{"id":11736,"date":"2013-09-12T08:41:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T08:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2019-07-24T15:42:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:42:30","slug":"clear-the-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/clear-the-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear the Stage. Worship is more than a song."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6smGew7dGto\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Clear The Stage&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze<br \/>\nIf that&#8217;s the measure you must take to crush the idols<br \/>\nJerk the pews &amp; all the decorations, too<br \/>\nUntil the congregations few, then have revival<br \/>\nTell your friends that this is where the party ends<br \/>\nUntil you&#8217;re broken for your sins, you can&#8217;t be social<br \/>\nThen seek the lord &amp; wait for what he has in store<br \/>\nAnd know that great is your reward so just be hopeful<\/div>\n<div>&#8216;Cause you can sing all you want to<br \/>\nYes, you can sing all you want to<br \/>\nYou can sing all you want to<br \/>\nAnd still get it wrong; worship is more than a song<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Take a break from all the plans that you have made<br \/>\nAnd sit at home alone and wait for god to whisper<br \/>\nBeg him please to open up his mouth and speak<br \/>\nAnd pray for real upon your knees until they blister<br \/>\nShine the light on every corner of your life<br \/>\nUntil the pride and lust and lies are in the open<br \/>\nThen read the word and put to test the things you&#8217;ve heard<br \/>\nUntil your heart and soul are stirred and rocked and broken<\/p>\n<p>We must not worship something that&#8217;s not even worth it<br \/>\nClear the stage, make some space for the one who deserves it<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cause I can sing all I want to<br \/>\nYes, I can sing all I want to<br \/>\nI can sing all I want to<br \/>\nAnd still get it wrong<br \/>\nAnd you can sing all you want to<br \/>\nYes, you can, you can sing all you want to<br \/>\nYou can sing all you want to<br \/>\nAnd still get it wrong; worship is more than a song<br \/>\nWorship is more than a song<br \/>\nWorship is more than a song<\/p>\n<p>Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze<br \/>\nIf that&#8217;s the measure you must take to crush the idols<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ross King (sung in the video by Jimmy Needham)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Clear The Stage&#8221; Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze If that&#8217;s the measure you must take to crush the idols Jerk the pews &amp; all the decorations, too Until the congregations few, then have revival Tell your friends that this is where the party ends Until you&#8217;re broken for your sins, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":21608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Clear the Stage. 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