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Little Argument with Myself

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I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
I want to believe
just keep counting the stars
like someday you'll find out
just how many there are
and we all can go home
'cuz there's nothing as sad
as a man on his back
counting stars
but, I want to believe
yes, I want to believe

'cuz there's nothing as sad
as a man on his back
counting stars

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twitty On Oct 13, 2002

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by elwyn5150

18y ago

I think this song is about God's promise to Abraham (Gen 15:5) while Abraham's wife Sarah was still infertile:

He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Of course, until the birthday of Isaac, I'm sure Abraham had his doubts.

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by tdamcbigity

17y ago

to go with that: and we all can go home.

Awesome.

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by FromTheBasemet

4y ago

Musically and lyrically poetry of the human condition. \nWe want to understand and get lost in it, counting the stars... \nto me this is pure existentialism.. can we make sense, can we grasp eternity. \nBut somehow it is paralysing to be so overwhelmed by no control of knowing the endlessness of the universe. Nothing as sad as a man on his back... fools errand...But I want to believe there is an answer, an number of stars, a formula, a way to make sense of it all.

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