SONG LYRICS

“THE LEPER”- song lyrics and music by Jason Steger, Rap lyrics by Dishon Knox
© Copyright 2013 Jason Steger Music

I see my family from a-far...But I can’t draw near
Imprisoned with the sick...People gazing with fear
At this body in rags...Wrapped, but falling apart
Lonely without touch...Please heal this broken heart

Been five years too long...Full of anger and rage
Time to end all these years...Locked in this cage
But there’s a buzz on the street...About a Miracle Man
With Truth from His mouth...and a healing hand

What have I done for this punishment      
I’d give up anything to be set free
For Somebody Someone to make me clean

I see a Man from a-far, And as I draw near
People turn and they run, full of anger and fear
But when I saw His face, I knew it was He
He’s the Miracle Man, and I fell on my knees

I know You’re the One that I’ve been looking for
I know You’re the One who can set me free
All You need to say is “You are clean”...You’re clean!

They consider me lesser as a leper/My flesh festers as I'm sequestered from the rest of society/And when I come around I got folks eyeing me/Supposing my sickness is symptom of some impropriety/Meant to be unseen/Forbidden to arrive unannounced so when I come around I scream “Unclean!”/A hollow grotto’s what I rest in/While I wallow in depression/Until I’m free of this infection/And though the priest comes to perform inspection/I go to meet a teacher with power beyond expression/And when I met him, I collapsed at His heels/Asked Him to heal and He told me he will/So now I’m purified in my skin/He tells me to offer sacrifice for my sins/He tells me to keep it to myself/ But I just got to tell my mother and her friends, I won’t tell nobody else/But I know I ain’t only one/Sin’s infected mankind making man blind to the Holy One/ So now we’re impure/ But our spiritual leprosy and sin’s cure is in Christ, God’s Holy Son.

"GO AWAY" (THE ANXIETY SONG) -song lyrics and music by Jason Steger    © Copyright 2013 Jason Steger Music

Hello anxiety, age old friend of mine
I don’t remember calling you
but somehow we connected
It’s funny how you do all the talking
I can’t get a word in
I don’t think this friendship’s gonna work
If all your talking’s got in the way
of what I have to say,
these words should make it clear to you

GO AWAY
Leave me alone
I don’t have the time to waste on you
I’ve got better things to do
just GO AWAY don’t come back
Why would you even want to be
with someone who keeps screaming...
GO AWAY!!!!

Hello my friend I see
you have met Anxiety
Let me say “turn and run away”
He’s nothing but a burden
a liar and a thief
He promises security but takes everything away
Tell that fool to take a flying leap
here’s what I would say....
“these words should make it clear to you”

Bridge:
No more closing in
No more staring in to space
No more hiding from my fear
No more guilt and No more shame
Gotta get back on my feet
Put my trust back in the Lord
Sick it to Anxiety!
GO AWAY

"This Side of Eden"-song lyrics and music by Jason Steger
© Copyright 2013 Jason Steger Music

There are two things
in each of us
that we know for sure
If you’ve been around
for sometime now
I think you’ll understand
There’s a haunting brokenness
that affects everything
We can’t seem
to find a way to rest

But living in the pit
I just have to ask 
will everything sad 
come untrue?

It’s been this way 
history has shown
the pages don’t lie
and the story goes on
Eden put a thorn in 
humanity’s side
Now this side of Heaven
still bleeds


Something in us
deep down inside
there’s a memory
of when it all was right
We were made
in the image of God
and given the wisdom
of history

But living in the pit
I just have to ask 
will everything sad 
come untrue?

BridgeThe life that was shattered
on this side of Eden
is too much for us to redeem
(That’s why)Jesus was sent
to be broken for the broken
so we can finally see

It’s been this way 
history has shown
the pages don’t lie
and the story goes on
Jesus took the thorn from humanity’ side
Now this side of Heaven we’re free