Dismantle. Repair. by Anberlin

 

Anberlin - Dismantle.Repair.

One last glance from a taxi cab
Images scar my mind
Four weeks've felt like years
Since your full attention was all mine
The night was young and so were we
Talked about life, God, death, and your family
Didn't want any promises,
Just my undivided honesty, and you said

Pre-Chorus:

Oh oh, things are gonna change now for the better
Oh oh, things are gonna change, oh, they're gonna change
 
I am the patron saint of lost causes
A fraction of who I once believed
only a matter of time
Opinions I would try and rewrite
If life had background music playing your song
I've got to be honest, I tried to escape you
But the orchestra plays on, and they sang
 
Pre-Chorus
 
Chorus:
Hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
Lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
Dismantle me down (repair)
You dismantle me, You dismantle me
 
Give me time to prove
Prove I want the rest of yours
Call this a prelude to a lifetime of you
It's not that I hang on every word
I hang myself on what you repeat
It's not that I keep hanging on
I'm never letting go
 
Chorus
 
Save me from myself
Save me from myself
Help me save me from myself
Save me from myself

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

1 Corinthians 10:13

"No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.  Go is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it."

Romans 12:9-16

"Let love be genuine.  Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.  Love one another with brotherly affection.  Outdo one another in showing honor.  Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.  Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation be constant in prayer.  Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.  Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.  Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.  Live in harmony with one another.  Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.  Never be wise in your own sight."

Mark 12:29-31

[Jesus being asked the most important commandment.]
"The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord or God, the Lord is one.  And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'  The second is this: 'You shall love you neighbor as yourself.'  There is no other commandment greater than these."

Romans 8:26-28

"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness.  For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.  And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for he saints according to the will of God."

Matthew 23:11-12

[Jesus to the crowds and disciples]
"The greatest among you shall be your servant.  Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."