In the mid nineties, I had a little red Buick and a big ol’ bass box in the trunk, and would listen to “Christian Rock”, cranked to 11.
(What did you say? Huh? Can you say that again, I didn’t hear you….)
I have gotten away from that genre for many reasons, the least of which may be a loss of hearing, but some songs have stuck with me over the decades.
The artist’s I listened to sought to reflect Scriptural teaching for the most part. They ranged from “preaching” pop culture religion to significant theological teaching. As I listened to the lyrics, I found some to be quite challenging.
To be honest, I listened because I could justify the rock beat with “sanctified lyrics”.
Occassionaly I will post a song, supply the lyrics and make a comment or two. If you decide to listen to the tune, turn the speaker down unless you are already deaf. Some of the songs tend to have a certain “volume” about them!
This post will consider the song
Lift Him Up – by X-Sinner
That last song (Execution – By Grammatrain) was pretty heavy, not only in the tune, but in the message. This one, not so much.
I’m not gonna pull no punches with you, my friend. I listened to these guys simply cause I wanted to hear some plain ol’ AC/DC. Theologically, I think these guys were comparable to modern praise worship song leaders, with repitition being used to enforce a message.
Good fun stuff, but I didn’t come away from this stuff thinking deeper of the faith or challenged in holy living. I don’t think that was their intent! They were having fun and it was infectious! BTW this one has a bit of volume!
Take a listen!
Lift Him Up – by X-Sinner
Got me running away from you
Not knowing what I should do
All my thoughts are so blown apart
What I need is a brand new start,
You gotta dig down inside you,
Can you dig down inside?
Oh, lift him up
Lift him up,
It’s what you gotta do
Lift him up
Lift him up.
Walking home through the park today
Had a friend who was blown away
Some bible-slinger with guts to spare
A testimony that he could share
You gotta dig down inside
You gotta dig down inside you,
Down inside.
Lift him up
Lift him up
It’s what you gotta do
Lift him up
Lift him up
It’s what you gotta do.
Standing back from the crowd
Is fine if you don’t wanna waste my time,
All alone in a loner’s world
Ten million more feel the same old way,
You gotta dig down inside,
You gotta dig down inside you.
Oh, lift him up
Lift him up
It’s what you gotta do
Lift him up
Lift him up
Yeah, it’s what you gotta do,
Lift him up
Lift him up (n-n-n-yeah)
Lift him up
It’s what you gotta do
Lift him up
Oh, oh.
Let me know what you think of the lyrics, and of the tunes!
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