Broadway Hymn

A while back ago, Jimmy posted some perfectly barbaric lyrics by that SECULAR band, U2. Personally, I was offended.

Christian's music should be sacred, and there's nothing more sacred than...

old show tunes.

Joking aside, if you've never seen the musical "Man of La Mancha", you need to. There's an old film version of it with Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren, so go get it. It's the story of the Christian life. My favorite is when Don Quixote sings his quest. The song describes all the "hopeless purpose" of living a life attempting to achieve something that one can never achieve, at least here... But we do it anyway.

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear an unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are to weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause
And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will be peaceful and calm when I'm laid to rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star

God help us, we are all men of La Mancha.
posted by Stephen at 8:05 PM | |