PSALMS – VOL. VIII: FOUR WAYS HOME – The Shaken Remnant

Synopsis:
Volume VIII walks through Psalms 106–120 as an indie, multi-genre song cycle about failure, rescue, memory, and exile rather than a worship-set. It opens with “We Forgot the Story,” a confessional retelling of Israel’s history where God keeps His word while His people drift, then “Four Ways Home” traces four different kinds of desperate people finding their way back. “Heart Awake, Feet Forward” and “Pages on Fire” turn Psalms 108–109 into honest, modern band songs of courage and complaint, while “Right Hand Throne” frames the royal psalm as a cinematic rock vision of a quiet, unshakable King. The middle run (“Works of His Hands,” “Light in the Window,” “Raising the Low,” “When the Sea Saw,” and “Mouths of Stone”) leans into indie and art-pop textures to talk about character, justice, and the collapse of idols in vivid, image-driven language. The back stretch gets intimate and exilic: “You Kept Me Breathing” is a survivor’s testimony from Psalm 116, “Two Verses Wide as the World” turns the smallest psalm into a tiny, expanding anthem, “This Gate Will Stand” becomes a festival-closer built on the rejected cornerstone, “Letters on the Road” walks Psalm 119 as a long-distance faith song, and “Far from Home, Close to War” closes the volume with the tension of living among people who love conflict while you’re craving peace. Each track paraphrases the psalms into fully structured, modern songs—verses, repeats, bridges, and instrumental builds—keeping the text intact but the aesthetic firmly in The Shaken Remnant’s indie/alt world.

You Kept Me Breathing | Psalm 116

Far from Home, Close to War | Psalm 120

When the Sea Saw | Psalm 114

Four Ways Home | Psalm 107

Raising the Low | Psalm 113

Works of His Hands | Psalm 111

Right Hand Throne | Psalm 110

Heart Awake, Feet Forward | Psalm 108

Two Verses Wide as the World | Psalm 117

Letters on the Road | Psalm 119

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