
Today we remember to live and to love

There is a man who waits for the tests
To see if the cancer has spread yet
And now he asks “Why did I wait to live 'til it was time to die”
If I could have the time back how I’d live
Life is such a gift
So how does the story end
Well this is your story and it all depends
So don’t let it become true
Get out and do what we were meant to do... CHORUS

Waking up to whatever dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day is a gift
So get a heads up
The darkness has sparked this new mindset
Live life ‘cause it ain’t gone yet
And tragedy is a reminder
Wake up and live the life we’re supposed to take up
Moving forward with all our heads up
‘Cause life is worth living... CHORUS

Written by Max Hsu, Matt Dally, Dave Ghazarian, Tricia Brock, Melissa Brock
(c) 2005 DJ Spacemonkey Music / Matt Dally Music / Dave Ghazarian Music / Onegirl Music / VMK / Admin by Whizband Artists Music / ASCAP
Beauty From Pain