The 80s song “every breath you take” by The Police, vocals by Sting is a brilliant example of a love song. I remember listening to it during my youth thinking of crushes and girlfriends.

But now I see a much greater purpose for this song. With a few minor tweaks to the lyrics it could make a wonderful love song from the church to Jesus Christ.

Jesus, when on earth in the flesh spoke of doing nothing except for what he saw the father doing.

“So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.”
John‬ ‭5:19-20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Jesus knew how to watch the father. And now we who live and follow him can learn how to watch Jesus in the spirit.

Are you watching Jesus Christ in the spirit? Do you know what I mean by that? If you do then this song expresses the love you must have for watching him. I am growing in love for Christians because I can see him in their lives, and words, and eyes.

Lyrics of Every Step You Take

Every breath you take and every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take, I’ll be watching you
Every single day and every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay, I’ll be watching youOh, can’t you see you belong to me
How my poor heart aches with every step you take, Every move you make, and every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I’ll be watching you Since you’ve gone I’ve been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
I look around but it’s you I can’t replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying, “Baby, baby, please”Oh, can’t you see you belong to me
How my poor heart aches with every step you take Every move you make and every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I’ll be watching you
Every move you make, every step you take, I’ll be watching youI’ll be watching you
Every breath you take and every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take (I’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay (I’ll be watching you)
Every move you make, every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake (I’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay (I’ll be watching you) Every breath you take, every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take (I’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay (I’ll be watching you)
Every move you make, every vow you break
Every smile you fake, every claim you stake (I’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay (I’ll be watching you)Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Gordon Sumner Every Breath You Take lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

It’s a beautiful song and wonderfully performed.

How I’d adapt the lyrics to Jesus Christ

(to be sung by a group of Jesus followers):

Every breath you take and every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take, We’ll be watching you
Every single day and every word you say
Every game you play, every night we pray. We’ll be watching you Oh, can you see we belong to you
How my poor heart aches for every step you take Every move you make, and every vow we take
Every smile you display, every claim you stake, We’ll be watching you

Without you we are lost without a trace
We dream at night, we get to always see your face.
We look around but it’s you we can’t replace
We feel so cold and we long for your embrace

We keep crying, “Jesus, my Lord, please”

Oh, can you see we belong to you?
How my poor heart aches with every step you take Every move you make and every vow we take
Everything you say, every claim you stake, We’ll be watching you
Every move you make, every step you take, We’ll be watching you We’ll be watching you
Every breath you take and every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take (We’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night we pray (We’ll be watching you)
Every move you make, every vow we make
Every thing you say, every claim you stake (We’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night we pray (We’ll be watching you) Every breath you take, every move you make
Every bond you break, every step you take (We’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every game you play, every night you stay (We‘ll be watching you)
Every move you make, every vow we make
Every thing you say, every claim you stake (We’ll be watching you)
Every single day, every word you say
Every thing you say, every night I pray (We’ll be watching you)

I am looking for someone with musical skill and love for Christ to perform this, email me at collierak@me.com if interested.