Analysis of BE SILENT !
Be silent, don't say a word,
They don't give a flip what ya heard
Accept their way, or be a hater
Bow before sin, now or later
They call darkness light
They cry it's their right
But then deny the responsibility
I've got to say that's an impossibility
I'm gonna say, wrong is wrong
I won't praise sin, it don't belong
If you sin, judgment will fall
Even if it's accepted by them all
I stand, faithful in my defiance
By God's Grace I'll break my silence!
Who are you to demand my obedience?
Who are you to own my allegiance?
I stand in the Blood of the Lamb,
And I tell you your "rights" are a sham
You throw your sin in defiance of Grace
Taunting God, saying He'll not show His face
But I warn you repent, for judgment grows
The staining of innocence on our country shows
But it seems the voices all fall silent
Fearful before this woke giant
I will stand, if I must alone
And like David I pick my stone
I really don't care if you bring a sword,
Cause I stand true in the name of the Lord
The more you shout, intimidate or demand
The more true children of God will stand
You can cancel me, berate me, or say I hate
But I'll stand true, God holds my fate
And I've got to say His Spirit is stirred
So be silent, don't say a word
AMEN
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 11101111 011111010 10111110 11101 11111 1101000100 11111100100 1101111 11111101 1111011 1011010111 111001010 11111110 11110110100 111111010 11001101 011111101 1111001011 1011011111 1111011101 0101100110101 1110101110 10011110 11111101 01101111 1101111101 1111001101 0111010101 011101111 111010111111 11111111 0111111011 11101101 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,246 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 35 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 946 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 246 |
About this poem
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6 12
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