Holding on to things that I need not save
Not because I need them
I’m just so afraid to lose

But time keeps waiting for me to make the first move

Pondering what it means to make this song
And if I should change one part
Could I ruin it all

O but time keeps waiting for me to make the first move
Time keeps waiting for me to make the first move

And will I find I’ve awakened
Or this whole time I’ve been mistaken
About you
About you
About the other side of me that so few people see
I can’t love

Time keeps waiting for me to make the first move
Time keeps waiting for me to make the first move

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Hello, Hello, Hello,
Did you hear about the echo
Not a thing to be taken lightly
At least not all the time
Okay, Okay, Okay,
I’ll admit that it’s time to play
Let’s no longer make it dealer’s choice
You have a voice
On the rules of the game

If ya wanna know the God to honest truth
Some of these folks get special treatment
They’re treated special because they are our friends
And we’d like to be your friends too
If you’d let us get close to you
We’ll promise that our fire does not burn
Does not burn

Hello, Hello, Hello,
Did you hear about the echo
Not a thing to be taken lightly
At least not all the time
Okay, Okay, Okay,
I’ll admit that it’s time to play
Let’s no longer make it dealer’s choice
You have a voice
On the rules of the game

If ya wanna know the God to honest truth
The key to this life is communication
With people who’ve learned to do more than just exist
And when you’ve acquired the skill
To do all that you say you will
Your promise will be a fire that does not burn
Does not burn

Hello, Hello, Hello,
Did you hear about the echo
Not a thing to be taken lightly
At least not all the time
Okay, Okay, Okay,
I’ll admit that it’s time to play
Let’s no longer make it dealer’s choice
You have a voice
On the rules of the game

You’ve never really learned how to live
Til you sacrifice all you can give
And the promise of a threat has been sincere
Been sincere

Hello, Hello, Hello,
Did you hear about the echo
Not a thing to be taken lightly
At least not all the time
Okay, Okay, Okay,
I’ll admit that it’s time to play
Let’s no longer make it dealer’s choice
You have a voice
On the rules of the game

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Dotting my “I”s and crossing my “T”s
Left me stranded
In the middle of the desert
Minding my “P”s and minding my “Q”s
Left me thirsty
In the middle of the ocean

But it will not, will not, no it will not always be like this

The shortest distance between two points
Is a straight line
And that’s fine for your destination
Those of us who like to wander
What awaits us
At the end of our journey

O it will not, will not, no it will not always be like this

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Everyone is waiting for me
To become someone in whom they can believe
Mortal man living inside your lines
Drawn for me without my design

Til I become the hero of your dreams
Is there no one stronger than me
Stronger than I

So many people are waiting to impress
Great deeds on others they publicly address
But my reasons are for me and God alone
Not to be noticed or broadly to be shown

Still I’ll become the hero of your dreams
Is there no one stronger than me
Stronger than I

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

I won’t waste another line on you
This will be the only one
I’ve already written a love song
That returned to me untrue

I would rather love than spend my whole life looking
I would rather fight to win than spend my whole life pushing
To get through to you

So just sit there in your bitterness and brood
I know you want me to hurt like you’ve been hurting too
The solution for your situation is to forget about me
So I’ll forget about you

You said I never made the time for you
Now that time is dead and gone
In the end I’ll recognize my faults
You’ll go on as if you have none

I would rather love than spend my whole life looking
I would rather fight to win than spend my whole life pushing
To get through to you

So just sit there in your bitterness and brood
I know you want me to hurt like you’ve been hurting too
The solution for your situation is to forget about me

I never gave up on you even when you abandoned me
In the end I still had a love you refused to see
This won’t fix a thing but maybe it could by us some time

So just sit there in your bitterness and brood
I know you want me to hurt like you’ve been hurting too
The solution for your situation is to forget about me

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

I’m not afraid of the rain when it falls
I don’t feel any pain at all
It’s only water that’s pouring down my face

I’m not afraid of the dirt ‘neath my feet
Though we might one day meet
Sweet Odyssey
My journey has been made clear for me
My future has been made clear for me

I’m not afraid
To live each day like I’ve got something to live for now
Got no time to waste cuz I’ve got a taste of how
I could be on fire in so many ways for you

I’m not afraid of the sun in my eyes
I’ll soon adjust to the sight
In due time
My vision will be made right

I’m not afraid of the cold when it stings
What harm can winter bring
To one like me
My temperature is rising as I speak
My temperature is rising as I speak

I’m not afraid
To live each day like I’ve got something to live for now
Got no time to waste cuz I’ve got a taste of how
I could be on fire in so many ways for you

I’m not afraid of the rain

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Waiting by this telephone
But no one’s calling
Cuz everyone’s over
Waiting for my loneliness to fade

Looking for places where I can hide
In a room filled with people
Internally crying
Wake me from this dream that I’m dreaming

When I’m dreaming
Holding on with bated breath
Reality
When will you catch up to me

Stuck in this moment that’s hard to breathe
And I’m waiting for a reason that I can leave
Nothing convincing enough for me
To escape from this place where you led me be

A thousand thoughts racing through my mind at once
And I can’t beat the traffic to go the distance
Can you bring me to believe that I’m stuck in a dream
Need to wake before I’m lost and become the unseen

When I’m dreaming
Holding on with bated breath
Reality
When will you catch up to me

Words by Daniel Warren Hill & Joseph Schmitt
Music by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Should I be so surprised
You would make me feel this way
Should I be so surprised
You would make me feel this way

I expected it
I neglected it
Now it all comes back to me

A mark that penetrates
Placed upon my skin
Plain and clear for all to see

And when it’s over
Will you bring this soldier home
And take the world from off his shoulder
And make you all he’s ever known

You are my War that I have fought so long for
You are my War that I have fought so hard for

Help me to identify
Anything that separates
Help me to identify
Anything that separates

I expected it
I neglected it
Now it all comes back to me

And when it’s over
Will you bring this soldier home
And take the world from off his shoulder
And make you all he’s ever known

You are my War that I have fought so long for
You are my War that I have fought so hard for

You are my War that I have fought so long for
You are my War that I have fought so hard for

Should I be so surprised

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Might be for selfish reasons
Might be for what is mine
Might be in my best interest
It’s my life on the line

Might be for gold and glory
Though empty they might seem
Might be for God and country
Or friends and family

It’s you I’m fighting for

Might be to save mine own skin
Or the struggle to survive
Promises to men at arms
Brothers on the front lines

Since the dawn of history
Unchanged, this paradigm
Trained to kill and sworn to protect
It happens all the time

It’s you I’m fighting for

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Today is a good day
When it starts out like this
When I wake up beside you
When we kiss our first kiss
I could spend all day
Holding you in my arms
I want to be with you now
Be with you then
Be with you tomorrow
And have a good day again

So long to sadness
Hello to sunshine
I’ve been waiting for you
It feels like a lifetime
No live like this
Sounds so cliche
But it’s like you were made just for me

Today is a good day
When it starts out like this
When I wake up beside you
When we kiss our first kiss
I could spend all day
Holding you in my arms
I want to be with you now
Be with you then
Be with you tomorrow
And have a good day again

You are my first thought
When I open my eyes
I still can’t believe it’s you
It blows my mind
But it’s no surprise
We were there all along
Waiting for our turn
Where we knew that we belong

Today is a good day
When it starts out like this
When I wake up beside you
When we kiss our first kiss
I could spend all day
Holding you in my arms
I want to be with you now
Be with you then
Be with you tomorrow
And have a good day again

And what used to be just for me
Is now for you and I

Today is a good day
When it starts out like this
When I wake up beside you
When we kiss our first kiss
I could spend all day
Holding you in my arms
I want to be with you now
Be with you then
Be with you tomorrow
And have a good day again

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

When we first met it was like lightning struck
And you changed my life it was more than luck
I never thought I’d have what I have now
But it seemed like we both went our separate ways
Even though we’re together every day
I want you in every single part of my life again

Make me smile like I used to
Fill me with hope that we’ll pull through
Let me get to know you like we’re starting from day one

It’s who I love that makes me who I am
I want you back and now it’s time to take a stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you
So carefully I form the words that I’ll say to tell
The world that now I stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you

We used to talk til we both lost track of time
We used to walk together to the very last mile
I devoted my life to something higher than I am
Now I know that you’re not very far
I see your eyes in the shine of every single star
And I can’t wait until we’re reunited

Make me smile like I used to
Fill me with hope that we’ll pull through
Let me get to know you like we’re starting from day one

It’s who I love that makes me who I am
I want you back and now it’s time to take a stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you
So carefully I form the words that I’ll say to tell
The world that now I stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you

I have no doubt this love is heaven sent
I remember every line of how the story went
The sun is shining as far as the eye can see
I’m with you a happy ending is sure to be

It’s who I love that makes me who I am
I want you back and now it’s time to take a stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you
So carefully I form the words that I’ll say to tell
The world that now I stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

To drive the demons from you would I give everything
For you would I give everything

To what end do I live or die
Under whose cause will my banner fly
Where can I find those sheltered wingsProviding some better

Thing for you would I give everything
For you would I give everything

To what end do I live or die
Under whose cause will my banner fly
Where can I find those sheltered wings
Providing some better thing for me

To explain all my reasons I chose paths of great resistance
To contemplate my changes before I fall apart

To drive the demons from you would I give everything
For you would I give everything

To what end do I live or die
Under whose cause will my banner fly
Where can I find those sheltered wings
Providing some better thing for me

To explain all my reasons I chose paths of great resistance
To contemplate my changes before I fall apart

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

I know it’s hard to find a place to start
And it doesn’t get easier as time goes on
How can I let you know you’re not alone
How can I let you know I’ve been down this road before

Wake me before I die from brokenness inside
Save me before I’m lost with no sense of direction

Where will you go without knowing the way
Where will you sleep you’ve no place to stay
How can I give you hope, you feel so alone
How can I give you hope when I know the road just goes on

Wake me before I die from brokenness inside
Save me before I’m lost with no sense of direction

Wake me before I die from brokenness inside
Save me before I’m lost with no sense of direction

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

I’m drinking from this bitter cup
Let it pass from me or fill it up
Please don’t let me swallow more than I am able

I’m drowning down in this muck
So let me drown or pull me up
But please don’t let me breathe

Longer than I’m able

Well I have come
And I have been wronged
But how I’ve longed for this
Now let this cup pass from my lips
Let this cup pass from my lips

I’m drinking from this bitter cup
Let it pass from me or fill it up
Please don’t let me swallow

More than I’m able

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Question me. Question everything.
Breaking me. Breaking everything.
When it comes, what form will this beast take?
When it comes, what form will this beast take?

I’m bracing for the fall
Holding on for dear life
I know it sounds so cold
But I cannot hit the bottom this time

Defenseless. Defend everything.
Hopeless. Hope for anything.
When it comes, what form will this peace take?
When it comes, what form will this peace take?

I’m bracing for the fall
Holding on for dear life
I know it sounds so cold
But I cannot hit the bottom this time

I’m bracing for the fall
Holding on for dear life
I know it sounds so cold
But I cannot hit the bottom this time

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

I’ve always been described as one who has a way with words; knowing when and what to say
But lately I’ve begun to realize there are times when words just don’t suffice
Like the actions of my Christ. Like the actions of my Christ.

I’ve never been too good at this. I always open up too much. Never know when to hold back
But lately I’ve begun to realize there are times when words are not sufficient
Play It Like It Is

Play that song for me one more time. I feel your soul I feel your life.
I feel your heart pouring on those strings, striking chords of mine own
Play It Like It Is

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

There’s a light that shines not far away
To a path I’ve known would set the stage
Bringing me ever closer to a dream I dreamed
Where I became the light the light that beamed

Where has the time gone I don’t know
Maybe I left it where I met the one who knows

Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time

There’s the one I love not far away
To get to her I’d span the sea
Dividing me from space to space
Where I became the water the water that takes shape

Where has the time gone I don’t know
Maybe I left it where I met the one who knows

Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2016 Endurance Match (ASCAP)