Chris Wood - atheist spiritual - Come Down Jehovah video free download

mc1xyz

this is one of my all time favorite songs.  great melody and guitar playing, lyrics so true and thought provoking they are painful, and a wonderful sense of living in the now.  thanks so much.

Woodsy Howell

Laughable. Make a good Saturday Night skit.

herostratics

Jehovah is not a very nice god.  I would like Cybele, the Anatolian mother goddess, to come down...  And a bunch of others.

Niko Leka

what beautiful guitar playing... and such wonderful lyrics that point to right here jsut now- but alas, alas- this is the sheer indulgence we are born into in Western culture: "We just close our eyes and let go."- what a lot of unspoken privilege that does not exist in aids/ebola ridden africa, nor, if recall, once upon a time in Wales: "do not go gentle into that good night". wonderful song.

Romeo Sapien

Come Down Jehovah - Chris WoodCome down, come down from your mountain, Jehovah, My neck is terribly stiff. Hitch up your robes and your raiments, Jehovah, Climb down to the foot of your cliff. And drink from the stream that was always beneath you, Drink from our wonderful font. 'Cause paradise is right here on earth, Jehovah, What more could we possibly want?Come down and talk amongst friends, Jehovah, Come down and sit at your ease. Walk through the woods and the valleys, Jehovah, Sail upon glistening seas. Pass on what you've learnt to the children, Jehovah, And listen to what they have to say. They say, 'Paradise is right here on earth, Jehovah, Not tomorrow, but right now, today.And Devil come up from your fiery furnace, Come up and show us your face. There's nothing you can teach us of evil or hatred, We don't have right here in this place. There is nothing so evil as man in his mischief, Nothing so lost or insane. And bring your demons up, too, so we'll know it's not you, But it's us who must carry the blame. It's us who must live with the shame.Come down, come down from your mountain, Jehovah, Come down and be with us here. Heaven and hell and the life ever after, It's such a beguiling idea. But our spell on this earth is much richer, Jehovah, Richer than you'll ever know. When it comes time to leave it behind, We just close our eyes and let go. If we've done our best we'll be ready for a rest, We just close our eyes and let go.

owenmcburns

some brilliant lyric writing

Graeme Rothery

shut up and listen people

Romeo Sapien

Come Down Jehovah - Chris WoodCome down, come down from your mountain, Jehovah, My neck is terribly stiff. Hitch up your robes and your raiments, Jehovah, Climb down to the foot of your cliff. And drink from the stream that was always beneath you, Drink from our wonderful font. 'Cause paradise is right here on earth, Jehovah, What more could we possibly want?Come down and talk amongst friends, Jehovah, Come down and sit at your ease. Walk through the woods and the valleys, Jehovah, Sail upon glistening seas. Pass on what you've learnt to the children, Jehovah, And listen to what they have to say. They say, 'Paradise is right here on earth, Jehovah, Not tomorrow, but right now, today.And Devil come up from your fiery furnace, Come up and show us your face. There's nothing you can teach us of evil or hatred, We don't have right here in this place. There is nothing so evil as man in his mischief, Nothing so lost or insane. And bring your demons up, too, so we'll know it's not you, But it's us who must carry the blame. It's us who must live with the shame.Come down, come down from your mountain, Jehovah, Come down and be with us here. Heaven and hell and the life ever after, It's such a beguiling idea. But our spell on this earth is much richer, Jehovah, Richer than you'll ever know. When it comes time to leave it behind, We just close our eyes and let go. If we've done our best we'll be ready for a rest, We just close our eyes and let go.

mullagh670

Old ideas made real through the teaching of children that god any god is real. Church is money and they want your money, it costs to belong they are a business. 

Blabla999

Fantastic song that says it all. JW is THE most ridiculous "religion" that exists. It profiteers and benefits only other Jehovah Witness's exclusively. In my experience it's a complete load of bollocks that does more harm than good.

Norfolk Broads Review

Always lovely to find this song again.

The Paul Garner Band

I was wondering the same, thanks for the info, it sounds fantastic!

Adam Makin

... I forgot to say (thanks to sillypants C. Smith): Wonderful song ...

Adam Makin

Oh Chris Smith and your funny Jehovah ... has he already judged me? ... and this song? .... will his judgement be made available via the freedom of information act? I hope Jehovah will be accountable for such 'Judge'ness ...

fortune's wheel

Wonderful.

Chris Smith

Lovely song and well sung. Two thoughts occurred to me while listening: firstly, many people cannot share the rose-tinted view of the world in the first verse (victims of war, political prisoners, slaves etc.). Secondly (and it has been said before) Jehovah has already come down. And he has promised to return to judge those whose evil acts are destroying this paradise that He created .

Anne-Marie Holloway

Where exactly do you see a paradise on earth today?

Stewart Lever

I heard you sing this live at Chester in June. Tears I cried ..it says all I believe and feel. It says all I feel about this wonderful short life. And your last verse said all about my expectations of the end. I was holding my lovely wife of 32 years as she died peacefully of cancer. She had a smile on her face, "she was ready for the end", she just closed her eyes and let go! Thanks Chris...now I'm going to try and learn it! My songs on soundcloud about Compost and Gaia, similar thoughts. x

TheGalwayFarmer

Sorry, Fylde Falstaff

vovka-morkovka

Let us say He did - what good did He accomplish? Old stories about Selflessness, Eternity and Hope have been refashioned turning poetic advice into dogma. "Gods and heroes" into God. Goodness became defined, isolated, caged. Its power turned against those of us who yearned to set it free as the Church sowed fear of torture (either corporeal or eternal) into the hearts of men. Was the reaffirmation of the Golden Rule, and the perils of selfishness really worth a thousand years of darkness?

Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson - "Come Down Jehovah"