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I was talking with a friend on here and had a great idea! :newidea: I was thinking how powerful and moving music can be in the Christian journey, and I thought Why not share and discuss with other brothers and sisters different songs and hymns that are enjoyed! Not only is it a great way to be moved and hear God’s truth in a unique way, but we can all be exposed to different genres of Christian music.
So I’ll go first (and remember, you don’t have to be nearly as long winded as I am! Sometimes I just have *way *too much time on my hands!).
This song is called “Daylight” by Brave Saint Saturn. —> youtube.com/watch?v=zZ48C8z7aOQ&feature=related
It’s rock/screamo music I guess, although slower, and I confess it’s a rather “like it or hate it” kind of song (musically anyway). The lyrics, in case you can’t catch them all, are as follows:
*did you hear the news today
i’m not coming home,
no
and i wished it all away
i felt so alone
and the darkness crept it’s way
like stars we know will die too soon
there is never any sunrise here in the shadows of eclipsing moons
crawling on a tightrope
the bravest thing i have is hope
daylight, save me
daylight, save me
tonight, tonight
halogen, the lights will flicker
incadescent burning lies
and the silence stands for nothing
desperate i search the skies aching for a spark
trembling in pitchest dark
Mission Control: U.S.S. Gloria, this is mission control, do you copy?
we have lost contact with the U.S.S. Gloria
U.S.S. Gloria: Mission Control, this is the U.S.S. Gloria, do you read me?
Mayday, we have lost primary guidance functions
News Reporter: The crew is now out of radio contact.
presently there is no way for us to know whether they
are alive or dead.
our hopes and prayers go out with you all.
Mission Control: U.S.S. Gloria, this is mission control, do you copy?
U.S.S. Gloria: Houston this is the U.S.S. Gloria.
good to hear your voice
we are coming out of the eclipse now.
i see the sunlight. it’s beautiful
the sunlight is beautiful.
Jesus Christ, Light of the World
You never did forget me
and when i bled in darkness, You held
me
still held me
when desparate nights i cursed You
You loved me, still loved me
Jesus Christ, You dry the tears
You break my heart of stone
Your words are life
cut marrow through
the darkness, to the bone
a heart of flesh You gave me
only You can save me
Savior
Daylight
I am coming home*
A friend introduced me to this band. The lead singer, Reese Roper, was the lead singer of “Five Iron Frenzy” and “Roper” (for those music fans who may be familiar with these bands).
From Wikipedia: "Brave Saint Saturn published their first three albums as “The Saturn 5 Trilogy”.
*The Saturn 5 Trilogy tells the story of a fictional NASA “Saturn 5 Mission,” where the crew of the spacecraft “Gloria” is sent to map the rings of Saturn. While in orbit around Saturn’s moon, Titan, the Gloria suffers a crippling disaster that leaves the craft stranded in geosynchronous orbit on the dark side of the moon. The crew is cut off from radio contact with Earth and the light of the sun, and both the crew and their families fear they are lost forever. The final album of the trilogy, Anti-Meridian, chronicles rescue by the crew of the Gloria by another spacecraft, the “Starling.” “Lieutenant Hoerig” saves the mission at the cost of his own life. The rest of the crew returns to Earth in one of the Starling’s escape pods. Several of the songs deal with the crew’s thoughts and remembrances in the aftermath of their safe return.
The Saturn 5 Trilogy uses the loss and subsequent rescue of the crew as a metaphor for several Christian themes including death, resurrection, redemption, and self-sacrifice."*
I love this song mostly because it’s honest Christianity, in the sense that’s it’s about feeling lost or hopeless; something I think we all feel from time to time (although may hate to admit), yet God is still with us, and still loves us.
So I’ll go first (and remember, you don’t have to be nearly as long winded as I am! Sometimes I just have *way *too much time on my hands!).
This song is called “Daylight” by Brave Saint Saturn. —> youtube.com/watch?v=zZ48C8z7aOQ&feature=related
It’s rock/screamo music I guess, although slower, and I confess it’s a rather “like it or hate it” kind of song (musically anyway). The lyrics, in case you can’t catch them all, are as follows:
*did you hear the news today
i’m not coming home,
no
and i wished it all away
i felt so alone
and the darkness crept it’s way
like stars we know will die too soon
there is never any sunrise here in the shadows of eclipsing moons
crawling on a tightrope
the bravest thing i have is hope
daylight, save me
daylight, save me
tonight, tonight
halogen, the lights will flicker
incadescent burning lies
and the silence stands for nothing
desperate i search the skies aching for a spark
trembling in pitchest dark
Mission Control: U.S.S. Gloria, this is mission control, do you copy?
we have lost contact with the U.S.S. Gloria
U.S.S. Gloria: Mission Control, this is the U.S.S. Gloria, do you read me?
Mayday, we have lost primary guidance functions
News Reporter: The crew is now out of radio contact.
presently there is no way for us to know whether they
are alive or dead.
our hopes and prayers go out with you all.
Mission Control: U.S.S. Gloria, this is mission control, do you copy?
U.S.S. Gloria: Houston this is the U.S.S. Gloria.
good to hear your voice
we are coming out of the eclipse now.
i see the sunlight. it’s beautiful
the sunlight is beautiful.
Jesus Christ, Light of the World
You never did forget me
and when i bled in darkness, You held
me
still held me
when desparate nights i cursed You
You loved me, still loved me
Jesus Christ, You dry the tears
You break my heart of stone
Your words are life
cut marrow through
the darkness, to the bone
a heart of flesh You gave me
only You can save me
Savior
Daylight
I am coming home*
A friend introduced me to this band. The lead singer, Reese Roper, was the lead singer of “Five Iron Frenzy” and “Roper” (for those music fans who may be familiar with these bands).
From Wikipedia: "Brave Saint Saturn published their first three albums as “The Saturn 5 Trilogy”.
*The Saturn 5 Trilogy tells the story of a fictional NASA “Saturn 5 Mission,” where the crew of the spacecraft “Gloria” is sent to map the rings of Saturn. While in orbit around Saturn’s moon, Titan, the Gloria suffers a crippling disaster that leaves the craft stranded in geosynchronous orbit on the dark side of the moon. The crew is cut off from radio contact with Earth and the light of the sun, and both the crew and their families fear they are lost forever. The final album of the trilogy, Anti-Meridian, chronicles rescue by the crew of the Gloria by another spacecraft, the “Starling.” “Lieutenant Hoerig” saves the mission at the cost of his own life. The rest of the crew returns to Earth in one of the Starling’s escape pods. Several of the songs deal with the crew’s thoughts and remembrances in the aftermath of their safe return.
The Saturn 5 Trilogy uses the loss and subsequent rescue of the crew as a metaphor for several Christian themes including death, resurrection, redemption, and self-sacrifice."*
I love this song mostly because it’s honest Christianity, in the sense that’s it’s about feeling lost or hopeless; something I think we all feel from time to time (although may hate to admit), yet God is still with us, and still loves us.
Here’s a link: 
Did you realize that video used scenes from the movie Apollo 13? It’s a good movie, but it does have some language in it… and maybe some other things, I can’t remember. But anyway…
