Music that taps into the soul

Lately the worship at church transports me to a place that is so much better than this crappy world. And by that I don't mean that they're happy songs. They're REAL songs. And so my soul connects. The song that did that this morning is one I'd never heard before (actually, most of the songs that I love at the Gallery are new to me). The lyrics were so powerful and fresh that I thought I'd share them, in hopes that maybe one of you reading this will identify...


"The Resistance"
Aaron Niequist

All creation waits
bated breath in pain
for redemtion's day

All creation cries
floods and charcoals skies
things are not alright...

With brokenness and broken fists
we beat upon the breast of fallenness.
We hear the call of kingdom come
is one more train we chase to only miss.

But we will never give up on it...

We're part of the resistance;
We're running in a revolution.
We're part of the insistence
that we are more than institution.

We're part the tradition
of spirit-powered evolution.
We're part of the resistance;
We're running in a revolution.

All creation groans
in one voice alone
for them to be shown

All creation cries
floods and charcoal skies
things are not alright...

We're living in a world
built on the walls between the haves and never-wills.
But we're following a King whose ears are bent
to those forgotten and unfilled.

But He will never give up on it...

We're part of the resistance;
We're running in a revolution.
We're part of the insistence
that we are more than insitution.

We're part of the tradition
of spirit-powered evolution.
We're part of the resistance;
We're running in a revolution.

Well we're standing up
and we're kneeling down
and we're digging in
and we're reaching out
and we're loving more
and we're holding less
and we won't back down
from this holy mess.

We're choosing hope
and we're choosing peace
we were chosen by grace
to be flesh and and feet
to the Loving More
and the Holding Rest

And we won't back down...

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www.myspace.com/aaronniequist