| Owl City – Meteor Shower Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think you got that confused with Galaxies. Adam has more than one Christian-themed song, you know ;) | |
| Owl City – Meteor Shower Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Comments like these annoy me. "Live and let live and don't tell people what to do" while simultaneously telling others what to do, and not letting it be. Don't come on to a forum explicitly for the discussion of how to interpret a song and tell everyone that they should keep their interpretation to themselves, (which is actually your interpretation), so you're being a hypocrite. Thanks and here's to hoping you'll do differently next time! |
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| Owl City – Meteor Shower Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Yes, Adam may have led on that it was originally intended to be about God, but so what? ... Who cares? I'll still view this [the way I want], because that's how I interpret it, what I think of when I hear this song." I think that's how many people have approached the Bible, and that's why there are so many different false religions out there today. You've indirectly revealed a core truth of mankind--that we don't believe what's true, for the most part, but what we want to believe is true. |
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| Owl City – Meteor Shower Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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In a sense, he has, if you look at his blog. Check out his most recent post: http://owlcityblog.com/2012/06/04/ebullient/ |
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| Owl City – Meteor Shower Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yes, at a number of concerts, he would point straight up when he got to the chorus. | |
| Owl City – Meteor Shower Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Thanks! If there was a top comment, for conciseness and comprehensiveness, yours would be it. | |
| Owl City – Shooting Star Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Part of the interpretation of this song depends on this (post from Adam Young's official Owl City blog): http://owlcityblog.com/2012/05/29/the-world-will-try-to-bring-you-down/ . The song references light many times, and light is constantly attributed to God in a metaphorical sense, to symbolize how His holiness drives out sin, and reveals the truth hidden in the darkness. Primary reference:John 1: "1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world" And so, when Adam writes, "fill the darkest night with a brilliant light cause it's time for you to shine," he's referring to this: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven" [Matthew 5:16] It's written generically enough that non-Christians don't understand the lyrics (note: "the darkness did not comprehend [the light]"), but in reality, the whole song is a Christian song encouraging believers to share their faith and to do good works for the Kingdom of God. The references to "xyz will try to bring you down" refers to being discouraged from sharing our faith, being made to think that it's not worth it, or that we're not doing a good job. The flame that melts our hearts is a reference to a verse in Proverbs that allegorically depicts God as a "refiner and purifier of silver" [by passing through "the fire" of trials in life, our souls are purified], as well as a reference to the Lord being a "consuming fire," and other verses elsewhere referring to our hearts burning/being on fire for God. tl;dr In Summary, Shooting Star is like Meteor Shower--a song dedicated to God, without mentioning Him explicitly, although this one is addressed to Christians. |
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