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"Fence Riders" Lyrics:
Am I foolishness to you
And is it laughable the things I do
Can you callused minds see past yourselves to his devine
Am I foolishness to you
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
You call it loosening up
Loosening up
I call it spiraling down
Only one thing's the same
Only one thing remains
Jesus Jesus
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
You're all asleep
You're all asleep
You're all asleep oh children
But he's over needed
You don't see it no
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
And is it laughable the things I do
Can you callused minds see past yourselves to his devine
Am I foolishness to you
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
You call it loosening up
Loosening up
I call it spiraling down
Only one thing's the same
Only one thing remains
Jesus Jesus
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
You're all asleep
You're all asleep
You're all asleep oh children
But he's over needed
You don't see it no
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry
The first couple of lines to the
song “Fence Riders” brought to mind a passage written by St. Paul. In 1 Cor 1:23 Paul writes, “But we proclaim
Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles…For the
foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom and the weakness of God is
stronger than human strength.” Paul had
to defend the faith against doubters just like we still have to do today. A lot of people then, as they do now, found
it absurd that God would not only come down from the heavens and take on human
flesh, but that he would also die for all of us. This is the “foolishness” of God that can be
hard to understand. However, we are also
reminded that God’s ways are above our ways and it’s not our job to understand
God. Perhaps it is absurd to consider
that an omnipotent God would become man and die for us. Yet, that is what our faith teaches us. “For God so loved the world that he gave his
only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish, but might have
eternal life” (Jn 3:16). Let people roll
their eyes at us, what should we care?
Christ loved us to the point of death and, for that, “I’m so out to cry!"
Ezekiel 34:31 – “You, my sheep,
you are the sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, says the Lord God.”
1 Cor 1:18 – “The message of the
cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved
it is the power of God.”
Romans 8:35, 37 – “Who will
separate us from the love of Christ?
Trial, or distress, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger,
or the sword? Yet in all this we are
more than conquerors because of him who has loved us.”
Deacon Scott Hill
Our lady of Victory Cathedral
