Another song in the same vein, viewing "changed" as "redeemed".
"People Get Ready" is a great song, but not the one prompting Redeemed.
Hint: Know any songs by the Beatles?
Mining Secular Music for Biblical Nuggets
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Another song in the same vein, viewing "changed" as "redeemed".
"People Get Ready" is a great song, but not the one prompting Redeemed.
Hint: Know any songs by the Beatles?
The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair, now,
And wondering what dress to wear, now,
I say a little prayer for you
- as sung by Aretha Franklin
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair, now,
And wondering what dress to wear, now,
I say a little prayer for you
- as sung by Aretha Franklin
Although Lisa Gerrard and I would disagree what the spiritual gift of tongues/languages is, she certainly uses hers beautifully.Dead can Dance is an Australian dark wave group consisting of two singers, who alternate on songs, Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry. both have been very tight lipped about their beliefs, but Brendan seems to lean towards some sort of polytheistic new-age spiritualism, while Lisa was raised a charismatic Christian and has never said anything publicly counter to those roots. in fact, a defining characteriatic of her singing ((not featured in this song)) is that she sings in a seemingly made-up language, using her voice peculiarly as an instrument rather than a narrator - - which has drawn speculative parallels to speaking in tongues for her entire career, something she doesn't care to comment about exhaustively, save that it is her own language, expressing her deepest emotions.
Saloman hung down her head
Laid bare her heart for the world to see.
She craved for intimacy.
Through darkened doors her aspect veiled with indecision, gazed out sea.
She craved lucidity.
Cast adrift from past relationships in her life,
Hoisted up the ideal. This was her saving grace.
Seas of rage that once assailed her concern for the truth
Had passed her by and left her high and dry in her saviours arms.
Across the sea lies the fountain of renewal,
Where you will find the whole cause of your loneliness
Can be measured in dreams that transcend all these lies
And I wish and I pray that there may come a day for a saviours arms.
Nevertheless, the songwriting between the two of them does have at least a cultural Christian influence from Lisa's input. we see that in this beautiful song, from their early material, which, as i understand it, describes a woman ((named with a derivative of Solomoy, denoting the wisdom of her ways)) having reached a point of melancholy from disappointment in love, stemming from internal knowledge of an ideal love ((1 Cor. 13)), having lifted Him up ((the Son of Man must be lifted up)) as The Ideal - - which she was not able to find among men.
this disillusionment brought her to a state in which her only solace is in her Saviour ((guess Who)) - - Who alone is an ideal love -- because of her persistent pursuit of Truth ((guess Who)).
the narrator/singer describes this human condition with hope, speaking of a fountain that exists, across the sea ((a metaphor of dying)), which of es renewal ((a metaphor of the resurrection)) in the arms of her Savior - - Who is The Truth, and Who is perfect Love, and Who erases loneliness, and longing for Whom, is the ultimate cause of loneliness:
tthat we know Him, in our heart, that we don't find Him on earth, that we miss Him, and that we come to Him.
i also wish, and i also pray, that there hasten the day for the Saviors arms
My favorite is her famous theme in Gladiator, Now We Are Free.
Nope. I am somewhat surprised that no one perceived the lyrics of "Redeemed" were prompted by "Hey Jude",
because they parallel them rather closely.
IOW, not only was the singer of Redeemed redeemed but also Redeemed redeemed Hey Jude (punny).
Listen again now that you get the gimmick: https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/redeemed
Hey Jude
Don't make me sad
Take a sad song
And make it better...
That was going to be my next lyrics, but I got distracted by Aretha Franklin
So, what do you think about "Redeemed", both lyrically and musically?
Do you think Paul McCartney would appreciate it?
What a wonderful world is akin to another song of mine:
https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/wouldnt-it-be-fine
What do you think about this one, poetically and musically, too?
Wade in the water
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
God is gonna trouble these waters
See that band all dressed in white
God is gonna trouble these waters
It look like a band of the Israelites
God is gonna trouble these waters
See that band all dressed in red
God is gonna trouble these waters
Look like a band that Moses led
God is gonna trouble these waters
--also sung by Eva Cassidy
If I could have Eva Cassidy sing in church that would be my idea of heaven. I hope she's in heaven now
Wade in the water
Wade in the water, children
God is gonna trouble these waters
See that band all dressed in white
God is gonna trouble these waters
It look like a band of the Israelites
God is gonna trouble these waters
See that band all dressed in red
God is gonna trouble these waters
Look like a band that Moses led
God is gonna trouble these waters
--also sung by Eva Cassidy
If I could have Eva Cassidy sing in church that would be my idea of heaven. I hope she's in heaven now