Songs about discontentedness
This Sunday we are starting a new series called ‘The Great Correction’ where we’ll be looking at the wanderings of the nation of Israel and how some of their questions and responses have much to teach us about our present economic, political and social climate. One of the themes of this series is ‘discontentedness’ so I put word out to my twitter peeps today asking for a little help and they did not disappoint!!
I’m sure you will agree that discontentedness is not a common theme for our modern worship repertoire but some great ideas came back. We definitely won’t use all of these songs over the course of this series but there are some very good starting points here.
By the way, I wasn’t even sure if ‘discontentedness’ was even a word this afternoon but, yes, it is! Hooray!
By the way, again, if you’re on twitter you can find my updates at @chrisfromcanada
The original question on twitter: Hey twitter worship peeps – I’m looking for songs that talk about discontentedness. Any ideas jump to your mind?? Is that even a word??
The collection of replies:
Tim Hughes – Take The World
John Mayer – Something’s Missing
David Crowder – All I Can Say
Hillsong – Made Me Glad
Matt Redman – Heart of Worship
Bethany Dillon – You Are On Our Side
Matt Redman – You Never Let Go
Bethany Dillon – Hallelujah
Sanctus Real – I’m Not Alright
Matt Redman – Blessed Be Your Name
Brian Doerksen – Light The Fire Again
Other ideas given (either common songs or I don’t know the artist):
Move Me Again
I Will Never Be The Same Again
Do It Lord
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
I Will Praise Him Still
Be Still My Soul
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Many thanks to these twitter friends:
@sethprimm
@milepost13
@friarbuck
@edblonski
@bunchosmittys
@mandythompson
@kimbontrager
@jarrodmorris
@deanlusk
@mandythompson
My favourite reply came from Dean Lusk with his suggestion of “I’m So Worried” by Monty Python. Ha!!
is it too late to add to the list?
I like Adam Sandler singing Love Stinks in the wedding singer.
Love Stinks is definitely full of discontentedness!
when I woke up this morning , my life looked like a frown
The sun shone bright with hews of grey
I went to the mirror , but my face looked upside down
and all the dreams that I hoped to see
they were dreams not to be found
I ran to the bus stop , but I was late again you see
I passed a thousand more like me
Head down going no where , I counted sidewalk cracks in stride
I caught the late man’s saviour ride
Bump and grind to get there , I got the last seat in the back
by and old old man , who had a leathered tan
He had a white cane on his lap
Forgot to say excuse me…or was it that I didn’t care
Didn’t matter much to me
He turned his head and looked into my eyes..what could he see
He had that stare , he caught me un aware when he said these words to me.
when’s the last time that you smilied , when’s the last time that you smiled child
When you walk hold your head up to the sky , God still loves you son , and he won’t pass you by
Come on and smile.
I saw the old man standing by the bus stop yesterday
I smiled at him and went my way