Sunday, August 24, 2008

Above The Golden State - Loud And Clear

When I first started listening I enjoyed the song, but thought “this narrator is in for a real shock when he finds the one he’s singing to is as human as he is.” As it started off I thought it was another brilliant sounding love song to a cutey from his high school. The instrumentation is shny pop, cleanly played and radio-ready. As I listened again and again I realized the narrator is reaching higher, and singing praise to his creator. Very cool.


I’m not afraid to hear the silence
I’m not afraid when I’m alone
I’ve seen a symphony of sunsets
I wanna know You as I’m known
I can hear You loud and clear

You’re the song inside my head
The melody I can’t forget
Louder than the world I’m in
You’re the song I’ve always heard
The instrument of grace throughout the universe
Louder than the world I’m in

I’m not afraid to look in darkness
I’m not afraid to lose control
I love how You orchestrate the sunrise from the starlight
Give me a song to call my own
I can hear You

Shoutouts for Scared (“here I come to where You are”), and One Thirty Nine (“I’m gonna sing it out from my soul - only You understand me”). A special note for the organ-backed choral recital of Chapter 13, from 1st Corinthians. Above The Golden State