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

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!!

3 Responses to “Songs about discontentedness”

1. Darryl says:

   March 5, 2009 at 9:55 pm

   is it too late to add to the list?

   I like Adam Sandler singing Love Stinks in the wedding singer.

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2. Chris From Canada says:

   March 6, 2009 at 12:25 am

   Love Stinks is definitely full of discontentedness!

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3. bud chapplain says:

   March 6, 2009 at 12:25 pm

   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

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