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Sing a song (Third Day)
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Description

The Christian rock band Third Day live.

Note: The name of the band, "Third Day", is a reference to the resurrection of Christ, who died on the cross and rose up again "on the third day".

Transcript

I wanna sing a song for You, Lord
And Lord, for You I wanna sing a song
And I want to lift my voice to Heaven
And listen to the angels sing along

A song of Your faithfulness
A song of Your grace
And of Your loving kindness
To the glory of Your name
With everything that’s in me, Lord
Listen to me say
I wanna sing a song for You
I wanna sing a song

And I wanna live my life for You, Lord
Oh, Lord, for You I wanna live my life
And I wanna praise the name of Jesus
And pray above all things You’re glorified

A song of Your faithfulness
A song of Your grace
And of Your loving kindness
To the glory of Your name
With everything that’s in me, Lord
Listen to me say
I wanna sing a song for You
I wanna sing a song

And I sing about Your mercy
And I sing about Your love
Your goodness, Lord
Your righteousness
I wanna sing...

A song of Your faithfulness
A song of Your grace
And of Your loving kindness
To the glory of Your name
With everything that’s in me, Lord
Listen to me say
I wanna sing a song for You
I wanna sing a song

A song of Your faithfulness, Lord
And of Your love and kindness
To the glory of Your name
With everything that’s in me, Lord
Listen to me say
I wanna sing a song for You
I wanna sing a song

And we’ll sing holy, holy, holy
We’ll sing holy, holy, holy
We’ll shout holy, holy
Are You Lord almighty

Yes, You are Lord

We’ll sing holy, holy, holy
We’ll shout holy, holy, holy
We’ll sing holy, holy
Are You Lord almighty

Explanations

LIFT= Raise, send up.

SING ALONG= If two people sing along, they sing together, at the same time.

FAITHFULNESS= The quality of being faithful. If you are faithful, people can trust you because you will never fail them.

GRACE= Mercy; clemency.

LOVING= Having love in it, showing love or produced by love.

GLORY= Splendour, great honour.

YOUR NAME= You.

PRAISE= Worship.

THE NAME OF JESUS= Jesus.
(in biblical language, the name of a person can represent his soul, his identity)

PRAY= Beseech, implore, ask earnestly.
This verb means to say a prayer (to speak to God or someone in heaven):
- I pray to God three times a day.
But we can also use it, as here, to express that we really wish something to happen:
- I pray he'll be alright = God, please, protect him
- Pray it may rain soon = I really wish it may rain
So the sentence "And pray above all things You're glorified" means "And I really want You to be glorified above all things".
We can also use PRAY with imperatives to ask for something politely:
- Close the door, I pray = Will you close the door, please?
- Pray, take one = Please, take one.

MERCY= Compassionate treatment, especially of those under one's power; clemency.

RIGHTEOUSNESS= The quality of adhering to moral principles, being good and fair (just).


HOLY= Sacred, saint, all-good.
Repeating this word three times is a usual Christian formula to praise God because God has, according to Christians, three natures (Father, Son & Holy Spirit).

ALMIGHTY= All-powerful, having absolute power; who can do anything at all.