So this is a song that I recorded awhile back called "Whisper." Here are the lyrics:
Left alone
Broken, torn down
With nowhere left to run to
Nowhere left to hide
You find me here
You tell me that
You'll come too
So I'm waiting for you know
Are you coming in the wind?
Are you coming in the flames?
Are you coming with a force
That will make these mountains shake?
Waiting
Not knowing when
Listening for
Looking for you to come
Are you coming in the wind?
Are you coming in the flames?
Are you coming in my dreams?
Are you coming in the pain?
Are you coming in the wind?
Are you coming in the flames?
Are you coming with a force
That will make these mountains shake?
Will it be different somehow?
Could it be, are you whispering to me?
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I will wait for you
I will watch for you
I will look for you
I will stay for you
I will wait for you
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So it's nice.
Seth,
I am going to link to your site on my blog. I hope you will remember to give Craig and I free concert tix when you are a famous musician. :)
BTW, to the songwriter,
I like the song quite a lot! I think the words at the end should be mixed up more and less similarly situated. (am I following the rules?)
Cindy
Cindy,
Congratulations on being the first responder! You will certainly get free whatever we do as a result. Amber and I have both been saying that you and Craig are THE ONES we want posting your comments. Yes you followed the rules. Thank you for giving a template to future posters.
So the song is Josh's and, I agree it is quite good. I like the juxtaposition of how God comes. Quite or with force that makes Mountains shake?
I have had this question often in church, or in a morning devotion, or while on the river staring at Creation. I wait, and wait, and wait. And I want him to come with force that makes the mountains shake. But I still wait.
Then he seems to come in odd circumstances (pain, internal struggle, Africa, etc.).
Cindy has great insight on the end. Maybe a little variation could spice it up.
Overall, I'm a big fan of the song and the themes, however. I wonder exactly where and when we truly find God. Thoughts?
So, is this for thoughts, in general, like on the musical and theological notes?
Yes. This is for thoughts both musical, theological, philosophical, and general. See the rules to the left of the blog.
So I'm definately open to mixing it up at the end, but would love some input as to how and or direction? Thoughts?
As far as the theme goes, we often want God to speak to us - to answer a prayer or give us guidance or whatnot, and we want him to make it clear. Write it in the sky or shout it to us. But God tends to not work that way (I think He prefers not to be a bully).
We - I, at least - will often ask for something but not really take the time to listen - really listen - for a response.
That's why I love the story in the Bible (1 Kings 19) where God tells Elijah that He is going to come down and meet with him. I'm sure Elisha is pretty pumped about this, so he hurries off to the mountain where God said He would show up. Elijah gets there and all of a sudden there is a huge wind-storm that tears up the mountain, but God's not there. Then a big earthquake - still no God. Then a fire... Well, I'll let you read the rest, b/c this comment is getting long.
i'm with you. This will sound cliche and well, it is, but i often stand around waiting for God to part the sea for me and don't bother turning my head to see the bridge.
i don't know how to change that particularly, but at least i know it's a problem.
This song poignantly expresses what I think a lot of people feel when waiting on God's guidance... We were actually just talking to our youth about the subject of us sometimes "looking too hard" when God is there all the time placing his hand on our life.
Technically speaking, I like how at the end it sort of trails off. The use of that particular beat in the background is kind of different, but nice.
That story about Elijah is one of my favorites. I identify with the song in that I feel like I'm always waiting for that voice and analyzing EVERYTHING (perhaps a bit obsessively) to see if that is where God's voice will come. Musically, I enjoyed the song too. Josh, I almost didn't recognize your voice. So crazy.
After I was done listening to the song, "More music by Josh Graber" showed up at the bottom of my iTunes screen with the Acoustic Sessions CD. Very cool.
ah the joy of the computer.
this is what we have to look forward to men:
having our stuff out there on anyone's computer and never knowing it, never having to tour, never having to juggle tons of money and not know what to do with it.
wait, what was i talking about?
I really like the end, actually. And I love the message. Waiting for God is something that can be easy to forget to do, and we can easily get trapped in "woe is me, God's not answering..."
Musically, the very beginning got me going in a different direction than the rest of the song paid off. Maybe the beat is driving a little hard for the rest of the arrangement, or maybe it would be neat to try it with the whole arrangement driving more to align with the beat... could be a really cool juxtaposition to have a driving musical arrangement in a song about waiting - or it could sound really stupid, hard to say...
Another thought... flames, pain, flames ... maybe changing up one or more of these rather than having the melody do the same thing on all of them might be cool.
I enjoy the lofty, tree top feel of this song, especially the vocals, but I have trouble with the drums- for me the song has a very - alone with God out in nature feel to it, but the drums distract me from the vocals and guitar.
The message is great and I'm closer to God having listened to it. Thanks for your music.
Good stuff Josh. I like that although there is the question of how God will come, there seems to be a resolve to wait for him regardless of how he chooses to encounter us. The scripture seems clear that our part is to keep knocking, keep seeking, keep asking and then trust God to be faithful. I am one that gets stuck in the paralysis of analysis and find it hard to make a decision. Therefore, I feel that my struggle is not as much with "wait for the Lord" as "trust in the Lord" AND ACT! Which begs the question, "what does active waiting look like?"
-Joshua Ayres
Good question Ayres! maybe there's a song in there somewhere, huh? i loved your word picture "paralysis of analysis" - that's when waiting becomes a bad thing, I guess, instead of a good thing. I don't know what that balance is between waiting and doing. Maybe it has to do with focus. We are supposed to wait on God. I'm not very good at that, but we're supposed to wait on Him - seek Him, ask Him questions, beg Him to act, and then wait for Him, for His response, for His action. We are also supposed to do good, love others, help those in need, etc. That's action on our part.
Nice build.
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