Though not a single, “Difference Maker” grew to be one of the most popular songs on Rivers In The Wasteland due to its polarizing lyrics and a message that could speak to both Christians and non-Christians alike.
One of NEEDTOBREATHE’S more personal songs, Bear Rinehart commented on the controversi...
[Verse]
Yeah, isn't it amazing how a man can find himself alone?
Call into the darkness for an answer that's he's never known
Yeah, isn't it amazing how a God can take a broken man
Yeah, let him find a fortune, let him ruin it with his own two hands?
[Pre-Chorus]
And he climbs on up the hill
On the rock on which he stands
He looks back at the crowd
And he looks down at his hands and he says:
"I am a difference maker"
[Chorus]
Oh, I am a difference maker
Oh, I am the only one that speaks to Him
And I am the friendliest of friends of God
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
[Verse]
Yeah, isn't it amazing how a man can find himself alone?
Call into the darkness for an answer that's he's never known
Yeah, isn't it amazing how a God can take a broken man
Yeah, let him find a fortune, let him ruin it with his own two hands?
[Pre-Chorus]
And he walks on up the hill
To the rock on which he stands
He looks back at the crowd
And he looks down at his hands and he says:
"I am the difference maker"
[Chorus]
Oh, I am a difference maker
Oh, I am the only one that speaks to Him
And I am the friendliest of friends of God
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
[Bridge]
I am on the fence about nearly everything I've seen
And I have felt the fire get put out by too much gasoline
And we're all strangers passing through a place and time, an afternoon
Life is but a vision in a window that we're peeking through
Helpless conversation with a Man who says He cares a lot
It's a passive confrontation about who might throw a punch or not
And we are all transgressors, we're all sinners, we're all astronauts
So if you're beating death then raise your hand, but shut up if you're not
[Chorus]
'Cause I am a difference maker
Oh, I am the only one that speaks to Him
And I am the friendliest of friends of God
I am a difference maker
Oh, I am the only one that speaks to Him
And I am the friendliest of friends of God
[Instrumental Outro]
Difference Maker was written by Bear Rinehart & Bo Rinehart.
Difference Maker was produced by Joe Chiccarelli & NEEDTOBREATHE.
NEEDTOBREATHE released Difference Maker on Tue Jan 14 2014.
In a video posted by Air1, Bear tells how he wrote the song during or right after the band was on tour with Taylor Swift:
It really felt like it wasn’t really having an impact. [We were] sort of struggling, asking God like, what’s the deal here? We’re doing all the right things and…I think God real...