Derek Webb is an on and off member of Caedmon's Call. He has reserved his more political music for his solo albums. I found them refreshing and reinvigorating.
Here are the lyrics from "A King & A Kingdom" from his Mockingbird album.
(vs. 1)
who's your brother, who's your sister
you just walked passed him
i think you missed her
as we're all migrating to the place where our father lives
'cause we married in to a family of immigrants
(chorus)
my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
my first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
it's to a king & a kingdom
(vs. 2)
there are two great lies that i’ve heard:
“the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die”
and that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
and if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him
(chorus)
(bridge)
but nothing unifies like a common enemy
and we’ve got one, sure as hell
but he may be living in your house
he may be raising up your kids
he may be sleeping with your wife
oh no, he may not look like you think
That's some good stuff. I am looking for other good music. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I whole heartedly concur in you assessment of Mr. Webb. I too have found his music to be not only great to listen to, but challenging as well.
Are you serious? It's simplistic and blatant. Doesn't make you think, it's not said poetically, it's stuff that's spouted by a Jr. High Christian who thinks he's being a rebel.
Thank you Mr. Anonymous for your insightfulness. I'd encourage you to check out more of Mr. Webb's music before you disparage it so. If nothing else he's a lot more honest and open than 99% of the rest of the so called "Christian" music market today.
Derek Webb - Rich Young Ruler
Album: Mockingbird
Year: 2005
(vs. 1)
poverty is so hard to see
when it’s only on your tv and twenty miles across town
where we’re all living so good
that we moved out of Jesus’ neighborhood
where he’s hungry and not feeling so good
from going through our trash
he says, more than just your cash and coin
i want your time, i want your voice
i want the things you just can’t give me
(vs. 2)
so what must we do
here in the west we want to follow you
we speak the language and we keep all the rules
even a few we made up
come on and follow me
but sell your house, sell your suv
sell your stocks, sell your security
and give it to the poor
what is this, hey what’s the deal
i don’t sleep around and i don’t steal
i want the things you just can’t give me
(bridge)
because what you do to the least of these
my brother’s, you have done it to me
because i want the things you just can’t give me
Derek Webb - I Repent lyrics
Album: I See Things Upside Down
Year: 2004
I repent, i repent of my pursuit of america's dream
i repent, i repent of living like i deserve anything
of my house, my fence, my kids, my wife
in our suburb where we're safe and white
i am wrong and of these things i repent
i repent, i repent of parading my liberty
i repent. i repent of paying for what i get for free
and for the way i believe that i am living right
by trading sins for others that are easier to hide
i am wrong and of these things i repent
bridge
i repent judging by a law that even i can't keep
of wearing righteousness like a disguise
to see through the planks in my own eyes
i repent, i repent of trading truth for false unity
i repent, i repent of confusing peace and idolatry
by caring more of what they think than what i know of what we need
by domesticating you until you look just like me
i am wrong and of these things i repent
Just a couple of more examples...
Derek Webb - My Enemies Are Men Like Me lyrics
Album: Mockingbird
Year: 2005
(vs. 1)
i have come to give you life
and to show you how to live it
i have come to make things right
to heal their ears and show you how to forgive them
(pre-chorus)
because i would rather die
i would rather die
i would rather die
than to take your life
(chorus)
how can i kill the ones i’m supposed to love
my enemies are men like me
i will protest the sword if it’s not wielded well
my enemies are men like me
(vs. 2)
peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
it’s like telling someone murder is wrong
and then showing them by way of execution
(bridge)
when justice is bought and sold just like weapons of war
the ones who always pay are the poorest of the poor
I am with you Ben.
And it might be spouted by a jr. high Christian when they think they are a rebel. But when it is lived by an adult it begins to change the world.
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