Song Of The Week - January 2

Welcome to another Song Of The Week! This one here marks the first SOTW of 2009, which would've been pretty awesome if we'd been doing this for more than a month haha! Nonetheless, it is still the New Year, so anything that's first for something is pretty sweet.



You Are Here (The Same Power) - Hillsong London, Hail To The King

"My Sheperd and King/I find You within me/For You are here"

Oh no, it's a Hillsong!

Yes, it's a Hillsong, so once we get over that, we can get on to why it's still good :P. You Are Here was also on the album This Is Our God from this summer, but unfortunately they only sang the chorus, and left a bit to be desired. Hillsong London presents the entire version, and if the chorus was good, the rest of the song is exceptional.

I wish that this version of the song was released before we started with the music for this year's youth. I would've loved to play this acoustically, or fully. The solemn feel of the worship is amazing, and it almost feels... contradictory? Like a beautiful disaster, or... I can't put my finger on it. It captures God's suffering for us, and his amazing mercy, grace and power at the exact same time. Then it rises to the chorus, like an anthem proclaiming His greatness. I also like the style that London presents the song in. It has this resonant power to it, but is not aided by heavily overdriven guitars or overtly pounding drums. The tight balance of instruments, arrangement and the message is what gives it its resonance. He is here, and I hope the song reminds you of just some of the many things He is.

You Are Here - http://www.mediafire.com/?gmj4diiriyy