Story Behind The Song
"If any of my music is Divinely inspired, it would be this song."
Song Description
This song portrays the life of Jesus as a demonstration of how to be a child of God, so simple that only a child really gets it. The background guitar is simple and playful. The lyrics tell the story of Jesus and invite the listener to sing along with Jesus's refrain: "It is not so hard to see through this story. It is not so hard to stand in this glory. It is not so hard to be Me." and take ownership of the word "Me", even in the face of the challenges of life and death.
| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Folk - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Joyful, In High Spirits |
Subject |
Healing, Rain |
| Similar Artists |
James Taylor |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
Joyfully jesting down a path made of palm leaves, prances gentle fool Jesus wearing his soul on his sleeves, juggling three spheres like mirrors as all gather close around him.
"It is not so hard to see through this story. It is not so hard to stand in this Glory. It is not so hard to be Me.?
The crowds cheer in wonder at this piper of the people while the priests protest in anger that he dare to set their flock free. Still he laughs at their wisdom as he sings to the children,
?It is not so hard to see through this story. It is not so hard to stand in this Glory. It is not so hard to be Me.?
(Hosanna!)
He carries on, but the elders have seen all they care to see, so they break his skinny body and they hang it from a tree, and the crowd cries up to him to save himself as he sighs,
?It is not so hard to see through this story. It is not so hard to stand in this Glory. It is not so hard to be Me.?
(Hosanna!)
And a child finds the three spheres that had been left on the ground. She remembers what the fool said as she tosses them around, and the circles form a halo over her head as she sings,
?It is not so hard to see through this story. It is not so hard to stand in this Glory. It is not so hard to be Me.?