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Beneath The Finite Sky

by Five Smooth Stones

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1.
There was poison in the apple There is more within my heart My eyes are scarred and bloodshot My mind is cut so deep Is there change within my fingers? Is there life within my grasp? Am I a soul in movement? Or will I stay the same? I've become Something I never thought I would All this tension I am beauty mixed with pain She was standing in the doorway Her tears ran mixed with rain A little bit of shame in every drop But there's beauty in the same There was a moment when she felt it There was a moment when it changed And a heart that circles broken It can be fixed again I've become Something I never thought I would All this tension I am beauty mixed with pain I wanna go where my head stops spinning I wanna go where my it head stops I wanna go where my heart means something I wanna go where I escape I wanna run away I wanna get away From all this pain inside me I wanna run away I gotta get away From all these scars that mock me I've become Something I never thought I would All this tension I am beauty mixed with pain I've become (oh what I've become oh what I've become) Something I never thought I would All this tension (and all this tension that keeps my head so tightly wrapped) I am beauty mixed with pain
2.
Escape 04:17
Do you see something vacant? See the searching in our eyes? We are all held captive Under the sky we live our lives Ephemeral and heavy The air we breathe in We bring it inside us But we breathe it out again We bring it inside us Oh but we breathe it out again This wide blue ceiling Dissolves into dusk Revealing the galaxies Oh we look but cannot touch Connected by gravity To our adopted Mother Earth We seek velocity We're searching for our worth Escape velocity We're searching for our worth We're infinite souls Beneath the finite sky We're looking for a way out If we can only find We're infinite souls Under this finite sky All looking for a way out As you look for the answer Don't need rocket ships or wings Icarus had it wrong He got what blind ambition brings To break through to eternity You can't get there on rollerskates The truth is simple my friend Love is our escape The truth is simple my friend Oh yeah love is our escape We're infinite souls Beneath the finite sky We're looking for a way out If we can only find We're infinite souls Under this finite sky All looking for a way out Love is Love is our escape Love is Love is our escape There's only one way out One Way, One Truth, One Life And this God of Love is Love is our escape Love is our escape
3.
Picture 06:09
Take a picture won't you please? The only way that this will last is memories The way the light falls on your face The way your smile sits Will never be the same And everything you wanted is over today And everything you now know has gone and it's changed All we wasted Left lying in the room Lies we're chasing Sleeping in the afternoon Our eyes are open The light is pouring in We may be broken Just looking to start again I'll take the blame if you just stop All the things I thought we were I found out we are not Now everything is broken, what have we done? My conscience screams as we're shattered on the floor Holding tight to What we've become We're looking for redemption To fix what we've done All we wasted Left lying in the room Lies we're chasing Sleeping in the afternoon Our eyes are open The light is pouring in We may be broken Just looking to start again We thought that we'd just call this love And that, that would be enough But love's the strongest stuff It's stronger than we knew So here's my heart out on the floor Just lying here begging for more This hope's the strongest stuff It's what we long to know All we wasted Left lying in the room Lies we're chasing Sleeping in the afternoon Our eyes are open The light is streaming in We may be broken Just looking to start again All we wasted Left lying in the room Lies we're chasing Sleeping in the afternoon Our eyes, our eyes are open The light is streaming in We may be broken Just looking to start again
4.
Rockets 06:00
All this talking about when days were new Idealistic actions seemed so true We felt stronger, dreams had just begun Burdens lighter before gravity won So long ago We lost our way At the beginning We should have stayed Watching eyes towards the heavens staring down Waiting to see rockets cross the night Our world changing, do we even try? Our fixation, the world passes by So busy talking Arguing so strong We forgot meaning Somewhere became wrong And when did we lose our sight Of what our actions mean? And when did we fall out of touch With what it is to love? Are we somewhere in the atmosphere? Or have we missed our ride? When we lose sight of meaning We're hollowed out inside Like shooting stars we're burning up Left in the rockets' dust When we argue as reason We're broken and we're lost Old age approaching Scars come with it too Love not in motion Will turn black and blue Hardness growing Deep within our skin Our hearts changing Calloused to our sin Bitterness consumes Makes us to stay Stagnant we're wasting Set in our ways When did we lose our sight Of what our actions mean? And when did we fall out of touch With what it is to love? I'm sick of it Of all of this No more bitterness Just love
5.
Paper Maché 03:52
Why do we? Why do we Set out all our traps? We keep so many skeletons in our closets Keep everything under wraps We hold tight to our secrets And why can't we? Why can't we Just let it go? No we all hide away So no one will know Just like we build up our castles out of paper maché We paint 'em up pretty but at the end of the day Our defenses come down to just one masquerade And one little spark could take them all away Paper maché Why do we? Why do we Tear each other down? We'll stab our brother in the back As soon as he turns around We wait for a sneak attack And why can't we? Why can't we Just let it go? No we'll feed on roasted comrades Before our mouths get in control Just like we build up our castles out of paper maché We paint 'em up pretty but at the end of the day Our defenses come down to just one masquerade And one little spark could take them all away Paper maché These walls we built Are our own painted cages The story we wrote Has tears on all it's pages We're dying alone When we won't let down our defenses What I need to know Is can we just put down the weapons? If we can't come together If our pride won't surrender What makes us think tomorrow Won't be just yesterday? Just like we build up our castles out of paper maché We paint 'em up pretty but at the end of the day Our defenses come down to just one masquerade Just like we build up our castles out of paper maché We paint 'em up pretty but at the end of the day Our defenses come down to just one masquerade Just like we build up our castles out of paper maché We paint 'em up pretty but at the end of the day Our defenses come down to just one masquerade And one little spark And one little spark And one little spark can take them all away Paper maché
6.
Don't give up Wounds will heal Life cut you deep You're so scared to feel Don't give up This isn't over Life gets rough Lost in the turmoil The sky is turning From black to grey to white You fear you're fading Like stars in morning's light Don't give up This isn't over Don't give up Words never spoken You feel left alone Lost and so broken You feel life sliding A dream you can't wake up Stuck in the rift That splits the day from night Don't give up This isn't over We dream of flying Above all the pain With the confusion Make it all plain We become focused On what will become When this is over When life is done We long to soar So far away But we are missing What's on the way Someday we'll fly away Please for now just stay Someday we'll fly away Please for now just stay Someday we'll fly away Please for now just stay Someday we'll fly away Please for now just stay Won't you stay right here? Won't you stay? Don't give up This isn't over Don't give up This isn't over Don't give up on life (Someday we'll fly away) Don't give up and you will find love Don't give up on life (Someday we'll fly away) Don't give up and you will find love Don't give up on life (Someday we'll fly away) Don't give up and you will find love Don't give up on life (Someday we'll fly away) Don't give up and you will find love Don't give up
7.
That day Love was blooded on a tree Love's heart was broken there for me Bleeding mercy, bleeding grace After I spat into His face He took on all my sin and shame He became the thing that I became My life is covered in His blood My life is covered in His love When I know what I am then I see who You are And I begin to understand it's because of me You wear those scars And like that thief on the cross I long to see You with my eyes And I need to hear you say I'll see You again in paradise I see you hanging on the tree And I wonder why You'd die for me You're bleeding mercy, bleeding grace After I spat into His face You took on all my sin and shame You became the thing that I became My life is covered in Your blood My life is covered in Your love When I know what I am then I see who You are And I begin to understand it's because of me You wear those scars And like that thief on the cross I long to see You with my eyes And I need to hear you say I'll see You again in paradise I love You Jesus because You loved me first I love You Jesus because You gave me new birth I love You Jesus because You saved me from my sin I love You Jesus because You're taking me to heaven My life is covered in Your blood My life is covered in Your love You gave Your life for my redemption Sealed it with Your resurrection When I know what I am then I see who You are And I begin to understand it's because of me You wear those scars And like that thief on the cross I long to see You with my eyes And I need to hear you say I'll see You again in paradise
8.
With every beat a storm brews inside my chest My heart is set to unleash all this mess Inside of me stirs the calm and the storm Like a hurricane, who will stay? Who will run? I'm still fighting to love you I want to, I want to But love it doesn't come easy So free me, so free me Of all these chains that trap me I can't move, I can't move In my skin I'm crawling To break free, escape me This pane of glass that surrounds my soul A single stone to break my control In a thousand pieces I fall apart Like a flaw in glass I'm broken from the start And every breath is a shot at life We breathe in love or we exhale strife The chaos comes and takes our sight And even though we try, our love is a fight These chains that keep me wrapped so tight My thoughts are racing for a chance for flight Unleashed from the weight that holds me down Like a bird whose cage it just has flown But I'm still fighting to love you I want to, I want to And love it doesn't come easy So free me, so free me Of all these chains that trap me I can't move, I can't move In my skin I'm crawling To break free, escape me There's a war in ourselves There's a war in our hearts and minds Can we love? Do we try? Can we love? Do we even try? We've got hearts, we've got minds We've got hearts to break when we try Cause our love, it's a choice It's a choice we make and we try I'm still fighting to love you I want to, I want to But love it doesn't come easy So free me, so free me Of all these chains that trap me I can't move, I can't move In my skin I'm crawling To break free, escape me
9.
Uncovered A world of guit and pain Exposed for what we are In our mercenary souls The struggle Reaching for the comfort that won't come The grandest of attempts Leave me in the cold Today this dull soul's broken And stained a crimson red One day it will rise as white as snow When every lovely soul arrives In Thy kingdom above the sky When every lovely soul arrives To see Your face, Your loving eyes I glory In the things I think I've done While the honest truth undermines my pride I sorrow for the toys that I have lost And disregard these jewels that will be forever mine Today this dull soul's broken And stained a crimson red One day it will rise as white as snow When every lovely soul arrives In Thy kingdom above the sky When every lovely soul arrives To see Your face, Your loving eyes Jesus You left glory behind to love the unlovable The sinners, dead and cold Jesus You paid my penalty, You washed away the death That gripped my bones You revealed Your mercy and tastes of glory yet to come You save me daily from every evil foe On earth these eyes won't see it But the day shall soon arrive When the scales shall fall away from every eye And we'll shout hallelujah as every lovely soul arrives We'll shout hallelujah as every lovely soul arrives We'll shout hallelujah as every lovely soul arrives We'll shout hallelujah as every lovely soul arrives Oh hallelujah Oh hallelujah Oh hallelujah Oh hallelujah Hallelujah
10.
Party Yet 03:32
I'm feeling better than I've ever felt before It's like I'm coming alive all over again I've dropped my bags and poured my thoughts out on the floor And you're taking me places that I've never been But this ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet My captain's chair used to spin around and round But since you got here that orbit is erased It's forward motion, we're never looking back This new momentum has me smashing through all the gates But this ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet I see your hands up in the air (But this ain't a party yet) People dancing everywhere (But this ain't a party yet) The whole world's stopped to stare (But this ain't a party yet) It feels like we're almost there But this ain't a party yet I see your hands up in the air I see your hands up in the air I see your hands up in the air I see your hands up But this ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet This ain't a party yet
11.
This Road 09:59
I watch the sky As feet trod on A dream to fly But here I stand Underneath an autumn sky Wishing stars could match my steps The dirt it stirs behind Covering the lives I've wrecked And none of us are born innocent But still I feel naïve In the grips of something murderous Do we just concede? The stars glow bright My eyes go closed In cold of night I wait for day Gaze falls back to the ground I am always on this road The moon it holds it's place To show how we lie below And in our hearts we reconcile What horrors we have seen Just trying to close the gap In what we say and mean The cold draws close The ache, it grows My breath falls hard The dirt it shows Paint a letter scarlet red Make a symbol, mark me dead Or simply dying? Coldest night consumes my day Broken I have lost my way Feel left to wander This disease consumes my skin With bitter hatred seeping in I lost the meaning So hold your candle up to me Expose my sins for all to see It's black and white We are the jaded We are the faded We are the heartless We are the hatred We are the lonely We are unholy We are the foolish But we aren't ours only Fire, I want to be consumed I want to walk the way You do And leave all of these wounds Bury all these things In Your blood wash me white I want to be consumed Hallelujah we can see Hallelujah we are broken underneath Hallelujah these steps we've found Without all these mistakes would we ever come around? Hallelujah we can see It's hallelujah when we reach the end We reach the end We reach the end Of the road

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BENEATH THE FINITE SKY is dedicated to John K. Davis, a dear friend, father, and grandfather, whose love and passion for music, family, and God continue to inspire us. We look forward to the day we meet again.

Special thanks to Mike and Cindy Herbert, Karen and Gene with Cedar Hill Cottage, Keith and Jon at MidAtlantic Drum, Peggy Franklin, Bob and Bobbi Lou Franklin, David Franklin, Elsa Franklin, Bill Schilling, Lizandra Urbina, Jamie Clarke, Nancy and Jim Lilly, all the good folks at JEM Engineering, our home church at Mt. Carmel, and each of our family, friends and fans who have contributed so much support to this album.
Above all, thanks to our Heavenly Father, without whom none of this would be possible.

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released June 21, 2011

All music written, arranged, recorded, mixed, mastered, and produced by Five Smooth Stones.
©2011 Five Smooth Stones

ANDREW FRANKLIN:
Vocals, Drums, Electric Piano, Hand Claps, Percussion, Ukulele

COLVIN FRANKLIN:
Vocals, Bass, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Hand Claps, Harmonica, Electric Piano/Keyboards, Mandolin, Viola

KATHRYN CLARKE:
Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass

TOM FRANKLIN:
Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Hand Claps, Percussion

ALBUM DESIGN BY DAVID FRANKLIN
COVER PHOTOS BY BILL SCHILLING

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Writing and recording their own brand of rock music, built on a variety of eclectic influences from the past 40 years of music, Five Smooth Stones speaks honestly about the ups and downs of searching for hope in an often seemingly hopeless world. Five Smooth Stones is based out of the Hereford Zone in Maryland, and released their sophomore record, Beneath The Finite Sky, in the spring of 2011. ... more

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