Lovely Needy People

 

Amazon Music is a wonderful thing. 

 

Every Monday, it provides me with a Discovery Playlist--a compilation of 25 songs that I otherwise would never hear--an introduction into a world of music previously unknown to me. The list changes every week and is based on my listening preferences. One week the list may be full of Christian music. One week showtunes. One week folk/singer/songwriter. One week a mixture of them all.

 

As I was making my way through this week’s playlist, singing along to versions of songs that I'd never heard yet somehow heard a hundred times, I heard a song that was completely new to me. At first, the piano part drew me in. (I'm a sucker for a good piano-driven song!) But then, it was the words...

 

I was so moved by the song that I asked Amazon Music to connect me to the band, The Many. In listening to more of their music, I found another song that deeply resonated with me, and I hope it will resonate with you, too.

 

"Oh you prisoners in your cells 

All you in private hells 

Kyrie eleison 

All you hungry and ignored 

Who thirst for something more 

Kyrie eleison 

 

You who feel so lost but are afraid of being found 

You who are in chains but are afraid to live unbound 

Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison

 

For all us lovely needy people 

Living in this world that’s spinning 

Round and round and round 

Round and round and round 

For all us lovely broken people

Living in this world that’s spinning 

Round and round and round 

Round and round and round 

 

Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy 

Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison 

 

Oh you children ripped and torn 

Battered, bruised and worn 

Kyrie eleison 

All who look hate in the face 

Locked in hate’s embrace 

Kyrie eleison 

 

You who’ve given up and can’t see anywhere but down 

You who’ve lost all hope and think it’s nowhere to be found 

Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison

 

There is mercy enough, there is grace enough. 

There is love enough for all of us."

 

What music has been resonating with you lately? What music has given voice to your faith and doubt, your questions and fears, your confessions and longings? Amazon Music is great. But human connection is better, so I’d love to hear.    

 

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