And I'm Trying to Make You Sing...

And I'm trying to make you sing 
From inside where you believe 
Like it's something that you need 
Like it means everything 


And I'm trying to make you feel that 
This is for real, that life is happening 
That it means everything 
I'm just trying to make you sing

Mm. This is one of my Favorite songs off A Collision (or 3+4=7) By David Crowder Band.

It's one of those very simple songs that really only needs this verse. But it's too quick and ends right away.

For those Owl City Fans... it's a lot like the song Meteor Shower. Lyrics are as follows:

I can finally see, 
that you're right there beside me...


I am not my own, for I have been made new, 
Please don't let me go, I desperately need you.

One of this things that I find most interesting are these short little ditties are the most profound ones on the album. Think about it.

I think the thing that both of these (very) different artist are trying to explain something.

Now they don't have similar meaning... i'd be silly to try to relate them.

My sister gave me the idea for this blog when I was home in January. I was driving and she put the song Meteor shower on repeat on and we listened to it for about an hour (seeing as it's a 2.14 minute song we heard it....at least 25 times in a row)

I said something along the lines of "I wonder why he didn't take this farther, this would have been a great song if it was longer!!"

My sister looked at me and in her 14 years of wisdom said: "Well... he doesn't really need to say anything else does he?"

I thought about that.

Simplicity. Our God is anything put simple... but we make our faith so hard! Both songs seem so simple.

They do have something in common. They both were written to allow people to know exactly what our God does or has done.

He's trying to make us sing...

And He's never letting us go.

Mmm. And though about how "simple" these song are... in all reality, they both are more profound then many of the (insert large number here) sermons I've heard over the years. I've been in the church for my entire life... I've heard at least 1 sermon a week every week of my life... that 52 times 18... 936... plus some days I went to two services... and I go to church twice a week here in School... so we'll say... around 1,000 sermons in my life. Give or take a few. What's sad is I only remember a select few.

The reality of it is... these 2 short little songs mean more to me then any of them.

Things are never as they seem. They are often much easier... or much bigger.

Katydid out.