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I'm the only one to blame for this
Somehow it all adds up the same
Soaring on the wings of selfish pride
I flew too high and like Icarus I collideWith a world I try so hard
To leave behind
To rid myself of all but love
To give and dieTo turn away and not become
Another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves
More deeply than the oceans, more abundant than the tears
Of a world embracing every heartacheCan I be the one to sacrifice
Or grip the spear and watch
The blood and water flowTo love you, take my world apart
To need you, I am on my knees
To love you, take my world apart
To need you, broken on my kneesAll said and done I stand alone
Amongst remains of a life I should not own
It takes all I am to believe
In the mercy that covers meDid you really have to die for me?

All I am for all you are
Because what I need
And what I believe are worlds apart, and I prayTo love you, take my world apart
To need you, I am on my knees
To love you, take my world apart
To need you, broken on my knees, on my kneesI look beyond the empty cross
Forgetting what my life has cost
And wipe away the crimson stains
And dull the nails that still remainsMore and more I need you now
I owe you more each passing hour
The battle between grace and pride
I gave up not so long agoSo steal my heart and take the pain
And wash the feet and cleanse my pride
Take the selfish, take the weak
And all the things I cannot hideTake the beauty, take my tears
The sin-soaked heart and make it yours
Take my world all apart
Take it now, take it nowAnd serve the ones that I despise
Speak the words I can't deny
Watch the world I used to love
Fall to dust and thrown awayI look beyond the empty cross
Forgetting what my life has cost
So wipe away the crimson stains
And dull the nails that still remainSteal my heart and take the pain
Take the selfish, take the weak
And all the things I cannot hide
Take the beauty, take my tearsTake my world apart, take my world apart
And I pray, and I pray, and I pray
Take my world apart, world apart
Songwriters
MASON, STEPHEN DANIEL / LOWELL, CHARLIE / HASELTINE, DAN / ODMARK, MATTPublished by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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Jars of Clay is a popular Christian alternative pop group formed while attending Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, United States in 1992. The group's sound has varied over the years as the band has experimented with pop, folk, rock, trip-hop, gospel, and hymnsong. Its self-titled album featured layered acoustic guitars over programmed trip-hop beats. Flood was the band's biggest crossover hit, and hit #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 12 on the Modern Rock charts.

The following albums saw large shifts in style. Much Afraid saw them releasing gorgeous - sometimes brittle - music, which the Band intended to have a "timeless" sound, while If I Left The Zoo is a quirkier but musically brilliant album, featuring considerably more keys and experimentation. The Eleventh Hour is their first true "rock" album. They returned to acoustic guitars for the "Furthermore" project, which featured two EPs - a live disc and an acoustic disc. The band's 5th album, Who We Are Instead continued some of the band's earlier sonic experiments and showcased some new gospel, bluegrass, and hymnsong influences. The hymnsong approach was continued on an album of new arrangements of classic hymns - Redemption Songs.

Good Monsters was released on Sept. 05, 2006. The album was hailed by CCM Magazine as "Album of the Year" - a controversial move considering that this announcement was made in August. "Good Monsters" further showcases the diverse style of the venerable quartet and is considered by the band to be their first true "rock" record. It is a rock driven record with electric guitars having prevalence on more of the songs than any previous albums. The album also has other stylistic influences and even includes a choir of African school children, while lyrically, it hits the darker side of their self-shaped genre.

In 2007, Jars of Clay announced that they were leaving Essential Records and were creating their own record label, Gray Matters. Jars of Clay released Christmas Songs through Gray Matters in 2007, and the Closer EP was released in the Summer of 2008.

April 21, 2009 marked the release of The Long Fall Back To Earth, containing two tracks from the Closer EP and 12 additional tracks. Two Hands is the first single from that release.

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