"Hope Will Lead Us On"

My favorite band, BarlowGirl, announced recently that they are retiring. Here is their farewell song. It's about being told by God that something new is in store for your life and leaving what you are currently doing (having a band) and trusting Him that a new door will open.

"Rise up again
Shake off the shadows
Unlock the doors
And let hope live once more
Because up from the ashes
A fire is woken
Because those who are broken,
Are becoming the chosen

So lift up your eyes
Because we're not forgotten
And hope will lead us on

Our hearts come alive
With every moment
Become the flame
That shows us the way
So sing out your freedom
Sing it out loud
Because though we are broken
We're becoming the chosen

So lift up your eyes
Because we're not forgotten
And hope will lead us on

Oh we pray for the dawn
And we reach for the morning
And hope will lead us on

Oh the day will come
As we press on
When the battle's won

So lift up your eyes
Because we're not forgotten
And hope will lead us on

Oh we pray for the dawn
And we reach for the morning
And hope will lead us on"

(Written and Recorded by BarlowGirl ~ ©Word Entertainment )


PS- Here's BarlowGirl's farewell note:
http://www.barlowgirl.com/blog/barlowgirl/letter-us-you

song "My God's Enough" by BarlowGirl (+personal verse)

"Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the LORD, I will sing; I will praise the LORD, the God of Isreal in song." (Judges 5:3 NIV)

• Psalm 73 (My God's Enough)
•  
• I've had enough of living life for only me
• And reaching just for the things that keep destroying me
• So sick of envying the lives of so many I see
• Somehow believing that they have what I need
•  
• My God's enough for me
• This world has nothing I need
• In this whole life I've seen My God's enough, enough for me
•  
• I can't explain why I suffer though I live for You
• Those who deny You they have it better than I do
• Cover my eyes now so that my heart can finally see
• That in the end only You mean anything
• Who have I in heaven but You
• Nothing I desire but You
• My heart may fail but not You
• You are mine forever

Written and Recorded by BarlowGirl ~ ©Word Entertainment

"Million Voices" by BarlowGirl

Tell me who'd have thought that we would be so controversialAnd stand against the normal
Are we too outspoken, loud, and messing up the comfortable?
Well we've been messed up also

But how can we be silent
When a fire burns inside us'Cause we're a million strong and getting stronger still
They'll remember we were here
With a million voices breaking silence till
They'll remember we were here

We were made to start the riot, take on the impossible
And we will slay the giants
We are done with fake religion fighting now to find the movement
Won't stop till we find it
But how can we be silent
When a fire burns inside us
'Cause we're a million strong and getting stronger still
They'll remember we were here
With a million voices breaking silence till
They'll remember we were here
We're a million strong and getting stronger still
They'll remember we were here
With a million voices breaking silence till
They'll remember we were here


Written and Recorded by BarlowGirl ~ ©Word Entertainment

Song "Tears Fall" by BarlowGirl

{the following post is a song about abortion. I'M PRO-LIFE}

I've had this same dream many times it haunts my mind
It starts with a life but it ends every time
Oh so many faces that this world will never see
A reason for your life but your heart will never beat

CHORUS
May the tears fall down
Let them soften this ground
May our hearts be found
God forgive us now

Oh what have we lost because we chose will never know
And loving You is better than feeling alone
And all our claims to freedom have become just heavy chains
And in the name rights we keep filling nameless graves

Written and Recorded by BarlowGirl ~ ©Word Entertainment

Song "Average Girl" by BarlowGirl

• So what I'm not your average girl
  I don't meet the standards of this world
  Chasing after boys is not my thing
  See I'm waiting for a wedding ring
• No more dating
  I'm just waiting
  Like sleeping beauty
  My prince will come for me
  No more dating I'm just waiting
  'Cause God is writing my love story
• "Boys are bad" that's certainly not true
  'Cause God's preparing one for you
  If you get tired waiting till he comes
  Gods arms are the perfect place to run
• Sleep that's the only thing
  For me 'cause when I sleep Gods
  Preparing one for me

Written and Recorded by BarlowGirl ~ ©Word Entertainment

Song "Clothes" by BarlowGirl

Clothes aren't what they used to be
They don't seem to fit you and me anymore
Modesty is out the door
Flaunting what we've got and more is in
Yeah it's in

.

They're saying
"Don't ask why just wear what we say
You'll look like a model if you'll only obey
To get the attention, just do what we say"

.

Pay so much for clothes so small
Was that shirt made for me or my doll?
Is this all I get?
I looked so hot but caught a cold
I was doing just what I was told
To fit in

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We're saying let's ask why
Don't wear what they say
Don't want to be a model
They can't eat anyway
That kind of attention will fade with the day
So I'll stand up and say

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Clothes that fit are fine
Won't show whats mine
Don't change my mind
I'll be fine

.

Written and Recorded by BarlowGirl

©Word Entertainment