Modern Psalms

2016 Slackboy Records

Capturing in vibrant beauty the whole heart of the ever-beloved Book of Psalms, The Hollybells usher us into an entirely joyful, wonderfully human, and refreshingly honest reminiscence of its message. Their songs beat with the same pulse as these ancient prayers, expressing what it means to walk in humble and total reliance on God, to commune with Him through both the troughs and the peaks of the adventure we’ve called “life,” to stand in unshaken confidence in the Lord’s goodness and faithful love, and to shout with unending praise for Him in it all.

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PSALM 1 (Day and Night)

(lyrics by M & P Stebner)

It’s the things that you say to me, Your words set me free
It’s the things that you say…to me

Happy is the one who puts his trust in God
Like a tree planted by springs of water

Everything will bloom and not wither away
Shining with the light of the Son

Day and night I will delight
Your promises fulfill my life
I can’t wait to hear you say, “I love you”
Day and night

It’s the things that you say to me, Keeps me from wandering
It’s the things that you say…to me

Blessed is the one who lives for righteousness
Mercy, compassion, a heart of tenderness

Shining with the light of the Son

Day and night I will delight
Your promises fulfill my life
I can’t wait to hear you say, “I love you”
Day and night

Day and night I will delight
Your promises fulfill my life
It’s the things that you say to me

And I’m listening to a symphony
You’re the meaning in everything…Day and night

It’s the things that you say to me
Keeps me from wandering
It’s the things that you say…to me
It’s the things that you say…

ALL THE WAY HOME

(lyrics by M. Pritzl and M. Stebner)

These invisible bars, Shadow the eyes of my heart

They’re trying and trying to keep us apart

They shadow the eyes of my heart, Keep me from the well of your love
I’m hanging, hanging, hanging on to you, like the clouds on the sky

These walls come crashing down, Here in this lovely sound, When my heart is falling
won’t you cover me, shelter me, carry me all the way home…
Cover me, shelter me, carry me all the way home

This incredible love, Is the light rushing into my heart
I’m hanging I’m hanging I’m hanging onto you, like the sea to the shore

These walls come crashing down, Here in this lovely sound, When my heart is falling
won’t you cover me, shelter me, carry me all the way home…
Cover me, shelter me, carry me all the way home ……..All the way home

My heart is breaking, My heart is breaking down, My heart is breaking
Wont you cover me, shelter me, carry me all the way home….
Shelter me, Carry me……All the way home…All the way home

YOU ARE

(lyrics by Adam Ayers)

There is none like you
There is none like you
You are worthy
So full of glory (repeat)

In awe of you, I stand in awe of you

You are, the reason I breathe in and I breathe out
You are, the one thing I could never do without
You are, the reason that this world still spins around
You are, You are

There is none like you
There is none like you
You are worthy, So full of glory

In awe of you, I stand in awe of you

You are, the reason I breathe in and I breathe out
You are, the one thing I could never do without
You are, the reason that this world still spins around
You are, You are

Outside law and outside sin
Outside death and without end
Beyond the touch of human reach
Outside my grasp but inside me

BE STILL

(lyrics by M & P Stebner)

Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God
Be still………and know that I am God

Wanna talk to you, but I just don’t know how
I open up, the words freeze in my mouth
and You say

Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God
Be still………and know that I am God

The heaviness is getting in the way
I want to feel the rhythm of your grace
Feel your rhythm

Don’t move, don’t talk
Exhale, and rest in my love

Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God
Be still………and know that I am God

PULSE

(lyrics by M & P Stebner)

You’ve got the pulse on the whole human race
You’ve got the pulse on the whole human race

You’ve got the pulse on the whole human race
Blanketing souls with perpetual grace

Woke up this morning, I felt so unclean
Forgot the blood You lost, Forgot I’m free

I feel the LIFE – Pulsing through my veins
And I live in wonder – Want to thank you every day

Paste it on a billboard and take it to the street
Write it on your forehead, Angels with artillery
Living resurrected, Jesus came to shatter death
There is nothing like it

I feel the LIFE – Pulsing through my veins
And I live in wonder – Want to thank you every day

Nothing else could ever take your place

I feel the LIFE – Pulsing through my veins
And I live in wonder, I live in wonder
I live in wonder, Want to thank you every day

You’ve got the pulse on
You’ve got the pulse on the whole human race…
You’ve got it…You’ve got it
You’ve got it

WAIT ON YOU

(lyrics by P & M Stebner)

Quiet, secure, at your feet
In a noisy world
We enter the Mystery
Abandon ourselves

In our hunger, Love grows stronger

Wait
Wait on you
Wait
Wait on you
Your love is forever (wait on you)
Hold us together (wait on)

A grace that flows from your throne
Unexplainable peace
We trust in your Holiness
Falling to our knees

Love grows stronger, Spilling over

Wait
Wait on you
Wait
Wait on you
Your love is forever (wait on you)
Hold us together (wait on)

Wait
Wait on you
Your love is forever,
Hold us together
Wait
Wait on you
Your love is forever,
Hold us together

ABUNDANT LIFE

(lyrics M & P Stebner)

Lord you lead me to the places
I could never find by myself
With your voice you call…beckoning
To Abundant Life

God your ways are true and glorious
and you reach into the heart of man
You will never leave…you always lead
To Abundant Life

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, We cannot live, by bread alone
But by every word from the mouth of God
Come and lead us to…the Abundant Life

Lord you lead me to the places
that I cannot find by myself
With your voice you call…beckoning

To Abundant Life, To Abundant Life
Lead Us to, The Abundant Life

OUR LIGHT HAS COME

(lyrics by Isaiah Coughran)

The Word of Life displayed upon a tree
Hanging on the cross He died, the Light of Men to see
A beacon on a hill out-shined the dark
Rising from the dead alive, in triumphed victory

Our Light has come, Our Light has come
Our Light has come, Our Light has come

So death is conquered in a flash of grace
The Son of God, the Risen One has come and made a way
A promise to set right what’s been-undone
The world that God created, is soon to be restored

Our Light has come, Our Light has come
Our Light has come, Our Light has come

Our Hope has come, Our Hope has come
Our Hope has come, OurHope has come

SHINE

(lyrics P & M Stebner)

Spirit will you shine?
Spirit will you shine on us.
Joy will be the floodlight that breaks into our sunless sky

Singing over us
God is singing over us
Songs of love and freedom
We give the glory to your Son

Lifting up, Lifting up, Lifting up, Jesus Lifting up, Lifting up Lifting up, Lifting up, Lifting up, Jesus Let the heavens open up

When our strength is zero
In your promises we hope
Oh-oh- Overflow Oh-oh- Overflow

Lifting up, Lifting up, Lifting up, Jesus Lifting up, Lifting up Lifting up, Lifting up, Lifting up, Jesus Let the heavens open up

Choosing to abide…in you
Is where we find, our lives come to life
Come alive, Come alive

Lifting up, Lifting up, Lifting up, Jesus Lifting up, Lifting up Lifting up, Lifting up, Lifting up, Jesus Let the heavens open up

SPIN MY WORLD

(lyrics M & P Stebner, A Sonnenberg)

Say it with a triple twist,
Beauty hasn’t any skin
Masses toast their highball glasses, Hallelujah’s go on singing

Every story etched in ink,
Born and bathed in purity
Wrapped tight in your affection,
Counterfeit gonna come again

Take me to the place where love increases
Break me from the accusations
New cells dance, holding hands, dance, dance

Chorus:
Just enough to spin my world around
Just enough to spin my whole world around
Just enough to spin my world around
Just enough to spin my whole world around

The evidence, brave dreams…
My strength is killing me
You’re what I need, to weather storms…
It’s in your eyes, I am known

Take me to the place where love increases Break me from the accusations
New cells dance, holding hands, dance, dance

UNASHAMED

(D. Kaine Mckelvey, J. Neufeld, T. Neufeld)

I have not much to offer you
Not near what you deserve
But still I come because your cross
Has placed in me my worth

Oh Christ my king of sympathy
Who’s wounds secure my peace
Your grace extends to call me friend
Your mercy sets me free

Chorus:
And I know I’m weak, I know I’m unworthy
To call upon your name
Because of grace, Because of your mercy
I stand here unashamed

I can’t explain this kind of love
I’m humbled and amazed
That you’d come down from heaven’s heights
And greet me face to face

Tag:
Here I am, at your feet
In my brokenness complete

OH LORD MY SHEPHERD BE

(B. SOMERVILLE (Ps. 23)

Oh Lord, my shepherd be
And beside still waters lead
And among green pastures make me lie
You are with me to the end

In the paths of righteousness
For the glory of Your name
Keep me safe, that I may know always
You are with me to the end

Chorus:
You are with me, You are with me
You are with me to the end
There’s no other friend and Savior
You are with me to the end

For when the shadows fall
And the night is closing in
You are here, no evil will I fear
You are with me to the end