Why is it Called Amazing Grace?

Isn't that a great name for a song. Amazing Grace. What a title. It sets you up with some really high expectations. It makes you feel like that you should go away from this a better person than you were when you began listening to it. I'm not sure where the title originated but it was made by someone with some very high expectations.

There are some interesting this when it comes to Amazing Grace. The title implies that it is a soothing song, maybe the Christian equivalent to Yoga music. Interestingly enough however, it is played on the bagpipes traditionally, which are fairly shrill and loud instruments. Bagpipes are an instrument of battle.

Maybe that is the point though. To use an instrument of battle to play an anthem to the fallen. To show that soldiers have a much more sensitive side. That sounds really stupid but let me try and explain it this way. The same knife that could be used to slay someone on the battlefield can be used to carve a magnificent turkey dinner. Thus, Amazing Grace on the bagpipes is to show the duality of life.


Is that short enough.