
dafduc
New member
This is over in the mp3 clinic too, but I'd love to get some feedback on the lyrics. I wrote this a little while after the September 11th tragedy. It draws from Luke 19 and Psalm 40. We sang it a few times at my church before I stepped down as music director last year.
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Even the Rocks Would Cry Out
Verse 1:
Lord, while I live, I will not be silent,
I will always sing your praise;
And when you call me to come home to you,
There will be more who’ll take my place.
But even if our hearts and minds were turned,
Still the truth will stay unchanged:
That you are King of all creation,
And forever you will reign.
Refrain:
Even the rocks would cry out,
Even these stones would name you Lord!
If every voice were stilled,
If every tongue were silent,
Even the rocks would cry out
That Jesus Christ is Lord!
Verse 2:
There are powers and principalities
Who would have no part of you;
They rule the marketplaces, the governments,
They touch the smallest things we do.
And we’ve look toward them, and away from love,
toward the lure of easy gain,
But if all our heads are so easily turned,
Who'll be left to raise the joyous strain?
Refrain
Verse 3:
We've seen our towers turned to rubble,
Seen our dreams of peace deferred;
But when the hills are dust, and mountains crumble,
A song will rise up out of the earth:
Refrain
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Here's a link to the mp3 clinic thread:
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=87538
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Even the Rocks Would Cry Out
Verse 1:
Lord, while I live, I will not be silent,
I will always sing your praise;
And when you call me to come home to you,
There will be more who’ll take my place.
But even if our hearts and minds were turned,
Still the truth will stay unchanged:
That you are King of all creation,
And forever you will reign.
Refrain:
Even the rocks would cry out,
Even these stones would name you Lord!
If every voice were stilled,
If every tongue were silent,
Even the rocks would cry out
That Jesus Christ is Lord!
Verse 2:
There are powers and principalities
Who would have no part of you;
They rule the marketplaces, the governments,
They touch the smallest things we do.
And we’ve look toward them, and away from love,
toward the lure of easy gain,
But if all our heads are so easily turned,
Who'll be left to raise the joyous strain?
Refrain
Verse 3:
We've seen our towers turned to rubble,
Seen our dreams of peace deferred;
But when the hills are dust, and mountains crumble,
A song will rise up out of the earth:
Refrain
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Here's a link to the mp3 clinic thread:
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=87538