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All I Know

by Scott Riggan

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Like Incense 02:48
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LIKE INCENSE words and music by Scott C. Riggan and Benjamin D. Bauman © 2002 Pleasantview Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" (Psalm 141:2) How do I tell of all that fills my heart Where are the words to testify The sweetest of songs would tell of who You are So I will let my praises rise Like incense before You A fragrant offering When You bring me into the throne room To stand before a King I worship You – oh I adore You I cannot help but sing And I know my prayer is Like incense As I lift my voice I know that You’re listening You love to hear me call Your name So here in Your presence now I dare to speak Offering You all of my praise Rising from the temple of my soul To Your heart – like incense
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Forgiveness 03:14
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FORGIVENESS words and music by Scott C. Riggan and Benjamin D. Bauman © 2002 Pleasantview Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" (Romans 2:4-b) I thought I knew You as the voice of thunder Under Your gaze I was afraid I thought I knew You as the hand of anger And there was nowhere to hide away But Your hands – they are so gentle And Your voice – it is so soft And Your eyes are always on me And this is what draws me to Your arms It’s what I need to heal my heart Never seen a love like this Beyond any reason, through all of time Your heart was reaching out for mine With forgiveness So undeserving, but You offered mercy You could have turned me away But You showed me kindness when I was unworthy Came down from heaven – stood in my place Thought I knew what to expect from You But it wasn’t anything like this You show me mercy, kindness Love and sweet forgiveness
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Remember 02:31
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REMEMBER Scott C. Riggan and Peter Vaque © 2002 Pleasantview Music and Springtree Media Group, LLC (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" (I Corinthians 11:24-26) We break the bread, we taste the wine And every time – we remember Your body torn, the blood that flowed The love You showed us – we remember We remember that You took our place As You hung in disgrace On that old rugged cross For our sin drove the nails in Your hands But forgiveness was part of Your plan For a world that was lost
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Can't You Be Crazy 02:34
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CAN’T YOU BE CRAZY words and music by Scott C. Riggan and Benjamin D. Bauman © 2002 Pleasantview Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" This one’s for Julie, Emily and Josiah. “Um, I’ll be done working in just a few minutes, and then I can come out and play, okay?” Go get your raincoat And meet me at the 3rd Street bridge There’ll be a rainbow And we could make a wish Yeah we could stay inside Where it’s warm and dry But what fun is there in this? Can’t you be crazy Just for an hour or two Let the wind untangle What’s been choking you See the smile of heaven When the sun breaks through And just be with me Grab your umbrella And race me to the corner store Do you remember What a lazy afternoon is for I think that it’s high time You learn to unwind I’ll be waiting at the door I don’t have any big plans Just one afternoon With nothing to do Is all that I ask All that I need Is time with you
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Heal Me 03:33
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HEAL ME words and music by Scott C. Riggan, Benjamin D. Bauman and Randy K. Thomas © 2002 Pleasantview Music and I Love Lori Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" This is the way that You find me Broken in pieces on my knees My heart is a well that has run dry Empty and cold inside But You can heal me Mend all that I have broken Heal me You’re all I have to hope in There is no one else but You Do what only You can do – heal me This the place where I find You When there’s nobody else I can run to So take this fragile heart and then Breathe life in my soul again Driven to my knees, I have no choice but to admit I don’t believe I’ll ever make these pieces fit
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All I Know Of Love 03:00
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ALL I KNOW OF LOVE words and music by Scott C. Riggan and Benjamin D. Bauman © 2002 Pleasantview Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" (1 John 4:10) Your arms were stretched out so wide The nails were driven so deep Your eyes were brimming with tears Your life was poured out for me And this is all I know of love That You carried the cross That should have been mine How do I praise Your name enough You would have paid any cost And that’s all I know of love My heart would never come clean My shame drove me from Your arms Forgiveness was out of my reach But You crossed the distance And You captured my heart To be with me There was no line You wouldn’t cross To be with me You gave Your life upon a wooden cross And this is all I know of love
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Answers Don't Come Easy 03:53
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ANSWERS DON’T COME EASY words and music by Scott C. Riggan © 2002 Pleasantview Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" She’s putting away the baby clothes There’ll be no child for her to hold Not even a chance to say goodbye And there aren’t any words to tell her why She says “This is all I’ve ever wanted This is the star I hung my hopes upon Now all that I have are these empty arms” “There was a time when I could bravely face the storm Oh but answers don’t come easy anymore Today, I can only trust Your hands are strong enough To hold me up When answers don’t come easy anymore” At a table for two he sits alone Never dreamed that she’d be the first to go He says “You turn around twice and years have passed Now these memories are all I have She is sailing over the horizon But still I’m waving from the shore And I’m wondering what I’m still here for” We need You to hold us close We don’t need to know the answers We just need You near to us
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I Thought I Knew You 03:46
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I THOUGHT I KNEW YOU words and music by Scott C. Riggan and R. Jason Collum © 2002 Spinning Plates Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" (Psalm 77:7-9) I breathe a prayer and dare To hope for Your reply I know You’re there, aware And so I wonder why So much loss, so much pain So are You listening? So high the cost of losing faith To wishful thinking I thought I knew You These threads have come undone Belief unraveling My faith is tangled up While doubt is splitting out the seams Make my wish to the sky What will the answer be? Silence is Your reply And somehow I still believe But I thought I knew You And maybe it’s just me But I can’t hear a thing As hard as I try Am I asking too much To want You to just speak up And tell me why? I breathe a prayer and dare To hope for Your reply…
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Never 02:35
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NEVER Scott C. Riggan © 2002 Spinning Plates Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" When we ask “why, God?” – this is His answer. (Deuteronomy 31:6) I will never leave you Never will forsake you Nothing here can take you from my hand Let not your heart be troubled In all of your struggles This is all you need to understand: I love you Though you can’t see clearly You are never alone
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Don't Cry (Goodnight Emily) 02:47
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DON’T CRY (GOODNIGHT EMILY) words and music by Scott C. Riggan and Benjamin D. Bauman © 2002 Pleasantview Music (ASCAP) This began spontaneously one night as a lullaby for my baby daughter (there were others, but ditties like “Little Sour Face, Emily Grace” were clearly not meant for anyone else to hear…). Goodnight Emily There’s so many things that worry me But whatever comes We’re gonna be alright Goodnight Emily Do you wonder what’s become of me Give it a day or two I’m comin’ back for you And it’s, it’s gonna be alright Don’t cry – close your eyes and I’ll be with you Though I – I feel like I’m farther than the moon Don’t cry – I know you know how much I miss you But I’ll be home soon Goodnight Emily You’re so many miles away from me But you’ve always been Forever in my heart Tonight, I’m wondering Is this the way it’s gotta be If it were up to me We’d never be, we’d never be apart Leave the light on for me Leave the light on
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Love Called My Name 04:19
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LOVE CALLED MY NAME words and music by Scott C. Riggan, Benjamin D. Bauman and Randy K. Thomas © 2002 Pleasantview Music and I Love Lori Music (ASCAP) from the CD "All I Know" I was the friend that denied You Three times I denied You When the third rooster crowed And I, I handed You over Thirty pieces of silver Was the price of my soul And there on the road to Damascus I saw clearly what I was When Your blinding light came And love called my name When I was lost I had no hope ‘Till You spoke to me You took away the shadows That clouded my heart I knew I was found on that day When love called my name I, I was the man who Was washing his hands to Hand over a King And I said I wouldn’t believe it Unless I could see it: The scarred hands and feet And I was the thief hung beside You Deserving to die but You shouldered the blame I was the friend they had laid in the grave ‘Till I heard through the sorrowful cries The voice that commanded the wind and the waves Say “Arise, arise” – and love called my name
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All I Know of Love (reprise) 00:44
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I Love You Lord 02:33
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I LOVE YOU LORD words and music by Laurie Klein © 1978 House of Mercy Music (ASCAP) Administered by Maranatha Music c/o The Copyright Company, Nashville, TN. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission. from the CD "All I Know" (Psalm 116:1-7) I love You Lord And I lift my voice To worship You Oh my soul rejoice Take joy my King In what You hear May it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear Halleluiah

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ABOUT "ALL I KNOW"
This project is a very personal one for me. With these songs, I’m raising some questions for which no one really has answers. I feel a lot like the psalmist, who alternates between ecstatic praise and forlorn lament. At times he fears God has deserted him, but in the end he takes courage from remembering His past faithfulness.

So for me, it all comes back to the cross. Does God care? Can He possibly know my pain, my hurt? Am I truly forgiven? When nothing else in my life makes any sense, it’s at the cross that I find perspective. All I know of love is what Christ demonstrated in His life and on that cross. Whatever else I may not understand, this is and will always be true: God loves me. In the end, that’s really all I know.
SPECIAL THANKS: My deepest love and gratitude to my brave and supportive family, Julie, Emily and Josiah.

THANKS TO
Jason Collum (I could never have done this without you. Word.), Trevor Morgan, Mike Majett, Jade Hanson, Steve Lotz, Jimmy Jernigan, Thad and Shelly Beaty, Jonathan Hamby, Shane Martin, Peter Vaque and Springtree Media Group (www.springtree.net), Bobby Marko for designing my website (www.bobbymarko.com), Randall Paulk, Ben Bauman, Lakeshore Christian Church, all of my peeps at Second Harvest Food Bank and everybody who pre-ordered this CD. Extra special thanks to the entire staff at Spinning Plates Music (you guys are so easy to work with, it’s almost like we are all the same person!).

Finally, to the God Who is big enough to handle all of our questions, wise enough to give us only the answers we can bear, and loving enough to have suffered on our behalf: we remember. May our praise be “a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear.”

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released October 1, 2002

RECORDING CREDITS
Everything came together with the help of some very talented and generous friends: Trevor Morgan played acoustic and electric guitars (and braved the “sweatbox” when the AC went out in the studio). Jason Collum co-produced, played his Gretsch drums and did some programming. He also sang a little, played some keyboards and did one acoustic guitar track (not to mention busting the occasional move). Mike Majett laid down some tasty bass (and sang us an inspired rendition of “My Father’s Eyes” that for legal reasons won’t appear on this record or any other. Ever.). Jonathan Hamby took “Remember” to the next level with his keyboard playing (he also anointed “Like Incense” and “Never” with his Fine Vibe). Scott sang, whistled, played keyboards and melodica and prayed hard. Jade Hanson engineered at Springtree Studio (offering insightful suggestions like “make it a little mellower into the whatever”). We did some additional recording at Snap, Crackle and Pop Studios (engineered by Jason Collum with help from Sheer Luck). Steve Lotz engineered vocals and overdubs at Giddy Up. At Brown Sugar Studios, Shelly Beaty sang beautifully and Thad Beaty came to the rescue with some extra guitar on “Don’t Cry”. Shane Martin played acoustic guitar on “Don’t Cry” (and it was very prettily did). Jimmy Jernigan at Apollo 54 mixed and Steve Lotz mastered. Jason and Scott played racquetball. It was a good hang.

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Scott Riggan Boise, Idaho

"A musical home run . . . perfect for personal worship - songs with a theology of abandon that call us to give all we are to God." (Worship Leader Magazine)

“For those who are tired of Christian records that sound increasingly homogenized and mass-produced, Clouds & Fire is a balm from Heaven." (Christian Musician Magazine) ... more

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