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.
For all I care you could be an angel lying upon a cloud,
but I'd still breach the mighty heavens to desecrate your wings.
I'd hold this gift far enough from your grasp to keep your begging hands.
You see,
I know the formula for getting what I want.
If it's all the same, if it's where I belong…
then I've made quite a mess of things.
If it's innocent, then it's where I belong….
we've made quite a mess of things.
And I am everything you want…
all you held out for.
Is this what is was, all you held out for?
O harlot, pure of heart.
Pure of heart, is this passion compassion.
Press on, press on, we will press on.