Forgotten Virtues
2026 • 14 tracks
Contentment. Reverence. Meekness. Fidelity. Fourteen tracks that name the character traits modern life has quietly discarded — not as nostalgia, but as confrontation. Recorded as duets between Marcio and Becky on several tracks, this is a family reclaiming out loud what an entire generation forgot to teach.
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Have you noticed?
Have you wondered why?
Some words we're missing
Right before our eyes
Honor, reverence, meekness, temperance
Fidelity, contentment, repentance, holiness
Where did they go?
Where did they go?
They used to live at home
They used to walk to school
They showed up in the stories
That taught a child the rules
Now the words sound strange
Like relics on a shelf
And when the words are gone
We cannot name ourselves
Have you noticed?
Have you wondered why?
Did the words just vanish, or did we wave goodbye?
Have you noticed, can you see the cost?
When virtue loses language, something holy has been lost.
Watch an old movie
Hear an old man speak
Read a mother's letter
From another kind of weak
They knew shame was not oppression
They knew patience was not fear
They knew no could be a mercy
They knew God was near
Then the room got louder
Then the scream came near
Then every private hunger
Found a bright frontier
If no one teaches honor
Why rise before the old?
If no one teaches reverence
Why tremble at the throne?
If weakness sounds like weakness
Why would the proud man then devise her only feelings?
Why stay until the end?
Have you noticed?
Have you wondered why?
Did the words just vanish?
Or did we wave goodbye?
Have you noticed?
Can you see the cost when virtue loses language?
Something holy has been lost.
Not nostalgia for a shiny yesterday.
Those words used to shape how we lived our days.
The Bible says we drift when truth is not retained.
We rename the sin, then wonder why we changed.
Teach the words again.
Put them back at home.
Sing them in the church.
Live them when alone.
Honor, reverence, meekness, temperance, fidelity, contentment, repentance, holiness.
Have you noticed?
Have you wondered why
Forgotten virtues
Are not forgotten by God?
Remember the words
Recover the ways
Return to the Lord
Restore the ancient past
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Mm-mm-mm-mmWhere is everyone?
There are people everywhere
So many voices in the room
But no one really cares
Why can't I talk to you anymore
You are always somewhere else
Your hands are here beside me
But your attention is not
Where are you?
Why can't you hear me?
Why do I feel invisible?
When you are sitting near me
Everybody tells their story
But no one asks for mine
Everybody shares their feelings
But has no listening time
We know what strangers posted
We know what happened today
But we do not know the people
Who live a few feet away
I wanna know your story
I want to know your plans
I want to help with what you carry
And understand where I can stand
I want to remember what you told me
And ask how it turned out
I want you to know you matter
Not only when you cry out
I will listen
I will stay
I will learn your joys
And help you through the pain
Put the screen down, look at someone near
Ask about their life
And stay long enough to hear
Interest is love paying inattention
Let it begin with us
MmmContentment had a name
When enough was still enough
At tables and in classroom halls
We thank the Lord for love
But every shining window now
Says we should have more
So crowded hands and hungry hearts
Feel poorer than before
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Daily bread and grateful eyes
Make the empty rich and free
The eye is never satisfied
The feet will never rest, it turns a gift into a lack
It makes a curse look blessed
But godliness with quiet joy
Is treasure without rust
Teach my wanting heart again
To worship, wait and trust
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Daily bread and grateful eyes
Make the empty rich and free
The world says more will heal the ache
Christ says come and rest
What can glitter give the soul
When God has given best?
Christ is enough for me
Christ is enough for me
Daily bread and grateful eyes
Make the empty rich and free
Not my wanting, not my pride
Christ be treasure deep inside
Oh, oh, oh, ohHonor had a name, at home and in the school
Children learn to bow the heart
Before they learn to rule
Father, mother, silver hair
Were not pushed aside
God had spoken, we were taught
To hear before our pride
Now the word is wearing thin
Changed by noise and dressed as sin
Honor, come home again
Teach our proud hearts how to bend
Long life walks where honor stays
Lord, restore the ancient ways
Now respect is called a change
Correction sounds like hate
Children lose the ancient path
When no one guards the gate
Rise before the aged head
That is what the scripture said
Honor, honor, come home again
Teach our proud hearts how to bend
Long life walks where honor stays
Lord, restore the ancient ways
The Bible did not whisper this
It wrote it on the door
Mock the ones who came before
And wisdom speaks no more
Honor, honor, come home again
Teach our proud hearts how to bend
Long life walks where honor stays
Lord, restore the ancient way
Honor the father, honor the mother
Honor the old ones, honor the Lord
Give us honor, give us grace
For your image in each faceI remember when repentance
Lived among the ones I knew
I heard humble hearts admitting, Lord, I was wrong before you
In our homes and in our churches, turning back was not a shame
Truth was met with grace and mercy, and forgiveness followed pain
Their repentant hearts kept teaching mine
But that virtue slowly faded
We explained and carried on
And as fewer hearts were turning
I learned to hide when I was wrong
Now I build a case around myself
And guard what you have asked me to change
I name the pressure
I name everyone but me
Enough is enough, this ends here Repentance hurts
Because the excuse must die But I would rather lose my pride
Then keep this distance from you
Isaiah says my sins have made a separation
Between me and my God
But John says if I confess my sins
sins. You are faithful and just. You forgive me and cleanse me from unrighteousness. And David
says a broken heart, a heart that turns to you, you will not despise. Teach me to repent
again to lay my pride aside to confess without explaining and bring my wrong
into the light to receive correction and remain near to you not for one
emotional night, but every day I live. I choose a life of repentance before the Lord who
sees me. David wrote when he stopped hiding, and finally confessed. You lifted all the
guilt he carried, and brought him near again. I said, I will confess.
My transgressions to the Lord, and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Temperance
Temperance had a name
When hunger heard the word no
Children learn to wait and pray
Before the screams could glow
But now the hand is always full
And still the heart is low
The shiny little screams
That came to help our lives
Now keep our cravings near
And feed our restless eyes
Not everyone is at liberty
Some pleasures chain the free
You rule my heart, oh Lord
Teach my soul to say no
Fruit of the Spirit, govern me
Don't let the flesh rule
Fathers scroll in silent rooms
Mothers drift away
Children learn by watching us
How not to kneel and pray
A city with no wall will fall
A soul without restraint loses all
Through my heart, oh Lord
Teach my soul to say no
Fruit of the Spirit, govern me
Don't let the flesh rule
The world says, take it now
Christ says, deny yourself and live
If every craving owns the throne
What room is left to give?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Rule my heart, oh Lord
Teach my soul to say no
Fruit of the Spirit, govern me
Don't let the flesh rule
Not my hunger, not my will
Christ be Lord and make me still
YouCompassion used to stop us
Before the tears were dry
We learned to move towards sorrow
Not quarrel and pass it by
But something tender left us somewhere along the way
We like to speak of caring, but not to stop and stay
Look again
Someone is carrying sorrow
Come closer
To not leave love for tomorrow
We send a word of comfort
Then return to our own lives
We say that we are praying
While the lonely waits beside us
Christ did not love from a distance
He touched the ones cast aside
Mercy sat beside the wounded
And refused to pass them by
Look again
Someone is carrying sorrow
Come closer
to not leave love for tomorrow.
Compassion is a forgotten virtue
But it is not beyond return
We can still choose to notice
We can still carry the burden
Let it begin with us
Open our eyes
Help us cross the room
Help us carry the weak
And make your mercy visible
Love must come closer
Love must remain
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Fidelity once meant a promise carried through, yes remained, yes.
When feelings were not new
Love was more than fire
More than what we felt
Covenant meant staying
When leaving served ourselves
Stay with the vow
When the feeling fades
Love keeps its word
Through ordinary days
Stay with the one God joined to you
Fidelity is love
Still choosing to be true
We call and skip freedom, and restlessness brave
But scripture still tells us, let your yes remain
The faithful may suffer, yet still keep their word
What God has joined together, let no one tear apart
Stay with the vow, when the feeling fades
Love keeps its word, through ordinary days
Stay with the one God joined to you
Fidelity is love
Still choosing to be true
When the heart is tired
When the road is plain
Lord, teach us covenant
Teach us to remain
We've kept your word to save us
You did not turn away
Teach us to love with faithfulness
And choose it every day
Stay with the vow
When the feeling fades
Love keeps its word
Through ordinary days
Stay with the one God
Joined to you
Fidelity is love
Still choosing to be true
Teach us to stay
Teach us to stay faithful and trueTenderness is leaving, one sharp word at a time
We call the coldness honesty and cruelty a stronger mind
We learn to speak in weapons and laugh when someone bleeds
Then wonder why the gentle heart has nowhere left to breathe
Be gentle, someone is already breaking
Speak softly, someone is carrying pain
Sarcasm passes for wisdom
And anger passes for strength
We wound the ones beside us
Then call the damaged fate
Christ did not crush the bruised reed
Or turn the weak away
He held the child, restored the fallen
And gave the ashamed a name
Strength does not need to wound
Truth does not need to sneer
Love can lower its furnace and choose to draw near
Lower the weapon, soften the word
Notice the bruised, let mercy be heard
Tenderness is not weakness or fear dressed as love
It is strength made gentle
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Reverends had a name, at home and in the school. Children learn that God is near, and man was not the rule.
Now we laugh at holy things
And call the fear of God old
Then we wonder why our hearts
Feel careless, loud and cold
The fear of God makes wisdom rise and opens blind and foolish eyes.
Holy fear, return to me
Bend my heart and let me see
God is not a passing sound
Take my shoes off holy ground
When the word is redefined
Ooh, all becomes a thing we lose
Ooh, every throne becomes our own
And every path we choose
Teach our children, teach us too
God is holy, God is true
Holy Spirit, turn to me
Bend my heart and let me see
God is not a passing sound
Take my shoes off holy ground
The Bible did not hide this truth
The wise begin with fear Mercy calls the proud man down
And draws the humble near
Holy Spirit, return to me
Holy fear, return to me
Bend my heart and let me see
Bend my heart and let me see
God is not a passing sound
Dancing sound
Take my shoes off
Holy ground
Holy God
Holy God
Humble me
Holy ground, let me see
HolyI want it now
I don't want to waste
One more game, one more song
One more hour awake
The screen keeps calling
And I keep giving in
Little by little
I forget how to say no
Not today
No, I will not be mastered
No, I don't have to obey
Jesus, you are better
Better than what I want right now
I choose you
Friends and family with me
But eyes are somewhere else
Your word is waiting
But I keep choosing myself
I say just one more minute
Then another hour is gone
Lord, teach my heart to stop
Paul said
I will not be mastered
Your spirit gives self-control
Strength to turn away
Strength to close the screen
Strength to wait and pray
To choose what is better
Again and again
No, I will not be mastered
No, I do not have to obey
Jesus, you are better
Better than what I want right now
I choose you
Tonight I put the screen away
Tonight I let the silence stay
Tonight I open up your word
Tonight I listen and obey
Self-control can grow again
Let it start in us
Teach us to wait
Teach us to say no
Teach us to choose you
More and moreInformation replaced intimacy
We know news but not heart
We see people every day still remain
So far apart
Names and pictures
Posts and plans
We know profile's not the person
So much known, so little shared
So much seen, no one there
Come closer, stay longer
Let someone truly know
Information tells us something
But love comes closer
We send words, we tap hearts
We answer fast, then move on
We know what happened, not what hurts
Love needs time, love needs presence
The Word became flesh and lived among us. God came near. Jesus sat at tables. He heard pain. He wept with friends. He called each name.
Truth became presence
Love came close
Close enough
To touch
I will stop
I will listen
I will stay
I will ask
No quick answer
No escape
Tell me truth
I will wait
Come closer
Stay longer
Let someone truly know
Information tells us something
But love
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YouWe open up our homes, but guard our lives
We fill the room with laughter, but keep the heart inside
Food is on the table, we talk about the news
We keep the evening easy and hide what we are walking through
Shared life, shared prayer, shared burdens
Shared songs
This is fellowship, this is where we belong
We do not only meet in Christ, in Christ our lives are shared
We sing beside each other
On Sunday morning
Then the guitar stays silent
And every voice goes home
We promise we will pray
Then carry burdens alone
We still call it fellowship, but often stop at friendship
Shed life, shed prayer, shed burdens, shed songs
This is fellowship
This is where we belong
We do not only meet in Christ
In Christ our lives are shared
Acts 2.42 says they devoted themselves to teaching and fellowship, to breaking bread and prayer.
They shared their days
They carried every need
They lived their faith together
Lord, bring that life to us
Shared life
Shared prayer
Shared burdens
Shared songs
This is fellowship
This is where we belong
We do not only meet in Christ
In Christ our lives are shared
Open more than our homes
Lord, open our lives
Open more than our homes
Lord, open our livesYou were taught to answer soft
To give the other way
Now the loud man takes the room
And calls you weak all day
Not weak hands
Not timid eyes
Meekness is strength made wise
On the road they cut you off
At work they push ahead
Grace looks foolish to the proud
Till every word is said
Not weak hands, not timid eyes
Meekness is strength made wise
Blessed are the meek ones, they will inherit the earth.
Power under the hand of God is strength of holy worth.
Jesus had all heaven's right
Yet he bowed beneath the rod
Not because his strength was small
But because he trusted God
Teach our children, teach us this
Strength can kneel and still resist
Blessed are the meek ones, they will inherit the earth
Power under the hand of God
His strength of holy worth
The world says, take it, prove your name
Christ says, lay your weapons down
The meek do not lose the kingdom
They receive it as their crown
Blessed are the meek ones
Blessed are the meek ones
Blessed are the meek ones
Blessed are the meek ones
They will inherit the earth
Power under the hand of God
Is strength of holy worth
Meekness is strength under the Lord
Meekness is strength, trusting his word.
Make us meek and make us strong in the kingdom of your Son.
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