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.
My mouth is open
Agape and open wide
Through tribulation
To You I will confide
Hopeless and heartless I stand
I've been waiting
Separation from the pain
The purple cord has come unplugged
Staring strangely at a man up on a hill
Staring strangely back at me
And I know I've been sick
From the time that I was born
Now I need Your love to swarm
Swarm me
I'll sleep in my jar of medicine
In my jar is the Son
I'll sleep in my jar of medicine
In my jar is the Son
My head is open
I've opened up my mind
Through Your reprieve
To You I will confide
Soulless and selfless I stand
I've been waiting
Contemplation on the vein
The purple cord is really red
Staring strangely at a scarecrow's fantasy
Staring strangely back at me
I've been afflicted for so long
While all along I thought I would be fine
Lately I've been losing so much sleep
Infection of the soulish kind
Inside my thoughts begin to swell
Welling up inside my fragile mind
Why must I contemplate
All these actions that I hate
I need some time alone
Some time alone with...
I am needing, I am wanting
I am kneeling, 'cause I know that