The Legacy Group
These are the lyrics and songs for each member of our Legacy Group program though the VA of La Jolla, California
Be Water
We are walking once again
Here on the shore of Cannon Beach
You are family, you are friend
You are formless, you are free
You were the wave, you were the crash
You were the vapor, and you were the shattering glass
You were the lost, you were the found
You were asleep in the clouds
Deep in the shadows of night
Until the rain came down
Wading water we will stand
Finding the prisms in the deep
Reaching out I take your hand
There is no prison holding me
We are the wave, we are the crash
We are the vapor and we are the shattering glass
We are the lost, we are the found
We were asleep in the clouds
Deep in the shadows of night
Until the rain came down
Follow Phoenix
Whisper, wake from your sleeping
Desert, begging for rain
Feathers, folded and flaking
Firebird, calling your name
Together, we will be leaving
Never, talons in chains
Untethered, not long for the keeping
Freebird, flying to Spain
Follow Phoenix, lanterns of light
Sharing secret worlds in the sky
Strike all the matches, wings open wide
Up from the ashes, forever alive
Suffered, now you are seeking
Rider, sweet winds of change
Warrior, no longer weeping
Riser, show me the way
Follow Phoenix, lanterns of light
Sharing secret worlds in the sky
Strike all the matches, wings open wide
Up from the ashes, forever alive
Church
I just loved to watch you
Talking with the Lord
Amazing grace and freedom
Carved upon the board
You weren't sitting in a building
You were standing on your feet
I know that's how I found you
The same fruit on the tree
We’d go out in the mornings
Looking for the keys
See the flood before us
And get down on our knees
'Cause every day was Sunday
With water on the floor
We’d show up to the service
And swim right through the door
Because we found out together
We could battle any weather
By dancing on the waves
To keep from going under
From tsunamis and the thunder
We'd stay in church all day
That day I almost lost you
Tide was pretty grey
The force of all that ocean
Carried us away
Went down to the silence
Buried in the rain
But came back to the surface
I heard you call my name
Because we found out together
We could battle any weather
By dancing on the waves
To keep from going under
From tsunamis and the thunder
We'd stay in church all day
The Forge
You and I were hard as iron
When we laid down upon the fire
I held you close as we combined
We were broken and refined
Heat won't break us up
It just melts us down
It has made us one
Don't ask me how
I just know that I'll forever be a part of you
I guess that's just what the forge can do
The shaping pain of every strike
Hammer fell and sparks were brought to life
You know I hate to see you cry
Love is waiting on the other side
Heat won't break us up
It just melts us down
It has made us one
Don't ask me how
I just know that I'll forever be a part of you
I guess that's just what the forge can do
With the River
On and on you've been running with the river
Seeking out the silver of the bell
It's the song that made a clean believer
Following the leader to the key of every well
Though all that water's moving on
All you want is anything but gone
Just try and catch your breath
To keep yourself from sinking like a stone
The River's always there to lead you home
All along it's been cutting like a compass
Showing you a difference, east and west
Right or wrong, you've been fighting Mount Olympus
Impossible and endless, you know you need some rest
Though all that water's moving on
All you want is anything but gone
Just try and catch your breath
To keep yourself from sinking like a stone
The River's always there to lead you home
How deep does it go
How far does it flow
You're bound to lose control
But that's the only way you'll ever know
Though all that water's moving on
All you want is anything but gone
Just try and catch your breath
To keep yourself from sinking like a stone
The River's always there to lead you home
Feed the Beast
You hear a lonely howl up in the hills
Afraid to know but something calls you still
A hungry sound of growling in the cave
This skinny dog is anything but tame
You can count his ribs like one two three
A snarl says he's still got lots of teeth
The tail between his legs shows some shame
But eyes of fire says he's still in the game
Hungry mongrel, just needs a little meat
So much potential, so go and feed the beast
It'll take some time to gain some weight
His trust is broken so it's hard to take
He might bite the hands that reach out in the rain
But all that blood will show him you're the same
Hungry mongrel, just needs a little meat
So much potential, so go and feed the beast
If he starves he'll strike before he dies
Sure to do some damage before goodbye
But with some time you'll change the end
Yeah you'll be best of friends
Hungry mongrel, just needs a little meat
So much potential, so go and feed the beast
Missing the Boat
Look at her go, off in the distance
Waving goodbye to me
This sorry sailor, feels like a failure
Standing on a dock on the sea
I'll never know what broke the Buick
Maybe it was needing some grease
Well whatever the reason, the rest of my season
Is different now than it would have been
Even so, I'm missing the boat
I’m just wishing it could come back 'round
But that ol' toad in my throat
Is keeping me from making a sound
All that smoke in my scope
Is hundreds of miles away by now
If that's the way and it's all changed
Then that’s the only thing I can do today
I won’t pretend I ain't missing the laughter
All the things I still want to see
Missing the islands, the sails and the smiling
Living an American Dream
It’s not the end, I'll go look at the charter
What if it was all meant to be
I still got my knapsack, I'll get me a flapjack
And come back at a quarter to three
If there was storm, I'd still be in there
And what of the war? Maybe I wouldn't be setting this course
Maybe there's so much more
More than I knew before
Even so, I'm missing the boat
I’m just wishing it could come back 'round
But that ol' toad that's in my throat
Is trying to keep me from making a sound
All that smoke that's in my scope
Feels like hundreds of miles away by now
But that's the way, yeah it's all changed
So that’s the only thing I can do today
Through the Woods
Racing through the autumn leaves
Clicking heels to bulls and beagles fetching
Songs from shadows of the pines
Katydids and crickets gave their blessing
You were always next to me
Adding to our buckets of collections
Had so much to leave behind
To cross the river's flow in four directions
That day we made a deal
To bag our feet and grab our hoods
For raising cain against the grain as best as we both could
The forest led to fields
Just like we knew they would
The only way to come to something good
Is running through the woods
Peaks in clearings in the trees
To take a break beneath the starry blanket
Reminding us to get some sleep
But not before we took some time to thank it
That day we made a deal
To bag our feet and grab our hoods
For raising cain against the grain as best as we both could
The forest led to fields
Just like we knew they would
The only way to come to something good
Is running through the woods
We bruised our bones on sticks and stones
We stubbed our toes and burned our home
But we both know these thunder roads
Are thorns that grow beneath the rose
That day we made a deal
To bag our feet and grab our hoods
For raising cain against the grain as best as we both could
The forest led to fields
Just like we knew they would
The only way to come to something good
Is running through the woods
The Head of the Spear
We've got the orders to cross a border
To build a road through foreign land
And there's a lot of brush that grew
There's engineering to persevering
Because it might take fifty years
But we've got to see it through
If we try to carry on alone
We will surely lose against the stone
But everyone here is close to the clear
The head of the spear is heaving a hoe
Into the great unknown
A lack of vision or indecision
One straw's all it takes
Attacks that snap the shaft in half
Pick up the pieces, come to Jesus
We can build from what we break
Relax on back in all those hands
If we try to carry on alone
We will surely lose against the stone
But everyone here is close to the clear
The head of the spear is heaving a hoe
Into the great unknown