Folk & Field | A Musical Study on Community & the Kingdom of GodSample

CABIN SONG

Lyrics:

On a mountain side, in the home of the pines

Sits a cabin, all sturdy and strong.

She’s a dear old friend, her warmth draws us in, and fills our heart with a song.

Call: Her hearth burns bright,

Response: casting life around the room

Call: Orange and yellow light

Response: is thrown all about the room.

Call: So we gather friends.

Response: Together we sing the cabin’s song.

Chorus:

Come sit by the fire, and warm my heart with a song.

Let the wine of fellowship flow, and carry us away.

The table, it is set, a merry feast, yet!

Extravagant food and rich wine.

The bread is broken; grace is spoken.

Together we eat and are made whole.

Call: The taste of wine

Response: warms the heart; but/only in part.

Call: The drink of Friends

Response: warms the heart, the deepest part.

Call: Without end,

Response: together we sing the cabin’s song.

Bridge:

Oh come and taste and see, the life that never ends.

From outside lookin’ in, the light flickerin’

the echo of laughter draws a crowd.

The forest beckons near—squirrels, and birds, and deer,

scurry as close as space allows

Call: Even trees join in,

Response: as they hike up their roots.

Call: The mountain wind

Response: breezes around the room.

Call: The ground shakes when,

Together: together we sing with voices one.

All is one.

Themes: Community, Fellowship, Enjoyment, and Nature as a gospel proclamation.

Thoughts to consider as you listen and read through this study: Good wine, food, and fellowship with friends are a picture of the coming kingdom of Heaven. In experiencing this kind of community—when people and all of creation come together in harmony around, at, and on the table—we get a glimpse of what is to come. It leaves us longing for the true fulfillment that will come to all creature and creation when we are with Christ.