Song - The Unaliving
- Bible Brian
- 1 day ago
- 8 min read
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
This one goes out to my Lord and my Savior1,
to the Holy Creator2 whose love never wavers.
The Word took on flesh3, then He stepped on the scene.
as Heaven dropped beats with the angels on high8.
Wise men tracked Him when the stars were aligned9.
[Verse 2]
He walked on waves12, told storms to sleep13.
With a fish and a loaf, He sat the crowds down to feed14.
then He sent out His message to the ones He would save.
Temptation slid into His DMs, but it just got ghosted17.
So the devil threw shade in the wrong direction,
‘Cause his schemes just led to the resurrection20.
[Chorus]
He was unalived but they couldn’t delete Him21!
With life in Himself, death couldn’t defeat Him!22
Now He’s vibin’ on High, with the Father He’s seated25!
[Verse 3]
He forgave the ones who nailed Him in record time28.
’Cause three days later, the Lord respawned31.
The grave lost its power, death lost its sting32,
and angels descended at the command of the King33.
The stone was rolled away as the angels stood by34,
waiting to give the good news to the ladies who cried35.
[Chorus]
He was unalived, but they couldn’t delete Him!
With life in Himself, death couldn’t defeat Him!
The grave got owned, the whole world can’t beat Him!
Now He’s vibin’ on High, with the Father He’s seated!
[Verse 4]
He still bore the scars36, but the victory’s clean,
Firstborn from the dead37, I hope you know what that means.
Now eternal life belongs to all who believe38!
Just confess the Lord Jesus, and the promise you will receive39.
So when Satan accuses, he gets left on read40!
Who can bring a charge against God’s elect41?
Now we are the temple with a Holy filling42!
Mic drop, curtain torn, God is leaving the building43!
Background
I actually came up with The Unaliving while working on another song. I'm unsure of exactly how, but the line "He was unalived, but they couldn't delete Him" popped into my head as I was trying to figure out how to make Mozart AI understand my intentions for "Christ is Morse".
This line follows the kind of internet slang adopted by modern content creators. Following the infamous "YouTube Adpocalypse" of 2017, social media platforms began implementing excessively strict algorithms that would demonetise, age restrict, shadow ban, or even outright delete any content that used certain words or phrases. Thus, it became problematic to say such words or phrases, forcing creators to come up with new and creative ways to speak. Words like "death" became "unalive", "deleted", "logged out of life", and so on and so forth.
The peculiar line inspired me to write a rap-style tribute to the Lord, using modern internet slang. Ironically, while many of the terms I used were designed to circumvent restrictive algorithms, Mozart AI is equipped with a restrictive algorithm. Thus, when I initially attempted to generate the song, it was flagged for the line "They hung Him on a tree, but the plan was divine". I initially had to change that line to make it generate. However, the newly introduced "remix" function enabled me to revert to the original line in subsequent generations. This pleases me, because that line refers to four different Scriptures: Acts 5:30, Acts 10:39, and Galatians 3:13, which all point back to Deuteronomy 21:22-23.
The song wastes little time getting into its slang motif, saying in the first verse that Jesus had "no palace to flex". Historically, flexing one's muscles has been a way to boast of personal strength, but in modern times, it has become a more general reference to showing off. Jesus, of course, could have chosen to come into the world with all of His power and glory. Had He desired, He could at the very least have chosen to be the son of royalty. Instead, "He chose a carpenter's vibe". Of course, He was not the biological son of the carpenter, but because He was born to the wife of a carpenter, this is how He appeared to the world. Hence "carpenter's vibe".
The song continues to describe the early days of the incarnation, including Heaven being described as "dropping beats" with the angels on high, referencing how the Heavenly host sung "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!" It then describes the wise men, and how the sought Him by following His sign, before dodging Herod, who sought to kill Him.
Of course, Herod not only failed to kill Jesus, but eventually died himself, leaving Jesus safe to return and grow into a healthy young man. Eventually, as was promised, He began a miraculous ministry, healing many people of various incurable ailments, including those we cannot cure today. I felt it especially useful at this point to reference Hebrews 4:15, which says "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." To do this, I personified temptation as a creepy social media stalker "slipping into His DMs" (Direct Messages). Yet, because God cannot be tempted, Jesus "ghosted" (i.e. did not reply to) temptation. Exemplifying Christ's resilience to temptation is the temptation in the wilderness, where Satan himself tried to tempt Jesus, but "got roasted". That is, a powerful verbal defeat. This verse also references Satan "throwing shade", which is a more subtle form of denunciation. Naturally, it didn't work, as Scripture shows that what Satan meant for evil, God used for the ultimate good.
The chorus begins with the line that started it all, stating that Jesus was "unalived", but they "couldn't delete Him". This acknowledges the reality of the fact that Jesus, by will of God, did die, but it was ultimately impossible for Him to stay dead. Hence, "the grave got owned", i.e. death has been thoroughly defeated. Following the resurrection, however, Jesus didn't stay long. Rather, He ascended to sit at the right hand of the Father until His return. Hence "vibin' on high". That is, He is quite happily seated where He belongs.
Verse 3 doesn't contain much slang, but it does say that the Lord "respawned". This is a gaming term. In many videogames, a player can "die", then come back to life, usually appearing at a checkpoint like a bed, flag, or base. The rest of the verse is saturated in Scripture, breaking away from the slang motif to reference how Jesus took on our curse by being "hanged on a tree", how He prayed for God to forgive those who crucified Him, and how the angels announced His resurrection after rolling away the stone.
The first four lines of verse 4 are similarly devoid of slang, presenting the resurrection and the Gospel in fairly simple terms. It references how Jesus is "firstborn", and how "I hope you know what that means". This is actually a cultural quirk - Biblically speaking, "Firstborn" does not always mean the first to be born. Rather, it is a title of primacy, allowing, in some cases, the younger son to inherit what would typically be granted to the older. We see this with Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, and Ephraim and Manasseh. By calling Jesus the "firstborn from the dead", it isn't implying Jesus had a beginning. Rather, Jesus is preeminent. Yet, through faith in Him, we get to share in that victory. Eternal life comes from faith in the eternally Living God.
One of the benefits that comes from this is that our accuser (Satan) is silenced. He can point to as many sins as we have committed, but similar to how Jesus "ghosted temptation", He "leaves Satan on read". That is, He hears the accusations, but He ignores them. We see a taste of this in Zechariah 3, where Zechariah is given a vision of Joshua the high priest. Satan stands by to accuse Joshua, but the Lord rebukes him, switching out Joshua's filthy garments for pure vestments and a clean turban. The verse then directly quotes Romans 8:33: "Who will bring a charge against God's elect?" If we are saved, our guilt is completely gone. There is nothing that can be held against us.
But of course, it's not simply a "get out of jail free" card. We are saved from sin, but we are saved to holiness. With only two lines left in the song, this wasn't hashed out in any detail, but the surface was scratched by reminding us "Now we are the temple with a holy filling". Several Scriptures explain this concept. As Christians, we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, who guides our lives, seals us until the day of resurrection, and can even be grieved by us while He does so. See, while we are in the flesh, we are done with sin, but it is not necessarily done with us. We can still do evil things, but the indwelling of the Spirit reminds us that we shouldn't. Just as the actual temple is a Holy place that shouldn't be desecrated, we are now Holy people, whose lives should reflect our Godly purpose.
Finally, we come to the "mic drop" moment. While it's certainly not ideal for the equipment, musicians will occasionally drop their microphones for dramatic effect. In similar manner, part of God's dramatic effect was tearing the famous temple veil in half. The temple veil was a huge curtain, separating the rest of the temple from the Holy of Holies. The Holy of Holies was a place where only the high priest could go, and that only once a year to make a sacrifice for the sins of the people. This symbolised a barrier between God and the people. When the temple veil was torn, it conveyed a very clear message: That divide has been abolished. God no longer dwells in a temple made with human hands. That is to say, God has "left the building", a reference to how music venues would announce "Elvis has left the building" to prevent the crowds from calling for an encore. But unlike with Elvis, God's exit from the building does not mean the show is over. It means we are the new venue in which the show must go on!
Scripture references
Isaiah 43:11
Colossians 1:16
John 1:14
Philippians 2:5-7
Luke 2:16
Matthew 8:20
Matthew 13:55
Luke 2:13-14
Matthew 2:1-2
Matthew 2:12
Isaiah 7:14
Matthew 14:25
Mark 4:39
Matthew 14:19
Matthew 11:5
John 11:43-44
Hebrews 4:15
Matthew 4:1
Matthew 4:10-11
Hebrews 2:14
Acts 2:24
John 5:26
1 Corinthians 15:54
John 16:33
Hebrews 1:3
Galatians 3:13
Acts 2:23
Luke 23:34
Luke 23:44
John 1:5
1 Corinthians 15:4
1 Corinthians 15:55
Matthew 28:2
Mark 16:4
Luke 24:1-9
John 20:27
Colossians 1:18
John 5:24
Romans 10:8-10
Revelation 12:10
Romans 8:33
1 Corinthians 3:16
Matthew 27:51
AI usage
This song was produced using Mozart AI. ChatGPT was also used to refine the lyrics.
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