The Golden Boy And The Prodigal-Jason Gray

[00:01.12]Jason Gray - The Golden Boy & The Prodigal [00:02.77] [00:11.05]There are two sides to every person [00:14.60]Like the two sides of a dime [00:17.75]Heads or tails it depends upon [00:20.26]Who's watching at the time [00:22.91] [00:23.41]Though I hate to say it [00:26.47]Mine is no exception [00:29.36]One part is the prodigal [00:32.12]The other part: deception [00:38.21] [00:40.13]Like the prince and the pauper [00:43.26]Like Jacob and his brother [00:46.12]Each hide a different heart [00:49.22]Each a shadow of the other [00:51.81]Me and my doppelganger [00:54.83]Both share the same blood [00:57.72]One I have hated [01:00.91]The other have I loved [01:05.07] [01:09.81]One of them's the Golden Boy [01:12.48]The man I'd like to be [01:15.41]I show him off in the parades [01:18.29]For all the world to see [01:21.26]The other is much weaker [01:24.04]He stumbles all the time [01:26.98]The source of my embarrassment [01:29.77]He's the one I try to hide [01:32.79] [01:46.66]The Golden boy is made of straw [01:49.79]His finest suit will surely burn [01:52.99]His vice is the virtue [01:55.82]That he never had to earn [01:58.81]The prodigal's been broken [02:01.12]And emptied at the wishing well [02:04.20]But he's stronger for the breaking [02:07.23]With a story to tell [02:11.05] [02:15.58]I'm not easy with confessions [02:19.01]It's hard to tell the truth [02:21.66]But I have favored the golden boy [02:24.65]While the other I've abused [02:27.58]And he takes it like a man [02:30.28]Though he's longing like a child [02:33.29]To be loved and forgiven [02:36.23]And share the burden for awhile [02:41.33] [02:44.06]So take a good look in the mirror [02:47.93]Tell me who you see [02:51.07]The one who Jesus died for [02:53.61]Or the one you'd rather be [02:56.39]Can you find it in your heart [02:59.10]To show mercy to the one [03:02.10]The Father loved so much [03:04.99]That he gave his only son... [03:12.22]