Song for Sunday: A new law

This is another song from the Mockingbird album. It's quite possibly my favorite. Although it doesn't read like a beautiful poem, it definitely has profound meaning.

A New Law
by Derek Webb

Don’t teach me about politics and government.
Just tell me who to vote for.
Don’t teach me about truth and beauty.
Just label my music.

Don’t teach me how to live like a free man.
Just give me a new law.

I don’t wanna know, if the answers aren’t easy,
so just bring it down from the mountain to me.

I want a new law.
I want a new law.
Give me that new law.

Don’t teach me about moderation and liberty.
I prefer a shot of grape juice.

Don’t teach me about loving my enemies.

Don’t teach me how to listen to the Spirit.
Just give me a new law.

I don’t wanna know, if the answers aren’t easy,
so just bring it down from the mountain to me.

I want a new law.
I want a new law.
Give me that new law.

What’s the use in trading a law you can never keep
for one you can that cannot get you anything?

Do not be afraid.
Do not be afraid.
Do not be afraid.


"Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:35-36