| Tears for Fears – Mad World Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Poetry and song writing is all about evoking an emotional response to garantee meaning in the eyes of the beholder. In this case, TFF lyrics needed to be run through a sadder and more pathetic person. Noone discredits TFF because their lyrics are amazing. We simply feel that Jules craft better fits the attitude of the song. The lyrics themselves provide a hopeless tone as well as an apathetic one. GlassShard, amazing insight man. I love your interpretation of this song. Plain and simple, you got it right. |
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| Nickel Creek – The Lighthouse's Tale Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song is about how absolutley complete another human being can make you. The keeper feels absolute joy at the hands of his fiance. upon her death, it is not a matter of him being sad or wanting to be with her once more, it is a matter of his inablity to function without her. One can argue thereby that the lighthouse has lost something to, empty meaning more then "noone inside of me," but deprived of the "joys that meant everything to me." Deprived of his love. This step need not even be taken though. The story of the keeper and his fiance is enough and leaves the listener weak with empathy. I wish to be that hopelessly in love one day. I hope to find a wife that loves me so completely, that we become that old couple that when one of us dies, the other follows in a mere week. |
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| Newsboys – Shine Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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This song is quite excellent and I enjoy the daylights out of it. But... I have to say something that I have prayed about and thus far have been unanswered. A personal conflict falling on deaf ears. It can be seen in this songs as well as virtually every Christian song out there. Simplicity. I do not wish to attack or be attacked in this belief that I hold. I simply find that Christian songs these days, and sermons, Bible studies and the likes, preach only a basic understanding of anything spiritual. They seem to be catering to what people want to hear and not a truth. I am at a crisis of faith here because I see what everyone tells me about the nature of God and I am bored. I am dying here, drowning in doubt because it appears to simple. I can see my entire spiritual being and lifespan laid out and there is no challenge. This song and the church in general is to optimistic. Maybe these rantings are naive, but I wish I would be told so. I feel lost like the kid who stands in the classroom watching the needless recitation of a pledge he cannot justify. Perhaps I have a calling I have not fullfilled. Is there someone I can talk to? |
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| Newsboys – Shine Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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This song is quite excellent and I enjoy the daylights out of it. But... I have to say something that I have prayed about and thus far have been unanswered. A personal conflict falling on deaf ears. It can be seen in this songs as well as virtually every Christian song out there. Simplicity. I do not wish to attack or be attacked in this belief that I hold. I simply find that Christian songs these days, and sermons, Bible studies and the likes, preach only a basic understanding of anything spiritual. They seem to be catering to what people want to hear and not a truth. I am at a crisis of faith here because I see what everyone tells me about the nature of God and I am bored. I am dying here, drowning in doubt because it appears to simple. I can see my entire spiritual being and lifespan laid out and there is no challenge. This song and the church in general is to optimistic. Maybe these rantings are naive, but I wish I would be told so. I feel lost like the kid who stands in the classroom watching the needless recitation of a pledge he cannot justify. Perhaps I have a calling I have not fullfilled. Is there someone I can talk to? |
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| DC Talk – Jesus Freak Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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"Vadge," you make a valid point (or at least I see a valid point in what you said, intentional or not), but you do it in a disturbing way. As a Christian, Hindu, Muslim, atheist, or whatever, I would be hardpressed to accept words coming from someone nicknamed after female anatomy who swears for a dead shock value. To come to the point though, this song is about not caring what people think in regards to your personal faith. It is an encouragement to people in the Christian religion, but I would further encourage everyone from any faith to not be ashamed of who you are and what you believe in. More to the point that the young man afore mentioned was trying to make about common Christians today. He was specifically siting commercialism in the Christian world. The way a Christian absolutely must have the bracelets and the fish stuck on their car. They need little catch phrases like "What Would Jesus Do?" And you know what? He's right to claim that it is hypocritical. This song is about being who you are, and He knows that a person doesn't need to spend money on the "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker to know who they are. |
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| DC Talk – It's The End Of The World As We Know It Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I didn't realize that DC Talk did a version of this song. I love what you have said, opinionhead, about music coming from God and lyrics up to us. It's beautiful. This song is about not being afraid of the end. DC Talk remade the REM song, so you can assume that they found something spiritual in the song. Let me suggest instead that this song isn't about God at all though. Play devil's advocate if you will. I think instead that this is a song about being content, even though the world is chaotic and falling apart. |
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