Monotony for Worship

I really dislike “praise choruses” because they are usually vacuous in meaning and almost always repetitious and monotonous — and that doesn’t even consider whether or not the lyrics are worth while!

Case in point is one we (congregation, not me) sang this week.  Take a look:

You Are Holy

Marc Imboden / Tammi Rhoton

You are holy

You are mighty

You are worthy

Worthy of praise

I will follow

I will listen

I will love you

All of my days

I will sing to 

And worship

The Kingdom is worthy

I will love and adore Him

And I will bow down before Him

And I will sing to and worship the Kingdom is worthy 

And I will love and adore

And I will bow down before Him

You're my prince of peace

And I will live my life for You

You are holy

You are mighty

You are worthy

Worthy of praise

I will follow

I will listen

I will love you

All of my days

I will sing to 

And worship

The Kingdom is worthy

I will love and adore Him

And I will bow down before Him

And I will sing to and worship the Kingdom is worthy 

And I will love and adore

And I will bow down before Him

You're my prince of peace

And I will live my life for You

I will sing to 

And worship

The Kingdom is worthy

I will love and adore Him

And I will bow down before Him

And I will sing to and worship the Kingdom is worthy 

And I will love and adore

And I will bow down before Him

You're my prince of peace

And I will live my life for You

You are holy

You are mighty

You are worthy

Worthy of praise

I will follow

I will listen

I will love you

All of my days

You are holy

You are mighty

You are worthy

Worthy of praise

You are holy

You are mighty

You are worthy

Worthy of praise

Oh, and we did it sort of as a round with “Guys” singing a different line than the “Gals.”  Reminded me of grad school.  I guess it is good for an emotional high, but it just irritated me; first, because there is no music to read with it so I had no idea what the tune was and, second, I despise such monotony because it takes no thought whatsoever.

“Worship” leaders, you can do better than this — get rid of these “radio songs.”  PLEASE!

Let’s end this “rant” with some humor — showing how no one pays attention to lyrics of songs they sing in church!  Ah, but it makes them feel good!