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Stealing Paradise

from Skies and Shadows by Ryan Sheeler

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lyrics

Stealing Paradise – words and music by Todd Teske (2013)

VERSE 1
I’ve taken more than I can count
A debt that only seems to mount…each time
So much more than I can pay…

Now I’m reaping my reward
The only thing I can afford … and still
It’s not enough - It’s not enough

CHORUS
It feels like stealing paradise
As he turns to find my eyes
And in his agonizing cries
I hear “You’ll be alright” -- “You’ll be alright”
-Ending-1
And then – he dies…this man – he dies…

VERSE 2
Sin is Sin and Pain is Pain
Black is Black like midnight rain… on me
That falls on me…once again

Watercolors mix to brown
Every color washing down…the drain
And I wish my pain…would do the same

CHORUS
-Ending-2
And then – he dies…this Jesus dies…

VERSE 3
Dangling from this Roman tree
Why he’d even look at me’s .. not clear
What’s he doing here? …he’s not like me….

“Remember me” I dare to say
Half expecting him to turn away
But I hear him say… “with me today…”

CHORUS
-Ending 3
And then – he dies…my Savior dies…

c. 2013 Todd Teske - used by permission

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from Skies and Shadows, released October 15, 2013

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