Via de inmiddels welbekende podcast BadChristian maakte ik kennis met singer-songwriter Tyson Motsenbocker (zie onderaan). De naam op zich trok al mijn aandacht. De muziek is rustig en hij schrijft op het album 'Letters to Lost Loves' over het verlies van zijn moeder en zijn wandeling van 600 mijl ter ere van haar.
Weet je nog? Die podcast over verlies van twee weken terug? In september komt het nieuwe album uit van Touché Amoré waarvan ik eerder dit nummer deelde. Het album heet 'Stage Four'. Zware kost wederom, hier op geloofsvoer. Vandaag het nummer 'In Your Name' dat gaat over de rechtvaardiging van 'dingen' die wij mensen doen, in God's naam. Maar Hij genas haar niet.
So when my mother’s doctor calls again with more bad news
It’s an honest heart’s reaction - who, my God, have you been listening to?
Lyrics
You were loudly living On your final ninety pounds Crosslegged on the south porch With a bible in your hand And when I prayed for healing My father’s words rang through the door Son I don’t think Jesus is in business Of healing anymore
Well maybe he is occupied with other people’s wars
Or he’s organized militia to fight the war on Christmas
or maybe he’s protecting our children from the gays
Who have promised to destroy this utopia we’ve made
In your name
In your name
In your name
The early fathers writing
To build a younger church up tall
Saying faith without the action isn’t anything at all
I know perspective isn’t static
Between what I see and what you do
But if you choose to stand by idly, then what does that make you?
Well I hear that you’ve been speaking through the man on the tv
And you’ve helped the Dallas Mavericks with their field goal percentage
So when my mother’s doctor calls again with more bad news
It’s an honest heart’s reaction - who, my God, have you been listening to?
In your name
In your name
In your name
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