For you.
Remember that time when your favorite church band
came out with an album and you said to your friend,
“did you hear about blah blah and their awesome new record?”
you try herding your friends, like a musical shepherd
to the store, where they’ll join you in this grand escapade,
but some say, “that’s lame, let’s hit the arcade.”
(if you don’t know what an arcade is, you’re too young for the internet.)
So you and a few of your cool-friends-like-you’s
pile into the car and the chatter ensues.
“We HAVE to go now to that magical store.
All-The-Christian-Things sells cd’s galore.”
“I can’t wait to hear it!” says one of your frannz
“they’re so creative and different from all other bands.”
You get to the store and you purchase it quickly,
you’re now the proud owner of a fresh-shrink-wrapped copy
of blah blah’s new album.
Rush back to the car! Eject that old disc!
Cast to the backseat, time for musical bliss!
You press ‘load’ on the dash to turn on the device,
“Blah blah’s new album slips in there so nice!”
The first time you listen to the album’s entirety
is awesome and magical, musical propriety.
The second time is better, and the third it’s ok
by the fourth listen through, some songs sounds lame.
By the fifth and sixth time you know all the words
and now it’s old news, kicked to the curb.
Why did I get this, it sounds just the same
as blah blah’s six albums that normally came
out with good artwork and HDvd’s
so you can see that cute worship leader sing on his knees.
Christian music is extremely disposable
but something within it makes it unnoticeable.
The songs sound the same, but we still need our fills,
DOESN’T ANYONE NOTICE THIS
I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY-PILLS!
I’m a lot like this, and I always will be,
but awareness of this is something I need.
Music is just a tiny example,
that portrays how I lust for what doesn’t give ample
fulfillment in all that I see, do and feel
It’s like I’m a old wooden water-wheel
but the kind that has junk flowing underneath me;
it clogs up my cogs and I lack productivity.
I don’t bring this up so’s to bash Christian music,
but simply to ask “is there really any weight to it?”
Let’s open up hearts and have ears that actually hear,
so when blah blah comes out with an album next year,
we’re still in love with the message they had
on the albums before that spoke of a Dad
who’s in love with His kids and sent one of His own
to die, resurrect, and be sat on a throne.
For you.
