Inhabited is a Christian rock band from Texas. In 2005 as a five member band, they released
their major label debut THE REVOLUTION on Fervent Records. It included the hits ‘One More Night’ and
‘Rescue Me’. In 2008 they released their
follow-up, LOVE (7 Spin Music). On this
album, Inhabited is a trio. Sara Acker
(vocals) and Marcus Acker (guitars) are joined this time by Charlie Harper
(drums). Monroe Jones and Marcus Acker
produced the album.
A funky rocker ‘We Will Live’ starts things off by speaking
of the value of having an active, alive faith: “We’ve got something no amount
of money can buy/We’ve got something more than just a temporary high/We’ve got
something more than just a pie in the sky/There’s so much more, so much more to
this life/It’s more than just a bunch of tradition/It’s more than emotion/We
have a destiny.” Musically ‘Hush’ sounds
like something off of a Gwen Stefani solo record. It encourages young women to pursue
truth¨”Hush goodnight/I’ll kiss you goodbye/To every thought that’s destroying
my life/Hush goodbye I’ll walk in the light/Go away, don’t come back/I’m saying
goodbye/Where my girls at that are sick and tired/Of buying into all the same
old lies?/Cuz sooner or later it will catch up to you.”
‘Love (I need U)’ is a rock ballad of willful surrender to
Father God: “Would You fall on me like the pouring rain?/Would You move me now
until I’m changed?/I need You, oh how I need You/Now I’m falling down to my
knees/And I’m crying out forgive me please/I need You, oh how I need You.../My
life is Yours today/There’s nothing left to lose/You keep on calling me/And all
I need is all of You.” ‘I Want to Know’
is a cry for intimacy with the Father: “You’re everywhere I go/You are the fire
that burns and takes control/You’re in the words that bring me life/You’re in
the starlit sky that sings in the night/But I need You here, I need You here/I
want to know, I want to feel/I want to see You move underneath my skin/I want
to hear, speak to me/I want to feel You breathe, I want to feel You breathe
through me.”
‘A Song to the Fatherless’ is a much needed song of
encouragement in today’s society: “God will never walk out on you/He’ll be the
Father that you never knew/He loves you, more than words can say/He won’t leave
you when you need Him the most/His love is unconditional/And you know you put a
smile upon His face.” ‘Respect’ is a
pop/rock track that is countercultural all the way: “Hey girl, better put down
that magazine/You know there’s more to life than picture perfect/You know
they’d give it up now for the price they had to pay/Oh, can’t you see, they
threw it all away.../Come on and give yourself a little respect my
friend/You’re beautiful and you can start over again.”
‘I miss You’ is a terrific, vulnerable song about grief: “I
feel cold and I feel numb/I still find it hard to face you’re gone/I know that
we’ll meet again/One day I’ll kiss your face again/In a place where there’s no
suffering or pain/I look up at the stars in the sky/I know where you are/I miss
you, I miss you so bad/And it hurts to remember you/I don’t want to forget
you/I know now that you’re in a better place/But I miss you/I miss you so
bad.” ‘Are You With Me?’ is a fun,
motivational song about anticonformity: “Listen up, listen up, listen up
everybody/We’re marching to the beat of a different drum/Watch out, watch out
here we come.../If you hear the call, rise up and take a stand/If you want to
make a difference that’s where it all begins/We’ve got to get together, there’s
a line down in the sand.”
‘One Show’ again shows that this band wants to make a
difference: “It’s one show, I’ve got the mic, I’ve got the floor/One time you
hope they don’t walk out the door/One show, one time you hope they see it/You
never know, you never know.” ‘Old
School’ is reminiscent of Mark Stuart fronted Audio Adrenaline. It is about having a good time: “We’re gonna
rock until everybody’s on their feet/We’re gonna turn up the music/Can you feel
the beat?/We’re gonna rock, gonna have us a real good time/I’m making noise
until they take us away.”