Acquiesce

For those of you who desire soul-pounding sound as well as lyrics, I recommend the band Stavesacre. My brother introduced the Christian rock band to me, and Mark Salomon's unique style of singing quickly grew on me. The genesis of the band's name is rather interesting. One of the band members looked up a word in the dictionary and glimpsed the nearby entry of "Stavesacre," which means, "A Eurasian larkspur (Delphinium staphisagria); also its violently emetic and cathartic seeds." That's one of the many benefits of having a hard-copy dictionary instead of going to Google for every definition!

Below I have copied the lyrics for their song "Acquiesce."

Even now your eyes are courting sleep
I'll stay by your side as I have always been
Sleep tonight, may your dreams reveal my love for you
Beyond what I must do, do you know my plans for you

To separate myself from where my treasure lies
Then naked in this cold and lonely unforgiving life
Be stripped away of all delusions of the man I'd like to be at the moment
I am broken parts sure of only weaknesses with nothing left to show
No illusions left to hide behind
Burning clean has been both agony and absolute release
Can I hope to pass this test, is my destiny the wilderness

The hardest part of letting go
Is trusting you with everything
In laying bare my soul is truly seeing who I really am
Father what is man that You are mindful of him

Can I pass this test, is my destiny this wilderness

To stand alone against a life of wretchedness
Impossible to hope and so I plead
Your graciousness show me your glory
May my life reflect your presence
And never again find myself in anything less

The hardest part of letting go
Is trusting you with everything
In laying bare my soul is truly seeing who I really am

Father what is man that You are mindful of him