We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Emmaus

by Coastland Commons

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    You'll also get:
    PDF chord charts of all the songs on the album & a digital booklet with lyrics, credits, etc.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $8 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Physical CD in a wallet case with extra artwork beautifully created by Shannon Loys.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Emmaus via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12 USD or more 

     

1.
Long have I wandered from the place I once called home Hoping to change the world but the world changed me They say the slippery slope is a danger to the soul But giving up the slope can really make you whole I spent years on years trying to stay upon the side Fearing that if I slipped, I’d be like those who reside Down in the valley where they’ve given up the ghost Now those strangers have become my gracious hosts I can’t go home again I can’t go home again Faith was an exercise in sticking to the script Love was another word for shunning those who slipped Hope was a distant home for those who played the game Hell was a wall we built between the in and the inane I can’t go back to who I was, I can’t go home to where I’m from But I’ll show you that crumbing house Where my faith was fed, Where my hope was stirred, Where you called my name
2.
Maybe I heard you when you passed by me, lying in my blood Didn’t you call me child? And once again, when I cried out “Son Of David,” you healed me then, but sometimes I still feel blind But to whom would we go, O Lord? To whom would we go, O Lord? To whom would we go, O Lord? You have the words of life in you Maybe you called me out upon the water When the storm reared up, I was sinking down But what I best remember is every time I have denied you And the fear that cripples; the shame, like a wedding gown
3.
When the words are sharp and cut deep When the road is longer than you think When all seems lost and unredeemed And your faith is stumbling underneath the weight When the struggle feels not worth the pain And the darkness seems so unrestrained When tenderness begins to fade And hope feels like another world away When you wake up in a stranger’s arms And the comfort that was there is gone When you wake to find in morning light The grace you thought you knew had been withdrawn Walking silently beside, leaves no room or space to hide Soft as dawn and cool as night, there is a voice that quietly abides When the fighting rages all around And you try your best but you still lose ground When the loss is greater than the gain And the cost is too much to explain When the grief comes rushing in like waves And you mourn the mess you did not create When you stand up just to be knocked down And you’ve kept your questions to yourself A voice is calling in the desert, where there is no hope of water: “Come and drink and have your fill, the pain is real but you will be renewed.”
4.
Rend 04:33
All our attempts are like filthy rags Oil-stained from cleaning the messes we’ve made Blown, dried like leaves scattered far from the tree We pray for justice, then swallow the key We see you are angry, we know we’ve done wrong We’re trying to be better, but have been sick so long Please hold back your anger and forgive our debt But don’t make us for forgive our brother just yet Please don’t make me forgive my brother, not yet Rend the heavens and come down Rend the heavens and come down The mountains will quake and the fault lines will tear We, like the water, will boil in fear Shattered like clay tossed away from the hand The potter will give each piece back to the land.  We build and we toil to delay the decay Knowing the sickness will catch use someday Do you weep for the young we’ve returned to the earth? How long must we suffer this maddening curse? God, How long must we sing this unending verse?
5.
In my striving, In the weight, All my attempts live up to you, You are there In my laughing, In my joy, All the times when I forget you, You are there and you say “Come to me, you are loved You are my child, you are my joy.” In my failure, In my lust, When I fuck everything up, You are there And in my heartache, In my shame, When all of me bears all of it, You are there and you say “Come to me, you are loved You are my child, you are my joy, my crown, and my blood Come to me, you are loved You are my body, you are my hands, my feet, my blood You are my blood, you’re in my blood, Come to me”
6.
What do I live for? What do I hold? What do I wish for in a world without hope? Who have I pardoned? Who have I cursed? Who have I buried in my heart and hurt? Am I a stranger? Am I alone? Am I one with anything or anyone? “I am He who knows,” He says to me Unbearable lightness
7.
In my wandering, Lord, I have lost you In my searching, Lord, I need your truth In my weakness, my strength must come from you O Lord, my God, have mercy! Grant me your peace, and comfort me! In my striving, Lord, help me seek you In my listening, Lord, help me know you In my questioning, Lord, help me trust in you
8.
Stay With Us 03:16
Stay with us, it soon is evening Stay with us, the night is falling The Word made flesh has dwelt with us Full of grace and truth, we beheld His glory
9.
10.
He Was Known 02:46
He was known in the breaking of the bread He was known in the breaking of the bread Every soul come awake and your heart be new He was known in the breaking of the bread Didn’t our souls burn with in us? Didn’t our hearts set ablaze? Didn’t a song rise within us? Didn’t he tell us of Moses? Didn’t he show us the way? Didn’t he heal all our blindness?
11.
Come to the table, all who are able bring all your weary, your sick, and your poor Come to the table as you are able here is eternally a place for you Come taste the feast of heaven made new Come to the table, come to the table come taste the depth of his love for you.
12.
As we walk along beside you and we hear you speak of mercy, then it seems our hearts are burning, for we find you in the sharing of the word As we ask that you stay with us, and we watch what you are doing, then our eyes begin to open, for we see you in the breaking of the bread Alle, Alleluia! As we reach for you believing, and we go to love and serve you, then our lives will be proclaiming that we know you in your rising from the dead.
13.
Were not our hearts burning within us on that road?

about

Engineered and mixed by Jonas G.
Produced by Gregg Belisle-Chi & Kyle Turver
Recorded at Fastback Studios, Seattle, WA
Album artwork and design by Shannon Loys

All words and music by Coastland Commons, except for track 12, "As We Walk Along," - words by Michael Perry © 1982 The Jubilate Group (admin. Hope Publishing Company)

*[EXPLICIT]

credits

released February 19, 2016

THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS ALBUM A REALITY, ESPECIALLY:
Lynn & Brian Beaumont; Abby & Chad Bergman; Frank & Lynn Blosser; Rebecca Calvo; Tara Chase; Zach Christensen; Brian Delavan; Fred & Adele Drummond; Holli Erdahl; Doug & Dani Forbess; Otto & Selma Hansen; Sally Heilstedt & Creagan Samples; Ryan & Heather Ingersoll; Derek & Andrea Klobucher; The Koga Family; Bill & Sherry Owen; Joshua David Sjoding; Eric & Janet Tangen; Chris & Debbie Tott; Kim & Cindy Turver; Jessica, Kyle, Luella, & Theodore Turver; Bettee Woodburn; Jay & Sonja Young; Andrew & Kristine Zellman; David & Cindy Zellman

We are grateful for the generous support of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Maple Park Church, and Fuller Seminary Northwest.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Coastland Commons Seattle, Washington

We are an open and collaborative community of artists, pastors, and lay people committed to the renewal of local culture through the arts & helping our neighbors uncover and express their creative voice.

contact / help

Contact Coastland Commons

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Coastland Commons, you may also like: