The Petra Zone

did anyone notice an errie resemblance between the lyrics of "occupy" and "stand in the gap"? or am i just not getting the point of the songs...

I don't know...what are you sayin?

Sorry but I couldnt get what you said.
could you tell me more about it?

Yeah, are we talkin' about a Petra song here? Explain yourself dude.

Hes talking about occupy from Not of this World and Stand in the Gap from On Fire!, but no, I'm not struck with a similarity yet.

Well, I guess there's a slight similarity in the chord progression in the first few measures of both choruses. Let's analyze them:

Occupy:

Measure 1 . . | 2 . . .|3 . . |4
B minor . . . . | D . . |A . . |G, A

Those are steps 1, 3, 7, 6, 7 of the B minor scale.

Stand in the Gap:

Measure 1 . . .|2 . . . |3 . . |4 . . . . . . .
D minor, C . . |F, C . |F . . |C, Dmin, Bb

This song is actually in the key of F, but if we pretend it's in D minor (the relative minor), it would be steps 1, 7, 3, 7, 3, 6, 1, 7 of the D minor scale.

So the difference between both is that Stand in the Gap has three extra chords added to the 1-3-7-6-7 progression of Occupy. But other than that, the songs aren't very similar.

Maybe its the lyrics...

OCCUPY
The enemy surrounds the perimeter
Searching for an opening
Sneaking around, trying to gain some ground
He's laying down a smokescreen
Never full, he prowls about
For someone to devour
Blind with rage, his reign is threatened
By a greater power

(Chorus)
Occupy, occupy
Standing firm, lifting high the holy standard
Occupy, occupy
'Till out captain marches in

He'll catch your eye with some cheap disguise
Or innocent distraction
Then he'll infiltrate the ranks
And split you into factions
He never sleeps, but constantly
Is planning some new angle
A soldier must be diligent
To keep from getting tangled

He shall return with the armies of the Lord
The King of Kings, in vengeance wielding His sword
Gotta draw His power watching for that hour
We are His people and He's our great reward


STAND IN THE GAP
There's no feeling
Like when you have a friend in need
Their heart is wounded -
And you can feel your own heart bleed
And you wonder
Will they pull through this attack
You feel so helpless you want to be fighting back
Don't think it's over, don't pull away
It's time to stand in, it's time to pray
Set the wheels in motion
With your devotion

Stand in the gap
Coming boldly to His throne of grace
Stand in the gap
He will hear you when you seek His face
Put your weapon to its use
And believe it will produce
Stand in the gap
Until all hell...
Until all hell breaks loose

In the conflict
It seems like He doesn't hear
Be encouraged - He still has an open ear
It's not for nothing
It's not in vain
Make your petitions
Call on His name
He will bring assistance
Through your persistance

The enemy is gonna have to fold his hand
When the army of the Lord begins to take command
Nothing in the heavens or the earth can stand
Against the fervent prayer of a righteous man

Warfare?

Yeah, it's the lyrics.........I think the part that really sticks out to me is this:

"Stand In The Gap"
Stand in the gap
untill all hell
untill all hell
breaks loose

"Occupy"
Occupy
Occupy
Untill our captain marches in

Just sounds like the're kinda sayin the same thing, iduno......

or maybe I'm just wierd

MAYBE!!!!! you are descovering a huge mistake Bob Hartman by repeating something and now the whole universe will collapse!!!!!!!!!