June 8: Motion Sickness

Oh when will a thousand tongues sing
The song we're waiting for?
I'm sure we'll complain about it
Even though there's no need for more

With words like hallelujah
And the adjective holy
The concept of worshiping
Is traded for something noisy

I want
What I want
And I'll get it
Because I can
My needs
Need to be
First before anything

When the mass comes together
Far from reverence
The crushing of the symbols
Will fall deaf in heaven

All the colors can shine
and the right words be said
Still the mark we're missing
A movement that's brain dead

I want
What I want
And I'll get it
Because I can
My needs
Need to be
First before anything

For those who think they've got it
Cherish it with everything
Cause masqueraders are coming
To rip it all to shreds

Oh were is the best
That'll do away with the rest?
And raise a sweet aroma
That'll lift us out of this coma
And make our eye's see
That thoughts like these...

I want
What I want
And I'll get it
Because I can
My needs
Need to be
First before anything

Lord have mercy


Is this what the American church looks like? Maybe. I will say that these words reflect how I have felt about church in America at times. Sometimes being a part of a movement gives you motion sickness. I'm tired of being sick.