After long awaiting the release of David Crowder Band's new album its been on my iPod for a few weeks now.
I was slightly disappointed to see it was only 10 tracks. After Illuminate and A Collision I had hoped for the many interludes, reprises, and randomness that I enjoyed previously. I was also disappointed to find a number of repeats (even "Everything Glorious" was already released as the title track on the Passion CD for 2007).
I was a bit hesitant about my purchase at first . . . but I found that the tracks "Remedy" and "Surely We Can Change" are well worth the cost of the whole album (and since I am not yet quite use to only purchasing a few tracks with the whole digital music phenomenon, I still do buy the entire album of artists I like).
I love the comparison of the lyrics to "Surely We Can Change" and the Prayer of St. Francis . . .
First St. Francis:
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.
Then "Surely We Can Change":
And the problem is this
We were bought with a kiss
But the cheek still turned
Even when it wasn’t hit
And I don’t know
What to do with a love like that
And I don’t know
How to be a love like that
When all the love in the world
Is right here among us
And hatred too
And so we must choose
What our hands will do
Where there is pain
Let there be grace
Where there is suffering
Bring serenity
For those afraid
Help them be brave
Where there is misery
Bring expectancy
And surely we can change
Surely we can change
Something
And the problem it seems
Is with you and me
Not the Love who came
To repair everything
Where there is pain
Let us bring grace
Where there is suffering
Bring serenity
For those afraid
Let us be brave
Where there is misery
Let us bring them relief
And surely we can change
Surely we can change
Oh surely we can change
Something
Oh, the world’s about to change
The whole world’s about to change
I am partial to Francis, but that's just because he's older. Old guys rule, or so I have heard. But I love the modernized sense of Crowder's lyrics and the music that accompanies this haunting prayer . . . "and hatred too."
