La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
FROZEN NILE
(Music by Lex and Tom / Lyrics by Lex)
The morning lights
Annealing eyes with cold
A tempest rides
Defiling skies like mould
I see a dream being wide-awake
This world is running mad
A crazy trick that I can't take
When limbo lies ahead
I SEE THE NILE ENTOMBED IN A HYALINE CASE
SO CLEAR AS A HEAVENLY BLAZE
THE HOARY BODIES OF HIPPOS FROZE IN GLAZE
SPHINXES SURMOUNT WITH LACTEAL BAYS
RESIGNEDLY STANDING AT GAZE
WHEN CROAK OF PERISHING TOADS EXPIRES IN HAZE
Palm-trees have bowed to winds
Falling to vitreous sands
Wherries like pointed splints
Stick out of stony bents
Does anyone retrieve a key?
Which devilry we meet?
Uncanny scenes have seemed to me
And overturned my creed