| Owl City – If My Heart Was a House Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The outro to this song is hypnotic. | |
| Relient K – Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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| Owl City – Galaxies Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think I may have been a bit harsh there, for that I apologize :( No doubt, some of the most beautiful works of art, poetry, etc, have been written by agnostics and atheists... I think I'm just noting his particular style, and his belief in God. This can quickly spiral into a discussion about our existence on Earth and what our purpose is, but in a nutshell, my belief in God is what predicates my finding the world beautiful. And it's what gives me a purpose. It's what gives Adam a purpose, gives him the inspiration to seek the beauty in a created world and marvel at our existence here. If you believe God created the entire universe to demonstrate His glory to us, on our little 25000 mile wide floating paradise alone in space, it's pretty awe inspiring. Likewise, it's the nature of God, aka His morality, that gives Adam sick heebie jeebies when he listens to a rapper sing about bad things. Nitty Gritty reality is evil, and thus repulsive, if you haven't numbed your conscience to it. Non-christian's feel the same way to a certain extent too, if they don't subject their minds to trash in the media all the time too. Now I agree, your religious beliefs or lack there of don't stop you from creating an imaginative world where you can go to escape. I just think that his particular style of doing so finds it's inspiration from God, and his belief in what that entails. But that's all open to interpretation, and I didn't mean to shut anyone down here. It's awesome his music can be interpreted so many different ways, and bring joy to people no matter their personal beliefs. My 2 cents! :) |
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| Owl City – Galaxies Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think the point that atheists miss with Owl City and Young's lyrics is that the pervasive joy, hopefulness and vivid imagination he inspires are all directly linked to his relationship with God. There really isn't another way to say it. If he wasn't a Christian, it would be hard to maintain this state of eternal optimism for long. Once you listen to it from that point of view... that everything he believes from his core outwards is entirely dependent upon his relationship with his creator, is it any wonder he's joyful? And that he wants to share that joy with others as a way to reach others? It's a wonder it doesn't come out more. I'm not going to make some ridiculous statement and say that only christian's can make inspiring music. But it's pretty easy to see here how worship of God spills over into his broader message he spreads in his music. At least as a christian, it's pretty clear to me. But if you don't believe in God, you're left with the unenviable task of separating the happiness and positiveness of the music from it's inspiration. I don't know how you do that. |
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