King Without A Crown

Album: Shake off the Dust... Arise (2004)
Charted: 28
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  • You're all that I have and you're all that I need
    Each and every day I pray to get to know you please
    I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry
    You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
    Without you there's no me
    You're the air that I breathe
    Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see
    With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
    But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
    I'll stand on my own two feet
    Won't be brought down on one knee
    Fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee
    Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe
    Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights
    Crown Heights burnin' up all through till midnight
    Said, thank you to my God, now I finally got it right
    And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my might

    What's this feeling?
    My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
    Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being
    Sing to my god all these songs of love and healing
    Want Moshiach now so it's time we start revealing

    What's this feeling?
    My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
    Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being
    Sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
    Want Moshiach now

    Strip away the layers and reveal your soul
    Got to give yourself up and then you become whole
    You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
    You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
    If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low
    You want God but you can't deflate your ego
    If you're already there then there's nowhere to go
    If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow
    If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat
    Ask Hashem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope
    You're looking for help from God you say he couldn't be found
    Looking up to the sky and searchin' beneath the ground
    Like a King without his Crown
    Yes, you keep fallin' down
    You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown
    Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground
    Given up your pride and the you heard a sound
    Out of night comes day and out of day comes light
    Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray,
    Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze
    Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze

    What's this feeling?
    My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
    Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being
    Sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
    Want Moshiach now so it's time we start revealing

    What's this feeling?
    My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
    Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being
    Sing to my God all these songs of love and healing
    Want Moshiach now

    And see, I lift up my eyes where my help come from
    And I seen it circling around from the mountain
    Thunder!
    You feel it in your chest
    You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest
    You're not vexed

    When I look to the sky where my help come from
    And I've seen it circling around from the mountain
    Thunder!
    You feel it in your chest
    You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest
    You're not vexed Writer/s: Joshua Werner, Matthew Miller
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Tyler Pitman from Jackson, WyA great thing about spirituality is that it crosses religions. You don't have to be Jewish, Christian, or anything else to get what Matisyahoo means in this song. Higher power before self. Letting go of your ego, your addictions, and your selfishness. Some good advice in this song to help free you from what torments us inside......
  • Zach from Marion, InI'm not jewish..but Matisyahu really put it down. DO WORK SON!
  • Alex from Birmingham, AlPossibly one of Matisyahu's best and most known songs...
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