Tell Me the Story Again
From Creation to Redemption: A Musical Journey Through Time
Lyrics
Start with an infant world and an open sky
Describes the beginning of the world with an innocent and open environment.
On a perfect day, breath from the mouth of God
Highlights a beautiful day with the breath or life originating from God.
Sends a quiver through His design of clay
Portrays a divine shiver in the design of humanity made from clay by God.
And it is good, and it is good
Expresses the goodness of creation.
Tell me the story again
Requests to retell the story, indicating a desire to revisit and understand important narratives.
Tell me the story again
-Wake to a girl beside
Shifts to a scene of companionship, emphasizing the comfort and permanence of a relationship.
Here's a hand to hold and never go away
-Now taste the forbidden fruit
Introduces the theme of disobedience, shame, and the instinct to hide when faced with wrongdoing.
Make a poor excuse
-Feel the wall of shame
-And run and hide, and run and hide
-Tell me the story again
Reiterates the request to hear the story again, suggesting the importance of learning from past experiences.
Tell me the story again
-Child in a manger bed
References the birth of a child in a manger, highlighting the understanding and joy of the mother.
See the virgin smile, she understood
-Now grow up and break your bread
Symbolizes growing up, sharing bread and wine, and ultimately facing sacrifice on a wooden cross.
Pour your cup of wine
-On a cross of wood
-A cross of wood, a cross of wood
-Tell me the story again
Repeated request to hear the story again, emphasizing its enduring significance.
Tell me the story again
-Tell me the story again
-Tell me the story again
-Time twenty centuries
Depicts a boy seeking forgiveness through a symbolic cleansing in the river, washing away guilt and sins.
There's a boy on his knees
-At the river's edge
-Now plunge with his guilty stains
-In the cleansing waves
-And wash his sins away
-Oh, happy day
Celebrates a moment of redemption with the repeated phrase "Oh, happy day."
Oh, happy day
-Oh, happy day
-Oh, happy day
-Tell me that story again
Reiterates the plea to hear the story again, underlining the desire for the retelling of significant narratives.
Tell me that story again
-Tell me the story, tell me the story
-Tell me the story, tell me the story again
-Start with an infant world
Recalls the imagery from the beginning, inviting a cyclical reflection on the story's timeless elements.
And an open sky on a perfect day
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