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Callings

I grew up down the street
From a seminary
A very spacious place
Sprawling buildings
Acres of green
Fences all around and tennis courts
Something almost like a fairy tale
But that’s not really the point

I’m about to go there now
Not to admire the beauty
But to enlist my soul
To another kind of heavenly devotion

This might sound trite
But if I can’t have you
I’d prefer to stay unloved

How could I ever move on
With anyone who doesn’t
Have your name?
Your face?
Your voice?

I swear, only God could compare.

Empty Throne (Song Lyrics)

[Verse 1]
I was torn in two
When you left that day
Was I forcing you
To always stay?

I had no clue
You would run away
Is there another one
Or another day?

[Chorus]
Your throne is empty
But I still got your crown
Your throne is empty
But I’m waiting around

Your throne is empty
But I’m staying in town
Just in case
You come back around

[Verse 2]
We were split in two
When you left that day
Were you thinking you
Always had to stay?

You must’ve had a clue
You could walk away
You didn’t have to
Run away

[Chorus]
Your throne is empty
But I still got your crown
Your throne is empty
But I’m waiting around

Your throne is empty
But I’m staying in town
Just in case
You come back around

Just in case
You come back around (4x)

[Ad lib]
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Oh, oh, oh!

[Instrumental Outro]

If You Knew My Girl

If you knew my girl
you’d never have to
fake a smile.

If you heard her speak
you’d swear she was singing
a hymn.

If you watched
her dance you’d forget
to blink.

Just reading a poem
about her might make
you swoon.

If you knew my girl
you would fall and
never land.

I still can’t land

Imagine

Can you imagine
holding the world
in your hands?

Can you really?

Then imagine it now
the world                  in the palm of your hands
spinning on its axis.

I want you to imagine it.

Close your eyes.

Think on it.

Block out     everything else.

Focus. Focus. Focus.

Don’t read on until
You found it—feel it.

Now that you’re there:
You know how
I feel every time
I hold her.

Marry Me? (Song Lyrics)

[Chorus]
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Please, don’t marry him!

[Verse 1]
I want to please you in every way
I want to have you for every day
There’s just so much I wanna say
But you keep looking the other way

I’ve been looking for all my life
And I still don’t have Mrs. Right
Yet here you are in front of me
And now you’re staring right back at me

[Pre-Chorus]
If I got down on my knees
If I huffed and puffed and screamed
Would you change your mind?
Would you marry … will you marry me?

Gonna get down on my knees
Huff and puff and scream
Please, change your mind
Will you marry … will you marry me?

[Chorus]
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Please, don’t marry him, no!

Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Please, don’t marry him!

[Verse 2]
I can love you in un-forbidden ways
Just like you thought of it yesterday
There’s not too much more I can say
If you’re still planning another way

I’ve asked others to be my wife
But never asked one to be my life
What a difference a letter makes
I’ve fully realized my mistake

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Now I’ve been down on my knees
I have huffed and puffed and screamed
Please, change your mind
Marry me … just marry me!

Don’t keep me on my knees
With no voice left to scream
Just marry me
Tell the world that you’ll marry me!

[Bridge]
I’ve got no shame when it comes this
You’re like my country
So I pledge my allegiance to you
To you, to you—only to you

[Pre-Chorus 3]
I’ve stayed down on my knees
A million times I’ve screamed:
Marry me
Please, don’t marry him

[Chorus]
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Please, don’t marry him, no!

Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
Boohoo, marry me!
(Or) Just don’t marry him!

To Rule My World

You don’t need ocean eyes
or               sun-flecked hair.

Neither               a body soft
as a pillow         nor a smile
that lights up the night sky.

A figure that fits into an hourglass
A walk that sways the trees to fall

none of this is necessary.

To rule my world
it’s quite simple:

All you need to be is her.