This second song on the list was the third song on my list of best songs and fourth on the list of quality of recordings; Tristan listed it as one of his (four) first choices. It was thus the second song submitted to The Objective<\/i>. It is entitled <\/p>\n
Time Bomb<\/i><\/b><\/font>.<\/p>\n I went from a public high school overrun by the Jesus Movement of the early 70s to two Christian colleges for five years and then after a brief stint working security into five years ministry on a contemporary Christian radio station. Then a few months after I left that I landed in the first secular job I’d had since a summer job in the back reaches of a warehouse doing inventory and supply. I was surrounded by people near my own age who had an entirely worldly and secular view of life. It was a bit of culture shock for me.<\/p>\n I remember one girl in particular because something she said very much inspired this song. She said that eventually she was going to settle down and straighten up, but she had time for that, and she was going to enjoy the partying life for a while first. I wondered whether she would have the time, and began to think about people who think they have time.<\/p>\n We performed the song with TerraNova, much as it is here but without the keyboard–harmonics on the rhythm guitar with the counterparts by the bass and lead, five vocals, I think the rhythm played the introductory breaker. We were working on a three-vocal version for 7dB and later for Collision, but never had them performance ready. I’ve tried to come up with a one- or two-vocal version, but it loses too much. The choruses were originally written for four vocals; the “descant” was added when I we added a soprano vocalist to TerraNova, and the alto was delayed to be out of synch when I was making this recording.<\/p>\n My good friend Reverend David D. Oldham once said that this was his go-to song for demonstrating how to integrate musical style with lyrical content, that the choruses, verses, and bridge each have their own flavor that captures the essence of the messages within each.<\/p>\n Much of this, and some other stuff, was included in the material about Collision<\/i>‘s repertoire, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This recording<\/a> was made using something from Turtle Beach called Orchestra something-or-other; it only supported four vocals, so I covered the fifth with a midi trumpet. Although additional vocal capability came with the upgrade to Record Producer Plus, I never returned to upgrade the earlier songs, having too many songs on my list of intended recordings. The instruments are all programmed midis through a Soundblaster sound card, and I sang four of the five voices, but had to bring the soprano down an octave on the bridge. Here are the words:<\/p>\n She thinks she’s got the world by the tail, And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time bomb, His money is his only friend; And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time bomb, Give him a number, call him double-oh-four And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time bomb, Lift your head, He’s calling the dead to come forth! And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time bomb, I can only hope you benefit from the song in some way. I will continue with additional songs in the future.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Next song:<\/i> Passing Through the Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is mark Joseph “young” blog entry #307, on the subject of The Song “Time Bomb”. Last month I introduced a new web log miniseries as a vehicle through which to publish my songs, and began the process with my favorite of my songs, web log post #301: The Song “Holocaust”. I explained much of … Continue reading #307: The Song “Time Bomb”<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img0307Bomb-300x156.jpg\")
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\nWhole lot o’ money and she couldn’t fail.
\nToo much time to be changing life now–
\nDoes things her Daddy never would allow.
\nShe goes to a party ev’ry Friday night–
\nFriends keep tellin’ her her life’s alright.
\nShe’ll change someday, she knows it’s true–
\nThere’s plenty of time for what she wants to do.<\/p>\n
\nAnd the time that we once had is nearly gone,
\nAs the world winds down to its final hour
\nWhen the Son of Man shall come with mighty power.<\/p>\n
\nGot more money than he’ll ever spend,
\nBig investments in stocks and gold,
\nBuilding up security for when he’s old.
\nHe can’t take it with him, and he knows it’s true,
\nBut now it helps him do the things he wants to do.
\nLives his life like it’ll never end,
\nBut when it does, on what will he depend?<\/p>\n
\nAnd the time that we once had is nearly gone,
\nAs the world winds down to its final hour
\nWhen the Son of Man shall come with mighty power.<\/p>\n
\nIn God’s secret service in the holy war.
\nHe’s a Christian in his private room
\nBut wouldn’t tell a soul to save it from its doom.
\nHe’s bound for the pearly gates, but you can’t tell–
\nHe acts the same as all the people bound for hell.
\nFriends and family will have to wait–
\nHe hopes that someone tells them all before too late.<\/p>\n
\n (And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time)
\n {Ticking like a ticking time}
\nAnd the time that we once had is nearly gone,
\n(Bomb, and the time that we once had is nearly)
\n{Ticking time bomb–time we had is nearly}
\nAs the world winds down to its final hour
\n(Gone, as the world winds down to its final)
\n{Gone, winding, winding down until He}
\nWhen the Son of Man shall come with mighty power.
\n(Hour, He will come with mighty power.)
\n{Fin’ly comes with mighty power.}<\/p>\n
\nLift your eyes and see them arise!
\nLift your heart, let praises now start to come forth!
\nWorship the risen son, Christ!<\/p>\n
\n (And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time)
\n {Ticking like a ticking time}
\nAnd the time that we once had is nearly gone,
\n(Bomb, and the time that we once had is nearly)
\n{Ticking time bomb–time we had is nearly.}
\nAs the world winds down to its final hour
\n(Gone, as the world winds down to its final)
\n{Gone, winding, winding down until He}
\nWhen the Son of Man shall come with mighty power.
\n(Hour, He will come with mighty power.)
\n{Fin’ly comes with mighty power.}
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And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time bomb,
\n (And the time keeps ticking like a ticking time)
\n {Ticking like a ticking time}
\nAnd the time that we once had is nearly gone,
\n(Bomb, and the time that we once had is nearly)
\n{Ticking time bomb–time we had is nearly.}
\nAs the world winds down to its final hour
\n(Gone, as the world winds down to its final)
\n{Gone, winding, winding down until He}
\nWhen the Son of Man shall come–
\n(Hour, He will come–)
\n{Fin’ly come–.}<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n