Song: "Spiritual Song"
Singer: Compass Band
Album: No Escape
The lyrics are as follows——
Loving Savior, please do not stay away from me.
Hear my cry and please answer me.
When I am hungry and thirsty for righteousness, please satisfy me.
When I am poor and lacking, please have mercy on me.
When I am in pain and sorrow, please comfort me.
When I am attacked by evil people, please save me.
Evil people and enemies have framed me, please save me.
Disasters and diseases have imprisoned me, please heal me.
Please guide me when I can’t tell the way forward.
When I don’t know right from wrong, please help me.
My soul is really thirsty, please give me nectar to nourish me.
When I am particularly sleepy, please revive me.
I am often unavoidable, and I beg you to have mercy and forgive me.
I am in great pain and difficulty, and I beg you to guide me personally.
I beg you for your strong hands to support me personally.
My savior, please have mercy on me, please protect me and take care of me.
Because my faith is too small, Satan surrounds me.
Father, give me the sword of the Holy Spirit to destroy them all.
Father, please give me joy, open my heart, and make me lively.
Always watch, pray without ceasing, and sing songs of thanksgiving.
Lord, if I fall asleep when You come the second time,
Father, wake me up and do not abandon me.
Father, I say to you shyly, I do not deserve the blessings of heaven.
Father, please see that I believe that you have earned the right to let me enter the kingdom of heaven.
Extended information:
1. Introduction to "Spiritual Songs"——
Sam Cook was the first to break away from the gospel music genre. His song " You Send Me” (1957’s No. 1 song) captures the essence of “flower singing” and marks the beginning of the spiritual era.
North American black religious worship songs. Most of the content reflects the emotional expression of black people who suffered cruel slavery and had no choice but to pin their hopes on religion. Sung in English, the melodies are simple and mostly in five-tone major mode (such as "Slip Back", "No One Knows My Pain", "Get Down, Lovely Carriage") or seven-tone minor mode (such as "Go, Moses"). ", "Crucifixion"), rich in syncopated rhythm, and the harmony is similar to the hymns of the American Christian Church.
Since singing is often improvised, there is almost no set score to follow. After the Civil War, due to the spread of black singers such as the Fisk University Black Singing Group, it became world-famous as the most representative black folk song in the United States and became an important material for jazz music. Folk hymns, also called spirituals, sung by white people in North America.
The Grammy Award won by Steve Winwood in 1987 was another achievement of the spiritual era. The term "northern soul" refers to the fact that white pop music in the north of England drew a lot from the great black music, rather than from the dry and pretentious performances on London TV shows, even in British club dance halls. Music was also greatly influenced by spirituals.
2. The significance of spiritual songs of the times -
The golden age of spiritual songs also marked the end of the racial segregation that had existed for many years. During the same period, the human rights movement also began to flourish. .
Baidu Encyclopedia-Spiritual Songs