So, my birthday is coming up...
I told my wife that for my birthday I wanted to buy two of the Delirious? CDs that I don't have yet. (Obviously. If I had them, why would I buy them again? Brilliant writing by me. And here I am now, lost in this parenthetic, wondering how to get out of it. I don't blame you if you bail on me right now, it's going to get deep in a second. Still here?)
The first one I purchased (iTunes is great) was The Mission Bell. I'm really liking it, but then this song just jumped out and slapped me in the face. I'm going to put this in my Music and Meaning topic, but I'm not going to add anything to the words. Just read them and let it soak in. The music is really good as well. Off you go. Come back later for more. The song is called Our God Reigns.
40 million babies lost to Gods great orphanage,
It’s a modern day genocide and a modern day disgrace
If this is a human right then why aren’t we free?
The only freedom we have is in a man nailed to a tree.
100 million faces, staring at the sky,
Wondering if this HIV will ever pass us by.
The devil stole the rain and hope trickles down the plug,
But still my Chinese take away could pay for someone’s drugs.
Our God reigns, Our God reigns,
Forever your kingdom reigns.
The west has found a gun and it’s loaded with ‘unsure’
Nip and tuck if you have the bucks in a race to find a cure.
Psalm one hundred and thirty nine is the conscience to our selfish crime,
God didn’t screw up when he made you,
He’s a father who loves to parade you.
Yes he reigns, yes you reign, yes you reign,
For there is only one true God,
But we’ve lost the reins on this world,
Forgive us all, forgive us please,
As we fight for this broken world on our knees.