Balm in Gilead
44 – Mars Hill Music: Review of the album “Citizens” by Citizens and Saints
Psalm 44
What We’re Listening To
Bryan
Citizens and Foreign Made. Anyone surprised?
Justin
New automated playlists
Grant
* Citizens* Peter Gregson* Christi Stills* Barrage* Crown & Covenant
Songs of Mars Hill: Citizens
Sweetness of Freedom
Zach Bolen and Brian Eichelberger
Verse 1:
Within my heart’s a Rebellious side / Conflicting with the Spirits’ desire
To keep my heart in step with you / So I do not do what I want to do
Chorus
All my life I, live to follow / You alone, as you change my desires
Liberated by the blood of Jesus / I’ve found life in the sweetness of freedom
Verse 2
Only you have the power to break / Every chain I placed around my neck
I heard your call from the pit of death / To surrender all and nothing less
Verse 3
Through the spirit I have righteousness / Sweet victory over the flesh
I can walk with confidence in you / As you gratify my soul with truth
Made Alive
Zach Bolen and Brian Eichelberger
Verse 1
I once was dead in sin / Alone and hopeless / A child of wrath I walked / Condemned in darkness
But Your mercy brought new life / And in your love and kindness
Raised me up with Christ / And made me righteous
Chorus
You have bought me back with the riches of / Your amazing grace and relentless love
I’m made alive forever with you life forever by your grace I’m saved
Verse 2
Lord you are the light / That broke the darkness / You satisfy my soul / When I am heartless
If ever I forget / That you’re my true identity / Show me who I am / And help me to believe
Bridge
My sin has been erased / I’ll never be the same
I Am Living in a Land of Death
Zach Bolen and Brian Eichelberger
Verse 1
I am living in a land of death / The trees are burnt and grey
There’s a smoldering smoke overhead / And the night looks the same as the day
It seems a miracle that I can stand / When everyone I’ve known
Drifts up in the air with the ash / Everytime that the wind starts to blow
PreChorus
But I feel alive with a life that’s not mine / Your law is a stream in this wasteland, my lifeline
Chorus
So much more than precious gold are Your promises my Lord
By them is Your servant warned and in keeping them great reward
Verse 2
Your direction is my delight / Your law secures my roots