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Ship The Majestic Suffix Lyrics
Before our time
Upon a noon
There stood still a ship
Standing proud
She tows lines
Transforms words
To be more than they are
When they are alone
On their own
Pointing to no one
Ships displaying
The quality
The rank craft state
Skill dignity
When our ship comes
Into nations
Who will tow the line?
Ships passing into the night
Taking flight
with goods for everyone
Ships are led by
The compass ones
These shipshape daughters
These shipshape sons
When our ship draws
In the nations
He shall tow our line
Our ships of fools
From failing schools
We need now hear
the children
They desperately
Are needing to be
Be set free
They are afraid
But so are we
This can not be
See hope
Our captain riding
Throughout theses heavens
Bringing peace
We're shipping out
Our men again
Oh I pray it will end
These tunes
Are never ending
Thank you for sending
Them to our hands
Before our time
Upon a noun
There stood still a ship
Standing proud
She tows lines
Transform words
To be more than they are
When they are alone
On their own
She's pointing to
The one
Upon a noon
There stood still a ship
Transforms words
To be more than they are
When they are alone
On their own
Pointing to no one
The quality
The rank craft state
Skill dignity
When our ship comes
Into nations
Who will tow the line?
Taking flight
with goods for everyone
The compass ones
These shipshape daughters
These shipshape sons
In the nations
He shall tow our line
From failing schools
We need now hear
They desperately
Are needing to be
Be set free
But so are we
This can not be
Our captain riding
Throughout theses heavens
Bringing peace
Our men again
Oh I pray it will end
Are never ending
Thank you for sending
Them to our hands
Upon a noun
There stood still a ship
Transform words
To be more than they are
When they are alone
On their own
She's pointing to
The one
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Ship the Majestic Suffix is refering to friendship, as ship is the suffix at the end of the word... The rest of the song is simply a play off of the clever name of the tune itself.
its a fitting starting point for an album about friendship, especially when one considers that the name of the album is also "Ships". This opening track explains the meaning of the album name
i don't believe the small numbers of comment for this incredible album.one of the best of the year.this song is an amazing opener for an album.i just love the unique and fresh sound of danielson
The lyrics are so unique. So fresh.
The second line is "Upon a NOUN". Noon is the stupidest thing ever. The song is about words, hence...noun.
http://danielson.info/site/index.php/music/ships/ship-the-majestic-suffix/
"Before our time - Upon a noun - There stood still a ship "
"Before our time - Upon a noun - There stood still a ship "
I interpreted this to mean: God existed before the world was created. One God in a relationship of three, and Jesus was the Word (noun). God is unchanging, His person still remains reliable.
I interpreted this to mean: God existed before the world was created. One God in a relationship of three, and Jesus was the Word (noun). God is unchanging, His person still remains reliable.
"Before our time" God existed before the world was created "Upon a noun" the world was created when the Word spoke - Jesus was the Word "There stood still a ship" this ship was the 'Godship' or 'relationship between the trinity.' The word 'still' refers to God being unchanging and therefore knowable and reliable....
"Before our time" God existed before the world was created "Upon a noun" the world was created when the Word spoke - Jesus was the Word "There stood still a ship" this ship was the 'Godship' or 'relationship between the trinity.' The word 'still' refers to God being unchanging and therefore knowable and reliable.
The second line should be "Upon a noon"
The second line should be "Upon a noon"
definitely noun.
definitely noun.
In the fifth stanza from the end, I'm pretty sure it should be "Armageddon," not "our men again." "Our men again" really make no sense, whereas "armageddon" makes perfect sense with the context of the song.
I believe this song is about God's desire for us to be in relationship with Him and about how He has provided the means for us to do that.
For my full interpretation, feel free to go to: http://vicki-s.blogspot.com/2011/07/quirky-christian-music-focus-on.html