"TAKING BACK" is all about how the Devil and sin have taken so much from us, but in Christ, we can take it all back. We can take back the truth about ourselves and our past when confronted with lies. We can take back relationships. We can take back what sin has messed up because Christ can redeem it.
Favorite lyrics:
I'm taking back what the Enemy,
has torn from my life
You can knock me down, I'm gonna get back up,
every single time
I'm taking back
"TRADED" is one of my favorites. It's all about redemption, what Jesus did for us on the cross. The emphasis focuses all on what He did and contrasts our junk with His grace. Such a great reminder.
Favorite lyrics:
I traded a life of sin, for a life with Him,
I came alive when we switched places,
I traded my brokenness, for holiness,
He took my cross and gave me grace when,
We traded
"CALLING YOUR NAME" deals with doubt. When it seems so hard to have faith, AAM wants to you to know that God is still right there. He is standing by your side calling your name.
Favorite lyrics:
Called you out of darkness
Called you into light
Called you by your name
'Cause you are mine
"TRUST YOU ALL THE WAY" is another one of my favorites, although this whole album is just so fantastic! I love the catchy music. The message is easy to say and to sing, but putting it into practice is a day-by-day (sometimes minute-by-minute) struggle.
Favorite lyrics:
I know what to do
I know what to pray
But sometimes it takes
every ounce of my faith to say
I trust in you, trust in you
when it's hard to say
I trust in you, trust in you
Trust you all the way
I have seen the proof
you always come through
Your promises are true
"REACH" is also a favorite :) The imagery they start with - sinking like Peter in a raging sea - is something I think a lot of people can get their minds around and even relate to. It's the image of hitting rock bottom and having nowhere to go but up. And Who is up? Jesus.
Favorite lyrics:
I was sinking like Peter in a raging sea
Head under water in way too deep
That's when I heard a voice inside me say
"Look up, help is on the way"
"BORN TO LIVE" asks the question, "What is our purpose? What do our lives mean and why are we here?" My favorite lyrics do a pretty good job of explaining what AAM's answer is. I just finished reading Ecclesiastes and this song I feel like reflects the theme of that book well: live life in the moment because that's all the really has any meaning. It's not the secular YOLO, but the idea is that our achievements don't really mean anything. In the song, they say "make every moment a memory to last". Enjoy your life. Don't be stupid, but live fully alive. It's hard to explain, but hopefully you understand.
Favorite lyrics:
I'm so sick of wasting time
Living life like I'm half alive
I'm done believing these evil lies
That tell me hopes and dreams have died
I can feel it in the air tonight
Way up above these city lights
There's a higher calling on all our lives
Let's live to love and not just survive
"OUTRUN" continues what seems to be a major theme on this album - God is always with us no matter what. That theme is explored in "Calling Your Name" & "Reach" and now again here in "Outrun". I love how intimate this song is. AAM wrote it like God is a friend writing you a note! God is saying, "Hey! We used to be close and I miss you!" I can relate to that feeling.
Favorite lyrics:
I remember better days
You could hear me saying "I love you"
Before the world got in the way
and stopped my voice from cutting through
Let's hang out tonight
You're so busy
We can go outside
Stars spinning
I am by your side
"HALLELUJAH" has more themes of redemption. I think we can say that the two major themes are redemption and God's presence always being with us. Anyway, this song is a bit slower and more contemplative than "Traded" but it explores a similar thought - that we were once trapped in our sins, but we have now been redeemed. Hallelujah!
Favorite lyrics:
And I fall down on my knees
and I lift my hands up to ya'
Your grace washes over me
I know I have been made new
And I fall down on my knees
and I lift my hands up to ya'
Every fiber of my being
Singin' hallelujah
"UNDENIABLE" is one of the more rock songs on the album. Another favorite :) In Romans it says, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that man is without excuse." (Romans 1:20) I'm not sure if this song is based off that verse, but it could be!
*The chameleon analogy is songwriting genius! Love it!*
Favorite lyrics:
No one can tell me it's not real
'Cause I have the proof a heart can heal
I've been changed from the inside out
and nothing in the world's gonna stop me now
The truth has been revealed
Love unchangable
Not some kind of chameleon
I won't blend with my surroundings
Won't hide this hope that found me
Undeniable
"ALL I NEED" talks about searching. A nice ballad to end the album, this song discuss the fact many of us have known - nothing satisfies the emptiness except God.
Favorite lyrics:
I searched the world to see if I
could find some kind of cure for
The loneliness that lived inside
This heart of mine
But everything seemed to leave me
more empty than before
Now I know the reason why
Thanks for sticking it out! I know this was a long post, but I love this album and wanted to share with you what the songs mean to me. I hope the songs touch you as they have me and draw you closer to God. Happy Listening!
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