September
Earth, Wind & Fire · The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. 1
Pure joy worth keeping
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Take Caution: Leans toward what could dull or mislead. Approach carefully.
- Consider Avoiding: Celebrates what Scripture warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Paul's call to dwell on whatever is true, lovely, and admirable finds a natural home in a song built entirely around savoring a memory of beauty and love.
“I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”
Qoheleth sees joy and taking pleasure in one's work as a gift from God. September captures exactly that spirit: finding delight in a moment and holding it close.
September is essentially a celebration of a remembered moment of joy: dancing, love, golden days, and the feeling that something good was real and lasting. The lyrical content is almost entirely warmth and delight, with scat syllables carrying the emotional energy where words run out. There is nothing spiritually corrosive here. If anything, the song models what it looks like to treasure beauty and love rather than take them for granted.
No profanity, no sexual content, no darkness. The lyrics celebrate shared love, dancing, and golden memories with playful scat syllables filling the rest.
The song does not point explicitly toward God, but it overflows with gratitude, communal joy, and the sense that love and beauty are worth remembering and holding onto. That orientation is far from indifferent.
Earth, Wind & Fire consistently blended uplifting themes with their music, and this song was written to spark pure, uncomplicated joy. There is no angle here that pulls the listener toward anything harmful.
When you hear this song and feel that lift in your chest, what does that longing for joy and shared love tell you about what your heart was made for?