Birthday: September 22, 1988 Birth Place: Bellefontaine, OH
Christian recording artist Bethany Dillon has recorded a song called "Hero." From her website: Okay, so have you seen the teaser trailer for "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" yet??? HHOOOOLLLYYY SMOOOOKESSSS! A friend of mine sent it to me the other day (thanks Jay) and we watched it (Brad, Ed, Pap, J.R. McNeely and me) last night right after we finished mixing the song that's going to be on the 'inspired' soundtrack... it's called "Hero"... anyway, we were all in awe. I had goosebumps on my goosebumps, as Mom would say. Aslan looked so STRONG! And the wardrobe looked so mysterious and dangerous... oh, you just need to see it. It's at MovieFone (I think) on AOL. Yep. Tell me what you think.
Bethany on being a part of this soundtrack:
When I was actually learning to read, first and second grade, my mom and I would kind of go through books where she would read a page and I would read a page. And we went through the Chronicles of Narnia together. And I just remember late at night laying in bed with her and reading the story and it connecting with me so much as a kid. I loved that it was a chapter book and I could actually get it at that age. Even now, I'm not that much older, I just finished reading the first book on the plane and it just moved me in a different way. I just love how that has so shaped my faith and the way that I see our stories. I just love it. I love those books.
I think movies and music, they are alike because they don't have to do with the head that much. I think they're more just things for the heart. Music moves me a lot. And I love movies. Those are my two favorite things. I love reading, but just not as much. I just love getting lost in story. And music feels like a story sometimes. good music does. And I think they both just reflect truth. I think they make things clearer and at the same time I think they stir up mystery. My favorite thing in most movies is the music. Just cause they are one in the same. They're both just so deeply creative. And connect with people. You know, all people.
Being a part of this is so humbling and such a huge honor. Especially, just being this young and knowing that it's meant a lot to a lot of people. I just think it's a huge honor to be a part of it and I'm excited to see the movie myself.
You broke the silence
A break in the clouds
A ray of hope in the darkness
You dusted off the steeples
Places full of fear
Full of never-ending judgement
And what is love without much risk?
You were a man of great sorrow
The world that You created
Kept You at a distance
You weren't recognizable
Chorus
Oh, You're the hero
We've been waiting for
You have done the impossible
You're the hero
We've been waiting for
You have done the impossible
The impossible
You bridged the gap
You tore the veil
Almighty God in the flesh
All the plans and schemes
Against Your love would fail
In light of Your obedience
Chorus
Yeah, You're the hero
We've been waiting for
You have done the impossible
You're the hero
We've been waiting for
You have done the impossible
The impossible
The impossible
The impossible
A babe cries in the night
The earth shook in awe
They echo of a man's cries
The curse undone
The curse undone
Our hero has won
Chorus
You're the hero
We've been waiting for
You have done the impossible
You're the hero
We've been waiting for
You have done the impossible
The impossible
You're the hero
We've been waiting for
You have done the impossible
What is this sun that conquers mountains
Singing over what has been asleep?
What is it that softens all my doubting?
It's You
Morning brings a hunger for new eyes
That have been covered by the hurt of yesterday
Who could create in me the vision of a little child?
It's You
You take an ordinary day
And turn it into flowers like the month of May
Yes, You do
And You see all my pain
And cry over it for hours till I'm new again
Yes, You do
When I have been the victim of familiarity
When my heart has fallen into sleep
Healing is the voice that awakens me
And it is You
You, You make me new.
Behind the Song:
"Before the record “officially” began, Brad made the wonderful suggestion that we should get a group together to pray. So Brad, Ed, Al Andrews (founder of Porter’s Call, a ministry to artists in Nashville) and I met one night in the studio…it kind of felt like the deep breath before the plunge. I tried my best to share what my dreams were for the record; where God had taken me recently, what kind of songs were coming out of it. Hours flew by—it was such a sweet time of fellowship and linking arms with each other for the road ahead. Toward the end of the night Al closed in prayer, and I noticed a couple minutes into it that Ed had pulled out his phone and was writing something down. I wasn’t too surprised by it (the guy is random), but I just hoped that it wasn’t a grocery list or something. The “amen” was said, and Ed looked at us, biting back a smile, and said, “Hey…I think I’ve got something.” I’ll never forget that moment; he picked up a guitar and began to sing to us this ridiculously gorgeous melody. The record had begun. For some reason, there was a chunk of time when the song was kind of put on the back burner. During that time I wondered if it just wasn’t meant for the record, but in hindsight I think it was simply because God wanted to provide in a better way than what we could ever have hoped for. One morning in the studio Ed was telling me how he was reading the Chronicles of Narnia with his kids. They were going through “The Magician’s Nephew” and said the chapter they had read the night before was so moving… and, of course, he ended up running over to the house to get it for me so I could be moved by it, too. He read a part of Chapter 8: ‘The Fight at the Lamp Post.” It felt like the curtain had been drawn open… the dark of searching and waiting had lifted. The song “New” was born in light of that incredible picture C.S. Lewis painted: God’s gentle voice stirring things into being. I love the eternal youthfulness of God; the simplicity of His heart. But the uncomfortable thing about seeing that part of Him is that it sheds light on my own heart… it’s grown old. Where I was once fearless and full of faith, I’m now sensibly hesitant.
“Morning brings the hunger for new eyes/That have been covered by the hurt of yesterday/Who could create in me the vision of a little child/It’s You…”
I guess you could say I’m learning how to see things fresh and new. His restoration is so bright and simple, standing firm in the middle of all the most raw, wounded places in me." - Bethany Dillon
Bethany Dillon with your NarniaFans.com Webmaster
Kregel Bookstore, August 15, 2005, Grand Rapids, MI
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