Good Charlotte – We Believe

General Comment"There's a love that could fall down like rain
Let forgiveness wash away the pain "

Wonderful! This might be my favorite GC song. I love that they're not afraid to express their faith so openly in this song. I could be taking this out of context, but to me, there is an obvious christian message, especially with this line, (which is basically Jesus' message to the world):

"So this world is too much for you to take,
Just lay it down and follow me.
I'll be everything you need in every way. "

so lovely.

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  @ghostco

General Commenti have a funny feeling that they believe

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  @Brat

General CommentCheck on the Christian bit, unfortunately. "She asks God why" is a better question than these people realise - the problem of evil, one still unsolved by theists.

Anyway, it's a beautiful song and the thread is great. It is sadly ruined by the last verse, very clearly a call from Jesus. This is precisely the attitude Ayaan Hirsi Ali reveals: a feeling that there is no point improving this world, or worrying about it, for instead we'll wrap ourselves up in the illusion of an afterlife. Truly the opiate of the people. An affirmation, moreover, that "we believe" simply sounds ridiculous: look at all the evil around us, and yet there is a god who honours Matthew 7:7 - "ask and you will receive"! Yes, we believe in him. Good Charlotte and millions of others need to wake up and *do* something about this evil they see, not trust in an old man in the sky to sort it out.

Finally, there is the arrogant trash in the third verse: "Let forgiveness wash away the pain" with the pretentiousness that all future sins could be forgiven 1972 years ago, as well as that anyone but the person sinned against could forgive. "This world is crying for so much more" is again the blind, ignorant and bigoted trash also expressed in Luther's "Secular Authority" - that, firstly, this world is not good enough for us, we need divine validation; and even more stupidly, that were every person a Christian, there would be no pain, evil or crime. So incredibly mindless.

Still, a great song.

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  @jodiendo

General CommentI love this song so much. The second verse rocks. <3

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  @oleander

General Commentone comment?!?!
come on people, just becasue it's not released as a video doesent mean you shouldnt check it out.
this song is so powerful.

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  @dementia

General CommentJust two comments is fucking shocking. This is easily Good Charlotte's finest work to date. Perfection in songwriting. Anyone who disagrees is a cunt. End of story.

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  @Poinsettia

General CommentWell, im happy to see that ppl enjoyed this song as much as i did, it just means so much to me... its very repetitive, but after the first part it just gives the listener a while to let it sink in and think of what he or she just heard... maybe that didnt make much sence but one of their best songs ever!

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  @Anonymous_music_guy

General CommentI love this song. It is definatly one of my favorites. To me it has a very strong meaning.

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  @MEST up GC kid 6

General Commenti like this song and when i listen to it i can see a bit of joel and benjis christian side showing through in some of the lyrics and im not talking about the obvious ones like "She asked God Why"

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  @clairpatra

General CommentI love this song. it is really cool how its about the war in Iraq and how their world is being torn apart!

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  @maddyf