The Joe Boyle Podcast: Recent Episodes
Joe Boyle
I'm talking about recent experiences in Montery, CA. Going with the flow and arguing with neighbors!
Today I'm randomly talking about my journal entry from this morning and new ways to see ourselves. Talking about leaving behind the broken stories we tell ourselves and how a new environment can help us to grow
Today on the podcast Josh plays his music and we talk about the stories behind them, what inspires him and why he writes. Check out his music at cossinsmusic.com or email him cossinsmusic@gmail.com for bookings or to tell him how awesome he is!
Below are the lyrics to each of the songs that he played today!
Live it well ::
Sometimes I think of a concept for a song, and I have to work at it for a week or two to get it to the finished product. I've never had a song come out of me as fast as this one did. This came to me after I missed out on a family outing due to my own apathy - I just didn't feel like going. I was playing my guitar on the back porch thinking about how much I regretted staying, and the words to the verses just poured out of me in about half an hour. I was openly sobbing as was moved by the words that kept coming. I wrote the chorus the next morning.
V1
Taking bike rides in the park
Catching fireflies after dark
Hitting that swimming hole
Or giving a push and pull to that ol' beat up tire swing
These are the things that summer's made of
And when you're a kid, oh, it's the greatest
A blanket spread under fireworks
A baseball game with with your father, and those evening suns that just never want to set
And how you wished it would never end
And how you'd count the weeks til school's back in
But still that calendar'd keep flipping and flipping and flipping
CH
Why does it have to go so fast
I want a life with no regrets
We've each got our own story to tell
And when they write my book I hope it's titled,
He lived it well
V2
Well now my kids tug on my arms
Saying "daddy take us to the park"
And while I've lost all sense of wonder
They know there's still a kid down underneath all my maturity
So they ask a second time
I see that sparkle in their eyes
And I want that sense of wonder too
But all to often I just choose myself and for that we all lose
But then before I know
I start asking "where'd all the time go"
It slips away with every inch they're growing and growing and growing
CH
I wanna live it well
Come join me,
live it well
Spend some time skipping rocks, live it well
Maybe drop a line down by the dock
Go play catch, or fly a kite
Don't let those moments pass you by
Read 'em a book, pitch a tent
Give 'em the gift of your presence
Live it well, live it well
Don't be afraid to live it well
Die to yourself and live it well
Just live it well, just live it well
Beauty Remains ::
V1
When the heartache's so great that you can't make a sound
And all that you hear is your breathing in and out
In that moment you wish this pain would pass
But already knowing it surely will last
BR1
Because that kind of hurt doesn't go away easy
It pours out of hearts that've known love deeply
That kind of hurt doesn't go away easy
It doesn't go away easy
CH
Because a beautiful soul is so beautiful no matter how empty, no matter how full
And that beauty's a mark of the Creator's heart
Found in each image bearer, it's His calling card
And although their beauty may fade, their beauty remains
V2
So what do you do when that hard truth is known
And just no matter how hard you try, there's no letting go
It'll hit you in waves 'til your last dying breath
With both tears and laughter again and again and again
BR2
Because that kind of love doesn't go down easy
It becomes a part of your very being
That kind of love doesn't go down easy
It doesn't go down easy
It doesn't go down
That kind of love doesn't go down easy
It overcomes the hurting and the grieving
That kind of love doesn't go down easy
It doesn't go down easy
Your Glory Awaits ::
I love playing this song around easter. I wrote it a few years back, and always thought it needed something at the end so I added a little more this year. I just love the picture of Jesus identifying with us in our darkness. Such beautiful imagery that Jesus, being fully human, also fully understands our trouble, and pressed through it in obedience to glorify his Father.
The words to this song came while sitting alone by a campfire in the wilderness of West Virginia. I was playing this simple tune on my uke, and as the fire died out, I continued to sit and play as my surroundings became complete darkness. It is a picture of wrestling through the lonely, fearful, angry, dark places in life. It's about the ongoing, repeated decision to lay down those things before Jesus, to surrender them to him in the same way that he surrendered to his Father. In doing so - in giving him total control of our thoughts, decisions, and will - a space is created in which he is free to act and reveal his glory to those all around us. His kingdom is advanced as we lay ourselves down in the most vulnerable, difficult places in life.
V1
in a solitary place the last ember is fading
and this darkness is so thick I cannot see anything
and as the fear creeps in with despair to follow
I'm struck with the notion that you'd lead me to the shadows
and who am I to think this loss comes without purpose
alas, but in this night your eye has seen everything
and after all the "why's" give way to plain acceptance
these clenched fists open wide, and these cold hands are lifted high
CH1
and your glory awaits when I lay down my life
your glory awaits when you come down from high
your glory awaits, your glory awaits, you reach the darkest place
your glory awaits, your glory awaits, when you reveal your face
your glory awaits
V2
in a solitary place they found you in a garden
overwhelmed with grief, every friend had gone away
and in that desperate state you pleaded with your father
not my will but yours, but please won't you take this cup from me
and given up to darkness you hung alone in shame
sinless author of life held captive by the grave
but it could not contain you, that stone was cast aside
and all heaven cried out when God said rise my son arise!
CH2
your glory awaits, you laid down your life
your glory awaits, you came down from high
your glory awaits, your glory awaits, you reached the darkest place
your glory awaits, your glory awaits, for you revealed my face
and your glory awaits
PC
Whenever you sever the ties and the fetters
That binded the hearts of these slaves and these debtors
Your glory awaits
Your kingdom's a beacon that shines on the weak
And the darkness can't hide from the light of it's freedom
Your glory awaits
The enemy couldn't be more surprised than to see
The curtain that was torn as you hung on the tree
Nature's law bended, death's time only lended
And down to the depths back to glory ascended
King of kings, Lord of lords, risen one, Living Word
Sat at your rightful place - the right hand of YHWH
Yours is the name that's above every other name
Jesus, you're mighty to save
And forever your glory awaits
So let your glory fall, let your glory fall
Let your glory shine, let your glory shine
Your glory awaits
Let your glory fall, let your glory fall, let your glory fall
Let your glory shine, let your glory shine, your glory, your glory, glory, glory awaits
in a solitary place your glory awaits
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