Appears on: I See Things Upside Down
Lyrics:
What looks like failure is success
And what looks like poverty is riches
When what is true looks more like a knife
It looks like you’re killing me
But you’re saving my life
[Chorus]
But I give myself to what looks like love
And I sell myself for what feels like love
And I pay to get what is not love
And all just because I see things upside down
What looks like weakness can do anything
And what looks like foolishness is understanding
When what is powerful has not come to fight
It looks like you’re going to war
But you lay down your life
[Chorus]
What looks like torture is a time to rejoice
What sounds like thunder is a comforting voice
When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
And I say I don’t know you
But you say it’s finished
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Words and Music: Derek Webb
©2004 Derek Webb Music (admin by Music Services) / ASCAP
Musicians:
- Derek Webb: Acoustic guitar, vocals
- Will Sayles: Drums
- Matt Pierson: Bass
- Cason Cooley: Piano, synths
- Paul Moak: Slide guitar
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