No Substitutes (The Heritage of Joy) (Lesson 117)

Описание: [Intro]
[Atmospheric synthesizer pads and a melodic electric guitar lead. The music sounds spacious and clearing.]
[Verse 1]
I thought that there were gaps inside Your Love
Where sin could enter and where pain could move.
I tried to redefine the Light as limited
And walked a path where fear and sorrow led.
I thought that I could find a separate joy
In things of dust that time would soon destroy.
But fear is just a stranger to Your ways
I turn my face to meet Your endless gaze.
[Chorus]
[Full band enters with strength and drive. Anthemic and declaring.]
God, being Love, is also happiness!
To fear You is to be afraid of joy.
I choose to entertain no substitutes
No idols that the ego would employ.
I seek but what belongs to me in truth
The heritage given to me at my birth.
God, being Love, is also happiness
The only lasting joy upon the earth!
[Verse 2]
I clear the holy altar of my mind
Of all the meaningless gifts I designed.
The tiny treasures and the heavy chains
The dusty symbols of my secret pains.
I lay them down, these self-made gifts of fear
To make a space for what is truly here.
Your gifts were mine before the start of time
Eternal peace and joy, forever mine.
[Chorus]
[High energy, soaring vocals.]
God, being Love, is also happiness!
To fear You is to be afraid of joy.
I choose to entertain no substitutes
No idols that the ego would employ.
I seek but what belongs to me in truth
The heritage given to me at my birth.
God, being Love, is also happiness
The only lasting joy upon the earth!
[Bridge]
[Drums play a tribal, building tom-tom beat. The lyrics build in intensity.]
Love has no limits, being everywhere!
And therefore joy is everywhere as well!
I leave the shadows of my private hell.
I unite my will with what You will for me
I accept the truth that sets the prisoner free!
These are the gifts my Father gave to me!
Joy is my right!
Love is my home!
[Verse 3]
[Music drops out for the first two lines, then swells back in for a massive crescendo.]
I welcome gladly now the gifts of Grace,
I see the reflection of Heaven in this place.
No opposition to the Truth remains,
Your Love has washed away the ancient stains.
[Full Band Crescendo]
I claim the inheritance You held in store,
I will not wait for Heaven anymore!
[Chorus]
[Maximum volume, crashing cymbals, gang vocals on the melody.]
God, being Love, is also happiness!
To fear You is to be afraid of joy.
I choose to entertain no substitutes
No idols that the ego would employ.
I seek but what belongs to me in truth
The heritage given to me at my birth.
God, being Love, is also happiness
The only lasting joy upon the earth!
[Outro]
[Music fades to the ambient texture of the intro. The singer repeats the lines softly, prayerfully.]
I seek but what belongs to me in truth.
Love is my heritage...
And with it, joy.
No substitutes for Love.
Only the truth.
[Fade to silence]