| fun. – One Foot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I'd like to add some real-word perspective on this. I went to a Fun. concert last night at a Christian college in West Michigan. This song was the band's encore. It was introduced after a brief little aside from the guitarist about how God loves everyone, no matter their race, no matter their sexual orientation, and how a dollar from every ticket from the show that night would be going to some organization bettering the LGTB community. When the lyric "I thought you loved all your children?" happened, the band suspended, and Nate put heavy emphasis on this. For this reason, I have a feeling the song is at least in part a questioning of the usual Christian perception where homosexuality is a sin. Particularly: "I happen to stumble upon a chapel last night And I can’t help but back up when I think of what’s happens inside I got friends looked in boxes and no way to live But you call it a sin isn’t up to them After all, after all I thought we were all your children." Friends locked in boxes could be a reference to being afraid to come out. And the sin line speaks for itself, as does the call for being God's children. The rest of that bit outlines heavy frustration at God, or, at least, the church, for how they treat homosexuals. As a Christian, I understand the basis of this issue, and I also agree that God loves ALL his children. It was very refreshing to see the band address this at the concert with an audience who may have different views from them. Right on, Fun. So, again, that's just my take on the song's meaning based on something that happened at a live show. |
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