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The Empire of the Heart

from Empires by Wen Reagan

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She waits, she longs for
the right words, the only words
that will make her clean now
She rhymes and she reasons
for the words, the little words
that will make it right now
And her blood, it's a bitter wine
She waits, she longs for
the right one, the only one
that will make her clean now
But this time it's the wrong one
like all before, from every shore
they fail now
And her blood, it's a watered wine
Can you see her heart?
As it cries out for love
as it breaks in two,
smashed on the rocks
See this pain?
This insatiable heart,
this death and decay
on the inside
I wear this mask that
hides the shame, the dirty shame
of my life now
Inside, my life is
broken down and run aground
on the rocks now
And my blood, it's a tainted wine
Can you see my heart?
As I cry out for love
as it breaks in two,
smashed on the rocks
See this pain?
this insatiable heart,
this death and decay
on the inside
Here I am, O God, save me
We wear the fig leaves made of lies
we murder love with our own eyes
while there's death on the inside
We cast our crowns for glory days
we choose the wayside and then the grave
'cause there's death on the inside
Beside my love, beside my dreams
there's death on the inside
But your blood, it's a perfect wine
Yes your blood, it's a righteous wine

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from Empires, released October 1, 2007
©2007 Wen Reagan. All Rights Reserved.

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Wen Reagan Durham, North Carolina

Wen Reagan is a singer-songwriter and worship leader based in Durham, North Carolina. Wen serves as the Director of Music and Worship at Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church, teaches worship at Samford University and Duke Divinity School, and contributes as a songwriter for Cardiphonia, a national network of worship songwriters writing for the love of the church. ... more

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