The Bible and Music

After going through all of my songs (I listened to practically all 800 of my songs on spotify), I was shocked on how many of them referenced the Bible. Especially, Mumford and Sons, I listened to them early on so like the “The Cave” and “Little Lion Man” I love those songs, and others. I guess I never truly listened to theirs songs, but A LOT of them reference the Bible and Philosophy in general. I looked up the singers and writers backgrounds – they all studied religion and philosophy in college which makes sense. Other songs were more obvious like Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin, whom of which my parents introduced to during my 80’s rock phase of music taste. One genre I did not expect was rap, I love Chance, but again I never knew about the multitude of references to the Bible (mostly because I do not have a religious background), but I found that there was at least 3 or 4 references in several of his songs from his new(ish) album Coloring Book.

This activity I actually enjoyed a lot because one: I love listening to music, and two: I like interpreting lyrics because it provides the song with more depth and more of a connection for myself to make. Overall though, I do have to say this was especially challenging for me because I do not necessarily align myself with any particular religion, so I feel like my interpretations and passages maybe a stretch or incorrect, but I tried and I got a lot more songs than I thought I ever would.