Yes, it's simple, but it's got the stuff of great songs--powerful message, terse writing that's easy-to-understand, and variations on the 1 6 and 4 chords while repeating the same melody...among other things.

I do wonder, though, every time I hear the term "our God," if the possessive pronoun is necessary. Language creates or at least shapes reality to a great degree, and that possessive pronoun seems (to me) to promote a reality of different gods for different nations, and if you ask anyone they'll say, "no, there's just one God." LOL, and if you ask them to continue, they'd probably add, "there's just one God and He's our God."

So I have a problem with the term "our God" though I know the term's used innocently enough, most of the time, to mean He's experienced immersively and personally. But words can also shape reality. I do honestly wonder if "our God" --this age-old meme, isn't one that quietly clears a path towards separatism, xenophobia, etc. Don't know...just wondering...


Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)