Everyone has that one person they’ll do anything for. It could be taking a spontaneous road trip just because they called and said “Hey! Let’s go!” or just playing musical chairs in the snow to the malfunctioning of an outside monitor. If they do it, you do it. Your loyalty isn’t due to any type of pressure, but the amount of love you have for them being in your life.
“I don’t even need a rhythm as long as You’re dancing close to me. I believe I can do anything ’cause I know You believe in me.”
Dance With You is about having such a love for God that you wouldn’t hesitate to do anything for him.
To be honest, when my brother Armand first sent me this song I had no idea what it meant. So I asked him why he chose the lyrics. He said, “…dancing is the most intimate activity you can do with a person [platonically].” I’d never thought of it that way before. You let go of every inhibition when you dance. Dancing is one of the most effective ways to show raw movement, raw emotion. God asks us to give Him full control of our lives. He asks us to dance!
I’ve been asked to dance before, and let me tell you it is nerve-wracking! I always tell people if my life depended on dancing, I’d die. I just can’t do it. (Which I think is strange for a drummer)
God extends His hand to us everyday. We have to trust Him enough to let him surround us with his arms. His love! He IS love!
“There’s nothing left to say. Just take my hand in Yours.”
As I get older and learn more about life, God is seeing fit to bless me with wisdom, perception, understanding, and perspective. I am grateful because not everyone can say that. With that wisdom, I’m learning how to speak less and to listen much more. It’s good to sit in silence, in my opinion, because you don’t miss as much. Can you imagine dancing with Jesus and missing a step because you were busy chatting away? There are too many words when all we need is to be in His embrace.
Armand’s interpretation is similar:
“The music and the beat to ‘Dance With You’ was actually a project for a production class I was taking for Logic through Berklee. Then I realized that I really liked it, so while I was on a long trip in Germany listening to my German manager speak to one of the long-winded members in Naturally 7, I wrote Dance With You. The lyrics hint at a character trait within myself that few people know of. I don’t like long conversations. I just like skipping to the fun part. I love having fun. I love when my loved ones are having fun. Sometimes there are just too many words, and not enough time for fun. I love to dance like no one’s watching. And usually that’s when I dance…when no one is watching. So I thought about how would it be when we finally get to heaven. There will be so much joy. We’ll be doing a lot of dancing. The verses are very wordy, and the chorus basically says, ‘O.K. That’s enough talking…I just wanna dance in Your presence.’”
Sound familiar? This is why In Your Arms, Circuit Dialog, and Dance With You are in that order on the album. They’re a trilogy! You have the prayer, where you are relinquishing control and asking God to be real in your life. Next, comes the transformation period in Circuit Dialog. If you take the time to really listen to it, you feel the interaction between yourself and the Holy Spirit. Lastly, Dance With You wraps up the idea. It’s acknowledging that there really is nothing left to say. It’s the act of letting go.
“Grace is really all I ever needed and You give it to me freely.” That’s so refreshing!
What are you waiting for? Wave your white flag! Let Christ make you new. Dance!
Mani out.
Edited by: K. Valcin
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