{"id":69465,"date":"2019-04-29T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=69465"},"modified":"2019-04-29T16:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T23:53:41","slug":"music-monday-wedding-dress-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/29\/music-monday-wedding-dress-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: Wedding Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since I was at a wedding this weekend, here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.derekwebb.com\/\">Derek Webb<\/a>&#8216;s song &#8220;Wedding Dress&#8221;, based on the shocking words of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=ezekiel+16&amp;version=RSVCE\">Ezekiel 16<\/a>. That chapter is all about Israel&#8217;s infidelity to God. God had espoused himself to Israel, yet Israel repeatedly was unfaithful to Him&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to know a little bit more about the genesis of this song, you can hear the author talk about it <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_uqewd1nNBs\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P99ZfAHfE98?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">If you could love me as a wife.<br>For my wedding gift your life.<br>Should that be all I ever need?<br>Is there more I&#8217;m looking for?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">Should I read between the lines?<br>Look for blessings in the skies?<br>Make me handsome rich and white.<br>Is that really what you want?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">[<em>Chorus]<\/em><br>&#8216;<em>Cause I am a whore I do confess.<br>I put you on just like a wedding dress,&nbsp;<br>And I run down the aisle,<br>Run down the aisle.<br>I am a prodigal with no way home.<br>I put you on just like a ring of gold,<br>And I run down the aisle,&nbsp;<br>Run down the aisle, to you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">Could you love this bastard child?<br>No, I don&#8217;t trust you to provide.<br>With one hand in a pot of gold<br>And the other in your side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">&#8216;Cause I am so easily satisfied.<br>With the call of a lover&#8217;s soul as wild.<br>I would take a little cash&nbsp;<br>Over your very flesh and blood.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">[Bridge]<br>&#8216;Cause money cannot buy&nbsp;<br>A husband&#8217;s jealous eye.,<br>When you have knowingly&nbsp;<br>Deceived his wife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I was at a wedding this weekend, here is Derek Webb&#8216;s song &#8220;Wedding Dress&#8221;, based on the shocking words of Ezekiel 16. 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God had espoused himself to Israel, yet Israel repeatedly was unfaithful to Him&#8230; If you&#8217;d like to know a little bit more about the genesis of this song,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2496],"tags":[5128,5129],"class_list":["post-69465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-derek-webb","tag-wedding-dress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69465"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71112,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69465\/revisions\/71112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}