44 – Mars Hill Music: Review of the album “Citizens” by Citizens and Saints
What We’re Listening To
Bryan
Citizens and Foreign Made. Anyone surprised?
Justin
New automated playlists
Grant
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
I will meditate day and night / And in season you’ll harvest the fruit
Though a poison should threaten to kill / I know my Savior reigns
And when the breezes of death leave a chill / I’ve got Jesus’ blood in my veins
PreChorus 2
So I feel alive with a life that’s not mine / And I’m believing that that was your intended design
Bridge
The kingdoms of man have all decayed / The ruins of progress have turned to waste
The gods of greed lay in their graves / Darkness is everywhere
But there’s a path in the dark that has emerged / I can see a great light beyond this curse
A brilliant blaze that is your word / A beacon of hope that burns
And I focus my captivated gaze / On the radiant light from Jesus’ face
The water of life is all I crave / Only your word remains
So much more than precious gold / Is the beauty I behold
Give me the glorious reward / Of knowing you, my King, my Lord
Jesus!
Zach Bolen and Brian Eichelberger
Verse 1
The King of all Creation / Set aside His crown
A servant to the fathers love / Descended from his throne above
Author of Salvation / Giver of new life
Crucified to pay for sin / Our righteousness is in the name of
Chorus
Jesus, every heart and tongue confess / Your name above all names
All things of this earth belong to you / Forever you will reign
Verse 2
God of Resurrection / Conqueror of death
Ruler over everything / The lord of lords and king of kings is (Jesus!)
Bridge
Highly exalted is the name, of Jesus Christ
Heaven and earth declare all praise, to Jesus Christ
Highly exalted is the name, of Jesus Christ
Heaven and earth declare all praise to (Jesus!)
Sins of My Youth
Zach Bolen and Brian Eichelberger
Verse 1
Entangled by cords, bred to destroy / Caught in the snares You still, heard my voice
In my distress, I cried for your hand / Lifted out of death a new, creation
Chorus 1
Please remember not, the sins of my youth / So Good and upright are the ways of your truth
Verse 2
You have made known, the way to follow / I need you to be my guide, and stronghold
Oh my God in,You I’m trusting / All the paths you set are true, unchanging
Chorus 2
You remember not, the sins of my youth / So Good and upright are the ways of your truth
Bridge
I love, you Lord and all your ways / No end to the shouts of praise
Enthroned, forever reigning / My God, and my salvation
Oh God
Zach Bolen
Verse 1
In the valley, oh God You’re near / In the quiet, oh God You’re near
In the shadow, oh God You’re near / At my breaking, oh God You’re near
Chorus
Oh God, You never leave my side / Your love, will stand firm for all my life
Verse 2
In my searching, oh God You’re near / In my wandering, oh God You’re near
When I feel alone, oh God You’re near / At my lowest, oh God You’re near
Bridge
Height nor depth nor anything else / Could pull us apart / We are joined as one, by Your blood
Hope will rise, as we become more / Than conquerors through / The one who loved the world
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