Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Forever Man - Newsboys

The third track on the Love Liberty Disco CD from Newsboys, "Forever Man" is a hard song for me to describe. I don't know much about disco, but this song is very easy to listen to. The song starts with Peter Furler's achingly longing vocals on the first verse.

i wanna go higher, higher
set it free
there's gotta be more to touch
than what i see
there's a reason we must be
for the love of God, speak it to me

The first chorus has a bit more energy and some harmonies that I really like. Second verse isn't especially exciting, and the second chorus is essentially the same as the first. But the bridge...wow...love the vocals on the bridge. The bridge is followed by a brief instrumental interlude, then back to the chorus, then the best part of the song:

and the longer i live
the stronger i feel a creator put us here
and the day will come, gravity will run
and we'll meet you in the air
where face to face we will wonder
as the mysteries come undone
and at the end of all our travels
we find our journey's just begun

Powerful...I like it. The message of this song overall is a reminder to Christians that everyone wants to go higher and achieve some goal, and there's good news for us: eternity is waiting for us. At the end of this life, "we find our journey's just begun." What could be more hopeful than that?
He Reigns!

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Lyrics copied from http://www.lyricsdownload.com/newsboys-forever-man-lyrics.html
 
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