Reverence at heart is about “not taking yourself too seriously“.
You, I, we—are not God. We may be a celebrity like John Lodge of the ‘Moody Blues’ or a no one knows who I am beyond these pages or frankly much cares. Nor should they. They have enough joys, delights, sorrow and challenges to focus their attention on. It is enough that God loves me and calls me to love my neighbor just as I am loved.
Hence John, speaking of the creative genius behind every song, says: “If any of us wrote a song, as soon as we played it to the rest of the guys, it became their song.“ Thats reverence.
He then goes on to describe how his fans began thinking of him as a savior in a time of national division at least as difficult as in today’s political environ. Hence the title of humility. “I’m just a Singer in a Rock n’Roll Band.”
In his words:
The Song:
{Instrumental Lead In} I'm just a wandering on the face of this earth Meeting so many people Who are trying to be free And while I'm traveling I hear so many words Language barriers broken Now we've found the key And if you want the wind of change To blow about you And you're the only other person to know, don't tell me I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band A thousand pictures can be drawn from one word Only who is the artist We got to agree A thousand miles can lead so many ways Just to know who is driving What a help it would be So if you want this world of yours To turn about you And you can see exactly what to do Please tell me I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band
Who are only destroying themselves
And when you see a frightened
Person who is frightened by the
People who are scorching this earth
I'm just a wandering on the face of this earth
Meeting so many people
Who are trying to be free
And while I'm traveling I hear so many words
Language barriers broken
Now we've found the key
And if you want the wind of change
To blow about you
And you're the only other person to know, don't tell me
I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band
I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band
How can we understand
Riots by the people for the people
Who are only destroying themselves
And when you see a frightened
Person who is frightened by the
People who are scorching this earth
Music is the traveler crossing our worldMeeting so many people bridging the seas
I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band
We're just the singers in a rock and roll band
I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band...
Blessings! Terry
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