Paul Baloche has produced a couple of Christmas themed albums.
This Is Love / Come Thou Long Expected Jesus is a track from the first of the two, and is a good example of taking a verse from an existing hymn and building a new song around it.
The use of the melody most commonly associated with the advent hymn Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, woven as it is through the song creates an added texture of new with old.
The lyrics are thoughtfully structured as well.
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