My name is Raj I was born into a kingdom of royalty My father ruled over me and my siblings - Indeed over the whole kingdom - With justice and relative peace I grew up under my father's care for many years With innocence and naivete Guzzling down my father's words Like a ferari takes in its gallons of gasoline That is until one day my curiosity could contain itself no longer My father spoke, but my mind wandered

Listen, my children, And gain understanding Listen to what I will say At any cost you must Gain understanding From her words do not turn away She cries aloud in the streets and towns “Repent and hear me now!” But can you hear her say… “The dearness of life Is found in The way of the wise Amidst all the lies There is truth that Cuts through the noise The dearness of life Is found in The way of the wise Can you hear my cries? Turn from your ignorance and live In the way of the wise” She cries day and night But her cries go unheard Can’t you see the truth in her eyes? All of your life You’ve been steeped in confusion You’ve bought into every lie But she cries aloud in the streets and towns “Repent and hear me now!” But can you hear her say… “The dearness of life Is found in The way of the wise Amidst all the lies There is truth that Cuts through the noise The dearness of life Is found in The way of the wise Can you hear my cries? Turn from your ignorance and live In the way of the wise” The way of the wicked Is filled with delusion Turn from it and all of its ways You’ve drunk wine of violence, Consumed bread of hatred, But you will shine in the light of day By wisdom the Lord Created planet earth Even before you were born He knew the day of your birth Men of pride will try to Take away your prize But don’t give them the time Walk straight on down the line Hold on to All that you Know to be true Do not Turn away Or forsake Jesus Who is the way The dearness of life Is found in The way of the wise Amidst all the lies There is truth that Cuts through the noise The dearness of life Is found in The way of the wise I know you hear my cries You’ve turned from ignorance to live In the way of the wise

Here I go, I’m out on my own I’m kicking my father off of his throne Now everyone will see that this is the new me Life is so grand; won’t you come join me? Everybody, let’s vacate Let’s a-get a-get a-getty on outta here See, the world looks so great And I’m tired t-t-t-t-tired of this atmosphere Everybody, let’s vacate Let’s a-get on outta here See, the world looks so great And I’m tired of this atmosphere My father, he was such a bother I’m not gonna wait another Day to find my way out of this wasteland Come along with me; you can take my hand Everybody, let’s vacate Let’s a-get a-get a-getty on outta here See, the world looks so great And I’m tired t-t-t-t-tired of this atmosphere Everybody, let’s vacate Let’s a-get a-get a-get on outta here See, the world looks so great And I’m tired t-t-t-t-tired of this atmosphere You may say that life is better here; I disagree Maybe I’ll be gone a day or maybe years But you can’t stop me Father won’t miss me Everybody, let’s vacate Let’s a-get a-get a-getty on outta here See, the world looks so great And I’m tired t-t-t-t-tired of this atmosphere Everybody, let’s vacate Let’s a-get on outta here See, the world looks so great And I’m tired of this atmosphere Everybody, let’s vacate Let’s a-get on outta here See, the world looks so great And I’m tired of this atmosphere

So I left my father Left all I had known I found my way to a drunken home A bar filled to the brim with confusion And there amidst all the delusion I took the hand of the most beautiful woman She drew me in, how could I have known? She was only there to try and play me Lure me in with her enchanting beauty Give me all kinds of promises But take only my money And my heart Oh, my heart Lost… Oh, lost… My heart was lost in this delusion

I am lost in your love, Waiting for you You are the essence of love I can’t live without you I am lost in your love, Waiting for you You are the essence of love I can’t live without you I am hanging on your words My hope is in you I want to demonstrate your worth I’ll give it all for you I am lost in your love, Waiting for you You are the essence of love I can’t live without you So I wait... for you I wait... for you I am lost... in your love In your love

I waited… I waited for hours, days, months, And my love never came back My whole world was under attack! I scrambled to find any meaning in life I was sure of my future – sure she’d be my wife And then everything came crashing down I’d tell you I went insane, But that’d only be the half of it I felt like half of me had been torn off and done with All my desires, all my pleasures, All the innermost happiness of my soul Gone In the heat of everything, my mind was racing: “If your happiness is over, perhaps you should take to erasing The happiness from every other soul around Start with your ‘wife’ and spread the love around “If joy is an empty pursuit Maybe terror will thrill your soul If you’re going to hell, Might as well drag the whole world down the hole” And so my psychotic vengeance began…

"I can't believe I was wrong... I can't believe she'd just up and do this to me! You were supposed to be the one! Well, if that's the way you're gonna be, girl, I say, a life without me isn't worth living... Yes... let's see just how quickly you regret your poor decisions When a piece of cold metal is looking straight into your eyes..."

"Finally, I'm free" The world is a bright blossom, spinning cylindrically The world is a purple flower, with green grass underneath

"Have you checked on the patient?" "Yes, he was muttering something about flowers..." "Oh dear! What are we going to do with him?" "He's been like this since we brought him in here - fully deluded." "We should try to put him to sleep... Do you know any lullabies?" "Ugh... I'll do my best."

"Where am I? Is this a dream?" All the dreams inside you seem to beckon you You’ve lost your way; it’s seems today you’re the fool So you escape to other places, virtual Where everything is bliss; you kiss the one you knew Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Dreaming now, you have found the key to peace You fear the day you wake to face reality Your inner mind insists in time this dream will cease But you deny its hurtful cries and on you sleep Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… "Is that..? It is! Oh, love, I've missed you so dearly! I thought you had left me forever." "Darling, don't worry, I'm always here whenever you need me. Stay here with me, will you?" "You know I'll never leave you, Not now that I've found you again. I can't believe it; It's like a dream!" Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream… Life’s a dream…

All my hope in this purple flower Symbol of my father’s throne I’ve made a mistake here Now I’m left to die alone Feel the constriction Straightjacket on your bones Drowsy from the medicine Driven far from your home “Remain calm!” is the relentless echo The flashing lights of blue and red I remember the smell of gunpowder My arrest and my lover dead “We’ve got the place surrounded! Watch out! We’ll break down this door!” My red-eyed gaze had found them My fangs in his neck began to gore Eyes open wide, I heard him cry: You’re a psycho, after all I’d heard the reports, but now I know I’m trembling in my skin, but I’ll take you in We’ll make sure you’ll never be the psycho again Now I’m trapped in this white room No escape for my soul I feel like a hostage No windows at all Wait! What’s that in the corner? A little window to a vacant space I can see the outside world My plan is nearly in place A glimpse of something catches my eye A purple flower of royal hue I remember my father’s robe He told me I’d wear it soon Why did I disgrace him? I was better off in that place! I’ll beg the king’s forgiveness Maybe he’ll make me a slave I’m changing my ways I’ll see his face I’m not a psycho anymore I’m trading my chains for an open door I’ll give up my greed to have my father take me in I just hope I’ll never be the psycho again Psycho Strange Crazy Deranged All these things will be erased! I’ve come to my father’s embrace You’re my son and that is all I’ve waited for this moment since the day you left home Everything you’ve done is already forgiven Don’t worry, son, I’ll keep you safe You will reign with me one day I’ll make sure you’ll never… Be the psycho again

God, I ain’t got no more ideas Everything I do turns into trash My hopes rise and rise to highest heights But then I’m catapulted into devastating failure All my dreams crush like ice under pressure The lostness of my mind is beyond my understanding I’m standing on You - No, I’m falling Falling to my knees, God would You please Take away my pride? Oh wait, You did that already You did that just now And how, how… how did I fall? I thought that I was flying high, Soaring like a hawk, Caught quick in a bad trap, Smack dab in the middle of All that I was dreaming of And somewhere inside the love Was a lovelessness – I can’t resist Nah, I’m drawn in, But I’m drawn out An’ it ain’t a good picture I pictured a firm fixture But my mind wasn’t fixed on Only one song ‘Cause I wanted to be careful, Not wanting the song to fade away And be replaced By a catchier tune Ah, but carefulness turned out to be a nest without care And my hawk-song was drowned out I feel like I’ been cast out Drowning and drowning in all my doubt And I wonder if anyone will ever hear me Oh God, it’s my desperate plea Time after time after time after time I’ve felt more love than ever before Yet I guess I'm just staring straight at a locked door Or more, very well, I really don’t know It’s like there’s a twisted mind with a cruel, cruel joke Laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing As the clock ticks ever so slowly Tick… tock… tick… tock… And all the world stops And I see those demon eyes He thought they were disguised But I see through the lies And I know – I KNOW - He’s out to get me He wants to tear apart my flesh, Rip me limb from limb And this limb I’m perching on Doesn’t feel very strong Give me one good wind - SNAP! – and I’m gone Oh! To fall doesn’t feel very good at all Oh… But I’ve gotten good at it I WISH I could be good at loving You, My mighty Savior, my God from my youth I WISH I could rise up and speak the truth But I fear the truth would lead me to suffering I fear the truth and all it brings But what do You say? “The truth will set you free” How, oh God?? How am I ever to come to grips with this? Open my mouth, oh God, and let it pour forth - All the truth I’ve been holding back - And what’s more, I want my focus to be on Your Son I want all that’s bogus to be over and done My wings are wounded, I’ve fallen too far And of all the pain that’s been drawn from my heart, I’m not sure what’s the worst part To be rejected – ah, that happens all the time But that doesn’t make it feel any better No, I wonder If it wasn’t such a feeling that reciprocated at me After I had drowned out another In the sorrow I now feel What is real? I’m finding it incredibly hard to affirm the reality of anything But I know You, God At least that’s something Something far greater than me Something far greater than love ‘Cause it finds its ultimate source and center in You And through You, through You, I will take to the skies again

I was the son whose heart was aching I was the son who wouldn’t stay But it’s about time I returned to my family It’s about time I came home to You I ran away without a clue what I was missing It’s about time I came home… to Your love Father… You are so good to me Daddy… You are so good to me Father… You are so good to me Daddy… You are so good to me I was the son whose soul was aching I was the son who wasted everything But it’s about time I traded my sorrows It’s about time I wore Your robes I wanted more but didn’t know what I was missing It’s about time I came home… to Your love Father… You are so good to me Daddy… You are so good to me Father… You are so good to me Daddy… You are so good to me And the praises I bring, with a child’s heart I sing, “Receive this simple offering” Father… You are so good to me Daddy… You are so good to me Father… You are so good to me Daddy… You are so good to me

Oh Go- God You go- got me so good You put an arrow to my heart like robin hood You bo- bought me, bro- brought me to Your hood All my mistakes I’ve/I’d ever made and yet You understood With You I don’t have to worry Don’t have to hurry I c- can take my time So when I see the world tryin’ to pull me World tryin’ to fool me It’s sayin’ m-m-mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine I’m gonna be H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me ‘C-c-c-c- ‘Cause God got to me First! Ooh, loo- look, loo- look at this now! Some pretty little thing is walking down my way, wow! She go- got me, go- got me; I can’t allow This to get over my head so I’m heading out! With You I do have the strength to Do what I need to I have made up my mind So when I see the world tryin’ to pull me World tryin’ to fool me It’s sayin’ m-m-mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine I’m gonna be H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me ‘C-c-c-c- ‘Cause God got to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me ‘C-c-c-c- ‘Cause God got to me First! It’s gonna be hard to get to me, Arguing about theology. Don’t bother; please the Spirit up inside of me! Know what that means? That means the demons fynda flee from me And Jesus I believe in ‘cause He died for my iniquities! Any other road than God’s is the wrong road. Is conforming to the world worth having your soul sold? No, I don’t think so! So I’ma keep Romans 1:16 on the dome, reppin’ the Christos Reppin’ the Christos. Yeah, that’s the Christ – He’s the way, He’s the truth, He’s the life! You ain’t getting’ me! You ain’t gon’ get anything outta me! ‘Cause I’m t- tied up in a knot now Yep, there ain’t n- no way I’m gettin’ out! I’m captured, e- e- enraptured God h- hunted me down like a wild bird I’m His – there’s no more than this If you got a problem, then add it to the list! I ain’t changin’ my stance, Rearrangin’ my dance, To get closer to you No, I’m not a foo’ I belong to God, and He’s all I see You can come to Him, too But just know I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna I’m gonna be H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me ‘C-c-c-c- ‘Cause God got to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me ‘Cause Go- go- g-g-go- go- g-g- God got to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me H-h-hard to get To ge- to get to me ‘Cause Go- go- g-go- g-God got to me First! Yeah, that’s right. I’m on reserve. So you ain’t gettin’ me! Y- y- y-y- y-you ain’t gettin’ me!

And so it went that upon returning to my father, I was free from my psychotic burden God above looked down on me And saw my rebellious heart But He also saw my need He took away my old heart And transformed this life of mine I was pursuing my own desires But He had something else in mind Free to love like never before Following God forevermore The trappings of my mind were cast down to my feet And I see, I see, finally I see Now I truly am a son of the King, Among the royal family, A lineage descended from heaven, Come down to earth in the form of a man As bloodstains marked the foot of His cross I am no longer lost I am no longer a slave My name is Raj, But I know in Heaven I've been given a new name My past has been washed away, And no matter what blame you try to dig up from the grave I know the God I'm believing, And I know He has the power to save So brave, brave, brave I will stand Despite the temptations that come my way, Eyeing me saying that nothing’s really changed My house ain’t built on the sand, I ain’t givin’ in to the devil’s plans My house is firm So here’s something you should learn: My father was right Wisdom is the only thing that will keep your sights From slipping off course And the source of wisdom is this: To know God and follow His commands For then you are truly His child – Born of His Spirit, Bought with a price, Brought into… The Heavenly Ethnicity