Some would think it easy, writing a song. Just throw down some words that rhyme and after time we'll have one line, then not too long and we'll have a song.
But the truth of it is, it is sometimes easy to write but not easy to come by. And sometimes it's easy to come by, but hard to write. Let me explain...You may be going through something wonderful...there is a song in your heart, but you can't quite make them into lyrics on a page. Other times it is easy to write the lyrics, but the way they came about meant that you had to go through something that was particularly...well, uncomfortable to go through. Written pages make thoughts and visions tangible...good and bad; praise and cries.
The lyrics of our songs reflect the inmost part of us. It displays our walk with our Savior. Loud and clear, people who listen or read our lyrics will know what makes us praise, shout, be joyous, loving, aggravated, sad.
Charlie Parker once stated,"Music is your own experiences, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
A song is what happens when life happens.
Music is what happens when the song purely and holy comes out of your horn...or mouth...guitar... drums...keyboard...base...whatever you shout to God with.
Songwriting for me is an outpouring. I give a piece of myself in each song. I open myself up; I put my heart on my sleeve, and crawl into the arms of my Lord.
Whether we write songs about who we are in Christ, who He is to us, praise & worship, cries to God, cries to society about God. Whatever it is, it must be real. It must be God speaking through us. It must be our best for God.
We write upward, He brings it out to those around us.
We are... just the messengers.
"Concentrate on doing your best for God, work you won't be ashamed of, laying out the truth plain and simple. Stay clear of pious talk that is only talk. Words are not mere words, you know. If they're not backed by a godly life, they accumulate as poison in the soul." - 2 Timothy 2:15-16 (The Message)
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