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Much Afraid cover
08. Portrait of an Apology
Album: Much Afraid
Artist: Jars of Clay
         
 

Look what I've done
This picture I've painted
It looks like my heart
Or what still remains

Convinced of the weight
Your interpretations
Are not what I see
I wish they could be

I remember it much redder
I remember it much brighter

CHORUS
Can you stay for a while
Try to imagine this
Could you be for a while
I can't remember it
Could you fall for a while
I can't escape from this

I'll try to explain
The way that the frame
Doesn't quite fit the image
Or surround the edge

It stands on display
What do you see
Behold all the new grey
What's become of the old me

I remember it much redder
I remember it much brighter

CHORUS

Calling, crying, ashamed of what I am not
Really failing
Falling into this cage
And I can't escape
I can't escape

Look what I've done
This picture I've painted
Doesn't quite fit
Or surround the edge
I remember it much redder

CHORUS

I can't escape
I can't escape
I can't escape

Words and music by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Steve Mason, Charlie Lowell © 1997 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/ Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved.

 

More Lyrics from Much Afraid

  1. 01. Overjoyed
  2. 02. Fade to Grey
  3. 03. Tea and Sympathy
  4. 04. Crazy Times
  5. 05. Frail
  6. 06. Five Candles (You Were There)
  7. 07. Weighed Down
  8. 08. Portrait of an Apology
  9. 09. Truce
  10. 10. Much Afraid
  11. 11. Hymn
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Music Out This Week


This Thursday, October 8
ALBUMS
The Chilling Alpine Adventure Kairos - EP (independent)

SINGLES
NEEDTOBREATHE Past The Gates (feat. Anne Wilson) - Single [UMG]

This Friday, October 9
ALBUMS
Collective Dust You May Not Rest Now, There Are Monsters Nearby [Charon Collective]
Anthony Evans WORSHIP Live (independent)
Mat Kearney Hanging by a Heartstring (independent)
Meadows Desert Walker [Facedown]
The Rocky Valentines Happy Halloween - EP [Velvet Blue]
SIGNUM REGIS Beyond Spacetime [Fireflash]
Skillet After The Storm - EP [Hear It Loud]

SINGLES
Bethel Music All The Glory (Live) [feat. John Wilds] - Single [Bethel]
Jeremy Camp Shaky Ground - Single [Capitol CMG]
Chris Caro WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? - Single [Syntax]
Kingdmusic Summer Rain - Single (independent)
Chandler Letner Anyway - Single [Dream]
John Long All To Him I Owe - Single (independent)
Myles Maestro BABYLON - Single [Syntax]
outr.cty Frieza (ft. tonyxtrotter & Q-Flo) - Single [Syntax]
QEW & Cyrus Sonata Toonami Mindz (ft. JLøve) - Single [Syntax]
Andy Riemersma I PRAISE YOU - Single [Dream]
Seventh Day Slumber X Kutless Peace Be Still - Single [Rockfest]
Sleeping At Last Parallel Universe (Philia) - Single (independent)
Lauren Talley All Heaven Breaks Loose - Single [Horizon]
Tye Tribbett, ABLAZE I Want It All Back - Single [Freligious]

Next Friday, October 16
ALBUMS
Josh Baldwin Worth Everything [Bethel]
Grace Frances Clothed with Dignity (independent)
Jamie MacDonald Jamie MacDonald (The Deluxe Album) [Capitol CMG]
Northview Worship Awaken to Wonder (Live From the Conservatory) [BEC]
Jenna Raine Jeans, Boys & Jesus (Deluxe) [Warner]
Unteachers Under Bright Sadness [Rottweiler]

SINGLES
Riley Clemmons For The Boy - Single [Capitol CMG]
Charly Perry In the Middle - Single [Gotee]
Slow Salvation Wait Around Another Day - Single [Velvet Blue]
Vineyard Worship & Dreaming The Impossible I Follow Jesus (Disciple) - Single [Vineyard Worship UK]
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