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  Holy Joe

  "Echoes of the Barn" Meaning behind the song: In our Christian walk, there are times when we feel like we have everything under control. It's in those times that we need to hit our knees in prayer, because we've been standing on our own two feet for too long. We know that our bad decisions cause us pain, but we continue to make them. My favorite part about this song is the chorus. "Lifting hands with crossed fingers never solved a thing." We want to stand before our fellow believers with our hands raised in praise to God, all the while our fingers are crossed behind our backs hoping everything turns our instead of trusting the God who promises it will. "Praising Your name with my two-sided mouth." In James it states that salt water and fresh water can't come from the same spring, and neither should praises and curses come from the same mouth. Don't try and put on a face for others when you enter the Church building on Sunday, and then completely blend in with the world Monday-Saturday. When it comes down to it, we are literally nothing without Jesus. God has this way of completely turning our world's upside down and at the same time placing us on a firm foundation of Truth. We just need to trust Him. FACEDOWN (Leviticus 9:22-24) This song, "Facedown", was named for the breakdown in the middle. Some of the kids at our church decided to lay face down instead of hard core dancing during the break down-thus the name. This song has a broad meaning and I hope many are made aware that they are not alone in their thoughts about God. Sometimes we can feel so alone and so far away from God, but it's not God who moves, it's us. We whine and cry when trouble comes and crawl up to the altar. God's presence makes us feel good and then five minutes later, we are right back to the pile of vomit we were asking God to take away. I feel so stupid sometimes when I realize I've done that very same thing. Throughout our ministry, we've met a lot of people that have made the statement, "God and I have an understanding". Basically, they would tell us that God would allow them to sin in a certain way. That's so far from the truth. So many lost souls, it's sad. We have got to learn to look within ourselves first to make sure we are doing everything we can to follow God's law. Jesus died for everyone's sins and we should fall "facedown" in worship whether times are good or bad! I think Job said it best, "Shall we only take the good from God and not the bad"? 'Holy Joe" Meaning behind the song: The dirt of the world seems suffocating sometimes. I remember being at a place in my life not too many years ago when I was just lying on the floor, my face buried in the carpet praying. I was so overwhelmed by life in that moment and in the stillness I almost audibly heard God say "This too shall pass." Instantly I felt peace. Knowing that it would be just a moment in time, and that God had it under control was just what I needed. My prayers then changed from focusing on my self pity to that of destroying the enemy, satan. We need to be purified from the inside out to know and understand God's plan for our lives. We need all of our impurities brought out into the light! When the enemy surrounds you on every side, just make sure you are wearing the full armor of God and he will fight for you. We don't have any right to question God or to contemplate how WE think He will take care of our problems. We all scoff at Peter when he doubted as he was walking on the water with Jesus, but our faith is small. When we are in the middle of the battle, on the very front lines, we just have to remember to stay strong and fight, because we've already been promised eternal life, we can't die. "Photographing Apathy" Meaning behind the song: Ever have someone whose words had a way of cutting you down? Ever feel like they didn't care at all, like you could take a picture of their apathy? Have you ever been that person? Of course you have. It's like the old saying though, hate the sin, not the sinner. Sometimes we so desperately want to know the truth, until we realize that the actual truth that comes out of someone's mouth hurts. The beautiful thing about being broken is the chance to be renewed by the Savior. We can scream our hurts and pains to the world all we want, and when push meets shove, the world doesn't care. Until we decide to STOP making the same choices over and over again that hurt us, the quicksand of satan's lies will suck us in. The world will betray you, lie to you and always let you down, but Christ NEVER will. "Psalm of Questioning" Meaning behind the song: The actual meaning of the word "psalm" is: song. So this is literally a "Song" of questioning. Ever gotten to the point in your life when you look at yourself and say "How can this be my life?!" I have. It's in those moments when you just can't even cry one more tear because you've cried so long that you beg God not to let you go. If you're not growing in your walk with Christ, you have become like stagnant water. Standing in one place so long that you can't even feel your legs any longer. Christ desires that we continually grow in Him, not get to a point of "satisfaction" in our walk with Him. When it comes down to it, His truth never fades. We can choose to live a life of unforgiveness towards others and harbor bitterness in our hearts, but it will only lead to heartache. If you get to the point of asking yourself "How can this be my life?" Just reach out to Jesus, He's never far away. "Walls Will Sing" The title to this song suggests a place that doesn't exist or a land far, far away when in actuality it is speaking of Heaven. This song is a rather violent account of realizing and trying to justify the sin in our life. When God calls you, there is this stirring inside. The violent battle occurs because we try to hold on to these things we have held for a long time. Sometimes it takes ripping, tearing, banging and screaming. As we accept Jesus as our Savior, His blood pours over us and starts the change that is often painful. There will never be a more rewarding change. Although as humans we tend to think change is bad, it is very much needed so that we can become closer to God, so...let your song be carried to where the walls will sing. "Tunnels" Meaning behind the song: A lot of times as Christians we don't want to let anyone see that we hurt. So, instead of laying it all at the altar and finding someone to talk to about it, we let our tormenting thoughts bind us inside our pain. When really all we need is to be "recreated" by the Creator. Admitting that we can't do it by ourselves is the only way to let Jesus take our burdens. When you finally realize that you're not strong enough to live in fear, only then can Jesus"take the stage" or take control. When we get into places of temptation and there's no one around to keep us accountable, instead of taking God's way out, we stay in the midst of the situation. Remember, you have never run so far from God that He can't reach you. When you wonder to yourself, "Where is God, now that I need Him most?!", just turn around. When it comes down to it, when you're standing on the edge between life and death, you cannot allow your selfish desires to win, but must surrender before the Mighty God. "Take Me Home" Simply put, "Take Me Home" is a song that tells of my longing to be with God. Not a presence that we feel here on Earth, but that one-on-one relationship that only God can create. Too many times we allow life to push God aside and get us side-tracked. Our job as children of God is to live every moment as Jesus did-pleasing God in every part of our life, large and small. Sometimes this world just makes me want to scream. I don't feel like I fit here anymore, so I cry out to God, "Take me home!". Though I must and will praise God in the good and bad, I long to be with Him. "Waltzes at Midnight" Meaning behind the song: Ever take the time to go through old photos or notes you have tucked

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  Pure

  Every rare once in a while, we're graciously granted access through the veiled threshold that leads directly to what can only be described as "Love's Secret Domain!" Whether we simply stumbled through this once in a lifetime, mysterious portal by pure chance or were raucously recruited into it's rotationally resplendent realm, "Pure," the current awe inspiring CD just released by SoCal's very own trend setting, mind blowing, perception expanding "Love's Secret Domain," is most certainly is "a trip!" Much like previous, mythic journeys "through the looking glass" and "down the rabbit hole," LSD's "PURE" is an amazing, "audio-sensual" trek that most definitely defies distinct description. This album really delivers, seductively drawing you deeper and deeper into it's mystical meanderings of surrealistic, symbiotic sound strands, simultaneously spinning and spanning the final frontier and recalibrating the connective tissues of our culture's collective consciousness. This 4 song, "Special Limited Edition" CD, with only 1,000 units being released and then it's "Gone Forever," is truly tough to stylistically "pigeon-hole," sounding at times like the very best of everything that you've ever heard in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and well beyond. Recorded digitally and then mastered in analogue on tape, this "Collectors Edition" includes fascinating renditions of popular, publicly acclaimed tunes such as: Like A Supernova, S N' M, Dead End ( hey ... am I sensing a LSD "Title-Trend" here?) and of course, the perennial crowd pleaser, "No Substitute." Those sorry souls who have valiantly tried to clarify and classify the music, have been heard to mutter terminology like "Psychedelic, Post-Punk, Power Pop" and "Eclectically Edgy, Erotic Electronica," ... before going into massive convulsions, passing out and sinking somatically into a coma. Basically, this is a multi-dimensional, textural tapestry of sound, undulating, with "Borg-like" intensity, with a balanced, high impact "hybrid blend" of "oscillating, organics" and "existential electronics" pulsating with passionate, photosynthetic pleasure! Your ears are in for a real "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" as this project, recorded almost exclusively in "Logic" and produced by "Mix Master" Josh Pu'u, craftily throws everything from "Kaoss Pads" and "Ebows," to slide guitars and layered music and vocal tracks that metamorphose and transcend into an audibly addictive, "rhythmic hypnotica!"

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