Love, where is your fire?
Love, Where Is Your Fire? is a song by Brooke Fraser, and, like basically every song I've heard that she's written, it's brilliant.
Love, where is your fire?
I’ve been sitting here smoking away
Making signals with sticks and odd ends and bits
But still there’s no sign of a flame
Imposters have been passing
Offering a good-feeling glow
But I’m holding out for what you are about
An inferno that burns to the bone
Some urge me to be temperate
Lukewarm will never do
CHORUS
‘Cos I, I wanna blaze with you
So I’m holding my heart out to you
Holding my heart out
So I stand, handing out torches
Speaking words that are lamps to their feet
‘Til the time when you come and I’m whole and we are one
And the fire in me is complete
Some tell me to be moderate
But lukewarm will never do
CHORUS
Now I, I know I’ll blaze with you
So I’m holding my heart out to you
Holding my heart out
Bridge
Then a doubt comes to lie at the back of my mind
That I’ll offer you me and you’ll politely decline
So I hasten to mute it
I’ll shout and rebuke it
Away
So, I bolded that one part because I find it really interesting. It is a nice nod to evangelism, which I like, and is made of language that's not trite and overused. The part that made me sorta smile and think was the first half: "So I stand, handing out torches / Speaking words that are lamps to their feet." Brooke Fraser has written some of my favorite songs ever. Some of them have helped me get through hard times and consider more seriously certain aspects of my life and my faith. A few such songs are Albertine, C.S. Lewis Song, Hosea's Wife, and Desert Song, which she didn't record on her solo albums, but wrote for Hillsong. She also wrote one of my favorite worship songs ever. I mean, favorite to the extent where it's in my top five... maybe even top three. It's called Hosanna. My favorite recording of the song is actually by Starfield, but she wrote the song and recorded it with Hillsong.
Anyway, she's relatively young to come up with such insightful words and music, so I've considered why she's able to do so. I had an experience once where a group of men, friends with eachother but strangers to me, were confused about an aspect of their faith and one was rather distressed about it. I overheard them and was feeling pressed to pay attention, and was considering sharing what I knew. I am pretty shy and intimidated by people though. About a minute after I began listening though, they approached me. I was nervous, and a little shaky, but words becan to come out of my mouth that I was not smart enough or wise enough to come up with on my own. Those words brought comfort, calm, and understanding. Because of that, I suppose it must be the same with this music. Music is such a brilliant means of communication and such a blessing. If her goal is to speak words that are lamps to people's feet, I commend that. And, she doesn't try to do it on her own, or she'd only be able to reach a few who she knew really well and knew what they needed to hear. I know God is involved directly in what she writes, because what she's written has affected so many people.
In Hosea's Wife, it says,
"I see the scars of searches everywhere I go
From hearts to wars to literature to radio
There’s a question like a shame no one will show
'What do I live for?' "
I mean there are other lines earlier which paired with all of this make me think, but this is the main part. She's been shown a great need in the world, and put in a great position to help spread God's word to people and help them understand some of his ways and some of his plan. I think that's so cool. It makes me wish I'd had more musical training, or at least focused more when I had the opportunity to make musicianship a huge huge part of my life. Music is one of the most amazing ministries out there and I so wish I could be involved. We'll see.
Love, where is your fire?
I’ve been sitting here smoking away
Making signals with sticks and odd ends and bits
But still there’s no sign of a flame
Imposters have been passing
Offering a good-feeling glow
But I’m holding out for what you are about
An inferno that burns to the bone
Some urge me to be temperate
Lukewarm will never do
CHORUS
‘Cos I, I wanna blaze with you
So I’m holding my heart out to you
Holding my heart out
So I stand, handing out torches
Speaking words that are lamps to their feet
‘Til the time when you come and I’m whole and we are one
And the fire in me is complete
Some tell me to be moderate
But lukewarm will never do
CHORUS
Now I, I know I’ll blaze with you
So I’m holding my heart out to you
Holding my heart out
Bridge
Then a doubt comes to lie at the back of my mind
That I’ll offer you me and you’ll politely decline
So I hasten to mute it
I’ll shout and rebuke it
Away
So, I bolded that one part because I find it really interesting. It is a nice nod to evangelism, which I like, and is made of language that's not trite and overused. The part that made me sorta smile and think was the first half: "So I stand, handing out torches / Speaking words that are lamps to their feet." Brooke Fraser has written some of my favorite songs ever. Some of them have helped me get through hard times and consider more seriously certain aspects of my life and my faith. A few such songs are Albertine, C.S. Lewis Song, Hosea's Wife, and Desert Song, which she didn't record on her solo albums, but wrote for Hillsong. She also wrote one of my favorite worship songs ever. I mean, favorite to the extent where it's in my top five... maybe even top three. It's called Hosanna. My favorite recording of the song is actually by Starfield, but she wrote the song and recorded it with Hillsong.
Anyway, she's relatively young to come up with such insightful words and music, so I've considered why she's able to do so. I had an experience once where a group of men, friends with eachother but strangers to me, were confused about an aspect of their faith and one was rather distressed about it. I overheard them and was feeling pressed to pay attention, and was considering sharing what I knew. I am pretty shy and intimidated by people though. About a minute after I began listening though, they approached me. I was nervous, and a little shaky, but words becan to come out of my mouth that I was not smart enough or wise enough to come up with on my own. Those words brought comfort, calm, and understanding. Because of that, I suppose it must be the same with this music. Music is such a brilliant means of communication and such a blessing. If her goal is to speak words that are lamps to people's feet, I commend that. And, she doesn't try to do it on her own, or she'd only be able to reach a few who she knew really well and knew what they needed to hear. I know God is involved directly in what she writes, because what she's written has affected so many people.
In Hosea's Wife, it says,
"I see the scars of searches everywhere I go
From hearts to wars to literature to radio
There’s a question like a shame no one will show
'What do I live for?' "
I mean there are other lines earlier which paired with all of this make me think, but this is the main part. She's been shown a great need in the world, and put in a great position to help spread God's word to people and help them understand some of his ways and some of his plan. I think that's so cool. It makes me wish I'd had more musical training, or at least focused more when I had the opportunity to make musicianship a huge huge part of my life. Music is one of the most amazing ministries out there and I so wish I could be involved. We'll see.