before the Lord. Every now and then, He does used in a great way. So, with “Great Are You the second half, which is so amazing. I’ve just
something really remarkable with one of them. Lord,” I felt really connected to the song, but seen God use that sort of version of it to take it
I certainly didn’t have any idea or expectation to even more people.
[WM] The top three listed are “Great Are that it would be sung by as many people as
You Lord,” “Glorious Day,” and “Open Up The it has.
[WM] Reading more of the list of your most
Heavens.” When you wrote any of those, did
popular tunes on CCLI, number 5 is the Zach
you foresee them being received as they have [WM] Yes, when y ou recently re-released that Williams song, “Fear is a Liar.” Could you give
been? song with One Sonic Society, it really grew in us some back-story on that song?
popularity in the church again.
[Jason] No. The thing I always say when
[Jason] Well, on that one actually Zach
I teach on songwriting is that every song we [Jason] Yes, that was amazing to see. That Williams, Jonathan Smith, and I were writing
write as songwriters and artists, I think we song kind of had this really unique journey where that day, and his A&R guy had seen a sign
should feel like every song has potential to be God’s used so many people to sort of carry it somewhere that said, “Fear is a Liar.” He took
sung around the world. I’ve talked about this to different places. All Sons and Daughters first a photograph of it and sent it to us and said, “I
before and my buddy, Chris Tomlin, has talked brought it out to places only they could take saw this on a wall and just thought I’d pass it
about it as well… as a songwriter, I see three it to, and my friend, Amanda Cooke, started along. It could be an idea for a song.” So, he
tiers of songs in the songwriting community. I leading it with Bethel everywhere she went. just sent us a picture of something someone
see good songs, I see great songs, and I see Then One Sonic Society had the opportunity to had written on a wall and we just started
God-songs. My aim is always to grow as a bring it to radio and it has really been helpful unpacking the idea that fear would be named
songwriter to where I’m writing as many great in bringing the song to a whole new group as a person. So, the song says “Fear, he is a
songs as possible, but the “God-song” piece of people. Even this last year, Matt Redman liar” and “he’ll” try to do this or that. It kind of
is not up to me. Sometimes a “God-song” isn’t recorded it on the new Passion album, and he’s puts fear in a place that’s more tangible and not
even a great song. It’s just something that He got like a black gospel version of it going into just an idea. Fear really comes from the enemy,
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