Religious Songs That Speak To You

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 10:45 PM

Why need it be a song with religious references to stir religious feelings? Rapaire

I agree that songs don't need to have religious references to stir religious {perhaps a better word is "spiritual"} feelings.

That's why this thread is titled "religious songs" and not "church songs".

Thanks for making that point clear & posting an example of such a song, Rapaire.

And thanks to all those who have posted to this thread, thus far.

Keep 'em coming!

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Janie
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 10:44 PM

A short sample of Let the Mystery Be

Subject: Lyr Add: LET THE MYSTERY BE (Iris DeMent)
From: Janie
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 10:28 PM

Let the Mystery Be
(Iris DeMent)

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.
But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.

Some say once you're gone you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
Some say you rest in the arms of the Saviour if in sinful ways you lack.
Some say that they're comin' back in a garden, bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.
But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.

Instrumental break.

Some say they're goin' to a place called Glory and I ain't saying it ain't a fact.
But I've heard that I'm on the road to purgatory and I don't like the sound of that.
Well, I believe in love and I live my life accordingly.
But I choose to let the mystery be.

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.
But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
I think I'll just let the mystery be.

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Ebbie
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 10:17 PM

Good stuff.

Subject: Lyr Add: SWEET SURVIVOR
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:57 PM

Why need it be a song with religious references to stir religious feelings?

SWEET SURVIVOR
Peter Yarrow -Barry Mann -Cynthia Weil- Silver Dawn - ASCAP

You have asked me why the days fly by so quickly
And why each one feels no different from the last
And you say that you are fearful for the future
And you have grown suspicious of the past
And you wonder if the dreams we shared together
Have abandoned us or we abandoned them
And you cast about and try to find new meaning
So that you can feel that closeness once again.

Carry on my sweet survivor, carry on my lonely friend
Don't give up on the dream, and don't you let it end.
Carry on my sweet survivor,
Though you know that something's gone
For everything that matters carry on.

You remember when you felt each person mattered
When we all had to care or all was lost
But now you see believers turn to cynics
And you wonder was the struggle worth the cost
Then you see someone too young to know the difference
And a veil of isolation in their eyes
And inside you know you've got to leave them something
Or the hope for something better slowly dies.

Carry on my sweet survivor, carry on my lonely friend
Don't give up on the dream, and don't you let it end.
Carry on my sweet survivor, you've carried it so long
So it may come again, carry on
Carry on, carry on.

Or Phil Ochs' "Small Circle of Friends" or his "There But For Fortune" or stuff by Tom Paxton, Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson, Judy Collins -- there are "religious songs" all over the place.

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Peace
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:56 PM

"Silent Night", YOUTUBE--by Enya.

Subject: Lyr Add: PEACE BE STILL
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:49 PM

PEACE BE STILL
{Rev. James Cleveland}

[Lead]
Master, the tempest is raging
The billows are tossing high
The sky is o'ershadowed with blackness
No shelter or help is nigh
Carest thou not that we perish?
How canst thou lie asleep
When each moment so madly is threatning
A grave in the angry deep?

[Lead: Ad lib]

(Chorus)
The winds and the waves shall obey thy will
Peace, be still
Peace, be still
Peace, be still
Peace, be still
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea
Or demons, or men, or whatever it be
No water can swallow the ship where lies
The Master of ocean and earth and sky
They all shall sweetly obey thy will
Peace, peace, be still
(repeat)

http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/542161.html

**

Shiloh Baptist Church singing "Peace Be Still"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgKSdyNJ-TM

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: bobad
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:45 PM

Tantum ergo You tube link.

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:42 PM

Thanks, mg for posting those examples.

Are the words or sound clips or videos to the songs you mentioned online?

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:40 PM

Barrett Sisters- I Don't Feel No Ways Tired

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvYG7FLL5gU

Here's some information about the Barrett Sisters:

"Delois, Billie, and Rodessa Barrett began singing in the Chicago-based Morning Star Baptist Church in the '40s as children. Under the direction of their aunt, Mattie Dacus, they were originally known as The Barrett and Hudson Singers before becoming The Barrett Sisters. Delois was recruited for The Roberta Martin Singers while a high school senior at Englewood High. After graduation, she joined Martin's group full time and remained a member for 18 years. Rodessa Barrett became a choral director of Galileo Baptist church and Billie Barrett became a church soloist after taking voice lessons at the American Music Conservatory. They formed The Barrett Sisters in 1962 and have remained together ever since. Their first LP was recorded for Savoy in 1963. They currently record for I Am Records in Chicago". ~ Ron Wynn All Music Guide

http://www.malaco.com/Catalog/Gospel/The-Barrett-Sisters/list.php

Subject: Lyr Add: I DON'T FEEL NO WAYS TIRED
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:36 PM

I DON'T FEEL NO WAYS TIRED

written by Curtis Burrell)
(recorded by Rev. James Cleveland)


Chorus:
I don't feel no ways tired,
I've come too far from where I started from.
Nobody told me that the road would be easy,
I don't believe He brought me this far to leave me.

Vamp:
I don't believe He brought me this far
(repeat as desired)

I've been sick (I don't believe),
but God brought me (He brought me this far).
I've been in trouble (I don't believe),
but God brought me (He brought me this far).

I've been friendless (I don't believe),
but God brought me (He brought me this far).
I've been lonely (I don't believe),
but God brought me (He brought me this far).

Please don't leave me (I don't believe),
don't leave me Jesus (He brought me this far).
Don't leave (I don't believe),
don't leave me Lord (He brought me this far).

I don't believe (I don't believe)
that God would bring me
(would bring me this far).

I don't believe (I don't believe)
that God would bring me
(would bring me this far).

I don't believe (I don't believe)
that God would bring me (would bring me this far just to leave me

http://www.allgospellyrics.com/index.php?sec=listing&lyricid=420

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:34 PM

Aretha Franklin - Beams of Heaven - Audio from Gospel Fest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rnh7uPQWII

This is an audio clip without any video.

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:27 PM

Silent Night.

Yes. That speaks to me too.

It brings back good memories of Christmas.

Btw, somewhat off topic, I had the pleasure of meeting a 6 year old boy yesterday who said he had good "rememberies" of when he was little. I thought that was so precious, especially since this boy is in foster care and already has had experiences that no child should have. But he has good "rememberies". I would expect that we all have good rememberies of some times in our life.

And we all have bad memories too.

Music has always helped me make it through the times that aren't so good.

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: mg
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:21 PM

And if you have ever heard the Welsh sing Diadem it is so great. mg

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: mg
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:20 PM

Oh Sacred Head Surrounded..the older versions (there are some wretched newer ones)...Sinless and beautiful star of the sea...Hail Holy Queen enthroned above sung at full throttle..the French Canadian lumberjacks used to sing it in the woods to keep track of where each other were and not to stray too far from the sound of someone's voice..great use for a song..mg

Subject: Lyr Add: BEAMS OF HEAVEN AS I GO
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:19 PM

BEAMS OF HEAVEN AS I GO



1.        Beams of heaven as I go,
        through the wilderness below,
        guide my feet in peaceful ways,
        turn my midnights into days.
        When in the darkness I would grope,
        faith always sees a star of hope,
        and soon from all life's grief and danger
        I shall be free someday.

Refrain:
        I do not know how long 'twill be,
        nor what the future holds for me,
        but this I know: if Jesus leads me,
        I shall get home someday.

2.        Oftentimes my sky is clear,
        joy abounds without a tear;
        though a day so bright begun,
        clouds may hide tomorrow's sun.
        There'll be a day that's always bright,
        a day that never yields to night,
        and in its light the streets of glory
        I shall behold someday.
        (Refrain)

3.        Harder yet may be the fight;
        right may often yield to might;
        wickedness a while may reign;
        Satan's cause may seem to gain.
        There is a God that rules above,
        with hand of power and heart of love;
        if I am right, he'll fight my battle,
        I shall have peace someday.
        (Refrain)

4.        Burdens now may crush me down,
        disappointments all around;
        troubles speak in mournful sigh,
        sorrow through a tear-stained eye.
        There is a world where pleasure reigns,
        no mourning soul shall roam its plains,
        and to that land of peace and glory
        I shall want to go someday.

Text: Charles Albert Tindley, ca. 1906
Music: Charles Albert Tindley, ca. 1906; arr. by J. Edward Hoy, 1984
Tune: SOMEDAY, Meter: 77.77.88.96 with Refrain

http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh524.sht

        (Refrain)

Subject: RE: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Peace
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:17 PM

The ultimate song IMO has to be "Silent Night".

Subject: Religious Songs That Speak To You
From: Azizi
Date: 28 Oct 07 - 09:13 PM

For one reason or another, I'm in the mood for religious songs.

I'm wondering what old or new religious songs speak to you.

I'll share some examples of songs that I like in this thread. I hope that you'll also share some examples of song that speak to you.

Thanks in advance for sharing examples and comments about this subject.