“But when they said, ‘Give us a king to lead us,’ this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. And the LORD told him: ‘Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.’”
So many times we look at the world around us and say, “If only I had that [fill in the blank] then my life would be better.” Instead of relying on God to be our everything we try to replace Him with the things of the world so that we would look more like the world.
lyrics
Crowns, golden jewels, a golden rule
All things pretty.
Time will rust away and make decay
Of this city.
How did we become disarmed by the world’s charm?
I must confess we’ve settled for something less
Why’d we blur the lines, defined by the world’s eyes?
And failed to see that he is everything we need
Kings, empty oaths, prideful boasts,
So deceiving.
Fools, let it go. Don’t you know
The night is thieving?
How did we become disarmed by the world’s charm?
I must confess we’ve settled for something less
Why’d we blur the lines, defined by the world’s eyes?
And failed to see that he is everything we need
Take up all your treasure and toss it in the flames
All the sons and daughters, we’re the ones to blame (x2)
We’ve exchanged heaven (x4)
How did we become disarmed by the world’s charm?
I must confess we’ve settled for something less
Why’d we blur the lines, defined by the world’s eyes?
And failed to see that he is everything we need
Occult psych-folk in the '70s U.K. tradition that further affirms the historical link between Appalachian and British folk songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 8, 2019