My Epic: Yet
My Epic is another one of those bands that really focuses on the lyrics and the message that they are trying to get across. Substance over style. I love that because they choose substance of what they’re telling people about, which is something positive, something worth singing about, over the style of their music (which also happens to be amazing). I’ve seen that the world likes to choose style over substance; I’ve heard many songs (especially hit singles) where the music is good or has good beat but the lyrics mean nothing, are depressing (many songs are about brake ups & anger), or just don’t help your thought life (they influence thoughts that can affect you negatively. Many of which have sexual implications). That’s why I encourage you to support My Epic through purchasing their music.
My Epic is a rock band from Charlotte, NC. My Epic consists of Aaron Stone who plays the guitar, Matt Doran who rocks the drums, and Jeremiah Austin who owns bass. What they had to say about their newest album: Yet (excerpt from bandsonfire.com): "YET is about the distance between that which has already been traveled, overcome, and discarded, and the journey still to come. It is about the evidence, even now, of what will be. It is about a God who is so brilliantly and blindingly big that our rational minds can only be left to cower at His depths. He is so magnificent that we cannot yet look Him in the eye and yet He desires to live within us. It is about the hope that arises when one truly realizes that we will be completely undone when we stand before Him and yet He loves us still and makes us what we could never be on our own.”
This epic CD starts out with the song Author that basically talks about giving it all to Christ. I was first introduced to My Epic through this song that my local radio station, Static Radio, was playing as a culture shock. I remember that the chorus really stuck out to me “Every good thing, every true thing, beautiful in me is You, beautiful in me is You.” I loved that because they didn’t beat around the bush or imply anything for you to figure out on your own, they stated it plain and clear. We are sinful people by nature and the only pure, good or beautiful thing can only come from Christ. I think those lyrics speak for themselves.
Lower Still, that is an intense song. It basically covers all of Jesus’ life from his birth in a manger to his death and resurrection for us. It talks about how low Christ had to go to pay the price for our wrongs. And even when it seems he couldn’t go any lower, after his death on the cross, he has to go lower still. He’s buried, just like anybody else would be buried after they die. But death couldn’t hold Him and He rose again just as He said He would. And death can no longer have power over us as long as we’re His. Basically it’s the gospel message in 5:47 J
The entire CD is amazing both musically and lyrically. This three person band does an amazing job of organizing their instruments to produce sounds that are enjoyable to listen to. I love the lyrics that they chose to write, they are wholesome and worthy to listen to. I could keep going on about all their songs but I think I would probably lose some of you in the length of this post so I’ll just choose one more to elaborate on. After going through the remaining 8 songs my mind kept going back to Ashes. The first verse is referring to Moses and his encounter with the burning bush (Exodus 3). The second verse which talks about the houses (Matthew 7:24-28) gives the glory to the Builder. This is something we need to strive to do every day. Because we, the structure, if His are greater than the others but not because of anything we have done but because of how the Builder made us new, made us greater, it’s because of what He did. And we’re not going to make it through the storms unless we allow Him to remake us, to come into our life and make us new. We’ll be that house upon the sand that will be washed away. “I'm not gonna make it if You don't remake me. No, I won't ever make it unless You remake me.” The last part of the song is a cry out to God to help refine and make us perfect, to burn bright. I love that last part, “to burn bright but not away.” It’s easy to let that flame dwindle, but with His help we can burn bright every day and keep it constant so that it won’t burn into nothing.
Lower Still, that is an intense song. It basically covers all of Jesus’ life from his birth in a manger to his death and resurrection for us. It talks about how low Christ had to go to pay the price for our wrongs. And even when it seems he couldn’t go any lower, after his death on the cross, he has to go lower still. He’s buried, just like anybody else would be buried after they die. But death couldn’t hold Him and He rose again just as He said He would. And death can no longer have power over us as long as we’re His. Basically it’s the gospel message in 5:47 J
The entire CD is amazing both musically and lyrically. This three person band does an amazing job of organizing their instruments to produce sounds that are enjoyable to listen to. I love the lyrics that they chose to write, they are wholesome and worthy to listen to. I could keep going on about all their songs but I think I would probably lose some of you in the length of this post so I’ll just choose one more to elaborate on. After going through the remaining 8 songs my mind kept going back to Ashes. The first verse is referring to Moses and his encounter with the burning bush (Exodus 3). The second verse which talks about the houses (Matthew 7:24-28) gives the glory to the Builder. This is something we need to strive to do every day. Because we, the structure, if His are greater than the others but not because of anything we have done but because of how the Builder made us new, made us greater, it’s because of what He did. And we’re not going to make it through the storms unless we allow Him to remake us, to come into our life and make us new. We’ll be that house upon the sand that will be washed away. “I'm not gonna make it if You don't remake me. No, I won't ever make it unless You remake me.” The last part of the song is a cry out to God to help refine and make us perfect, to burn bright. I love that last part, “to burn bright but not away.” It’s easy to let that flame dwindle, but with His help we can burn bright every day and keep it constant so that it won’t burn into nothing.
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