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| Blue Öyster Cult – Don't Fear The Reaper Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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If you think of all the times Jesus is portrayed in the New Testament as someone holding a sickle to separate the wheat from the chaff, then he is the reaper. And we shouldn't fear him if we love him and have turned to him in our lives. He is also portrayed as a bridegroom in the NT, so "I'm your man" just makes me think who really IS my man!!! He will come like a thief in the night. I love this song for that reason. Although our culture has made "the reaper" a scary or comical entity, it may be Jesus behind that hood, and for me, it will be! |
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| Mumford & Sons – The Cave Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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A wonderful analysis! I love Odysseus and Plato and God - so I ate this song right up! These boys are deep. I think of Steely Dan's song "Home at Last" which says "Still I remain tied to the mast." I think the sirens are the world's woes and he is saying I could drown in the sorrow of the world, but I need to get to the bottom of WHAT I'M HERE TO DO FOR GOD, and it might not be what everyone else THINKS he should do. In order to be effective, we have to meditate, pray and find out what we're here to do, otherwise we flail and drown to the siren's calls (we either self-medicate with drugs and booze or become terrorists - forgetting that LOVING those around us and finding our own calling is the best way to do God's Will). But I think he is also saying that he won't abandon any of his brothers - the noose around your neck. He will love them unconditionally and be there for them, but not be sucked in to their dramas that don't aid his own purpose that God is giving him. Which in this case? To write great songs!!! Keep it up Mumford and Sons - I think you've found your purpose! |
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