In 1991, the 2nd Chapter of Acts released their album “Singer Sower”, with songs that pierced to the hearts of many heretofore unsuspecting believers. As usual, the band had gone straight to the point with their lyrics.
Their song “Room Noise” confronted Christians who had been listening to, but not really hearing or paying attention to, the lyrics of Christian musicians:
Their song “Room Noise” confronted Christians who had been listening to, but not really hearing or paying attention to, the lyrics of Christian musicians:
No more conversation
No more idle words.
Pitter, pitter, patter!
Words fall from your ladder.
Pseudo gospel music,
Music everywhere,
But not a single drop
to drink anywhere!!
I don't want to be room noise,
generically speaking.
I don't want to be room noise,
no one will stop and hear me,
Hear me... hear me, hear me!
Down on bended knees,
doing what you please, as you say...
Gospel gospel music's
an alternative,
Then you never have to
change the way you live...
Idle, idol lyrics
floating through the air,
Invisible netting,
Emotional snare...
I don't want to be room noise,
generically speaking.
I don't want to be room noise,
no one will stop and hear me,
Hear me... hear me, hear me!
Down on bended knees,
doing what you please, Pharisee!
I don't want to be room noise,
I don't want to be room noise, Elevator music
I don't want to be room noise, Elevator music
I don't want to be room noise, Elevator music
So exactly what purpose does Christian music serve? Is it a tool wielded by the hand of God, piercing to the heart of a Christian and challenging them to lead a more godly life? Is it a cloud lifting the believer to a higher realm in worship of their Creator?
Or is it something that we’ve turned into a sort of sacred & safe “muzak”? No offensive lyrics, but perhaps no **sting** to them either. No piercing of the heart with truth, because the lyrics have faded into the background.
Or is it something that we’ve turned into a sort of sacred & safe “muzak”? No offensive lyrics, but perhaps no **sting** to them either. No piercing of the heart with truth, because the lyrics have faded into the background.
Isn't Christian music supposed to DO something? Certainly, no Christian musician ever writes a song, praying that it will someday be played as background music in a restaurant or shopping mall!!
When we relegate our Christian music & its lyrics to the background, are we dulling ourselves to the point where we are never truly touched by the lyrics that so many Christian musicians have struggled & prayed over, praying that their music would touch a heart or save a life?
When we relegate our Christian music & its lyrics to the background, are we dulling ourselves to the point where we are never truly touched by the lyrics that so many Christian musicians have struggled & prayed over, praying that their music would touch a heart or save a life?
As a musician, I must ask these questions, of myself & of others. They’re not simple questions, but I think that they’re questions that each believer must examine in his or her own heart.
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