| The Ataris – Act V, Scene IV: And So It Ends Like It Begins Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| strong contrast to “my reply”. Sorta justs gives in here | |
| Derek Webb – t-shirts (what we should be known for) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song and "Jesusland" by Ben Fold really reach the core of what Christianity lacks: honesty, relevancy, and simplicity. All these things (t-shirts, buttons, conventions, etc..) do noy matter if you can't just love. "And the greatest of these is love." |
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| Derek Webb – medication Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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don't lie to me tell me something true 'cause i'm only free when i look at you (Here, I think that he is saying, just like a person who knows he is going to get bad news, God, let me hear it straight..I know it bad, but let me have it) and you look so good it hurts and love, i come undone (Understanding that in view of who God is and what we've done, sometimes it's a real shock at our own sins are so much and how with God's love, we can be stripped of all of that) but i don’t want medication just give me liberation even if it cuts my legs right out from underneath don’t give me medication i want the real sensation even when living feels just like death to me (Here is the key part of the song and what i think he's saying, He doesn't want a band-aid solution to all his problems, no simple little solution to make him feel better but not really change him--in other words, don't sugar coat it, if I have to completely change my life and lose these things that I think I love, I will do that. Let me have it. Even if it means that I have to go through a lot to get there.) don't paint my face i need to see the scars so i don't forget the back of my tutor's arm (Again, don't just fix the surface , I want the read deal.I need to know that God has done so much for me and here I am throwing all that away day in and day out--I need to be really affected) 'cause i just can't keep it straight which kills and which one saves (Here, I think is a sign of confusion on his part. In other words, "I'm so messed up that I can't even tell anymore what things that I do are helping me and which ones are hurting me. I've lost focus.") ‘cause the truth is i need you just like the air i breathe just like a freight train needs the tracks beneath so i’d rather suffer my whole life and be this rich man’s wife if loving you means suffering (Here, he explains his need for God. His sincere desire for change even if it means that following God will not be easy. He'd rather enjoy the riches of God and "suffer" than live his life as a lie. As a facade. If loving God means "suffering" it is far better to endure that now than live a lie.) -------- Hope that helps! |
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| Del Amitri – Tell Her This Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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when i heard this song on scrubs, i had to find it. just perfect. |
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| Newsboys – The Tide Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| an amazingly beautiful song. just the type of song you need to hear when life just seems to being going in the wrong direction. when, everything is so complicated. and you just need to know that "no what what will be, You are always good, always good, to me.." and sometimes, most of the times, it just doesn't make sense. that's grace. | |
| Del Amitri – Driving With The Brakes On Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Driving through the long night Trying to figure who's right and who's wrong Now the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight, --> Here, this may refer to the idea that he has no reached a point in his life where he has to take responsibility for his actions, he is no lonnger a kid, no more excuses, no more free passes, he has to face this and it is a point in his life where he must sit up and take it. She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on. And I might be more of a man if I stopped this in it's tracks And said, come on, let's go home. But she's got the wheel, And I've got nothing except what I have on. ---> Here is the guilt for letting her carry things on, maybe in the relationship, he feels he has no control, or that he cannot give her control, total control, he is trying to make excuses for not being able to be "all into it" He just wants to go back to what he knows, the safety of home... When you're driving with the brakes on When you're swimming with your boots on, It's hard to say you love someone And it's hard to say you don't --> Whenever you are not totally into something, when you are holding back, not letting go, you are in grey. A middle. And you can't enjoy it all, or experience it. Here he can't say he loves her or that he doesn't. He just doesn't know what he should feel. He is confused, not all into it. Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from The thing we've done. She shuts up the ashtray, and I say it's a long way back now hon She just yawns. And we might get lost someplace So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on. ----> So here, he is trying his hardest to ignore what has happened between them, like nothing happened. He is searching for a way to get back to normal. But she won't let him. Trying to let him know that he just needs to accept it. To let her love him. To tell him that if he just accepts it, loves her, they could be happy. She won't listen to his fears. And at the end of these lines, he relalizes that he is not in control of it anymore, she is. And that he has to come to terms with that--to open his eyes and take responsibility. To deal. But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide, Nothing's gonna make me, break from her side ---> And so, in the end, he accepts his place. His responsibility. He was a part of this. It was not just her, but he was also involved. It is time for him to be with her. To stand with her. To love her. To make up his mind. And he knows he cannot live life half in and half out. He is no longer a kid. He can't swim with his boots on, etc. He has to be a man and accept that he is now part of her life. That there is someone else involved in this situation and that if he can just get over his fear, he can share in her love. |
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| U2 – One Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Hrere we go with what I think this song is about: A divorce. Where the husband is asking the woman what she wants from him. He is asking her what more she wants from him, that he is trying all he can but it never seems to be enough. Is it getting better Or do you feel the same Will it make it easier on you Now you got someone to blame --> Are we better now? Can we end this figting if I just say it was all my fault? You say One love One life When it's one need In the night It's one love We get to share it It leaves you baby If you don't care for it --> You tell me all these things about love, you preach to me what you think about love or what it should be--this is something we get to share--it is supposed to be an honor, but if we don't hold onto it together it will disappear Did I disappoint you? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? You act like you never had love And you want me to go without --> What did I do to wrong you? Why am I so bad for you? Yo treat me like I never loved you, but when did you show me love? I can't give love if it was never given to me. Love works both ways. Well it's too late Tonight To drag tha past out Into the light --> Let's not talk about what has happened in the past--it already happened. We can't change that. We're one But we're not the same We get to carry each other Carry each other One --> Marriage means we have become one, one love. We get to have the honor of carrying each other. We have that privilege as two people who love each other. Have you come here for forgiveness Have you come tor raise the dead Havew you come here to play Jesus To the lepers in your head --> Are you going to be the one to forgive and forget? Are you going to heal these problems and clear your head and see clearly what we have? Did I ask too much More than a lot You gave me nothing Now it's all I got --> Or is this too much? Is it too much that I want this to work? Understand that I am working with the little that I have. You haven't been the most perfect person in the world--but I am working with what we have. We're one But we're not the same We hurt each other Then we do it again --> We are different people, but it doesn't mean we can't be in love. We are one love--so why do we insist on hurting each other? You say Love is a temple Love a higher law Love is a temple Love the higher law You ask me to enter But then you make me crawl --> You tell me all these great things that love is--you tell me how you want it to be or what this grand idea in your head is--you tell me you want me to be a part of all of that--but then, you push me to the ground and make me feel like nothing just trying to appease you And I can't be holding on To what you got When all you got is hurt --> How am I supposed to hold onto what we have when instead of love, all you are giving me is hurt? --> At this point, I beleive Bono expands his analogy to mankind and their relationship with each other. In other words, we are all broken--but what we have--we should be honored to have. One love One blood One life You got to do what you should One life With each other Sisters Brothers One life But we're not the same We get to carry each other Carry each other |
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