Skillet's album Victorious (2019)

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So I just finished listening to this album and I was blown away.

The third track, Victorious, seems anything but going by the lyrics. They most talk of feeling oppressed. Reminds me of some of the psalms.

In all this loneliness and all this emptiness
Been stuck inside this room like a prison sentence
I'm not gonna stay, tell me there's a way

The chorus is a cry out to God:

High above it all (above it all)
Victorious, victorious
Far too long I've grown (far too long)
In hopelessness, I'm over this
Don't give up on me (don't give up on me)
Tell me you believe (tell me you believe)
I can't face it all (face it all)
Victorious, victorious

I need a savior now
Someone to break me out
Who's been the place I've been
Don't wanna be forgotten

Though the lyrics are on the bleak side, they look to God and ultimately, to victory. I like it.

The 4th track is This is the Kingdom

The first will be last
And the last will be kings
The small will be great
And the great will be weak

This is the kingdom
Heaven coming down to the corners of the Earth
This is the kingdom
Come alive in us, gonna light up this whole world
This is for freedom, freedom
To break off every chain
This is the kingdom

Blessed are the bound and broken
You're a citizen, and your faith will prove it
Blessed are the persecuted
And the wounded, you'll be crowned as rulers

Forever (forever), forever (forever)
Everything else is gonna fade away
It stands forever (forever), forever (forever)
Everything else is gonna fade away
We stand together, together
One heart, one voice, one name
It stands forever (forever), forever (forever)
Forever

Onto my favorite from this album, Terrify the Dark! The lyrics speak for themselves.

No power on Earth, no power in Hell
Is gonna steal my peace
Ten thousand enemies, they will
End up on their knees
When I'm hopeless, I can know this, you're with me

Your light will terrify the dark
I call upon the name
That tears another part
My doubt will answer to your scars
And fear will have no place
No hold upon my heart

Anchor is also a great track

Drifting beneath the horizon
Body is weak but I'm trying
To make it to shore, but I'm falling short
I need You more
Wave after wave, I've been sinking
So unto Your promise I'm clinging
You say that I'm strong, to You I belong
Keep holding on

You are my anchor
So steady me, steady me now
You are my anchor
You're keeping my feet on the ground
In angry oceans, You've never broken through
Every wave of the storm
You are my anchor
So steady me, steady me now
Come steady me, steady me now

And the next to final track, Finish Line

Heroes never die
Gonna make it to the finish line
We know we survive
Even if we crawl to the finish line
I won't believe it, underdog dreamin'
Don't need no cheers, world's gonna see it
Heroes never die
Gonna make it to the finish line

The song is about running the race. Mostly a "pump you up" sort of song, but I like it.

This isn't an exhaustive review of the songs (nor much of a review), but I went over the tracks that hit me the most.