"God is not a secret" by The Newsboys
You don't understand
this is not what you think it is
You don't get it, man
you want to boil it down to show biz
Your in-depth research shows:
drop the God, emphasize the beat
I've heard that positive pop you dig--
I'd rather be buried in wet concrete
Take back your free advice
I don't accept
I will not play those games
God is not a secret to be kept
You don't understand
I'm not talking multiple choice
You don't get it, man
if the crowd's offended you find another voice
I am not running for office here
I won't keep it purposefully vague
I've heard New Age Life-force trip
I'd rather be dipped in bubonic plague
Take back your free advice
I don't accept
I will not play those games
God is not a secret to be kept
If we keep silent
If we mass defect
These very rocks will scream
God is not a secret to be kept
And would I wash my hands again?
Would I deny my savior when
he hung inside the public square?
Did not my silence put him there?
When I heard this song for possibly the millionth time I no longer related it to the music industry, despite that being the song's intention. Instead I kept relating all of the words to the modern church. Think about the lyrics to this song and see how sickeningly true it is when compared to your local church. What will you do to change that?
2 comments:
I like the phrase that TobyMac adds to the remixed version of this song--
"You better get up, get up, get off your backside"
... because that's the only way anyone's going to change the world.
This is good and because of God, so are you.
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