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.
I was among the fatherless ones
Born in a tide of paralyzed sons
Threatened with fire
We all promised our spirits
Am I followed, watched like prey?
Who is singing freedom to me?
Tell me now, have you known a love
Powerful enough to steal your fear of
Death with wounds so bitter?
Can there be a place far beyond this sorrow
Ever bright and safe?
I will break this vein of violent shame
And run free
Crooked and crimson, its blood is poisoned
Crooked and crimson, its blood is poisoned