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Notes From Tracy |
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1.Fill the Fields
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I wrote this song by playing the three chord progression over and over on my piano. I was meditating on God's eternal promises and Isaiah and also picturing some specific impoverished communities I have visited. I started to imagine what it would be like if everyone was shaken into the reality that Jesus promised to come again, and couldn't do anything besides step outside and wait in actual and powerful expectation. |
| 2.Hard to Watch Me Die |
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This song came from a season of maturing and growing into wholeness as I started to see my identity apart from what I did or accomplished. Though the result of these seasons, and dark nights for the soul are fruitful, it is still just as hard as the initial pain and hurt or adversity. |
| 3.I Keep Watch |
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King David used these words in the Psalms to describe his own insomnia. It seemed he often battled fear and sadness while alone at night. I too have gone through long seasons of insomnia and deep sadness. There is something very hopeful though, about bringing both the process and the things we battle into the light or public conversation. |
| 4.How Can We Sing |
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This song is based off of Psalm 137, which speaks of the hardship and despair of being in captivity. I brought it into a modern context where people are held captivity by poverty and war they did not choose and are in dire need of hope. |
| 5.See Your Hand |
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Some of my friends are really involved with Love 146 (love146.org), which works toward the abolition of child sex trafficking. The trafficking and rape of children for profit is one of the darkest stories on the planet. This song is based off of Psalm 10, which is incredible when read in light of this tragic story. Though it is hard to even talk about, it is certainly not outside of God's concern and heart, and so writing a song that can be sung in group worship gatherings I think is very important. |
| 6.Come Out |
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This song is one of hope for reconciliation in Africa, specifically Rwanda and Burundi in the aftermath of genocide, and living in a paradigm and story that allowed it to take place...to which I am a part also. So it seems appropriate that we repent from that story, and look for the treasure inside each other. Amahoro is a traditional greeting in which people embrace and let the peace flow between them, for as long as it takes for the peace to flow. So there is a, much longer than industry would recommend, instrumental interlude...just to let peace flow, as long as it takes. |
| 7.Take My Hand |
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In this project, I have confronted the battles that happen in my own heart when I am alone at night. In fact, I almost titled the project, "Night Time Prayers." There is much sadness in the world and it frustrates me that We often neglect the very important and obvious issues that effect us and our brothers and sisters, people God love's and values infinitely. I think part of the problem though, is that we are uncomfortable with sadness. We see sadness as the antagonist to joy, one of the fruits of the Spirit. But sadness is a very fruitful and rich thing, when it occurs in the context of God's heart for people and it is not the antagonist of joy, but rather one of the seeds that comes from genuine care and concern, that when it passes and bears fruit, leads to a fullness of joy that can be experienced no other way. |
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