music
I am a lover of music.
bass, melody, rhythm, harmony, chorus, song
Music is my “thin space;” that place where God feels so impossibly close and so real that I am momentarily made completely whole.
For me, music is joy and grief and healing and God, all set to the very rhythm that my heart beats to.
Because I find God in music, I can be healed by a hymn when my heart aches.
I can waltz to the whispered words and melody of marriage. I can rock out to redemption. I can dare to dance as David did.
And I can chorus with community- all of us lifting our voices in a sweet symphony that carries to the heavens.
Music is where I am touched the most and healed the most.
Music is where I am free the most and me the most. It is where I am who I want to be.
I want to live a life so full of song that it makes me dance.
Oh, to capture that feeling forever and live permanently in a lyric, a bridge, a melody;
to always have a heart is so full and so healed that I can feel the angels dancing inside me.
I am a lover of music.
here are my favorite musicians and lyrics…
Yes, I know this is a Christian site. But many different types of music speak to me for a million different reasons and you already know where to find the hymns. Besides, I like to find the spiritual element in everything (and it is nearly always there somewhere). So this will be a more random collection of sorts, with each song somehow playing one chord on the soundtrack of my journey. God’s word and love is in each and every one of these songs; think of it as a spiritual lyrical treasure hunt. ♥
I will change these out from time to time and please note that I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY OF THIS MUSIC!
click the links to hear/see the songs
Mumford & Sons
I am officially stalking these guys! Best writing I have heard in years and years and years and years. Lyrics lean to the spiritual side and will take you all the way home if you let them. Plus I am digging their Irish-jig-meets-mosh-pit sound. It’s a jam session and worship experience all at once.
i will wait video (click here)
And I’ll kneel down -Wait for now -I’ll kneel down -Know my ground
Raise my hands – Paint my spirit gold – And bow my head – Keep my heart slow
‘Cause I will wait, I will wait for you – And I will wait, I will wait for you
after the storm video (click here)
And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears
Get over your hill and see what you find there
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair
hopeless wanderer video (click here)
But hold me fast. Hold me fast ‘Cause I’m a hopeless wanderer
And hold me fast. Hold me fast ‘Cause I’m a hopeless wanderer
I will learn. I will learn to love the skies I’m under
I will learn. I will learn to love the skies I’m under, the skies I’m under
Willie Nelson
Willie is and always will be my favorite songwriter and my hero. is he really the best songwriter of all time? maybe not. but then again, maybe he is. because every time I hear that very first trigger-picked chord, my heart is in its happy place. no other singer/songwriter has brought me more peace and comfort over the years. and no voice heals me or settles my soul like Willie’s. And let’s be honest, it would take an entire website to load all the songs and lyrics of his that I love, so just go buy every album he ever made (i recommend vinyl) and especially anything gospel.
Willie is always, always, always playing on the jukebox in my head. Here’s is what is stuck on repeat for me right now.
If you would not have fallen, I would not have found you, Angel flying too close to the ground.and
And I’d have to be weird to grow me a beard just to see what the rednecks would do But I’d have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind, to fall out of love with you
randomness
here is a collection of random lyrics and songs I love
I will change these out from time to time too. You’ll notice I tend to get stuck on an artist for awhile then move on. I’m the fickle sort.
click the links to hear/see the songs
We’re like good times that haven’t happened yet but will.
Baby’s gonna change her life, she’s made up her mind
She’s leaving her girls behind and her lovers unkind
Crazy Mary, look back and you’re done
Just hold on and run. You’re on your way home
Ain’t nothin’ gonna break you down Mary. I’m on your side
Nobody can touch you now Mary, though troubles won’t pass you by…
Beautiful, Big Head Todd & The Monsters
These are the days by the sparkling river
His timely grace and our treasured find
This is the love of the one great magician
Turned water into wine
These are the Days, Van Morrison
What’s so funny is nobody’s laughing at this change of heart you’re having
What’s so funny is I’m filled up with thunder. And I can’t seem to get out from under all these stones that you’ve tied to my chest
Changing Your Mind, Bob Schneider
Though she refused to hear me, may I telepathically remind her
that I long for her as the sailors for the sea
Or the tall trees for the morning sun
I wanna be your only one
Beautiful, Big Head Todd & The Monsters
I’m just an old chunk of coal. But I’m gonna be a diamond someday…
It took a long long time to get here
It took a brave, brave girl to try
It took one too many excuses, one too many lies
Don’t be surprised, don’t be surprised
There’s a chapel in Minneapolis that holds the bones of a dead saint in it
and the stained glass glows from the ceiling there
it reminds me of the feeling where
i first looked into your eyes and saw the most beautiful birds fly
straight into the sun with their wings on fire and the deed was done
Changing Your Mind, Bob Schneider
Said, “I’m older now” I work in the city we live together
But it’s different than my dream
Morning light fills the room. I rise, and she pretends she’s sleeping
Are we everything we wanted?
Bittersweet, Big Head Todd & The Monsters
Whatever it takes to fulfill his mission, that is the way we must go
But you’ve got to do it your own way; Tear down the old, bring up the new
And up on the hillside its quiet where the shepherd is tending his sheep
And over the mountains and the valleys, the countryside is so green
Standing on the highest hill with a sense of wonder, you can see everything is made in God
Head back down the roadside and give thanks for it all
When will I ever learn to live in God? When will I ever learn?
He gives me everything I need and more
When will I ever learn?
When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God, Van Morrison
…it’s been so long since she didn’t feel bad, not spending all the time making people feel sad.
No more now, she’s made up her mind. Put on that old dress and get herself looking real fine
All up in the club drinking Hennessey, Oh my what a mess I must confess that
All right, let your hair down – Let your heart pound -Let the light in, let the light in
Let the light in let the light in – Let the light in let the light in
Let the light in again
Let the Light In, Bob Schneider
Rolling River God
Little stones are smooth only once the water passes through
So I am a stone, rough and grainy still
Trying to reconcile this river’s chill
But when I close my eyes and feel you rushing by
I know that time brings change and change takes time
And when the sunset comes my prayer would be just one
that you might pick me up and notice that I am just a little smoother in your hand
There is a universe that can’t be seen
It’s just a feeling if you know what I mean
A delectable dimension undetectable by sight
It’ll fill up your heart in the dead of the night…
The world exploded into love all around me
The world exploded into love all around me
And everytime I take a look around me
I have to smile
The World Exploded Into Love, Bob Schneider
Guess I could have made it easier on myself
But I, I could never follow. No I, I could never follow
Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found
Taking the long way, Taking the long way around
Taking the long way, Taking the long way around
Taking the Long Way Around, The Dixie Chicks
Gravity is working against me
And gravity wants to bring me down…
…Oh gravity, stay the hell away from me
And gravity has taken better men than me
Now how can that be?
Just keep me where the light is
inspire
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