This Song Moves Me

a couple of years ago i bought the jars of clay album, furthermore: from the studio from the stage. it is a two disc album. disk one was recorded in the studio and disc two live. the last song on disk two really moves me. it is called "worlds apart". it is a very long and poetic song that last 10:52 on this disk. it was originally released in 1995 on their self titled jars of clay album. i've never heard the studio version, but i can't imagine it being better than the live version i have.

you can find a clip of it on amazon, but a clip doesn't really do it justice. also, here are the lyrics from the studio version. they vary slightly from the live version i have.

WORLDS APART

i am the only one to blame for this
somehow it all adds up the same
soaring on the wings of selfish pride
i flew too high and like icarus i collide
with a world i try so hard to leave behind
to rid myself of all but love
to give and die to turn away and not become
another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves
more deeply than the oceans
more abundant than the tears
of a world embracing every heartache

can i be the one to sacrifice
or grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow

take my world apart
i am on my knees
take my world apart
broken on my knees

all said and done i stand alone
amongst remains of a life i should not own
it takes all i am to believe
in the mercy that covers me

did you really have to die for me
all i am for all you are
because what i need and what i believe are worlds apart
i look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
and wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
more and more i need you now
i owe you more each passing hour
the battle between grace and pride
i gave up not so long ago
so steal my heart and take the pain
and wash the feet and cleanse my pride
take the selfish, take the weak
and all the things i cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
the sin-soaked heart and make it yours
take my world all apart
take it now, take it now
and serve the ones that I despise
speak the words i can't deny
watch the world i used to love
fall to dust and thrown away
i look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
so wipe away the crimson stainsand
dull the nails that still remain
so steal my heart and take the pain
take the selfish, take the weak
and all the things i cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
take my world apart, take my world apart
i pray, i pray, i pray
take my world apart

Written by Jars of ClayCopyright 1995 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved.