Lift Up The Gates
from In Our Winters by Preson Phillips
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lyrics
Lift up your heads oh ancient doors
This carnal temple, now the Lord’s
Prepare for visitation unlike ever seen before
This carnal house of earthly sin
Where gates are low, and built for men
Now renovations must occur, for glory this way comes
Lift up your gates
The King is entering
Lift up the doors
Oh, these ancient doors
My Father walks the earth
His feet they roam the sand
My God he parts the seas
And halts the waters with His hands
But my people build His house so small
With pious righteousness and pride
And we stand atop our filthy rags
Like towers built to reach the sky
And my people paint cathedral walls
That He can’t fit inside
Lift up your gates
The King is entering
Oh ancient doors
Prepare the way of our Lord
Lift up your heads oh ancient doors
Once pagan temples, now the Lord’s
Prepare for visitation like you’ve never seen before
These carnal hearts of earthly sin
Where gates are low, and built for men
Now renovations must occur, for glory this way comes
This carnal temple, now the Lord’s
Prepare for visitation unlike ever seen before
This carnal house of earthly sin
Where gates are low, and built for men
Now renovations must occur, for glory this way comes
Lift up your gates
The King is entering
Lift up the doors
Oh, these ancient doors
My Father walks the earth
His feet they roam the sand
My God he parts the seas
And halts the waters with His hands
But my people build His house so small
With pious righteousness and pride
And we stand atop our filthy rags
Like towers built to reach the sky
And my people paint cathedral walls
That He can’t fit inside
Lift up your gates
The King is entering
Oh ancient doors
Prepare the way of our Lord
Lift up your heads oh ancient doors
Once pagan temples, now the Lord’s
Prepare for visitation like you’ve never seen before
These carnal hearts of earthly sin
Where gates are low, and built for men
Now renovations must occur, for glory this way comes
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from In Our Winters,
released June 3, 2014
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Preson Phillips Tampa, Florida
Tampa Florida’s Preson Phillips has been called “a refreshing change from mainstream worship music [who’s] songs recall the
wide-eyed fervor of the early 70s Jesus music artists” ~itunes review.
With an americana influenced sound ranging from folk to alt/country, newcomers should expect a real, almost personal, connection with the emotions and ancient spirituality of the music of Preson Phillips.
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Mar 2010 -
Aug 2008
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