I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology.
-Martin Luther

Luther is right.  It is a gift of God.*  There are a handful of songs that really speak to me.  Not all of them are religious, of course.  They just have a familiar resonance with my soul.  As if I've always known every note, word and movement of the melody.

"Ere", as we called it in seminary, is one of those songs:

*Some of my friends would argue that music is mathematics.  But as math nerds, they also quickly admit that mathematics are also a gift of God.