I love that song. You are so right about what constitutes worship. We do all of that in our church and the worship is becoming a really special time for me. I love to sing and sing 'new songs' unto the Lord during that time.
For me, worship and music go hand in hand.
I love to express to the Lord the feelings of love and wonder I feel for Hm while singing songs He's bestowed upon us.
Those songs are vehicles to raise us up in strength and hope and comfort and reassurance and preservation.
I dearly cherish the praise choruses we used to sing in the past, but I, too, enjoy the new songs He's given the church. And happily, where I belong, we also sing some old fashioned hymns, which are also treasures.
He HAS put a new song in our hearts.
Thanks for writing,
Love,
jm