Wednesday, December 20, 2006

The Peace Child

Here's my favorite Christmas song this season. I love the lyrics and the music, as well. As Krista will tell you, I am quite possibly the pickiest music critic of all time, particularly for being a guy with no real musical training. Just cranky, I guess. But this song is great. Lyrics below. I would tell you where you can buy the song but I literally do not know. I got it on the "Happy Christmas Volume 2" CD.

Peace Child (O Come Emmanuel)
copyright The Normals
written by Andrew Osenga and Mark Lockett

Take me to that place where we’re children again
And we crawl on the lap of the Peace Child
Take me to the land where love is discovered
With the prince undercover as the Peace Child

And the poor can now see
How a king can believe
In a kingdom that cradles the broken

O come, o come Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
From lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appears

We look to be upright as we grasp for a chance
But we’re too dirty to dance with the Peace Child
But the sunset and its red floods the world with its rays
Like the blood of the babe of the Peace Child

And the dead can now sing
At the throne of the king
'Cause heaven is full of us peasants

O come, o come Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
From lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appears

Until the Son of God
Came near.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous6:30 AM

    what about the peace child school play song:

    celebrate the peace child
    everyone join in now
    with a song of freedom
    for the gift of love thats given
    now

    he is the peace child
    given to us
    hope for the future
    healing the past

    he is the peace child
    given to us
    hope for the future
    healing the past


    nowcelebrate the peace child
    everyone join in now
    with a song of freedom
    for the gift of love thats given

    no more hostility
    he's chganging history
    we have a chance to be united together
    sing out for liberty
    sing out in harmony
    a song of unity we shout out loud

    celebrate the peace child
    everyone join in now
    with a song of freedom
    for the gift of love thats given
    PEACE CHILD!!!

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