| Sleeping At Last – Uneven Odds Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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As the Title of the song suggests, this song depicts the uneven/unfair odds of a young child navigating all the confusion, neglect, and darkness that follows when the child looses its parents. The mother dies likely of prolonged health problems that takes its emotional toll upon the father, who is lost to something more mysterious, as the opening line indicates "knew your father" (past tense) ... My interpretation is that the single father (widower) of a helpless child is hurt, angry and abusive toward the child. He "curses" the child and woes his own plight to the point that the child is left with fresh wounds from dad ... and no mother to help and no expectation that the child could possibly understand what is going on... according to the voice of the new caretaker ... the guardian. The song is a tender recital of hope and empathy ... a voice of understanding to help a child now in their care. Here are the lessons the song imparts to this "broken heart" as the child becomes a "mended heart": 1) your father loved your mother but couldn't "return" from the grief of the loss of your mother 2) forgive your father for when he was verbally abusive/neglectful 3) As your guardian, foremost is my goal to nurture your pain with God's love. 4) Trust that as unlikely as it may seem ... this truth is demonstrated as you live (what life you can in your broken state) the act of living slowly overcomes all that surrounds you that is not living, like a seed that is living overcomes the dirt that buries it over time. 5) See as years go on? You are stronger. You are mended. See point 4. 6) Growth is not forgetting the pain of losing your mother ... you will always remember that pain, but even all that darkness is not pointless. Its not designed as a blessing and we don't have to pretend that it is all fine ... Yet there is something "in it" for you, something to grasp in all this chaos that is redemptive and enriching: “Darkness exists to make light truly count” And so it goes ... the truth is not taught it is demonstrated. There is a reason that a jeweler displays their diamonds on the darkest velvet they can find ... and there is a reason that God permits what He could prevent. Would we notice the "light" / "life" if not for contrast against all this "dirt" / "earth" / "darkness" ? |
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| My Epic – Lower Still Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is pretty much my favorite song right now. What does it mean? It means that I am free! Thank You, Lord! I bow down.... lower still. |
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| Machines of Loving Grace – Butterfly Wings Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"By their fruits you shall know them" reference to: "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them." ~ Jesus Christ |
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| Edison Glass – Children In The Streets Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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wealth is not having more wealth is having enough But the slaves of humanity cannot ever have enough ... so poverty and greed run a destructive course through their lives and contentment remains elusive. |
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| Edison Glass – See Me Through Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Troubles in life serve as a catalyst to find an anchor ... and the anchor is found in the Word of God .. and then these same words (scripture) that bring stability are a solvent that lays bare the heart's secrets ... a process that starts to become more of a personal relationship with a Healer (GOD) who digs out deep things and works these out in the formation of a new more glorious self ... a scary process until one realizes that the Healer will see the process through to the end. | |
| Mae – Release Me Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Every now and then the lyrics of a Mae song are pregnant with spiritual faith (Christian faith.) ... this is one of those songs, although obscure enough to be talking about interpersonal relationships (man and woman) ... the lyrics use common scriptural imagery to conjure double entendre inclusive of prophetic longing for the "early and latter rains" to release, fill and establish his "broken well" to "overflowing" ... Lets take down our curtains (living authentically with nothing to hide) and let the exposure (uncomfortable / tense but necessary baring of secrets) be a blanket in the shared intimacy with another ... in this case: his Beloved (Savior.) This is the release that he longs for and for which he is willing to endure tension and torrents and lightening and thunder. |
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| Mae – Brink of Disaster Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is a song from the perspective of this generation running away from God (a car chase) at the end of this age (the end is coming.) Better would be to halt (break) the mad dash (Jump the gun and throw it into gear) away from what is right and good instead we embrace our own destruction (exit to a crash.) Asleep is a parable for modern man's mind numbing deluge of lies and preoccupation with what could never matter ... even among those that claim to know God. Although you are likely asleep and the weight of the imagery is probably going over your head as most people are in this sleep state. This link will wake you up ... although I think you would probably not want to hear the alarm ... http://awurl.com/jaUheWp5w |
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