The children’s choir at Ryan’s parish sang this Hillsong song recently. It is by Matt Crocker, Joel Houston and Salomon Ligthelm.
It strikes me as something for solo voice really but through sheer repetition (and there is lot of that) it may be something a children’s choir would be able to do. I can’t see it for an assembly. This song is two verses and refrain and a bridge repeated with greater intensity until eternity. Some the text is “yeah” and “oh” but in between the psalm-like lyric actually works fairly well – although technically if I “walk upon the waters” and then ask to be “taken deeper” then I would drown. It is a bit “Sia” like and young people may appreciate that.
Should I apologise to the world on behalf of Australia for Hillsong? Probably not as the video below passes 20 000 000 views. I do think that for Catholic liturgy there is a lot of modern Australian music that is far better for that purpose by Amanda McKenna, Michael Mangan, Monica O’Brien, Gina Ogilvie et al (or from Europe Judy Bailey for that matter) that makes a lot more sense – and is available in As One Voice: The Next Generation.
The lyrics are here and the sheet music can be purchased at praisecharts.
My backing is over seven minutes long but cutting the bridge back to something sensible would reduce that a lot.
This version by Hillsong United is nine minutes long: