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| Snowboardingmom Registered user Username: Snowboardingmom Post Number: 118 Registered: 11-2005 |
For the past couple of months, I've been sorting through my CD collection. Every once in awhile, I'll feel nostalgic and pop an old favorite CD in. I'm not sure if it's because I see everything differently now, or what...but so MANY songs are becoming more meaningful to me now. Before, they were just "nice" songs, but now I hear the lyrics and think "Wow, this is the perfect song to describe my experience with God!". Yesterday, I came across a song that once again did that for me. This time though, it wasn't a Christian song, classical song, or even a country song. It was a secular Rock band (Lifehouse). I know, *gasp* I've listened to rock. Anyway, as I was looking up the lyrics to this song I was listening to, I read a little about the band. Although Lifehouse is considered a rock band and doesn't consider themselves to be a "Christian band", all the members say they are Christian so there are quite a few songs that reflect that in their lyrics. This must be one of the songs, because listening to it again now as a Christ follower almost made me cry (and a rock song has NEVER had that effect on me). The memory of the intensity, yet freedom, of "hanging by a moment with Him" is well described in these lyrics. I love the part about not knowing what I'm diving into, but continuing to just hang by a moment. It's that "moment", that leap of faith, that changed everything. Hanging By a Moment (by Lifehouse) Desperate for changing Starving for truth I'm closer to where I started Chasing after you I'm falling even more in love with you Letting go of all I've held onto I'm standing here until you make me move I'm hanging by a moment here with you Forgetting all I'm lacking Completely incomplete I'll take your invitation You take all of me Now... I'm falling even more in love with you Letting go of all I've held onto I'm standing here until you make me move I'm hanging by a moment here with you I'm living for the only thing I know I'm running and not quite sure where to go And I don't know what I'm diving into Just hanging by a moment here with you There's nothing else to lose There's nothing else to find There's nothing in the world That can change my mind There is nothing else There is nothing else There is nothing else Desperate for changing Starving for truth I'm closer to where I started Chasing after you.... I'm falling even more in love with you Letting go of all I've held onto I'm standing here until you make me move I'm hanging by a moment here with you I'm living for the only thing I know I'm running and not quite sure where to go And I don't know what I'm diving into Just hanging by a moment here with you Just hanging by a moment (here with you) Hanging by a moment (here with you) Hanging by a moment here with you | ||
| Snowboardingmom Registered user Username: Snowboardingmom Post Number: 119 Registered: 11-2005 |
By the way, here's a fun fact for your trivia data bank -- this was the most-played song on US radio in 2001. It was played on Rock, Pop, and Adult Contemporary stations. | ||
| Riverfonz Registered user Username: Riverfonz Post Number: 1786 Registered: 3-2005 |
Grace, There are a lot of so-called secular rock songs that have very profound lyrics, and have a lot of value. One song that is really pertinent to our experience as formers is the song by the "Who" written by Roger Daltrey I believe and that song is called "We won't get fooled again". There are many other examples of great rock songs that really have a profound message. Another one that comes to mind is a "Rolling Stones" song called "Sympathy for the Devil". This song has been mischaracterized as simply a devil worship song, but the lyrics have a lot of meaning from a historical standpoint. Another group that is not necessarily Christian is Bono and U2. They have a lot of great lyrics as well. Bono does profess to be a believer. Stan | ||
| Leigh Registered user Username: Leigh Post Number: 100 Registered: 2-2003 |
Thanks for those lyrics, Grace. "Desperate for changing Starving for truth... Letting go of all I've held onto... I'm running and not quite sure where to go And I don't know what I'm diving into ..." I can relate! Stan, I read an article a few weeks ago. I can't remember how I heard of it. 50 conservative rock songs. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzZkNDU5MmViNzVjNzkzMDE3NzNlN2MyZjRjYTk4YjE= | ||
| Riverfonz Registered user Username: Riverfonz Post Number: 1787 Registered: 3-2005 |
Yes Leigh, That is the article I saw on a Christian blog. That is the first time I learned a little bit about what the "Stones" song "Sympathy for the Devil" was really about. Also, there were some great notes on other songs as well. Sometimes, even the secular musicians are right about certain things in our culture. Stan |
