Lyrics that pack a punch (songs with hard hitting messages)

[turtletwo]

3 hours ago, JustPassingThru said:

the Holy Spirit would come in such force

Praise God!!

3 hours ago, JustPassingThru said:

and there was so much Love, so much Love that Terry had to stop it because we felt like we would die from being Loved so much.

@JustPassingThru How awesome our God is!!

Nothing even comes close to the presence of the Lord.

Thank you for sharing your experience so beautifully. 

[turtletwo]

On The Fritz Lyrics

Steve Taylor

 

He wished to right the wrongs 
He sang religious songs 

He kept the private he 

Under a lock and key

 
Heat keeps rising in an age of passion 
Shakes a conscience to the core
Stopgap, hand-slap, take a tongue-lashing
My poor soul can't take any more 

On the fritz
On the fritz
There he sits
On the fritz 

He kept his ego there
It was a sad affair (on the fritz)
The inner circle knows
And so the story goes (on the fritz)

Airborne rumors chip away the image
But you knew the stakes were high
First they get you thinking you're a prophet
Now they've got you living a lie 

On the fritz
On the fritz
There he sits
On the fritz 

So the crowds grew, and their praise did too
And a mailing list sent you money
So they love Jerry Lewis in France
Does that make him funny?
It's too late for apologies when trust has been betrayed
Now victims of your double life are naming names 

He kept his ego there
It was a sad affair (on the fritz)
The public's had enough
They've come to call your bluff (on the fritz)

Small talk breeds where kingdoms come crashing
Rumor conquers where it wills
No one hears you, go ahead and cash in
If you don't die to yourself...
Pride kills!

 

 

 

[rontiger]

 One of the biggest music bands in the world is the (Protestant evangelical)Christian band U2. Irishman Bono(Paul Hewson), U2's singer, said in 2005 that the band's 2nd album,October, was about God. Many of their lyrics even on their other albums refer to Christ such as:"one man He come to justify/one man betrayed with a kiss." U2 belonged to the Protestant evangelical Shalom Fellowship. church. The pastor of this church, Chris Row, married Bono and his wife Alison, in California. They have 4 kids named Eve Memphis,Elijah, John Abraham, and Jordan. 3 of the 4 members of U2 are confessing Christians(the bassist is not.) U2's Welsh -Irish guitar player "The Edge " is married to a Jewish woman;please pray she will receive Christ.   Please also pray my Jewish sister-in-law, Rebecca , will receive Christ Jesus. Thank you!

This past 2019 Easter Sunday, the evangelical Zion Church of Batticaloa in Sri Lanka ,was attacked by a terrorist and 31 people were killed, including half the Sunday school(250 Christians were martyred on that day in Sri Lanka.) ChristianityToday reported that the Sunday school kids had just taken an oath to die for Jesus just some minutes before the attack. Some atheists around the globe came to Christ because they heard about the Christian martyrdom in Batticaloa ,including Mr. Uhtredson(UK) who gave written testimony . Please pray for the Zion Church ;and Zion member 6 year old orphan Debbie to regain her eyesight, and for the other Zion orphans. Thank you!

U2 for their 3rd album"War" wrote a song called "Sunday, Bloody Sunday". They also released a harder version on their live album "Under a Blood Red Sky "(referring to biblical Joel's and Revelation 6:12's blood red moon.) The 2nd version of this song is -ironically - melodically and harmonically more beautiful. It is one of the most famous songs in Western pop culture. It might be one the most beautiful songs ever written by humankind - a big maybe.

However Sunday, Bloody Sunday is -arguably- the most powerful song in Western culture over the past generation.

And JESUS is mentioned in it. And God's promise from Revelation :"wipe the tears away from your eyes ." U2's Bono said this song is about Christ's Easter Sunday being contrasted with the deaths in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Bono leads into Sunday, Bloody Sunday(2nd live version) with the words:"This song is not a rebel song ,this song is Sunday, Bloody Sunday..."

{there are 2 totally different versions :a Soft hymnal "War" Album version and the harder, more melodic, live album "Under a Blood Red Sky" version}

Sunday Bloody Sunday(U2)

Hymnnnmm Hymnnnmm    ohhh ohhh  ohhhh ohhhh ohh
I can't believe the news today
I can't close my eyes and make it go away

How long, how long must we sing this song
How long, how long
Tonight we can be as one, tonight

Broken bottles under children's feet
Bodies strewn across a dead end street
But I won't heed the battle call
It puts my back up
Puts my back up against the wall

Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday

And the battle's just begun
There's many lost, but tell me who has won
Trenches dug within our hearts
And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart

Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday

How long, how long must we sing this song
How long, how long
'Cause tonight we can be as one
Tonight, tonight
Sunday bloody Sunday
Tonight tonight
Sunday bloody Sunday
Tonight tonight

Wipe the tears from your eyes
Wipe your tears away
I wipe your tears away
I wipe your tears away
Sunday bloody Sunday
Wipe your blood shot eyes

Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday

And it's true we are immune
When fact is fiction and T.V. reality
Sunday bloody Sunday
And today the millions cry
Sunday bloody Sunday
We eat and drink while tomorrow they die
Sunday bloody Sunday
The real battle just begun
Sunday bloody Sunday
To claim the victory Jesus won
On a Sunday bloody Sunday
Sunday bloody Sunday