A Comparison of the world's message to Follow your Heart, to Jer 17:9, using Mirages as a conduit.
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Story behind the song
A song with some oustanding drumwork by Mark Lucchessi, our new drummer.
This song was written based on the message of Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it?
Just as Mirages lie to you in the desert, your heart is deceitful and will lie to you. It tells you to trust in your own ability, but God says to Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
Lyrics
Verse 1:
Walking down a dusty blacktop highway in the country
On either side there waves an endless field of yellow wheat
Well, the country boy in me is glad to be on this adventure
But the city boy is melting in this heat.
With a thirst as big as Texas, and a canteen full of emptiness
I spy a pool of water far ahead upon the road
But you know, I didn't run ahead to get a drink Because I know,
It really wasn't there at all, it only seemed to be
Chorus:
It's a mirage. Yes, my eyes were really fooled,
It's a mirage. It's a disappearing pool.
Yes, my eyes, they will deceive me, But I want to know the truth
So I'll trust the Lord my God with all my heart
Not a mirage.
A mirage.
Verse 2:
Sitting in my living room, I watch another movie,
Where the hero wins the battle, gets the girl, and saves the day.
And in the end, he's told that he has won the victory because
He trusted in his heart and chased the clouds of doubt away.
But my bible tells me that my heart is quite deceitful
And it's desperately wicked, who can understand it's ways?
And it leads me in a path that may seem right But leads to death and hell
And so I'll trust the God who knows my name
Chorus:
Not a mirage Yes my heart can really fool me
A mirage It's the devil's favorite tool.
Yes my heart, it will deceive me, But I want to know the truth
So I'll trust the Lord my God with all my heart
Not a mirage
Not a mirage.