Thursday, October 25, 2012

so even christian-y songs can irk me slightly..

while i can identify with the singer's lyrics here:
And when I'm weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought

I think of Paul and Silas in the prison yard
I hear their song of freedom rising to the stars
And when the Saints go marching in
I want to be one of them 

i get slightly thoughtful over here:
I see the young missionary and the angry spear
I see his family returning with no trace of fear

I see the long hard shadows of Calcutta nights
I see the sister standing by the dying man's side 

it may be true, but it's too over-used, too stereotyped, seemingly laden with the longstanding superiority & saviour-mentality