Brandon Heath Knell is a contemporary Christian musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable (2006), What If We (2008) and "Leaving Eden" (2011). He is best known for the No. 1 "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of 2008 and won in the "New Artist of the Year" category. His second album was nominated for "Gospel Album of the Year" at the 51st Grammy Awards of 2009.
Heath began his career by writing songs as a teenager. His first independently released album, Early Stuff (2004), was a compilation of his earlier songwriting. After also releasing Soldier in 2004, he signed with Reunion Records to release his first main studio album, Don't Get Comfortable, in late 2006. The album's first single, "Our God Reigns", received a Dove Award nomination in 2007. Heath's song "I'm Not Who I Was" became No. 1 single, staying on top of Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart for several weeks. It received two Dove nominations, including "Song of the Year". Heath returned in mid-2008 with a second project: What If We. The album's first single "Give Me Your Eyes" was released in July 2008 and ended the year as the second most-played song on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008. The song received two GMA Dove Awards in 2009: "Song of the Year" and "Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year".
| Birth name | Brandon Heath Knell |
|---|---|
| Born | July 21, 1978 |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | CCM, pop, alternative CCM, acoustic |
| Occupations | Singer–songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Reunion |
1. I'M NOT WHO I WAS
I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
I used to be mad at you
A little on the hurt side too
But I'm not who I was
I found my way around
To forgiving you
Some time ago
But I never got to tell you so
I found us in a photograph
I saw me and I had to laugh
You know, I'm not who I was
You were there, you were right above me
And I wonder if you ever loved me
Just for who I was
When the pain came back again
Like a bitter friend
It was all that I could do
To keep myself from blaming you
I reckon it's a funny thing
I figured out I can sing
Now I'm not who I was
I write about love and such
Maybe 'cause I want it so much
I'm not who I was
I was thinking maybe I
I should let you know
I am not the same
But I never did forget your name
Hello
Well the thing I find most amazing
In amazing grace
Is the chance to give it out
Maybe that's what love is all about
I wish you could see me now
I wish I could show you how
I'm not who I was
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2. LOVE NEVER FAILS
Love is not proud
Love does not boast
Love after all
Matters the most
Love does not run
Love does not hide
Love does not keep
Locked inside
Love is the river that flows through
Love never fails you
Love will sustain
Love will provide
Love will not cease
At the end of time
Love will protect
Love always hopes
Love still believes
When you don't
Love is the arms that are holding you
Love never fails you
When my heart won't make a sound
When I can't turn back around
When the sky is falling down
Nothing is greater than this
Greater than this
Love is right here
Love is alive
Love is the way
The truth the life
Love is the river than flows through
Love is the arms that are holding you
Love is the place you will fly to
Love never fails you
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3. YOUR LOVE
I felt it first when i was younger a strange connection to the light
I try to satisfy the hunger i never got it right, I never got it
So I climbed a mountain and built an altar
Looked out as far as I can see
And every day I'm getting older i"m running out of dreams, I'm running
out of dreams
But your love, your love the only thing that matters is your love your
love
Is all I have to give your love is enough to light up the darkness
Its your love all ever needed is your love
You know the effort i have given
And you know exactly what it cost
And though my innocence was taken not everything is lost,not
everything is lost, no
But Your love, your love the only thing that matters is your love, your
love is all I have to give your love is enough to light up the darkness its
your love your love all i ever needed its your love
You're the hope in the morning You're the light when the night is
falling You're the song when my heart is singing Its your love
You're the eyes to the blind man
You're the feet for the lame man walking
You're the sound of the people singing its your love ( your love, your
love )
But your love, your love the only thing that matters is your love, your
love is all i have to give your love is enough to light up the darkness It's
your love, your love all i ever needed is your love
All I ever needed is your love, your love
All I ever needed is your love
Its all I ever needed
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4. LEAVING EDEN
Featuring: Brandon Heath
(One more step away)
Headlines read like a warning, we're under attack
(One more step away)
I just waved to a stranger, he didn't wave back
(One more step away)
And if it weren't for my TV, I wouldn't know what is real
(One more step away)
My doctor can't do a thing for how I feel
Feels like I'm leaving Eden
Feels like I'm leaving Eden
People are losing their homes to hurricanes
(One more step away)
Old lady living next door forgot her own name
(One more step away)
Teacher is hiding her Bible, but at least she's got a job
(One more step away)
My local Salvation Army just got robbed, ooh
Feels like I'm leaving Eden
Feels like I'm leaving Eden
Ooh
It's like I'm further away with every step I take
And I can't go back
Cause I'm leaving Eden
I'm going, going home
I'm going, going home
There's no place, no place like home
Oh, there's no place, no place like home, home, ooh
When you're leaving Eden
When you're leaving Eden, ooh
It's like I'm further away with every step I take
And I can't go back
Cause I'm leaving, leaving Eden
...
I'm going, going home
I'm going, going home
There's no place, no place like home
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
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5. GIVE ME YOUR EYES
[Songwriters: Heath, Brandon; Ingram, Jason David;]
Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black tar
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breathe in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what?s underneath
There?s a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work, he's buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I've been there a million times
A couple of million eyes just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well, I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way You see the people all alone
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
That I keep missing
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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6. LET'S MAKE IT LAST
Rain come down tonight
Except for the bump on my head I'm feeling alright
Dancing to our favorite tune
I pulled you in way too soon
Bang went the drums we went boom
Yea
Running through the yard
Splashing through puddles with you without regard
Do you think the neighbors will care
So what if they do they'll just stare
The kids will all say its not fair
The way that we love
The way that we laugh
It's something worth seeing
So let's make it last
Let's make it last
Come some sunny day
We'll call in sick to our jobs
What will we say
She's coming down with a flu
I think that I'm catching it too
This is what love makes you do
The way that we love
The way that we laugh
It's something worth seeing
So let's make it last
The way that we love
The way that we laugh
It's something worth seeing yea
So let's make it last
Live out each moment
They go by so fast
Let's make it last
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7. AS LONG AS I'M HERE
Some day I'll pass through the great sky above
And the first thing I'll ask is how well did I love
Did I leave the world any better than it was before?
Of all the things I've done, could I have done any more?
'Cause it took me a while just to find my feet
And to learn how to stand on my own
But You gave me the heart and the time I would need
To find You and make it back home where I belong
Some day I'll go to the great, wide beyond
Where Moses and Mary and Jacob and my loved ones have gone
But I will rejoice in today and the journey I'm on
And I'll keep on praying and pressing on until dawn
'Cause it took me a while just to find my feet
And to learn how to stand on my own
But You gave me the heart and the time I would need
To find You and make it back home where I belong
Only to see a glimpse of Your face
To peek in to Heaven, time and space
Oh, to feel my own frailty and tremble in fear
To know You are with me as long as I'm here
Oh, as long as I'm here
Some day I'll pass through the great sky above
And the first thing I'll ask is how well did I love
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9. DON'T GET COMFORTABLE
Comfortable, don't comfortable
I am going to move this mountain
Then I'm going to move you in
Yesterday, this is not yesterday
You were standing on my shoulders
Now you're standing on the edge
You were looking for a sign all this time
I am gonna show you what I mean
I am gonna love like you've never seen
You are gonna live like you used to dream
This is your new song
So afraid, that you don't have to be afraid
Even if you make mistakes
You know that I'll remain
You been looking for a sign all this time
If you seek you find me anytime
I am gonna show you what I mean
I am gonna love like you've never seen
You are gonna live like you used to dream
This is your new song
Can you feel the call
of love is in moving you
Don't be a child of God
A Love is reaching you
It's everywhere a call of love
I just wanna show you what I mean
I just wanna love like you've never seen
Do you wanna live like you used to dream
Than I've got a song for you
I am gonna show you what I mean
I am gonna love like you've never seen
You are gonna live like you used to dream
This is your new song
You've got a new song
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10. READY FOR ROMANCE
I use to think that love was just a sentiment
for people with a lot of emotion
right up until I turned 23
I been thinking bout these people buying tickets
just to see their honey a cross the ocean
when I could just stay right here for free
a combination of alone and alive just came right over me
in this picture of you came in to view and you set
this wild heart free, you set this wild heart free
I showed my independence to the door
took off my shoes and slid across the floor
and then I watched when Harry met Sally once more
I'm lost without you
I never stood a chance
I'm tired of freedom
I'm ready for romance
I am skippin all pre-relation, preparation take it
one step outta heartache
just give me some room and let her fly
I search every little town up and down
the heartlands for the prosperity
but without any rest until she is next to me, to me
a combination of alone and alive just came right over me
in this picture of you came in to view and you
set this wild heart free, you set this wild heart free(x2)
lets show our independence to the door
take off our shoes and slide across the floor
and we can watch when Harry met Sally once more
I'm lost without you
I never stood a chance
I'm tired of freedom
I'm ready for romance, I'm ready
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