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Listen To Creation

Lyrics

Chorus
Listen to the galaxies shout for joy (Ps. 148:1-4)
Listen to the ocean roar (Ps. 96:11, Ps. 98:7, Ps. 148:7)
Every living thing lifts its voice to sing (Ps. 150:6, Job 38:7, Ps. 148:7-13)
Listen to creation magnify the Lord (Ps. 19:1, Ps. 69:34, Ps. 96:11)

Verse 1
God just speaks a word (Ps. 33:6)
Every kind of bird
Spreads its wings and learns to fly (Gen. 1:20-22)
The woman and the man (Gen. 1:27)
And creatures of the land (Gen. 1:24)
Make the chorus multiply

Verse 2
Now a minor key
Dissonance we see
Sin is a competing noise (Rom. 8:22, Gen. 3:17-19)
But if we train our ear
Still at times we hear
Echoes of creation’s joys

Verse 3
There will come a day
Sin will die away (Rev. 21:27)
Every voice will join as one (Rom. 8:21, Rev. 5:11-13, Phil. 2:10-11, Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11)
It will come to pass
Perfect praise at last
To the Father, Spirit, Son

Release Information

Released on Somewhere East of Eden (CD/streaming, 2020).

Author & Composer

Words and Music by Daniel J. Mount

Publishing Information

Completed on February 22, 2017.
© 2017 Tomorrow’s Hymns/BMI. If you have any interest in or questions about using this song, please contact daniel@danielmount.com.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

This song is also released for free non-commercial use under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Here’s a little more about what that means.

Sheet Music

Lead Sheet

Song Story

 

In 2017, as I was nearly done writing the songs for Somewhere East of Eden, I felt like there was a big hole. A concept album focused on Genesis 1-3 couldn’t all be slow, reflective songs about the curse and redemption. There needed to be an exuberant, joyful song celebrating God’s handiwork in creation.

 

For months, I had this song’s title in mind. I was pretty sure a song by that title needed to fill that role. But that was all I had for a while!

 

But then, one day, I was driving to a friend’s child’s basketball game, when the chorus came together in a matter of minutes. It was almost like the song was fully formed and knew what it wanted to be from the start! The verses also came together fairly quickly over the next few days.

 

Perhaps because of its exuberance and joy, I’ve had several people tell me that this is their favorite song off of the album. I hope you enjoy it, too!