Lyrics: Chase the Sun

Chase the Sun
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One Voice

1999 and the stakes is high.
Our options have come down
to either we do or we die.
We need You now more than ever.
Pull out all of the strife in the church,
get us together.
Is time running out?
I can't say I do know.
We have one day less
than we did yesterday.
So it's up to us to unite,
You wanna fight the power?
You need the power to fight.

And can we sing with one voice,
if we all love the same God?
Can we agree to disagree?
And so we cry with one voice
to the only God in all the universe-
who holds us in His hands.

No more time
for us to bicker and complain.
If we're called by the same name,
there's nowhere for us to lay the blame,
except for ourselves.
And if we died to our old selves
to come alive as God's flesh,
that makes us a family.
Deeper than death,
but we don't act so tight
when there's a back to bite.
Are we less like a family, and
more like a fistfight?
Are we there, but not quite
are hypocrites children of light.
Hallelujah

As I was b-o-u-n-d bound,
by the name of J-e-s-u-s,
to v-i-c-t-o-r-y, I am f-r-double e,
you are mine, I call upon you,
because you look so very strong,
through C-h-r-i-s-t, through
Christ we are bound to win.

Hallelujah!
Hallelujah to the Lamb!
Yeah hallelujah, I am saved.
Through Christ we are bound to win.
In Between
Please allow me to introduce me.
Half of me slave, the other half free.
Righteous and sinful,
both at the same time.
Iniquity and purity
fill up the same mind.
And out of the same mouth,
the holy and profane.
I curse all my brothers,
then I bless Christ's name.
I hang in the balance,
but still I'm secure.
I'm leaning towards evil,
but striving to be pure

I stand between the saint and the
sinner, chasing after holiness, close
enough to grasp, but still it's just
beyond my reach.

Who I am is in between,
what I wanna be and what I am.

Pulling from both sides,
humility and pride.
One seeks to five,
the other to be gratified.
In any case, however,
I know I'm in need.
Two appetites in me,
which on do I feed?
Running fast as I can
after elusive perfection.
No I'm not there yet,
but sure I'm in the right direction.
Cuz I see me at the end
and I look glorified.
Justified safe inside,
so I seek to be sanctified.
Away From You

Say, you got a minute friend?
Because I'd like to tell you something.
You may think nothing of it,
but wait...you're gonna love it.
What if I told you I held
the one true philosphy?
Would you hear me out
or just turn your back
and laugh at me?
Lord, I just don't understand
this strange creature you call man.
Who thinks he lives by his own
hand, but I know.

There's no life away from you.

So I will remain still and silent,
for fear of the words I may say.
And am I still in my defiance,
when I'm trying so hard to obey?
Dedication

Side by side,
driving the same highway.
Leaving behind everything
and everyone you love.
The cost to pay,
to tell the world of Jesus.
Hoping that these bridges burned
will not be just in vain.

It helps to think that somewhere
you're feeling just the same.
And don't take even
a moment for granted.
Don't lose heart
when the world crashes down.

How many miles ahead?
I can't count the ones behind.
To all the frinds that we've collected,
all the people we respect.
For the hope and joy
that comes with you.
We made this up and wrote it down
and dedicate this song to you.

No turning back,
and can't say that I regret it.
When every day,
God's promises testify themselves.
Sometimes it's hard,
and the road keeps stretching longer.
Tonight my wife's a longing voice
on a Holiday Inn phone.

How many miles ahead?
I can't count the ones behind.
I wish you God's speed, friend.
You're always on my mind.

Will you remember me, say,
seven years from now?
And where will we be then?
Well, I'm here for you now.
Grounded

I strike back like the empire
and we'll televise the recolution.
What will save you
from divine retribution?
Do our part, try to make a contribution.
Playin at 11, givin' OC noise pollution.
think long and hard
about our world today...
what needs to be said,
and what I need to say.
We're a tower of Babel
built on anti philosophy,
nietzche in the west
and krishna in the east.

War rages on through generations.
All of these Christians
abandoned their stations.
A whole world around us,
that we've ceased to reach.
An army of soldiers,
we've neglected to teach.
But, it's dim and not pitch black.
The truth will prevail.
If our God is for us, how can we fail?
No surer hope has ever been rested.
But for our adversary's worthy,
prepare to be tested.

Hoo, Hah.
How will you stand
if you don't understand?
Hoo, Hah.
Fight like a man, scriptures in hand.

And here we stand...naked,barehanded.
Futily prepared,
for the blows to be landed.
Presuppositions is all you can stand.
Can you twist their wrist
when they lay a hand on?
Learn how to fight
from words on a paper.
learn from the shoguns,
Bahnsen and Schaeffer.
Invincible army,
Holy Spirit our general.
Weapons are formed
from most precious of minerals.

Kids in universities,
drowning in an ocean
of apostate philosophy.
We need apologetic instruction...
mental reconstruction.
Ignorance reduction,
to halt the mass abduction.
Evangelical mind,
has been scandalized.
Wisdom and truth
have been vandalized,
by the unevangelized.
No truth in a world
that is randomized.
Expose the lies
no matter how they're disguised.
Sure Shot

I wanna do the right thing.
I wanna be the sure shot.
I wanna have my mind straight.
I wanna have my point got.
I wanna be a good man.
I wanna have my act down.
I wanna be the future
and I wanna be right now.

Sometimes I feel
like I can change the world.
But I don't know where to start.
I dig and come up empty
clutching an empty heart.

I wanna see a life change.
I wanna see a new man.
I wanna fight the good fight.
I wanna take the right stand.
I wanna be like Jesus.
I wanna pour my heart out.
I wanna pick my cross up.
I wanna hear the mob shout.

I'm wide awake
and thinking about the cross,
the Trinity apart.
I dig and come up empty,
clutching an empty heart.
Old Friend

What do I know? Somebody tell me.
I've been running from you for so long.
Please help me Lord.
Find my direction.
I just can't do it on my own.

You lift me up. You rescue me.
It's good to be with You,
old friend.

Sometimes I think,
how can You love me?
My thoughts are so far from your own.
Why choose me Lord?
I'm a poor reflection.
Why use me to make yourself known?
Chase the Sun

Welcome to the epicenter,
where we got spring and summer,
but we skip the winter.
Feel free to enter
the zone of the Supertones,
where late into the night we just
rock the microphone.
We lived inside the fault lines
beneath the earth's surface.
Spendin' all our time
readin' books and writin verses.
The earth started shakin'
from the noise we were makin'.
We emerged from the rubble,
OC was taken.
With the music came the message,
so we rock the verbs.
Still as neutral as a nazi
so forget what you heard.
We never leave the cross behind,
we use it as our banner,
scripture the vernacular,
Jesus in the grammer.

Throw your hands up,
throw your hands up high!
Tear the roof off and pull down the sky!
Chase the sun back to California,
tears in my eyes.
Tell me where you're from,
the mighty west side!
Let me continue
to lighten up the mood a little.
Never number one,
but never playin' second fiddle.
My thoughts are like a circle,
with Jesus in the middle.
Rhyme for a reason,
I don't rhyme to riddle.
High emotions like I'm yellin',
no need to be alarmed.
Supertones is what your smellin'.
If lovin' you's a crime,
then baby I'm a felon.
Where we go from here,
my people, there's no tellin'..
Are you ready to go
when it's time to get
back on the road just to see you?
On this narrow path
we got no time to dally.
Follow my lead
and chase the sun back to Cali.
Fade Away

Seems like I spent the past three years,
just struggling with these ideas.
And the more I learn,
the less I really know.
But toe the things I do, I will hold tight.
Because I didn't win them
without a fight.
It's all I have and I'm not letting go.

I've never been less perfect than today.
Is my heart or is my mind
what's in the way?
I'm listening with nothing left to say.
Savior make this dimness fade away.

Confusion comes so easily.
Like cancer, it kills gradually.
You can't recall
when the light began to fade.
But I'll grab truth with both my hands,
hold it close til' I understand,
face the light and will not be afraid.

I'm so much stronger
then I was just yesterday.
I can see clearly now.
Lord, make this dimness fade away.
Hanani

Change me into what you want to,
hardened as this clay might be.
You're the potter, I'm the vessel.
Make me what you want of me.
Please forgive my obstination,
so seldom on my knees.
And I will keep it to a whimper,
as the great physician works in me.

Hanani, here am I.

Father, make me like the Savior.
All my hope is found in Him.
Help me just reach resignation.
Hanani Lord, work in me.
Please forgive my obstination,
so seldom on my knees.
And I will keep it to a whimper,
as the great physician works in me.
Revolution

(Instrumental)
Health and Wealth

Poor men bound in persecution,
God's their portion everyday.
But we don't know anybody
who lives that way.
There the church grows stronger,
under politics and chains and whips.
They can't explain how they
slipped right through their grip.
A purifying persecution
in the politics of Mao Tse-Tung.
I think thye got it right,
so maybe we got it wrong.

Health and wealth, we help ourselves,
and let them play the hand
that they've been dealt.
Health and wealth, indulge ourselves,
a big fat belly underneath our belts.
Health and wealth we help ourselves,
and let them play the hand
that they've been dealt.
We'll never understand
the Christ they've felt,
if we keep on chasing
health and wealth.

Here we sit so comfy, rich.
us, me and you, the USA...
so far away from C-h-i-n-a.
We think they need freedom.
We're the ones in prison.
We don't have the time
to change the world.
It doesn't take long to figure it out,
where all our money goes.
We're the poorest billionaires
Jesus knows.

And we ask God to refine us,
and pray that we would be freed,
from all our comfortable gods,
our straining and striving and
chasing the wind.
Refuge (In Conclusion)

Share this brief quiet moment with me.
Let the lights and smoke all fade away.
And there's nothing left but Jesus,
and no one left but you.
Where will you go from here?

Welcome to the end of time well spent.
I hope the words I'm singin'
find you well.
But, don't miss the message.
There's no greater truth.
Take refuge in His heart.

All lyrics written by Matt Morginsky except "Old
Friend" by Tony Terusa and Darren Mettler. All
music written by Tony Terusa, Matt Morginsky, and
The OC Supertones. All arrangements by Tony
Terusa, Matt Morginsky, and Brian Johnson. All
songs � 1999 We Own Your Songs (SESAC) except
"Hallelujah" � Songs of Polygram.
Written by Frederick Hibbert.

Album Information

Produced by GGGARTH

Mixed by JIM RONDINELLI

Engineered by DARREN GRAHN

Executive Producer:
BRANDON EBEL

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS:
Crystal Lewis, Andrew Bray, Andrew
Degrasse, Chris Trujillo, Mellow D, Dave
Chevalier, John Nau (keyboards), Frank
Lenz, The Gospel Singers - Jimmy
Fisher, Benita Brisco, and Miatra Dias,
and Finn Manniche (cello)

Recorded at Sound City Recording
Studios, Los Angeles

Assisted by Nick Raskulinecz

Mixed at The Warehouse, Vancouver, BC

Assisted by Dean Maher

Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling
Sound, New York, NY

Photography:
Vern Evans & Anothony St. James

Art Director: Suzy(SPLAB)Hutchinson

Design: Barry E. Eames/C. Shinomiya

Crystal Lewis Appears Courtesy of Metro One

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