Rues of Roo

The new United album ‘In A Valley By The Sea’. I like.

It takes a step away from the previous United album (which yes, came out about a month ago) and goes back to their Live recording setting. Admittedly, one tends to not listen to lyrics at all when it comes to United, because the musical essence of each track is just good enough as it is.

One thing I always never liked about Hillsong music was the tendency on a lot of their songs (and actually, pretty much every other contempary Christian artists’ lyrics nowadays) is that they can be very shallow, and fairly repetitive. However, you can tell that recently a lot more of United’s lyrics are at least becoming more descriptive, and less ‘I bow the knee, I want to see, Your love that sets me free, you died on Calvary’ type.

Favourite track has to be number 3 ‘Perfect Love’. And only because of the typically simple but awesome riff throughout. Go buy it!

Perfect Love

I wanna see the broken hearts
finding hope in God above
I wanna know I’m doing all I can
So with this life, with all I am
No matter what the cost may be
I pray to see your love become our cause

I won’t stop believing
You alone are, You alone are God
In You there’s freedom

Your love brings me to my knees again
We’re gonna bring an anthem of love
We’re gonna live for you now

This perfect love, I can’t explain
This way of life that has no end
Your mercy satisfies, it’s all I need
My purpose found in You alone
to love the lost and bring them home
We were made to glorify our king

Your love brings me to my knees again
We’re gonna bring an anthem of love
We’re gonna live for you
May your love become my every thought
I wanna know the sound of your heart
I wanna live for you now

Sing You, you bring me life
You bring me hope
You’re all I need