Chasing dreams

All work and no play may have made Jack a dull boy
But all work, no God, has left Jack with a lost soul
But he's moving on full steam
He's chasing the American Dream
And he's gonna give his family the finer things

Not this time, son, I've no time to waste
Maybe tomorrow we'll have the time to play
And then he slips into his new BMW
And drives farther and farther and farther away

'Cause he works all day and tries to sleep at night
He says things will get better
Better in time

So he works and he builds with his own two hands
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are coming crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands

His American Dream is beginning to seem
More and more like a nightmare
With every passing by
"Daddy, can you come to my game?"
"Oh Baby, please don't work late."
Another wasted weekend
And they are slipping away

'Cause he works all day and lies awake at night
He tells them things will get better
It'll just take a little more time

He used to say, "Whoever dies with the most toys wins"
But if he loses his soul, what has he gained in the end
I'll take a shack on the rock
Over a castle in the sand

Now he works all day and cries alone at night
It's not getting any better
Looks like he's running out of time

All they really wanted was you

-- "American Dream" by Mark Hall

The first thing that came to my mind about Casting Crowns was: FFH meets MercyMe. In the first listen, I've already grown partial to Mark Hall's voice. My only gripe is how short this CD is; 10 songs, with an average length of 4:22 per song (yeah, I calculated okay; couldn't find the total too, so I had to add them all up manually; and you can't just add 3.22 if the song is 3:22 long because that's 3 and 22/60 minutes so you have to normalise accordingly; I'll stop now).

I had a tough time choosing which song to post; a few of them stung my eyes. This song tugged at my heart, because recently I've had to grapple with how little I put into practice the things that I know to be true. With the new school term starting again, I don't want God to take a back-seat; He shouldn't have to.

I don't want to chase dreams without God.