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Carry the Torch
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A Christian folk song about carrying the torch for the Olympics, and how that applies to spreading the Good News
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Contemporary Christian Music, light rock, folk. Acoustic with vocal harmonies like Phillips Craig and Dean. Imagine if John Denver, Keith Green, Rich Mullins, N
Joe, Steve, and Chris Solaas are three brothers, all Eagle Scouts, with a desire to give a message of Good News to the world, and the talents to do so. is a high tenor with a voice like Neil Young. Rhythm and Lead guitar, bass, drums. is a baritone something like Bing Crosby meets Burl Ives. Rhythm Guitar. is a tenor like John Denver meets Chris Rice. Chris is the principle songwriter for the band. Rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals, keyboards. Add to this mix Al English Jr., Sheila Zachary, and Mark Lucchessi is the bassist for the group. He also writes some material, and plays acoustic guitar and lead. He's a high tenor also, but has a huge range. Think 'Keith Green meets Phil Keagge'. is the female vocalist for the group. She has a voice like Nicole C Mullen with an attitude. is our drummer. He's been drumming all his life, and it shows. He's incredible. is our soundman and occasionally, keyboards.
Song Info
Genre
Pop • Christian Pop
Charts
Peak #100
Peak in subgenre #17
Author
Christopher Solaas
Rights
2023
Uploaded
December 07, 2023
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MP3 6.4 MB • 192 kbps • 4:41
Story behind the song
I'm finishing out another album, and the title of this song was written 15 years ago, but the lyrics and tune, yesterday. It's about how the Olympic Torch begins a journey months before any of the Olympic Games, in Olympia Greece, and then is run through multiple countries to finally be brought to light the fires before the Olympic Games. Surprisingly there's been attempts to douse the flames, stop the runners, etc. so they have multiple torches lit by the same flames, to ensure the same flames from Greece light the fires in the Olympics. This Christian message of Good News is a flame we need to carry to a lost and dying world. Jesus told us to carry that torch. Are you doing that, today?
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Every two years they light the flames At the site of the first Olympic Games And from that fire a torch is lit And a runner comes to carry it Across the fields and valleys wide On the winding roads and mountainside The torch will pass from hand to hand Till it lights a fire in a distant land Carry the torch! Carry the flames! To the next Olympic Games! Through wind and the rain! Through night and through day! Though some may rise to bar your way! No matter the cost! No matter how far! To the ends of the earth Or the furthest star Carry the torch! Carry the torch! Two thousand years and an empty tomb And the sound of wind in an upper room The Disciples caught eternal flame To carry abroad their Master’s name Across the fields and valleys wide On the winding roads and mountainside The torch will pass from hand to hand Till it lights a fire in a distant land Carry the torch! Carry the flame! Spread the Good News in Jesus’ Name! Through wind and the rain! Through night and through day! Though some may rise to bar your way! No matter the cost! No matter how far! To the ends of the earth Or the furthest star Carry the torch! Carry the torch!
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