| Martina McBride – Independence Day Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Perhaps the aGretchen Peters' lyrics have some biblical assimilations, but as far as direct quotes, not from any version of the Bible I've ever read. They're not direct quotes from the Bible. Do they have an affiliation? Perhaps ... The mother could have died in the fire, accidentally or deliberately, or she could have been taken away by the authorities. The songwriter, Gretchen Peters, deliberately left that question unanswered. But the point of the song is to illustrate what can happen when a woman finds herself in a desperate situation as a result of domestic violence and feels she has to take desperate action. Martina wanted to record the song to warn women in abusive or violent relationships to get help or get out before they find themselves in a tragedy like the woman in the song. Martina says her interpretation is that the mother does NOT die and that she couldn't have recorded the song if she felt that the mother dies. So obviously, the song is depicts her as a young child watching her father, who was a drunken sot, continually engage in domestic abuse directed toward her mother. Eventually, since "mama was proud and she stood her ground", her mother couldn't handle it any more. Her mother didn't want her daughter to grow up like this, and she had her own solution: Burn the house down. Was the mother left inside the house and killed as well? This is my opinion, although obviously (as stated above) Martina said "no". I love her music and lyrics, but I don't agree with her here. "Let weak be strong" -- well, her mother was the weak one always being abused. Let her be strong, if just for today! "Let the right be wrong" -- Hey, although Martina says in the song, that she doesn't "know if it's right or it's wrong (but maybe it's the only way)", she knows it's wrong. She doesn't want her mother to be judged by God for this. Let freedom ring! Let the right be wrong, if just for today. "Roll that stone away" -- release my mother from the evilness of my father -- let my mother into heaven, and don't punish her for burning the house down and killing him. Roll that stone away. "Let the guilty pay" -- obvious. Her mother shouldn't be punished; her father should. Let the guilty pay, and he's the guilty one. The author cleverly used Biblical assimilations to mock a real life situation, and it fit Martina perfectly. She's a wonderful artist and seemingly wonderful person. |
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