Song Stealers.

So... not going to lie, this is one of my biggest pet peeves. I cannot stand it when people take a perfectly good song, and re-sing it. In most cases, the song is ruined. For example all of the freaking disney Mania songs,  there is a reason that they won awards the first time... Good grief. 


What really makes me mad is when it happens in Christian Media. When some little known band gets this great song, then someone like Phillips, Craig and Dean, Tree 63, or Chris Tomlin (you get the idea) picks it up.. and then all of a sudden, this song is huge... but the band gets no credit. Oooh it makes me mad... 


For example. If you have heard this song before I'm going to post the lyrics... YOu might recognize this song as God of this City as sung by Chris Tomlin:


[Verse 1]
You're the God of this City
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You are

[Verse 2]
You're the Light in this darkness
You're the Hope to the hopeless
You're the Peace to the restless
You are

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

[Chorus]
For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater thing have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City

[Verse 1]

[Verse 2]

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

[Chorus]
For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

There is no one like our god
There is no one like our God

[Chorus]
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here


Very Nice right? No. I am not pleased. Why? Because when I was in Northern Ireland in 2008 I had the pleasure of having a whole conversation of the orginal writer of this Song. That's right. How many people knew that??? This song was written for the city of Belfast N. Ireland by a band called Bluetree. 


The ACTUAL Lyrics:

You're God of this city, You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation, You are
You're the light in this darkness, You're the hope to the hopeless
You're the peace to the restless, You are

For there is no one like our God
There is no one like You God

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this city
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

You're the Lord of creation, the creator of all things
You're the King above all kings, You are
You're the strength in the weakness, You are love to the broken
You're the joy in the sadness, You are

For there is no one like our God
There is no one like You God

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this city
Where glory shines from hearts alive
With praise for You and love for You in this city

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this city
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God
Yes, there is no one like You God
There is no one like You God

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this city
Where glory shines from hearts alive
With praise for You and love for You in this city

Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this city
Greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done here
Still to be done here, still to be done here
Still to be done here

So my question is Where did that second verse go??? That is WONDERFUL. The Lyrics for this song are so powerful... and now we Americans have completely watered it down. 


As a result, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of Chris Tomlin. People ask me why I don't like his music... well this is why. I am prefectly happy with the N. Irish accents singing the songs they wrote. It makes me so mad that people think that Chris Tomlin wrote this song. 


When I was looking up the lyrics, I just googled "God of this City lyrics". The first result for the original song showed up on the second page and there was only one. Surrounded by 19 other results. The other thing that frustrated me was that the people don't get that Bluetree is one word... I mean really? We get this great song, but someone big decides that it's a good idea to eliminate half of the song... and he gets the top google results??!?!?!?!? REALLY??? 


This was not a good topic to write on, now I'm upset. 


The thing is, stuff like this happens all the time. But why don't we give credit where credit is due? 


*sigh* And I know that God is going to reap rewards on this group from N. Ireland who are not making a big deal about this at all... but still... really? Is that really right? 


When we are missing out on vital parts of the song... that honestly I think are wonderful... (You're the Lord of creation, the creator of all things
You're the King above all kings, You are
You're the strength in the weakness, You are love to the broken
You're the joy in the sadness, You are)

Why do I feel like we are missing out on something we all need?? or am I just venting to thin air???

What do you think?

Katydid out.