Song #37: The Echoing Green - The Story of Our Lives

Inducted on April 10, 2015

Most of you will have no idea who this band is. If you do, let's have lunch and talk about it sometime. This group has had a huge impact on my life starting from when I got their album is part of the BMG CD Club "deal" (I know now that you never really got a deal from  those clubs). The Christian rock section of the CD magazine was pretty sparse, and so I picked up in echoing green album on a flyer just to see if it was something that I would enjoy. 

And man, did I ever enjoy it. It was electronic music at its best, and it carried Faith based themes that really connected to me at that time in my life (and still does). We still may see there song "arrival" in the Hall of Fame someday as that was the first song of theirs that I really gravitated to. Joey belleville's writing was all about finding your place and life and knowing that God was there, although he didn't always blatantly mention God.

So needless to say this band was already one of my favorites when they release this song in 2004. At that time I was at St John's Adrian doing Ministry and still trying to find my place in life and I remember being blown away by this song when I first heard it. I know for many of you you might not dig the sound especially if you don't like electronic music. But I loved the build-up of the song Until It's very last chorus. Speaking of the chorus, I love it so much specifically the concept of being "lifted out of nowhere". Again, as a young man without much direction and purpose.. one who felt stuck in many ways.. this song gave so much hope.. this probably sounds weird, but this song reminds me of the end of a rain storm when the water's still dripping off the trees but the sun is definitely peeking out from the clouds.

Again, I dont have a lot of specific memories of this song except listening to it off of the bands Myspace site and being wowed by it. I spent too many hours in my ministry hiding in the office trying to get courage to make a difference.. but I'd like to think that the Lord used songs like this one to nudge me to use the time I've been given wisely...