Rhythm Of The World

NewSong opens by naming real, current headlines rather than staying abstract: "read it in the paper, see it on the news, an everyday reminder of the times we're going through, brother fighting brother, faces filled with hate, from Africa to Bosnia, from New York to LA."

"The rhythm of the hands of time are beating out of sound, like an orchestra in motion, creation's calling out" turns that unrest into a kind of music, unpleasant but not meaningless — "moving us closer to the day of His return."

"Oh, but don't let your heart be troubled, all this sorrow must take place, they're warning signs from heaven telling us He's on His way" echoes Jesus' own instruction not to let hearts be troubled, applied here to headlines rather than a private grief. Revelation's picture of every eye seeing him at his return gives the song's closing image its shape: "'til finally one day we'll see Him coming in the sky."