This week’s featured song story comes to us from for KING & COUNTRY. We’re excited to share with you the story behind their single “O God Forgive Us (feat. KB)” a song about forgiveness.
Six months ago we were conflicted about releasing another single. As we were praying about it, God helped us to see that our song “O God Forgive Us” needed to be heard during a time where many of us blame others rather than actually looking within and saying, “God, it starts with me. It starts with my heart. Forgive me for the wrongdoings in my life.” When people ask for forgiveness, that’s when the world is able to unite as one. We became so passionate about forgiveness that we no longer questioned whether we should remake the song as a single. It became a must.
We released the single featuring our good friend and hip hop artist, KB back in April and are now thrilled to be sharing the official music/lyric video with all of you. The video features a curtain with images projected onto it. We are standing with KB on one side and on the other is the child versions of ourselves, consisting of Luke’s and KB’s sons. Phoenix is the younger version of Luke, Jude plays Joel, and KBJ is young KB. In the end we embrace our younger selves. We did this to symbolize forgiveness of our past mistakes. The great hope of the world is that we’ve all been offered grace and we should celebrate it by forgiving ourselves and forgiving others. We hope that this video encourages you to look within, to ask God for forgiveness, and to find peace and healing with your own past. – Joel and Luke
Click on the videos below to watch the official music video + the behind the scenes video, and scroll down to listen and read the full lyrics of the song.
From the album Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong (Deluxe Anniversary Edition).
“O God Forgive Us (feat. KB)” Lyrics
We’ve prayed the prayer with no reply
Words float off into the night
Couldn’t cut our doubt with the sharpest knife
Oh, oh God forgive us
Silence isn’t comfortable
We want drive through peace and instant hope
Our shallow faith it has left us broke
Oh, oh God forgive us
Oh, oh God forgive us
A slave to our uncertainty
Help us with our unbelief
Oh, oh God forgive us
Young and old, black and white
Rich and poor, there’s no divide
Hear the mighty, hear the powerless, singing
Oh God forgive us
Oh God forgive us
A slave to our uncertainty
Help us with our unbelief
Oh, oh God forgive us
With our white flag sailing in the night
Eyes pointed to the sky
Hands up and open wide, open wide
With our white flag sailing in the night
Eyes pointed to the sky
Hands up and open wide, open wide
With our white flag sailing in the night
Eyes pointed to the sky
Hands up and open wide, open wide
With our white flag sailing in the night
Eyes pointed to the sky
Hands up and open wide, open wide
Oh, oh God forgive us
A slave to our uncertainty
Help us with our unbelief
Oh, oh God forgive us
Run wild. To risk everything. To hold nothing back.
To lay it all on the line: your reputation, your success, your comfort.
It’s that moment when fear is overcome by faith. Live free.
It’s not the liberty to do whatever you want whenever and wherever you want,
But rather it’s living in accordance with the author of humanity
And finding freedom by connecting with the creator who conceived you.
Let the light flood into your eyes for the first time.
Feeling the blood course through your veins, finding the truest version of yourself
By knowing the one who knows you even better than you know yourself.
Love strong. Because you were first loved. Because without love we all perish.
Because the earth and the stars can and will pass away, but love, love will always remain
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