SONG OF THE
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"Every New
Day"
by Five Iron Frenzy
(click
above link to listen)
When I was young, the smallest trick of light,
Could catch my eye,
Then life was new and every new day,
I thought that I could fly.
I believed in what I hoped for,
And I hoped for things unseen,
I had wings and dreams could soar,
I just don't feel like flying anymore.
When the stars threw down their spears,
Watered Heaven with their tears,
Before words were spoken,
Before eternity.
Dear Father, I need you,
Your strength my heart to mend.
I want to fly higher,
Every new day again.
When I was small, the furthest I could reach,
Was not so high,
Then I thought the world was so much smaller,
Feeling that I could fly.
Through distant deeps and skies,
Behind infinity,
Below the face of Heaven,
He stoops to create me.
Dear Father, I need you,
Your strength my heart to mend.
I want to fly higher,
Every new day again.
Man versus himself.
Man versus machine.
Man versus the world.
Mankind versus me.
The struggles go on,
The wisdom I lack,
The burdens keep pilling
Up on my back.
So hard to breathe,
To take the next step.
The mountain is high,
I wait in the depths.
Yearning for grace,
And hoping for peace.
Dear God...
Increase.
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls once again.
Jesus Christ, light of the world burning bright within our hearts
forever.
Freedom means love without condition,
without a beginning or an end.
Here's my heart, let it be forever Your's,
Only You can make every new day seem so new.
Hello friends,
This upbeat song takes me back quite a few years and was my real first encounter with what many call "ska" music. I didn't know it had a name back then, but I really liked the sound and especially connected with the message of this particular song from Five Iron Frenzy. This song seemed to be resonating the basic principles of universal salvation that I was coming to understand back then.
Most of the song deals with the simple message that we NEED God. We need His forgiveness. And as the song sings, we need to Him to "fly higher" and we need Him to INCREASE! Yes, this song has it right! Another part I especially like is toward the end when we hear, "...God have mercy on our unclean souls once again." All of us get our souls (minds) dirty sometimes while walking in the dust of the world. Then he sings that Jesus Christ is the light of the world burning within our hearts (spirits) forever. I love to sing along with this song- loud and proud. Not proud of myself, but proud of my God and Father of LOVE! God is the Savior of the world! And as the songs says, "Freedom means love without condition, without beginning or end." God's love can never end or God would cease being God. It is for this sole reason that God will save the world because God loves all that are lost in the world.
God bless you today and EVERY NEW DAY!
brad
return to the Savior of the World