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There By The Grace Of God Lyrics
And all the drugs in the world
Can't save us from ourselves
Victims with the saddest hearts
Passing by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we will suffer
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
Lay down all your guns
Give them up and then move on
It doesn't mean that you are dead
Passing by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we will suffer
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we will suffer
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
And all the drugs in the world...
With grace we will suffer
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we will suffer
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
And all the drugs in the world
Can't save us from ourselves
Victims with the saddest hearts
Passing by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
Can't save us from ourselves
Victims with the saddest hearts
Passing by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
Give them up and then move on
It doesn't mean that you are dead
Passing by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
With grace we shall recover
There by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
Can't save us from ourselves
Victims with the saddest hearts
Passing by the grace of God
There by the grace of God
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Submitted by
songmeaningsuser On Sep 02, 2002
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"all the drugs in the world can't save us from ourselves"- reminds me of pyschiatric drugs. its how you can numb yourself with pills but it still does not save you from the problem- your mind.
Recreational drugs sprung to my mind (willful desire to numb yourself), though I agree with ladyboygrrl's sentiment. It seems like an optimistic song. 'There by the Grace of God' suggests divinity, fate - it may be crap at the moment, but we've been put here for a purpose and we will recover. Nice song, not sure I agree with the message.
Yes the others are wrong, its about the human condition, tha we all have to die, that medicine cant perpeptually stave of the inveitable. Its also saying that its not the end, saying that the ir is life after death. If you personally disagree it means you have grasped the crux of the actual agrument about "why are we here" the answer is not "science" its either " their is no meaning", "random chance", " we are not really real" or " god" or " that we have existed before and will do again", its a philosophical question and any...
Yes the others are wrong, its about the human condition, tha we all have to die, that medicine cant perpeptually stave of the inveitable. Its also saying that its not the end, saying that the ir is life after death. If you personally disagree it means you have grasped the crux of the actual agrument about "why are we here" the answer is not "science" its either " their is no meaning", "random chance", " we are not really real" or " god" or " that we have existed before and will do again", its a philosophical question and any science fact can be used to support one view or the other its down to perspective and how the individual sees things, the answer to this question cant be answered without faith, faith in a god or faith in the meaningless of life or faith in a metaphysical existnce of life!
"There by the grace of God" isn't an optimistic phrase, unfortunately. It's a shortened form of "There but by the grace of God go I" which basically means that your life could go to hell at any given time. It's traditionally said in reference to the homeless, etc. In the context of the song, I'm thinking that "God" is the drugs (recreational or psychiatric) and if the drugs stop working, or if they're not available, everything goes to shit.