Tuesday, January 23, 2007

New Song

It SNOWED on Sunday evening in Mesa, Arizona, while I was driving to church! (Scott, like myself, concluded that the apocalypse was imminent upon observing said precipitation.) Well, I was waiting in line to get on US 60 West when I noticed a number of beautiful things: the snow, the oil spectrum from the wet pavement, the fog from car exhaust, the streetlights (they look cool through foggy windows), the heat waves behind a Hummer, the sunset, the snow clouds...
So I started thinking...What if I had never seen snow, or cars, or streetlights? How would I be able to tell the difference between what is natural and what is man-made?
This song is about weeding out false prophets/waiting for the Glorious Return of Christ. I think I will call it "Artificial". It is a work in progress, so be gentle on my grammar and rhyming and stuff, but the song sounds really cool so far...

Artificial

The sun is setting and the sky is darkened
The road is wet from the snow
but the oil makes it beautiful

Hot and cold are intersecting
My engine breathes into the night
I'd love to stay here but I've got to go

And I am wondering:
How am I supposed to know?

If I've never seen the snow
by what standard can I weigh
the things that I don't know?
Is there any way?
If I've never seen the Lord
how will I know Him when He comes
apart from artifical men?

Oh God, this desert is so melancholy
There's no place for me to go
to escape from my iniquities

And I am wondering:
Where am I supposed to go?

If I've never seen the snow
by what standard can I weigh
the things that I don't know?
Is there any way?
If I've never seen the Lord
how will I know Him when He comes
apart from artifical men?

I so often mistake myself for You

2 comments:

rustypth said...

it has a nice flow to it

Jonathan Roberts said...

I really like it bro. I'd like to hear the melody sometime... ;)

God bless.