While Tell Me What You See delivers great music, it is quite the opposite of ‘safe.’ This record takes risks. Big ones. Which is why I believe it will play such a big role in helping change the lives of those who listen. Serious issues like eating disorders deserve serious and intentional dialogue. With creative beauty and bold transparency, Tell Me What You See opens the door to such dialogue, and to the hope, help, and healing that awaits all who seek freedom from this difficult struggle.”
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Tell Me What You See is for everyone who has ever been dissatisfied with their body or appearance. And their families and friends who don’t know how to love them. This collection of insightful, honest songs and testimonies is shared by women who’ve recovered from an eating disorder. It provides hope and encouragement so that a woman can begin to break out of her prison. It is a gateway to recovery, to health, and freedom.
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Music Previews and Lyrics
The Cost
The Cost
Words & Music by Missi Hale & Steve Siler
I swallowed my anger
I choked down my pain
Took all of my feelings
and stuffed them away
I ate my words, I hid my heart
Did what I was told
‘til it was me against the world
Conflicted and alone
Then one day I realized
I didn’t have to take it anymore
They can’t make me eat if I don’t want to
They can’t make me keep it down
They can’t live inside me
They can’t deny me
Control
Sweet control
Now we’ve got the power
Now we are in charge
We are the ones
that they can’t pry apart
There’s nothing wrong, why can’t they see
Things are just the way that we want them to be
Why are they so obsessed
with making life a restaurant?
and we’re saying with our choice
“How’s it feel to have no voice?”
‘cause you can’t make us eat if we don’t want to
You can’t make us keep it down
You can’t live inside us
You can’t deny us
Control
Sweet
No, they can’t make us eat if we don’t want to
They can’t make us keep it down
They can’t live inside us
They can’t deny us control
Am I hurting you?
Are you leaving me?
This is not the victory I thought that it would be
I’m so frightened
and confused
‘Cause even as I’m winning I lose
But they can’t make me…..
No they can’t make me….
What’s this thing inside me
That’s always fighting
for control
Demands control
What’s the cost of control?
Who’s in control?
Does it really get me what I need?
Control
© Lissibug Music Publishing ASCAP / Silerand Music (Administered by Clearbox Rights, LLC) ASCAP
Beautiful Jesus
Beautiful Jesus
Words & Music by Sara Beth Geoghegan
She looks in the mirror several times a day
And each time she’s wishing that what she sees will change
And she blames God for making her that way
And now she’s comparing to what she thinks the best
Her thoughts so consuming they leave her without rest
What a lovely mess
She lies down on the floor
She cannot take anymoreBeautiful Jesus
Make me look like you
Beautiful Jesus
I’m dying to be truly beautiful
Make me look like you
It’s hardest at nighttime trying to fall asleep
Alone with her battles she’s lying in her sheets
Will she never find peace?
And then in the morning the new day brings new fears
She looks in her closet and wants to disappear
And begs God to be near
The deceiver tries to deceive her
But the healer, oh he heals her
Beautiful Jesus
Make me look like you
Beautiful Jesus
I’m dying to be truly beautiful
Make me look like you
Oh,
‘Cause I’ve believed everything that this ugly world says about me
I’m dying to be truly beautiful
Make me look like you
© Universal Music Corp. / Cumberland Belle Music ASCAP
Swept Away
Swept Away
Words & Music by Allie Lapointe
On the path to beautiful
I wandered from the truth
Found a stream of guarantees
I just could not refuse
Waded into the promise
That thin could set me free
Now I’m trapped and can’t swim back
I’m sinking deep
This current rages
These waters roar
Beneath the surface
I’m losing a silent war
I’m going under
I can’t escape
I fear I might be
swept away
Swept away
I don’t remember falling
And no one pushed me in
All I know is I’m in the place
I said I’d never be again
Secrets have me spinning round
I’m losing all control
I never knew it’d be so hard
To resist the flow
CHORUS
The cover girls, all skin and bones
Cheer me on from the shore
I didn’t know how far I’d go
To find what glitters isn’t gold
CHORUS
Lord, don’t let me be swept away
© Story City Music BMI
Tell Me What You See
Tell Me What You See
Music & Lyrics by Allie Lapointe & Sara Beth Geoghegan
Take away the curves, the waves
The softness of my form
Straight lines, stick figure
is what I’m going for
Just a little smaller
And then a little smaller still
I chase the moving target
Running uphill
Lord I’m fading fast
All I can do is ask…
Will you draw my portrait
And tell me what you see
Will you shine your light of truth
On the real me
I can’t see fact from fiction
And I long for clarity
So tell me what You see
Tell me what You see
You say I am your masterpiece
Your artwork, your design
Yet I’ve questioned every brushstroke
And altered all the lines
With every gain and every loss
My vision blurs with tears
Until I can’t see anything
Past the stranger in the mirror
I don’t recognize myself
I’m desperate for your help, so…
CHORUS
© Paper Princess / Story City BMI
To Be Free
To Be Free
Words & Music Constance Rhodes, Mark Gersmehl, and Missi Hale
Who’s that stranger in the mirror?
My reflection left unclear
By all the voices in my head
I’m so tired of this cage
Of this fire that seems to rage
Consuming all my soul
To be whole would be heaven
But to get there seems like hell
And I don’t know what it would mean
To be free to be free
Of these painful lies that threaten me
To be free, could it be
Something more than what I have believed
To be free
Another day and still I pray
Are you really even there
Or have I finally pushed you away (like everyone else)
I’m so lonely, I’m so afraid
Drowning in my shame
Yet I know there must be more than this
To be whole would be heaven
And I want to make this change
But I need some help to believe
To be free to be free
Would be sweeter than controlling everything
To be free
Could I see
What lies just beyond this fear in me
To be free
They say that freedom is a song
Oh how my heart longs
Lord just to see
How different life
Could be
To be free to be free
Just to see myself the way you see me
In your eyes I can fly
Become everything that I was made to be
Lord please help me know, I’m not alone
Give me strength to fight
And the will to find…
Freedom
© Constance Rhodes BMI / Lifetones Music ASCAP / Centricity Music ASCAP
Time for a Breakdown
Time for a Breakdown
Missi Hale & Kim Walling
Pressed against the window pane
Looking out at a world you want to embrace
But walls have enclosed your heart with fear
It’s alright, it’s alright if you cry
Don’t you hold all your tears on the inside
Just let go
It’s time you breathe again
So tell me
What are you waiting for
When love is knocking on your door
Don’t be afraid to begin again
Worn out from holding in
All of the hurt from where you’ve been
Release it
You know it’s about
Time for a breakdown
It’s alright tonight if you fall
There is grace to uphold the breakable
Hope can reach into your soul
and bring you life once more
So what are you waiting for
Love is knocking on your door
Don’t be afraid to begin again
Worn out from holding in
All of the hurt from where you’ve been
Release it
You know it’s about
Time for a breakdown
There’s no need to cry without a sound
Let those tears fall to the ground
It’s time for a breakdown
So what are you waiting for
When freedom is knocking on your door
It’s time for you to begin again
You don’t need to keep on holding in
All of the hurt from where you’ve been
Release it
You know it’s about
Time for a breakdown
© Centricity Music Publishing ASCAP
Piece Me Together
Piece Me Together
Written by Missi Hale & Cami Leinhard
There isn’t any question
As to why I’m a mess inside
I’ve searched other places
All for the rest I need to find
I wait in this chaos
Clearly I created it for myself
The answer is simple
Oh Lord I need Your help
So, piece me together
Put me right back where you want me
Cause You are forever
And this is only temporary
I thought seeing was believing
But on my own, I’ve seen enough
I know your desire is
To see all I know get to my heart
So, piece me together
Put me right back where you want me
Cause You are forever
And this is only temporary
© Centricity Music Publishing ASCAP
You Love Me
You Love Me
Words & Music by Scott Krippayne & Steve Siler
Advertisers sell me
and the TV tries to tell me
that my beauty’s skin deep
It’s to my advantage
to pretty up the package
if I want to succeed
But somewhere in the quiet
away from all the noise
I hear a different message
in a still small voice
You love me You love me
Just for being me
You love me You love me
And you want me to see
It’s not about appearance
It’s not about my style
No matter what the world is thinking of me
You love me
You see my potential
and to get there its essential
that I follow your lead
‘Cause there will be distractions
and in all of my reactions
I will need to believe
The world will try to change me
to make me look the part
But all you really care about
is what’s inside my heart
CHORUS
I couldn’t face the pressure if I had to stand alone
Every time I come to you Lord, you let me know
CHORUS
© Word Music Publishing ASCAP / Fifty States Music ASCAP / New Spring Music Publishing / Chips and Salsa Songs ASCAP
In the Image of God
In the Image of God
Words & Music by Mandie Pinto & Steve Siler
As I look into the mirror
Give me eyes to see
Don’t need to measure up to some ideal
I’ve reached for an illusion
Something that’s not me
Help me now to value what is real
You are my creator
So why have I been afraid to be at home
in this temple that you made
In the image of God
You poured yourself into me
That ought to be enough
A beautiful reflection
of Heaven’s perfect love
When I look at me
Give me eyes to see
The image of God
I never second guess you
I never doubt your hand
When I see the sunrise in the sky
So why is it I’ve questioned
And failed to understand
You chose the very color of my eyes
When I start to wonder
About what I would change
I need to stop
and remember I was made
CHORUS
There’s nothing left to chance
In your master plan
You made me just as I am
CHORUS
© ByHisGrace Music BMI / Word Music / Fifty States Music ASCAP
Just the Way that I Am
Just The Way That I Am
Words & Music by Steve Siler
Made in love by your perfect hand
That’s what I am
A reflection of your image
Meant to be a one of a kind
A special design
With nobody else like it
I don’t have to change one hair on my head
‘Cause I know you love me
Just the way that I am
Just the way I was made
A divine work of art in every way
Just the way that I am
Just the way I should be
I’m so glad
You made me just the way that I am
When I think I’m not good enough
Don’t have the right stuff
That’s the time I should be prayin’
‘Cause it’s when I’m closer to you
that I see the truth
and I know I’m gonna make it
I don’t have to follow every trend
Cause my true friends will love me
CHORUS
You must’ve thought the world really needed me
‘Cause in your perfect wisdom you created me
CHORUS
© Word Music Publishing ASCAP / Fifty States Music Publishing ASCAP
No One Can Love Me Like You Do
NO ONE CAN LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO
Words & Music by Wayne Tester & Steve Siler
Feeling like I’m drowning in
the ocean of my tears
I thought no one would want
my broken heart
But Jesus kept on reaching out
and calling me to faith
and somewhere deep
inside my soul
I heard him say
No one can love me like you do
Nobody else can take your place
Only your light shines that special way
No one can give me what you give
’cause nobody else walks in your shoes
After everything that you’ve been through
No one can love me like you do
Sometimes I’m defeated by
the doubts that shadow me
It’s hard to let go of
these hopeless fears
But Jesus has a precious gift
he wants me to receive
and when I ask what I
can give to him
He says to me
CHORUS
He made himself a sacrifice
that I might have eternal life
So I’ll just keep on saying to my Lord
CHORUS
© Testerfonics / Disney Music / Word Music / Fifty States Music
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Wow! Tell Me What You See will be a great source of inspiration to young women. It gives one a sense of the struggle and puts you in touch with the need. I love the testimonies. A moving, excellent production. Highly recommended.
Dr, Linda Mintle, Author of Breaking Free from Anorexia and Bulimia, Forest, VA
We have been treating eating disorders for 23 years. Tell me what you See is so encouraging and such a Blessing to our clients that it plays in our lobby and we use it in groups. It was our staff’s idea that we provide a copy to each of our eating disorder clients. It is a powerful healing touch!”
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Director of the Center for Healing, Edmonds, WA and Author of Hope, Help, & Healing for Eating Disorders
“Fiercely courageous and deeply inspiring, Tell Me What You See delivers a powerful message to all listeners about eating disorders. The music and testimonies reach the deepest part of one’s soul while speaking the hard truth about the insidious illness. In our image-obsessed culture, I highly recommend this CD to not only those personally touched by eating disorders — but to everyone.”
Jenni Schaefer, Author of LIfe Without E.D. : How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorders and How You Can Too
I found myself spellbound as I listened to the Tell Me What You See project. If you are connected in any way to women’s ministry or to women who find themselves dealing with eating disorders, you must get this CD! There is healing and freedom in the music and words found here. Powerful!”