Top-Sellers Banquet
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On the ridge there's a camera
And a DP framing the shot of a hillside at twilight
And a country club on top in the foreground
There's a paved road lit by the black cars splitting the night
Tunneled headlights burned in the darkness
Move the camera to the banquet hall
Where they all arrive in turn
Give their coats to a man at the door
They come in for a dinner planned
In their honor all here top-sellers for the year on the list
On the far side by a glass wall at a table the executives sit
They watch people coming in on a pilgrimage
There's a slow pan pull the camera back
(let it linger hanging over the room)
(let the viewer feel the heat of the light on the screen)
(coming through)
And they're all in awe of it
Here standing with the pyramid tip
Above shift the focus on each entering guest
Like some television wedding event
They come in to the hall and almost kneel on the ground
In suits and jewels and diamond ball gowns
Praise Jesus for the gospel of more
For the kingdom of eternal reward and the camera tilts
An announcement made a welcome
Thanks your seats please and we'll start
It's good to see or to meet you
To celebrate the year that we've had
They'll serve dinner soon enjoy your drinks
The ensemble starts to play
Move the camera now from the hallway out
Shoot the dancers from in back of the line
One by one going into the room
Keep the camera close follow behind
Floating weightless between tables
We change focus crossing paths
All their guests hold their phones out
No one notices the flash all around
Pass through glass and showed the hillside glowing white
Right before there was sound
That's only relatively good, but one thing is sure
We must die
If you will just turn to your last page of the Banner this week, you will find a series
Of articles by Arnold Brink on that subject
You must die
I must die
In view of that, where will you place your energy?
Where will you set your ambitions?
Where will be your goal?
How will your aim be determined?
What will be your seeking?
And a hush fell all around
In the room gone pitch black
But for the glow of their phones
In their hands and they wondered had the power gone out
Why they couldn't hear anything
In the dark that surrounded them
Not a sound made and nothing came out
When they opened up their mouths
You could sense how they felt
In the expressions revealed by the screens
It was a dancer they discovered first
Between tables in the hall near the center
Frozen in her pose mid-jump
Suspended in the air
In the corner all the players in their chairs with their bows mid-stroke
And the servers too
Scattered like a statuary in a garden or a tomb
Motionless each of them except for the guests
And the executives still seated at their table
At the front end of the room
Then from the ceiling came a tunnel of light
Settled downward on the dancer in the air
Still floating with her legs outstretched in a leap above them
They saw her fingers moving first
Then her eyes blinking softly in the brightness
And the guests stood dumbstruck watching in awe
Her return as if unthawing back to life
Floated slowly going weightlessly up
Through the chandeliers above
Through the roofbeams then out
Disappearing through the ceiling in the night
And another one fell downward on a dancer by the hall door
And another one fell downward on a cellist in his chair
And another on a server and another on a valet
On another dancer and another
And they all begin rising skyward
And the camera starts to rise skyward with them
Where its lens fixed downward at the room
Shows guests in horror pull out their hair
And the head table in the center carries on
Eating and drinking and talking as if entirely unfazed
And the camera rises through the ceiling
And the shot widens as it climbs
And we see in all directions long beams everywhere to the ground
Where bodies inside smile at music only they can hear
At a thousand voices singing in their ears
At the warmth of the light on their skin
And on the ground people weep gnash their teeth
Burn their belongings
And we see everything around rising upward
Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
Until the camera goes black until the film cuts until it
Ends without credits for there's nobody left to see
All god knows that as we work the work of god the work of faith as we seek the kingdom
And his righteousness we are also going to be faithful in our daily labors
Us we're going to use our time we're going to budget our money we're going to be careful in
Spending we're going to be wise in investing and he will regulate these things for the beginning
Of wisdom is the fear of the lord amen our god we thank thee for all the mercies bestowed upon us
For thy word and thy spirit for thy power of grace and for thy love as it speaks to us
May we never cease seeking thy kingdom seeking thy righteousness
May we wait on thee day by day to receive at thy hand food and drink and clothing and
Shelter and all things
In Jesus name amen
And a DP framing the shot of a hillside at twilight
And a country club on top in the foreground
There's a paved road lit by the black cars splitting the night
Tunneled headlights burned in the darkness
Move the camera to the banquet hall
Where they all arrive in turn
Give their coats to a man at the door
They come in for a dinner planned
In their honor all here top-sellers for the year on the list
On the far side by a glass wall at a table the executives sit
They watch people coming in on a pilgrimage
There's a slow pan pull the camera back
(let it linger hanging over the room)
(let the viewer feel the heat of the light on the screen)
(coming through)
And they're all in awe of it
Here standing with the pyramid tip
Above shift the focus on each entering guest
Like some television wedding event
They come in to the hall and almost kneel on the ground
In suits and jewels and diamond ball gowns
Praise Jesus for the gospel of more
For the kingdom of eternal reward and the camera tilts
An announcement made a welcome
Thanks your seats please and we'll start
It's good to see or to meet you
To celebrate the year that we've had
They'll serve dinner soon enjoy your drinks
The ensemble starts to play
Move the camera now from the hallway out
Shoot the dancers from in back of the line
One by one going into the room
Keep the camera close follow behind
Floating weightless between tables
We change focus crossing paths
All their guests hold their phones out
No one notices the flash all around
Pass through glass and showed the hillside glowing white
Right before there was sound
That's only relatively good, but one thing is sure
We must die
If you will just turn to your last page of the Banner this week, you will find a series
Of articles by Arnold Brink on that subject
You must die
I must die
In view of that, where will you place your energy?
Where will you set your ambitions?
Where will be your goal?
How will your aim be determined?
What will be your seeking?
And a hush fell all around
In the room gone pitch black
But for the glow of their phones
In their hands and they wondered had the power gone out
Why they couldn't hear anything
In the dark that surrounded them
Not a sound made and nothing came out
When they opened up their mouths
You could sense how they felt
In the expressions revealed by the screens
It was a dancer they discovered first
Between tables in the hall near the center
Frozen in her pose mid-jump
Suspended in the air
In the corner all the players in their chairs with their bows mid-stroke
And the servers too
Scattered like a statuary in a garden or a tomb
Motionless each of them except for the guests
And the executives still seated at their table
At the front end of the room
Then from the ceiling came a tunnel of light
Settled downward on the dancer in the air
Still floating with her legs outstretched in a leap above them
They saw her fingers moving first
Then her eyes blinking softly in the brightness
And the guests stood dumbstruck watching in awe
Her return as if unthawing back to life
Floated slowly going weightlessly up
Through the chandeliers above
Through the roofbeams then out
Disappearing through the ceiling in the night
And another one fell downward on a dancer by the hall door
And another one fell downward on a cellist in his chair
And another on a server and another on a valet
On another dancer and another
And they all begin rising skyward
And the camera starts to rise skyward with them
Where its lens fixed downward at the room
Shows guests in horror pull out their hair
And the head table in the center carries on
Eating and drinking and talking as if entirely unfazed
And the camera rises through the ceiling
And the shot widens as it climbs
And we see in all directions long beams everywhere to the ground
Where bodies inside smile at music only they can hear
At a thousand voices singing in their ears
At the warmth of the light on their skin
And on the ground people weep gnash their teeth
Burn their belongings
And we see everything around rising upward
Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
Until the camera goes black until the film cuts until it
Ends without credits for there's nobody left to see
All god knows that as we work the work of god the work of faith as we seek the kingdom
And his righteousness we are also going to be faithful in our daily labors
Us we're going to use our time we're going to budget our money we're going to be careful in
Spending we're going to be wise in investing and he will regulate these things for the beginning
Of wisdom is the fear of the lord amen our god we thank thee for all the mercies bestowed upon us
For thy word and thy spirit for thy power of grace and for thy love as it speaks to us
May we never cease seeking thy kingdom seeking thy righteousness
May we wait on thee day by day to receive at thy hand food and drink and clothing and
Shelter and all things
In Jesus name amen
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:20.85] On the ridge there's a camera
[00:22.35] And a DP framing the shot of a hillside at twilight
[00:27.30] And a country club on top in the foreground
[00:31.30] There's a paved road lit by the black cars splitting the night
[00:34.75] Tunneled headlights burned in the darkness
[00:36.94] Move the camera to the banquet hall
[00:40.41] Where they all arrive in turn
[00:42.54] Give their coats to a man at the door
[00:44.17] They come in for a dinner planned
[00:46.06] In their honor all here top-sellers for the year on the list
[00:49.66] On the far side by a glass wall at a table the executives sit
[00:54.11] They watch people coming in on a pilgrimage
[00:57.07] There's a slow pan pull the camera back
[01:03.01] (let it linger hanging over the room)
[01:06.69] (let the viewer feel the heat of the light on the screen)
[01:08.76] (coming through)
[01:10.18] And they're all in awe of it
[01:12.27] Here standing with the pyramid tip
[01:13.92] Above shift the focus on each entering guest
[01:16.72] Like some television wedding event
[01:19.27] They come in to the hall and almost kneel on the ground
[01:21.87] In suits and jewels and diamond ball gowns
[01:24.54] Praise Jesus for the gospel of more
[01:26.47] For the kingdom of eternal reward and the camera tilts
[01:49.52] An announcement made a welcome
[01:51.27] Thanks your seats please and we'll start
[01:54.29] It's good to see or to meet you
[01:56.67] To celebrate the year that we've had
[01:59.05] They'll serve dinner soon enjoy your drinks
[02:01.93] The ensemble starts to play
[02:04.44] Move the camera now from the hallway out
[02:07.01] Shoot the dancers from in back of the line
[02:09.58] One by one going into the room
[02:12.05] Keep the camera close follow behind
[02:14.79] Floating weightless between tables
[02:16.73] We change focus crossing paths
[02:19.48] All their guests hold their phones out
[02:22.12] No one notices the flash all around
[02:24.56] Pass through glass and showed the hillside glowing white
[02:27.15] Right before there was sound
[02:42.76] That's only relatively good, but one thing is sure
[02:48.53] We must die
[02:52.96] If you will just turn to your last page of the Banner this week, you will find a series
[02:57.94] Of articles by Arnold Brink on that subject
[03:02.23] You must die
[03:03.94] I must die
[03:05.51] In view of that, where will you place your energy?
[03:10.91] Where will you set your ambitions?
[03:14.21] Where will be your goal?
[03:16.53] How will your aim be determined?
[03:18.93] What will be your seeking?
[03:22.09] And a hush fell all around
[03:27.29] In the room gone pitch black
[03:30.17] But for the glow of their phones
[03:32.95] In their hands and they wondered had the power gone out
[03:38.01] Why they couldn't hear anything
[03:39.74] In the dark that surrounded them
[03:42.84] Not a sound made and nothing came out
[03:45.76] When they opened up their mouths
[03:48.50] You could sense how they felt
[03:50.39] In the expressions revealed by the screens
[04:09.61] It was a dancer they discovered first
[04:11.50] Between tables in the hall near the center
[04:14.96] Frozen in her pose mid-jump
[04:17.65] Suspended in the air
[04:20.69] In the corner all the players in their chairs with their bows mid-stroke
[04:25.60] And the servers too
[04:27.13] Scattered like a statuary in a garden or a tomb
[04:31.81] Motionless each of them except for the guests
[04:36.26] And the executives still seated at their table
[04:39.20] At the front end of the room
[04:57.97] Then from the ceiling came a tunnel of light
[05:00.99] Settled downward on the dancer in the air
[05:04.24] Still floating with her legs outstretched in a leap above them
[05:08.30] They saw her fingers moving first
[05:10.22] Then her eyes blinking softly in the brightness
[05:13.30] And the guests stood dumbstruck watching in awe
[05:16.62] Her return as if unthawing back to life
[05:19.23] Floated slowly going weightlessly up
[05:22.10] Through the chandeliers above
[05:23.63] Through the roofbeams then out
[05:25.75] Disappearing through the ceiling in the night
[05:44.70] And another one fell downward on a dancer by the hall door
[05:48.33] And another one fell downward on a cellist in his chair
[05:51.33] And another on a server and another on a valet
[05:53.55] On another dancer and another
[05:55.93] And they all begin rising skyward
[05:58.16] And the camera starts to rise skyward with them
[06:00.41] Where its lens fixed downward at the room
[06:02.99] Shows guests in horror pull out their hair
[06:05.35] And the head table in the center carries on
[06:08.09] Eating and drinking and talking as if entirely unfazed
[06:11.79] And the camera rises through the ceiling
[06:14.06] And the shot widens as it climbs
[06:16.45] And we see in all directions long beams everywhere to the ground
[06:20.75] Where bodies inside smile at music only they can hear
[06:24.45] At a thousand voices singing in their ears
[06:27.24] At the warmth of the light on their skin
[06:29.49] And on the ground people weep gnash their teeth
[06:32.45] Burn their belongings
[06:33.92] And we see everything around rising upward
[06:37.37] Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
[06:40.13] Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
[06:42.92] Until the camera goes black until the film cuts until it
[06:47.34] Ends without credits for there's nobody left to see
[06:54.97] All god knows that as we work the work of god the work of faith as we seek the kingdom
[07:06.68] And his righteousness we are also going to be faithful in our daily labors
[07:13.60] Us we're going to use our time we're going to budget our money we're going to be careful in
[07:19.99] Spending we're going to be wise in investing and he will regulate these things for the beginning
[07:28.72] Of wisdom is the fear of the lord amen our god we thank thee for all the mercies bestowed upon us
[07:45.42] For thy word and thy spirit for thy power of grace and for thy love as it speaks to us
[07:55.19] May we never cease seeking thy kingdom seeking thy righteousness
[08:03.99] May we wait on thee day by day to receive at thy hand food and drink and clothing and
[08:11.01] Shelter and all things
[08:12.50] In Jesus name amen
[08:16.77]
[00:22.35] And a DP framing the shot of a hillside at twilight
[00:27.30] And a country club on top in the foreground
[00:31.30] There's a paved road lit by the black cars splitting the night
[00:34.75] Tunneled headlights burned in the darkness
[00:36.94] Move the camera to the banquet hall
[00:40.41] Where they all arrive in turn
[00:42.54] Give their coats to a man at the door
[00:44.17] They come in for a dinner planned
[00:46.06] In their honor all here top-sellers for the year on the list
[00:49.66] On the far side by a glass wall at a table the executives sit
[00:54.11] They watch people coming in on a pilgrimage
[00:57.07] There's a slow pan pull the camera back
[01:03.01] (let it linger hanging over the room)
[01:06.69] (let the viewer feel the heat of the light on the screen)
[01:08.76] (coming through)
[01:10.18] And they're all in awe of it
[01:12.27] Here standing with the pyramid tip
[01:13.92] Above shift the focus on each entering guest
[01:16.72] Like some television wedding event
[01:19.27] They come in to the hall and almost kneel on the ground
[01:21.87] In suits and jewels and diamond ball gowns
[01:24.54] Praise Jesus for the gospel of more
[01:26.47] For the kingdom of eternal reward and the camera tilts
[01:49.52] An announcement made a welcome
[01:51.27] Thanks your seats please and we'll start
[01:54.29] It's good to see or to meet you
[01:56.67] To celebrate the year that we've had
[01:59.05] They'll serve dinner soon enjoy your drinks
[02:01.93] The ensemble starts to play
[02:04.44] Move the camera now from the hallway out
[02:07.01] Shoot the dancers from in back of the line
[02:09.58] One by one going into the room
[02:12.05] Keep the camera close follow behind
[02:14.79] Floating weightless between tables
[02:16.73] We change focus crossing paths
[02:19.48] All their guests hold their phones out
[02:22.12] No one notices the flash all around
[02:24.56] Pass through glass and showed the hillside glowing white
[02:27.15] Right before there was sound
[02:42.76] That's only relatively good, but one thing is sure
[02:48.53] We must die
[02:52.96] If you will just turn to your last page of the Banner this week, you will find a series
[02:57.94] Of articles by Arnold Brink on that subject
[03:02.23] You must die
[03:03.94] I must die
[03:05.51] In view of that, where will you place your energy?
[03:10.91] Where will you set your ambitions?
[03:14.21] Where will be your goal?
[03:16.53] How will your aim be determined?
[03:18.93] What will be your seeking?
[03:22.09] And a hush fell all around
[03:27.29] In the room gone pitch black
[03:30.17] But for the glow of their phones
[03:32.95] In their hands and they wondered had the power gone out
[03:38.01] Why they couldn't hear anything
[03:39.74] In the dark that surrounded them
[03:42.84] Not a sound made and nothing came out
[03:45.76] When they opened up their mouths
[03:48.50] You could sense how they felt
[03:50.39] In the expressions revealed by the screens
[04:09.61] It was a dancer they discovered first
[04:11.50] Between tables in the hall near the center
[04:14.96] Frozen in her pose mid-jump
[04:17.65] Suspended in the air
[04:20.69] In the corner all the players in their chairs with their bows mid-stroke
[04:25.60] And the servers too
[04:27.13] Scattered like a statuary in a garden or a tomb
[04:31.81] Motionless each of them except for the guests
[04:36.26] And the executives still seated at their table
[04:39.20] At the front end of the room
[04:57.97] Then from the ceiling came a tunnel of light
[05:00.99] Settled downward on the dancer in the air
[05:04.24] Still floating with her legs outstretched in a leap above them
[05:08.30] They saw her fingers moving first
[05:10.22] Then her eyes blinking softly in the brightness
[05:13.30] And the guests stood dumbstruck watching in awe
[05:16.62] Her return as if unthawing back to life
[05:19.23] Floated slowly going weightlessly up
[05:22.10] Through the chandeliers above
[05:23.63] Through the roofbeams then out
[05:25.75] Disappearing through the ceiling in the night
[05:44.70] And another one fell downward on a dancer by the hall door
[05:48.33] And another one fell downward on a cellist in his chair
[05:51.33] And another on a server and another on a valet
[05:53.55] On another dancer and another
[05:55.93] And they all begin rising skyward
[05:58.16] And the camera starts to rise skyward with them
[06:00.41] Where its lens fixed downward at the room
[06:02.99] Shows guests in horror pull out their hair
[06:05.35] And the head table in the center carries on
[06:08.09] Eating and drinking and talking as if entirely unfazed
[06:11.79] And the camera rises through the ceiling
[06:14.06] And the shot widens as it climbs
[06:16.45] And we see in all directions long beams everywhere to the ground
[06:20.75] Where bodies inside smile at music only they can hear
[06:24.45] At a thousand voices singing in their ears
[06:27.24] At the warmth of the light on their skin
[06:29.49] And on the ground people weep gnash their teeth
[06:32.45] Burn their belongings
[06:33.92] And we see everything around rising upward
[06:37.37] Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
[06:40.13] Until the camera goes grey in the clouds
[06:42.92] Until the camera goes black until the film cuts until it
[06:47.34] Ends without credits for there's nobody left to see
[06:54.97] All god knows that as we work the work of god the work of faith as we seek the kingdom
[07:06.68] And his righteousness we are also going to be faithful in our daily labors
[07:13.60] Us we're going to use our time we're going to budget our money we're going to be careful in
[07:19.99] Spending we're going to be wise in investing and he will regulate these things for the beginning
[07:28.72] Of wisdom is the fear of the lord amen our god we thank thee for all the mercies bestowed upon us
[07:45.42] For thy word and thy spirit for thy power of grace and for thy love as it speaks to us
[07:55.19] May we never cease seeking thy kingdom seeking thy righteousness
[08:03.99] May we wait on thee day by day to receive at thy hand food and drink and clothing and
[08:11.01] Shelter and all things
[08:12.50] In Jesus name amen
[08:16.77]