I have had a lot of time to listen to the radio, driving to school or practice, to a friends house, to church. I always listen to the same radio station, 88.5 YES FM, mostly as a result of a missions trip I embarked on this past summer. They play so many different types of music--heavy metal, rap, hip-hop, melodious, alternative--but they all have one thing in common. All of the songs they play are christian. Sometimes they take non-christian songs and make parodies of them to give them a great message along with the beat that attracts its listeners. But what is it that makes music so appealing... so artistic that we quite simply can't live without it?
Songwriters, lyricists. They both have one goal in mind--to appeal to their audiences. For many, it is through interesting beats, much like the one you have stuck in your head right now. That is what they want--to create a beat and rhythm so intriguing that you want to listen to their work at all times.
It's evident you run the show so let me back down.
You take the leading role, and I'll play the background.
I know I miss my cues, know I forget my lines
I'm sticking to your script, and I'm reading all your signs.
I don't need my name in lights.
I don't need a starring role.
And why gain the whole wide world, if I'm just gon' loose my soul.
And my ways ain't purified, I'll live according to your Word.
I can't endure this life without your wisdom being heard.
So word to every dancer for a pop star
Cuz we all play the background, but mine's a rock star.
Yeah. So if you need me I'll be stage right.
Prayin' the whole world will start embracing stage fright.
So let me fall back and stop giving my suggestions
Cuz when I follow my obsessions I end up confessing.
That I'm not that impressive, matter fact I'm............
A trail of star dust leading to the superstar.
In these lyrics, the narrator has given up his life and handed it over to Christ. He no longer has complete control over his life. He knows that with him he does not need to be famous (i dont need my name in lights. i dont need a starring role) and he does not need to have all the power in the world because he knows that it will just corrupt the ways set for him in Christ (and why gain the whole wide world, if im just gon' lose my soul). He has conquered his fear of trying this new faith, and wishes the world would do the same thing. He is accepting his role, realizing that his new place has made him a bright extension of Christ himself, and he is no longer the same.
When I hear this song, the picture is so vibrant in my mind. I see a very bright, luminescent man (Christ) standing in the middle of a huge stage, speaking his word for all to hear. I myself am small in the corner, going unnoticed by almost everyone in the room, and that is okay with me. I have stage fright myself, so I relax when I see this man in front of me, taking up all of the attention. Although I am small, I have a light glow that resembles the bright blinding light of Christ in front of me--proof that I am following in his ways.
It is a great song, and I suggest you look it up on YouTube. Search "Background by Lecrae." Listen to the song, let the emotions you feel flow with the words and pictures you generate in your mind. Here's the second verse... comment to let me know your own paintings in your mind's eye.
I had a dream that I was captain of my soul.
I was master of my fate, lost control, and then I sank.
So I don't want to take the lead
Cuz I'm prone to make mistakes.
All these folks that follow me gon' end up in the wrong place.
So, just let me shadow you. And just let me trace your lines.
Matter fact just take my pen.
Here, you create my rhymes.
Cuz if I do this by myself I'm scared that I'll succeed.
And no longer trust in You, cuz I only trust in me.
And see, that's how you end up headed to destruction.
Paving a road to nowhere. Pour your life out for nothing.
You pulled my card, I'm bluffing
You know what's in my hand.
Me I just roll to trust you to cause the dice to land.
I'm in control of nothing. Follow you at any cost.
Some call it sovereign will, all I know is you the boss.
And man I'm so at ease. I'm so content.
I play the background like it's an instrument.
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