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 stood in the warmth of night
Chilled to the bone
Hundreds of faces in sight
Still I'm alone.
Door after door
Room after empty room
I've stood here before
But under a different moon.
In the longest days, in the darkest night
Down the longest road, there's a presence of light
But I hear a voice that calls me
It's love's name I'll call in the end.
I've walk in and out of the fire
Between truth and lies
Now how many children watch
While one child cries.
Tear down these walls
And watch while our souls are freed
I've thrown away pride
To drown in this endless sea.
Hundreds of tears on the water
Mercy come rain down on me...