Hosana

So, anyone who has been around me long enough knows that I'm a little gay about Andrew Peterson. The quote at the top of this blog is from him. He just had a new album come out titled, Resurrection Letters, Vol. II. The reason for volume 2 coming out before volume 1 is because this album is about resurrection in our own lives:

These songs are bound together by the theme of resurrection in our lives and in the world around us. It wasn't until we were recording the album that I knew I wanted to tell a bigger story, and that this would be part two. Part one is Christ's resurrection, which made a way for ours; it was the turning point in the Great Story.

The first half is absolutely amazing. I'm still working through the middle portion of the album. After reading Tim's post, I though his song, "Hosanna," would be appropriate (actually, so would "All You'll Ever Need").

I am tangled up in contradiction.
I am strangled by my own two hands.
I am hunted by the hounds of addiction.
Hosanna!
I have lied to everyone who trusts me.
I have tried to fall when I could stand.
I have only loved the one who loved me.
Hosanna!

O Hosanna!
See the long awaited king come to set his people free.
We cry O Hosanna!
Come and tear the temple down. Raise it up on holy ground.
Hosanna!

I have struggled to remove the raiment,
tried to hide every shimmering strand.
I contend with these ghosts and these hosts of bright angels.
Hosanna!
I have cursed the man that you have made me.
I have nursed the beast that bays for my blood.
Oh, I have run from the one who would save me.
Save me, Hosanna!

O Hosanna!
See the long awaited king, come to set his people free.
We cry O Hosanna!
Come and tear the temple down. Raise it up on holy ground.
Hosanna!

We cry for blood, and we take your life.
Hosanna!
We cry for blood, and we take your life.
It is blood, it is life that you have given.

You have crushed beneath your heel the vile serpent.
You have carried to the grave the black stain.
You have torn apart the temple's holy curtain.
You have beaten Death at Death's own game.
Hosanna!

O Hosanna!
Hail the long awaited king, come to set his people free.
We cry O Hosanna!
Won't you tear this temple down, raise it up on holy ground.
O Hosanna!
I will lift my voice and sing: you have come and washed me clean. Hosanna.

If you have a chance to see his Christmas show, "Behold the Lamb of God," I highly recommend it. Phenomenal musicians. Last year he had Ron Block of Union Station, and a couple of years ago he had Alison Krauss. Plus, hammer dulcimer.