Name: 08 Eric Hollingsworth - Beneath the Red Lights
Duration: 4 min 53 s
Channel: Eric Hollingsworth
Description: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved

08 Eric Hollingsworth - Beneath the Red Lights

Eric Hollingsworth

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved

Eric Hollingsworth

I'm a born again Christian writing music that (I hope) encourages and ministers to the body of Christ.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Christian Rock

Charts

Peak #292

Peak in subgenre #27

Author

Eric Hollingsworth

Rights

2009

Uploaded

October 31, 2010

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.5 MB • 128 kbps • 4:53

Story behind the song

This song is based on the testimony of a good friend of mine who walked into a church one night drunk with his friend and future wife. While inside, he received Christ and his life was radically changed from there out.

Lyrics

BENEATH THE RED LIGHTS
Words and Music by: Eric J. Hollingsworth

VERSE 1:

Em                                           Am           Am7
He takes a sip and slowly slips away
          C                                              D
Into another world where black and white are gray
Em                        Am               Am7
The ally’s calling out his name
                     C                                 D
Through the subway steam and the drizzling rain

PRECHORUS 1: 

C                                 Em
As he stumbles in the darkness
C                                       D
With his back against the wall
C                                 Em
He’s searching for his purpose
C                                D
He’s listening for his call

CHORUS 1:

                                           G
And now he’s beneath the red lights
                          Em
Trying to make sense
                                    C
Of this thing that they call life
                             D
And he’s missing it
                                           G
And as he throws back the bottle
                           Em
The devil by his side
                                      C
He’s strung out at rock bottom
D                 C
Beneath the red lights



VERSE 2:

Em                                                 Am           Am7
Through his hazy eyes life seems so surreal
            C                                 D
But his pet poisons are losing their appeal
Em                           Am                    Am7
He sits down on the curb and stares
                C                         D
Up at the only star the city lights have spared

PRECHORUS 2:

C                                     Em
As he beholds his blurry bottle
C                                          D
He hears a voice as clear as day
C                                      Em
Saying, “Son I’ll always love you
C                                         D
You don’t have to live this way”

CHORUS 1:

                                           G
And now he’s beneath the red lights
                          Em
Trying to make sense
                                    C
Of this thing that they call life
                             D
And he’s missing it
                                           G
And as he throws back the bottle
                           Em
The devil by his side
                                      C
He’s strung out at rock bottom
D                 C
Beneath the red lights

BRIDGE 1: Em, Am, Am7, C, D, Em, Am, Am7, C, D




PRECHORUS 3:

C                                      Em
With a crash like roaring thunder
C                              D
His bottle meets the bricks
C                                                 Em
And as his pounding heart beats slower
C                                        D           E
He sees a church door and goes in

CHORUS 2:

                                           A
And now he’s finally seen the light
                      F#m
His soul is at peace
                              D
He’s been given a new life
                              E
By grace pure and sweet
                                        A
And as he lays down his old ways
                          F#m
Desires and his pride
                                       D 
God works His greatest miracle
E                  A
Beneath the red lights
                        
BRIDGE 2: F#m, D, E

                          A         F#m
Oh yeah, well amazing grace
         D             E
How sweet the sound
         A         F#m           E    E7, E6
That saved a wretch like me
   A            F#m
I once was lost
       D            E
But now I’m found
          A            E        D    A
I was blind but now I see

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