A Pushstart sticker on the bass drum of the drummer for Advanced (Dennis Mack) taken on 1/21/05 at their first show
 

Look Out Far

Some people watch the sunset, others watch the night roll in...
I prefer the colors to the cold

Some people watch the sunrise and can't stop thinking about the coming night...
dreading every nightfall gets so old

When yesterday is in technicolor and today is monochrome it's time to stop looking close by
I can't see much with my head in my hands but if I take a look at that blade of grass or the night's sky or the one who cares about me as I look in her eyes
I begin to focus again and the sickness goes away
I can breathe again... and again

My complaints are like open windows allowing my hope to grow cold...

My resistance to the waves only tires me out.
The ocean will not stop for me.
Time will not stand still and God will not change the order of the universe because I protest.

But He does whisper to me,
"Let go of your tight grip... Change your position...
Quit facing the wind and the waves... turn around... ride them...
You will go farther than you could ever imagine...
Let the storms of life thrust you forward instead of pushing you back...
Let your yesterdays be fuel not burdens".

If you don't know how to change position,
start by changing what you're looking at...
Look out far and in close...

Look around you
and don't miss the sunset

Rain

Somehow driving alone in the rain, I don't feel so lonesome
The rain falls on the righteous and the unrighteous
and all of us get drenched as it washes over us

Somehow standing in the shadow, I feel so naked
The sun shines on the just and the unjust
and no one can hide, it shows us all

I have a shelter
I have someone to cover my naked skin
and keep me warm, hide my shame, know me and not look away