Ace Troubleshooter - Tonight

Starry, starry night
The silver beams the only light
Summer breeze, summer dreams
Float over me
The stars frame her silhouette
Beauty steals away my breath
This moment will last forever, forever
Forever

There is no time but now
There is nowhere else but here

Time has lost its grip tonight
Beautiful enchantment
I just might hold her, hold her close
Never let her go
The tenderness in her eyes
Her hair is drenched with silver moonlight
Half-spoken thoughts
Forget-me-nots
She's the jewel I've sought

There is no time but now
There is nowhere else but here
When all else is cold
The warmth of holding her near

Tonight the stars in her eyes
Outshine the stars in the sky
Tonight love is in her eyes
I'll hold, hold her close tonight

Ace Troubleshooter - Toko

You know who she is
You know what she does
Only I know what that girl's doing to you
You know who she is
You know what she does
Only I know what that girl
Is going to do to you

There's one for every band
Almost one for every man
If you're not careful
She'll eat you up
So please be careful

Yoko, Yoko
Nagging all the time
Wasting all his time
Yoko, Yoko
Be careful with that boy
Better be careful with that boy

She'll win you with composure
And perfect nonchalance
She'll lure you in and snag you
Make you think you're the Fonz
She'll get you in her clutches
Make you her confidant
She'll nag you and she'll drag you
Man you've gotta get rid of that debutante

She'll nag you to death
And by inches will suck all the life
That you somehow have left
Yeah it'll only be nag, nag, nag, nag

Ace Troubleshooter - Se #101

These four walls and late nights brooding
Never changing, never moving
It seems, it seems
Momentum's at a crawl
The ants are in the kitchen
The mice are in the walls
This noise in my head
Could make this building fall

I've got to get out of here
And I gotta get out now before I crack

Mac & Cheese and minute rice
And instant pleasure's always nice
It seems, it seems
Real things take much too long
And I say now's the time to take a stand
And sit back down hasty young man
Did you really think the world
And all it's offered
Could have done you so much wrong?

SE #101 forever
SE #101 till I die

Ace Troubleshooter - Phoenix

So this is who I become
When You leave me to myself
A burned-up, hollow, angry, empty shell
An actor on a barren stage
An even-keel with unchanneled rage
Sinking deeper into hell

Bind me to You
Pierce me straight through
Consume me with Your fire
Ravage my heart
Tear me clean apart
And still be my Desire

As I descend it starts again

Sliding down, spiraling
Gasping on the breath of corruption
Fighting undertow
Holding on, realizing
My own hopeless helplessness
Finally letting go

All is madness as the flames engulf me
Oblivion
Refining fire making ashes of this life
Burn, Fire, burn
Clean this holy temple
Resore Your holy Name
In the onslaught of Your love

And now, as gradual as the fall
The dawn of hope
The brilliant sun sending all the shadows fleeing
Sweet daylight
A new man rising from the ashes
Clothed in white, bearing a new name
I leave it all behind and take to flight

Ace Troubleshooter - My Way

Epicurean theme to a never-ending sequence
Burns me out, dries me up
Up and out and through
My plans disappoint, drain my cup
Blind man sat in his room and he cried
"Tomorrow promised me triviality"
Bite the bait, swallow the hook
Hooked in routine instead of living
Wonder what's become of me

What's become of me?
What's become of me anyway?

I've been uncaring, unconcerned
Except at what comes dangerously close to
Overturning my house of cards
Falls fast and furious
Scattering shapes of well-worn self-conceit
Blind man shook his fist and he cried
"Surely those were my rights"
As if it were as bad as that
To be condemned to doing as thou wilt
Wilt and fade away
The kernel must first
So here I wait for You

I wait for You
I wait for You all the while

My way sucks and I don't know what to do
My way sucks and I don't know
My way sucks and so I'm giving it all to You
My way sucks and so I give

Ace Troubleshooter - Misconception

Day after day after day
You live in your misconceptions
Cuz our actions
Don't speak as loud as our words
It hurts, my friend
Can I help you understand?
Can I please help you understand what I see?

It's not bred out of fear
It's sprung out of love
It's what we've been in search of

Now spring clear of all the lies
And sever all the ties
With tangled webs of futile thinking
Now spring clear of all half-truths
Cuz the burden of proof
Doesn't rest on an institution

Yeah I can see all the hurt
And the misery resulting from the fact
That Christians are the biggest sinners of them all
But please don't fall
Don't let all those who come in Christ's name fool you
Don't you dare, don't you dare

It's not bred out of pride
A trophy on the shelf
I can't save you
I can't even save myself

If we've been on our knees
But our eyes have been closed
To all the pain and suffering
I cry out, "God forgive us!"

Ace Troubleshooter - Don't Trust That Girl

You know that kind of girl
That makes your heart beat all fast?
You know that kind of love
That you know will last?
I knew that kind of girl
I knew that kind of love
But then she broke it off
When I was so sure of her

Don't trust that girl
She's up to no good
She'll mess with you
Like no one should

Empty promises thrown into the wind
Mirage vanishes, never to see again
Hey fellas, be you ware
Don't wanna end up like me
Another victim of her stupid female schemes

And so the time moves on
With feelings come and gone
And Christ is the One constant I can lean on
So now I am left here
Feeling like a schmuck
With one thought on my mind:_____________

Ace Troubleshooter - Make It Right

Won’t make do with your games
And your slamming the door
So fall down, fall through
So have done with your vice and your virtue

It will take a lot to make it right

Prattle with your voice
And it’s sounding off
Sounding like white noise
If we fall, divide
If it’s yours to choose
Then go and decide
Cuz if it’s mine I won’t let it ride

I will take a lot to make it right

Didn’t I stay?
And didn’t you wait?
And didn’t I care
When you were crying?

It will take a lot to make it right

Ace Troubleshooter - 1 Corinthians 13

What if I could move mountains
And gave all I had to the poor?
Would it mean a thing?
Would it mean a thing if I don't have love?
What if I used all the gifts
And gave my body to the flame?
Would it mean a thing?
Would it mean a thing if I don't have love?

And when I pass through that veil
I know perfection comes
The chains will come off
The walls will fall down
The scales will drop
And I'll see Him face to face

Love came to earth so we'd see
A different way to live and grow
Self-seeking in nothing
To show us what it means to walk in love
To show us how to always trust
To persevere and always hope
Give thanks in everything
To show us what it means to walk in love

Love is patient, love is kind
It doesn't envy, doesn't bind
It means everything
It means everything when you have love

Ace Troubleshooter - Denise

Waiting for a sign that never came
Waiting, pinching nerves to stay sane
Can't erase the time, forget the past
Knowing good times come and go so fast

Denise it's not all set back in time
Denise just lay it down and you'll find
You've changed

Nowhere girl, a cage you've come to know
Still wondering, "Where did they all go?"
Plan a recluse life down to the day
While you have chains to lose
And a whole world to gain

Denise, Denise it's time
Time to seize the world
Denise it's time

Denise it's not all set down in stone
Denise just lay it down and you're home
You've changed