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A King & A Kingdom Lyrics
Who's your brother, who's your sister
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we're all migrating to a place where our Father lives
Because we married in to a family of immigrants
So my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a King & a Kingdom
There are two great lies that I’ve heard
“The day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die”
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him
So my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a King & a Kingdom
But nothing unifies like a common enemy
And we’ve got one, sure as hell
He may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife
Oh no, he may not look like you think
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we're all migrating to a place where our Father lives
Because we married in to a family of immigrants
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a King & a Kingdom
“The day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die”
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It's to a King & a Kingdom
And we’ve got one, sure as hell
He may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife
Oh no, he may not look like you think
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Pretty simple. Derek doesn't care much for politics and religion and all these other constructs we build around the absolute truth of the Kingdom of God - his allegiance isn't to all these peripheral things, but to God himself.
This song is simply Webb making a statement about not having any confidence in this worldly kingdom, but to have hope in the kingdom of God of which all Christians are citizens. Also, I think it is key to realize that Derek Webb is hitting a key point in the last little bridge part of the song. He is talking about being enemy of self. About realizing that we have a war going on within our self, we are half flesh and half Spirit. And the enemy "may not look like you think".
This song is simply Webb making a statement about not having any confidence in this worldly kingdom, but to have hope in the kingdom of God of which all Christians are citizens. Also, I think it is key to realize that Derek Webb is hitting a key point in the last little bridge part of the song. He is talking about being enemy of self. About realizing that we have a war going on within our self, we are half flesh and half Spirit. And the enemy "may not look like you think".