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October 24, 2005
Tracks in the Player-Two That Speak Straight to Me, One That Could Start Speaking Anytime the Good Lord Is Willing
I was a big fan of Eden Burning's first CD, Vinegar and Brown Paper, with its jigs and reels and meaningful reflections on human frailty, God's faithfulness, poverty, community. I then got Mirth and Matter, which did not seem to do too much for me. Last year I downloaded a best of CD for a small, voluntarydonation..
...which you should do right now if you like Celtic-inflected, thoughtful, Christian folk-pop. Could I have had any more adjectives. Here is the link.
At any rate the CD languished in my car until the last two weeks, since when it has been in almost constant rotation. The two songs speaking most powerfully to me just now have their lyrics reprinted below. The one I am waiting on the good Lord for is here. Brilliant.
I find these songs both appealing lyrically and musically. The lead singer has a very distinct voice that suits these mellow, reflective songs well.
Let me Lose
(guitar tabs)
-With a little lyrical tweaking, I think that this one could work in worship, but that is something Worship in the City would know more about.
let me lose, 'cos i'm anxious to find.
make me wait a while, i need more time.
let me be yours, cos i want to be mine.
break me down and build me up.
take my drink away and fill my cup.
make me feel full when i don't have enough.
let me find; you hide and i'll seek.
let me be strong and i'll try and be weak.
let me be wise; i'm prepared to look a fool.
most of all, let me know you.
let me win sometimes but show me defeat.
feed me as i go when i've nothing to eat.
i ask for the way to go and you wash my feet.
make me give it up, 'cos i want it all.
help me lose myself and let me fall.
make me feel low, 'cos i want to feel tall.
bring me through the straits to the other side.
help me love you more and take my pride.
carry me through on the ebb of your tide.
he's hearing stories, peculiar stories
and it's making him feel strange.
and he's feeling lonely and tearful and uncertain
and he's half afraid to feel that love again.
but he's hearing stories
and he's hearing laughter, unending laughter
and it's making him feel sad,
and he's feeling cold and indifferent and old now
and he's half afraid to feel that love again.
and he's hearing stories and laughter
and happy ever after
and he knows there's many rooms
in his father's house
but he's spoilt by choice
and he's hearing stories and laughter.
and he's lived for ten years, ten full years
in that freedom house on the hill
and his room feels dark now
and dusty and forgotten
and he's half afraid to feel that love again
but still he's listening, and waiting
and watching from behind the frosted pane
and he's strangely warm now,
and peaceful and contented
and he's devoted if not the same
and he's hearing stories and laughter.
There are many other standout tracks. The last, an arrangement of Harvest Home, is nicely done, but I think a singer with a stronger voice is needed. A good hymn for this time of year and always.
Well, enjoy.
Film, Music, Television, Books | By jackdas | 9:59 PM
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