FREE SONG! Lonely City (Lam 1) Paris Attacks of 2015

How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The princess among the provinces
Has become a slave!
She weeps bitterly in the night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
Lamentations 1:1-2

It's Friday, November 15, 2015. Just another day at work. Suddenly, I get the incredible urge to write a song. This isn't like other times in my past where I just felt an itch or a need to make some music. This is clearly divine inspiration that needs to get out of me right away. I watch the clock closely, waiting for 4:45 to roll around so I can clock out and get back to my office space. The time finally arrives and I b-line it out the door.

The spirit of patience is upon me and I decide not to rush but to eat a little dinner first and then get to writing. Around 6:30pm I stand in front of my computer with my microphone plugged in and recording program set and ready to record. This song just pours out of me. I don't try to write it at all, it is already there.

After I finish recording it I mix it down and listen to it repeatedly. Then, at about 9pm I go online to check my email and see the headline on the news feed about the Paris attacks. I read the article and immediately know that this song came from God as a message about what happened at the very time I began recording the song. Tears fill my eyes as I am overwhelmed by mixed emotions. I fall to my knees and worship my Father in heaven.

To this day, I have not fully comprehended why He gave me this song to me in such a manner but it was confirming that He wanted me to continue writing music based on Scripture. It was an answer to my prayers asking Him for guidance and confirmation regarding the musical direction of my life. This was a clear indication that God was communicating to me in a profound way.

Modified from orginal to be less sexually explicit

It was a real gift to me as well as a curse because of its meaning. It is about God's judgment coming upon Jerusalem for her people's transgressions against Him. Paris is a city known for it's sexual immorality and atheism. After learning of the nature of the main attack on the Bataclan concert I began to see a different picture than the media was portraying. One interesting fact is that The Eagles of Death Metal were singing a song called "Kiss the Devil" as the gunmen open fired on the crowd. The suspect nature of the facts surrounding this tragedy are numerous and tripped my discernment alarm in a major way. Here is a blog that expounds upon the significance and symbolism of what happened and a possible explanation as to why:
http://parablesblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/ride-lightning-reap-destruction.html

There is a lot more to the story of the Paris attacks that give a deeper meaning to the lyrics of the song God gave me. The same author of the blog above wrote about the deception surrounding the shootings here:
http://parablesblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/dark-deeds-in-city-of-light.html

Christians would do well to not only seek a personal relationship with Christ but to seek the truth of what is going on in the world. The truth is difficult to grasp at times but if you diligently seek it in prayer Father Yahweh will grace you with all that you can bear.

“If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and He will be in you.
John 14:17

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
John 16:13


We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
1 John 4:6

And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
1 John 5:6