Upon hearing the newest song today by Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, I began writing a response song to their singer. Richard Edwards has been one of my favorite songwriters for nearly a decade. His brutal honest and poetic touch make a lot of sense to me. Even when I don't agree with him, I understand where he's coming from and appreciate it. And this is the case with his new song, but this one breaks my heart. Its chorus says...
"Fire from the sky.He wants to know your shoe size,
And all the weird shit in your brain.
He's gonna wash it away with blood.
But Jesus breaks your heart every night when he doesn't come."
It makes me so sad, that someone would feel this way. He's missing so much Truth and Love and Joy and Peace!!! And if this is what he's carefully, protectively writing into his songs, how much more is in his heart?
Margot is playing in Carborro in May and I'm praying for an opportunity to speak with him, talk to him about who Jesus really is. Please be praying with me about this. What a battle we're in here, and our General is calling us to put on the Armor and go into action for the souls of our brothers and the glory of God. The fight is not against flesh and blood, or the barbiturates and alcohol there within. The fight is not against Richard Edwards. It's against the enemy, the bastard that's got a hold of him so tightly. As I said, I began writing a response song and here's the start of it...
"Your house is burning down, my friend, from the inside out.
And I can't blame the matches or the gas.
Did you bring home the bonfire from church camp way back then,
Or find it in the basement where she lied?
'Cause your house is burning down, my friend, from the inside out
And you're just laying there in your bed."
But the enemy will not hold on for long. He simply can't, because the Lord is stronger, His love is greater, and His hand is bigger. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! He sets the captives free!
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