Recently I have been having a sort of mini musical renaissance. Well, I suppose the music I've been listening to isn't all that old. But by listening to music circa 1999, this music is over 10 years old, which is nearly half of my current lifetime.

In particular, I've been listening the old band Audio Adrenaline again. I own three of their albums, Underdog, Lift and Worldwide, and have the first two in the form of digital audio on my computer.

I started listening to this band in elementary school, and it's perhaps the band that drove some of my music tastes today - primarily alternative rock.

Listening to them 10 years later, I find that I actually do appreciate their music quite a bit still; perhaps even more than before. As far as alternative rock music with Christian lyrics go, I feel they're probably one of the groups that have been more deliberate with their lyrics. Groups like Relient K do have some good lyrics, but they're often more coded, or sometimes just irrelevant all together. Audio Adrenaline's lyrics are often either very prayerful or worshipful. And they're simple. Sometimes when worshiping God, it is just so good to speak out words of praise. It doesn't have to be fancy because it's the heart that worships God.

One of their later songs, Lift does this.

Count them, every one
All of the million things you've done
You are the lord of my life
And I roll them over and over
In my head, in my head
But I don't understand
But I'm glad you're in my life

And I lift you up so high
I forget about the world I'm living in
Lay it at your feet
I'm giving in
My joy inside
I cannot hide
I love to lift you up

Lord I love you
You're a father's hand at night
You're the sunshine in the day
And I long to be with you
All my days
In old age if I'm still hanging around
I'll be found around with you

And I lift you up so high
I love to lift you up