sealed abstract class drew {}

Recorded for my good friends at the DA.

_inst_:
Am                           F2
Nothing comes from nowhere
Am              G+
So why am I here?
E-                     G(++)
I see our story in my dreams
E-                       D
The ending that I fear

Am                             F2
You told me you would be here
Am                     G
I looked into your eyes
G+                        Cm
I don’t know how I lost you
G+                      A+
But honestly it’s no surprise
C B- F G+

Am F2

[Our Father…]

(Trapped v2)

When you don’t want to be here
But you’d rather be here than anywhere else
When you don’t want to see Her
But you’d rather be seeing Her than be by yourself

Go to the church and
Look for the places I find you
Go to your altar
I sit alone and hear your truth

When you go to the church
And the seats are empty
Take a seat and
Wipe the tears from your face
The dirt from your knees

You want to spend time
But all of our time is through

You want to speak your mind
But your mind doesn’t belong to you

You go to the church and
You wonder why anyone would build this place
_inst_
You go to the church and
Why it was built
You now know
The last place you want to be
The first place you always go

When you don’t want to be here
But you’d rather be here than anywhere else
When you don’t want to see Her
But you’d rather be seeing Her than be by yourself

_inst_:
Nothing comes from nowhere
So why am I here?
I see our story in my dreams
The ending that I fear

You told me you would be here
I looked into your eyes
I don’t know where I lost you
But truthfully it’s no surprise

(everything’s ok)

Oh my mind
Be with me on this day
Help filter
Any word I could say

Sometimes
You refuse to be there
And little knives

Come out of my mouth instead of air

Please don’t break this filter
Please don’t shake my head
Please, I need this filter
Or would you have the truth instead?

C2 Cmin7 C[G] C->B

Dear Editor,

As a senior at Edmond North, I was more than a bit surprised after reading North’s editorial in the Ruff Draft and was completely unaware that there is a policy that prevents visiting pastors and other religious leaders from promoting their “programs, beliefs or agendas.” I agree with the editor insofar as the fact that this policy is by no means enforced. But why do we have such a ridiculous policy in the first place?

Sure, if your mom is a plumber or a pianist or a CEO, she can bring you pizza and talk about her job. But if your mother is a religious leader and offhandedly mentions a bible study, apparently that violates school policy. Perhaps more disturbingly, a broad interpretation and selective enforcement of this policy could open the door to all sorts of discrimination. At the whim of the administrators, a leader of a Muslim faith could be denied access while a blind eye was turned toward the identical activities of an evangelical pastor. For all I know, this could already be happening.

The editor’s conviction that ministers somehow compromise school safety is absurd. Surely one of the 60 Oklahoman students caught with a firearm at school in 2001-2002 are far more likely to engage in violence than a minister. Surely one of the 44.8% of high school seniors who have tried marijuana are more likely to compromise student safety than a youth leader. The sad but true fact about school violence is that it is usually caused by a student within that school who is emotionally traumatized. This trauma could be mitigated if there were more mature adults for the student to talk to. For instance, a religious leader.

Sincerely,

Drew Crawford

When you’re comfortable

A Night Out

A Night Out (Live)

Breathe easy
This isn’t just another line to me
This isn’t just another lie to me
I can’t find out just what I need
P.Z. told me
That nothing comes as easily
As saying just what you mean
But I am not so sure

And I know
This is what it means to be empty
This is what it means to be upsidedown
This is what it means to be broken down
Into holes

Now trust me
The world is not out to get you
There is such a thing as truth
But none of us have a chance of finding it
If we work alone

And I know
The Architect of my best friend
Is building up some major plans
To bring it down like everyone’s business

And I know
This is what it means
Thsi is what it means to be emptied out
And start again

And I noticed
That you were collecting some drawings of mine
The ones I would do to depict the sky
When I could not see the son for what he is

And I noticed
That I have stepped away from myself
And moved on towards something much greater
Than anything I have known before

He says “Breathe”
Sometimes it comes so easily
Sometimes you’ve just got to let it be
And sometimes it just doesn’t make sense
But the unrequited is the best left alone

And I know
That nothing is going to be the same
And nothing is going to make this dream
Worth its weight in gold

Take me just as I am.

Just As I Am

Just As I Am (Live)

When you don’t want to b ehere
But you’d rather be here than anywhere else
When you don’t want to see her
But you’d rather be seeing her
Than be all by yourself

Go to the church and
Look for the places I find you
I go to the coffee shop
Sit alone and I contemplate

Go to the places
The chapels of where we used to stay

When you go to the church and
Seats are empty
Take a seat and
Wipe the tears from your face
The dirt from your knees

You want to be alone
But you need to cry to
You want to
You want to speak your mind
But your mjind doesn’t blong to you

You go the chruch and
You wonder why anyone would build this place

You go tto the church and
Why it was built now you know
The last place you want to be
First place you always go
How long can I stay here?
How long whave I been here?
How long will I be here?
Never again.
I’m trapped here
Nowhere
Why does nowhere always seem so real

You see yourself on the outside
Looking in
You wonder if your soul
Can ever enter in?
~~
But I know
Where you’re from
I know where you’ve come from
~~
Jump in
Free your soul
Let the song
Take control
~~
It doens’t matter who you are

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