Month of Music Day 22 Model Engine Hang You Upside Down Take Time To Listen - Volume 5 As sometimes happens A moment hovered and remained For much more than a moment Underneath the weight of everything We're turning black coals into diamonds And we're sifting through the remains And picking out the pearls when we find them [Chorus:] And we're drawing lines to form fish in the sand If they find you out they'll hang you upside down With sharpened spikes to form fit through your hands And twisted thorns for a crown Now the happy ever after is still a ways away Have patience When the good news took root All the other just became outside interference [Chorus:] And we're drawing lines to form fish in the sand If they find you out they'll hang you upside down With sharpened spikes to form fit through your hands And twisted thorns for a crown Rumor has it the skeptics are restless Be sure to tip your hat when you go by [Chorus:] Now we're drawing lines to form fish in the sand If they find you out they'll hang you upside down With sharpened spikes to form fit through your hands And twisted thorns for a crown Crown, crown, crown, crown Crown, crown, crown, crown

My Take:

Rarely does a sampler make the list for the favorite CDs of all time, but this is no ordinary sampler. In fact, it was my favorite CD of 2000. Seriously! Five Minute Walk put out these samplers every year to raise money for charity. This particular year, the got other labels to contribute to the effort. And there were some memorable songs: Artist/ Title Soul-Junk/ Ill-M-I: This is the same song as on Toby Mac's 'Diverse City.' Only his version's better. Philmore/ Our Finest Hour: Glam rock. This was the song that brought it all back. Yep, this dumb song was the start. PAX 217/ Gratitude: You already know about PAX 217, and how I think they are furreal. This was my first exposure. Relient K/ Hello McFly: Addictive. Like PAX 217, this was my first exposure. Brave Saint Saturn/ Space Robot 5: One of the Five Minute Walk artists, this song is weird, but cool. Rivulets & Violets/ I Hate You: Anti-love song. Also cool. The W's/ Somewhere Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea: Ska, mein. Oh yeah. I miss ska. Earthsuit/ One Time: How Earthsuit _didn't_ make this list is a tragedy. I should talk to the management, or something. Maybe it's cause it's too cool for MofM. The Elms/ Life Boat: How are these guys not famous? John Reuben/ No Regrets: Planting the seeds of my current white-guy rap phase Luna Halo/ Aliens: The former singer in Reality Check, he was trying to be the Kevin of DC Talk. This is a cool song. Justin McRoberts/ 5th Wheel: Like Space Robot 5, this is a cool, quirky song. Five Iron Frenzy/ Solidarity: More of the Ska. Have I mentioned that I miss ska? Anyhow, there are some not-so-obvious reasons why I love this particular song. Mainly, the references to how the early Church had to go about it's business. That's the story of the Ichthys. The ichthys from Wikipedia:

It is believed that societies of Christians in the early Roman Empire, prior to the Edict of Milan, protected their congregations by keeping their meetings secret. In order to point the way to ever-changing meeting places, they developed a symbol which adherents would readily recognize, and which they could scratch on rocks, walls and the like, in advance of a meeting. Another story suggests that the ichthys was used as a sort of secret handshake: one person would draw with a staff a single curve, (half of the ichthys) in the sand, and another person could confirm their identity as a Christian by completing the symbol....

It's also tradition that Peter was crucified upside down, so as to not be like the man he saw crucified and then returned to life.

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