Derek Webb - What Matters More (Cornerstone 2009 - Gallery Stage)

Filmed at Cornerstone Festival, July 2009 at the Gallery Stage

You say you always treat people like you like to be
I guess you love being hated for your sexuality
You love when people put words in your mouth
'Bout what you believe, make you sound like a freak

'Cause if you really believe what you say you believe
You wouldn't be so damn reckless with the words you speak
Wouldn't silently conceal when the liars speak
Denyin' all the dyin' of the remedy

Tell me, brother, what matters more to you?
Tell me, sister, what matters more to you?

If I can tell what's in your heart by what comes out of your mouth
Then it sure looks to me like being straight is all it's about
It looks like being hated for all the wrong things
Like chasin' the wind while the pendulum swings

'Cause we can talk and debate until we're blue in the face
About the language and tradition that he's comin' to save
Meanwhile we sit just like we don't give a shit
About 50,000 people who are dyin' today

Tell me, brother, what matters more to you?
Tell me, sister, what matters more to you?

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[jw1453]

It looks to me as though a lot of people are making his point for him. What matters more to you? Is it the use of the slang term or the fact that he's pointed out a real truth about the church? Why does it bother so many that he would say "shit", and yet it doesn't seem to bother anyone that real people with real problems are dying and facing eternal separation from God because we don't really give a "shit" enough to get off the couch and tell someone about Jesus? Get the point?

[tonycarr100]

Being unloving is more of an offensive to God than a word. Your heart is more important. We strain the gnat (cuss words) and swallow the camel (homophobia and lack of concern for the poor). He is being prophetic to wake us up from our slumber and from some of the responses people don't get it.

[feanando]

@ShadesAndRed Ok, a person who considers himself a Christian may act with prejudice against homosexuals (instead of opposing to homosexuality), but do you agree that if this person does so, then he is not obeying Christ? And yet his song serves as an instrument to people with prejudice against religion criticize religion. Why didn't he make a song especifically against hypocrite people - not "Christian hypocrite" people? Maybe he considers all of us hypocrites, he's condemning. Unfairly.

[ShadesAndRed]

@feanando He's not saying the word to be a rebel...its obviously there to catch the listeners attention. What you're saying would only make sense if he was condemning the church to justify himself...which I'm sure he isn't doing. This song is meant to challenge prejudiced Christians who treat homosexuals like animals. We can't deny that it happens. I don't agree with the language either and I wouldn't speak it, but he makes a good point based on how many Christians are today.

[feanando]

@VanMaanens Hahaha... touché! Well then... let us not say "fool", nor "shit", ok? I propose we try to say wise words instead.

[VanMaanens]

@feanando

Mat 5:22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire

[feanando]

Big lie # 3: By saying SHIT, this fool will solve all the problems of the world.

Fool... This way you won´t solve the problem of the world, nor make us more conscient, nor do any good thing else...

C´mon, you big fool... If you are really a Christian, then, read and learn better your own faith before picking on it and saying so many useless words.

You could start it here: Matthew 7: 3-5.

Good luck.

[brambonius]

Americans are funny. How can you be so offended by a word that means nothing but poop that you don't listen to the lyrics of a prvocative song?

[theassassin43]

theres no love in homophobia.

[bellarex]

there's no inherent hate in homophobia either, just misunderstanding and fear. there is, however, no love in tolerance. if you were doing something that harmed your body, a loving person wouldn't condone it. if you were doing something that hurt your soul, a loving person wouldn't condone it.

the problem most christians have (myself included sometimes) is knowing how to lovingly disagree with someone while not treating them as the sin itself.