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Forgive Me Nashville Lyrics
Basically, everything is going wrong
And your only heart is gone
It is out of reach and it's grown
But you didn't break down
You pressed on and you found out
That everyone preaching God
Had turned off all their lights
Or they've buried their teeth inside
A contradicting life
Wait: Don't gnash your teeth and waste away
Have you fallen asleep
With a dagger in between your bones?
That was thoughtfully placed
By your own finesse
Watching
All the sparkles start to fade
And everyone loses their way
The monsters that they make
Well, don't blame the wine glass for the drunkard, dig up your bones
Watching, all the new become mundane
And the sun turns into rain
Distances don't fade
What's golden is now gray
Wait: Don't gnash your teeth and waste away
Have you fallen asleep
With a dagger in between your bones?
That was thoughtfully placed
By your own wretched finesse
Walk on...and you'll never walk alone
And your only heart is gone
It is out of reach and it's grown
But you didn't break down
You pressed on and you found out
That everyone preaching God
Had turned off all their lights
Or they've buried their teeth inside
A contradicting life
With a dagger in between your bones?
That was thoughtfully placed
By your own finesse
All the sparkles start to fade
And everyone loses their way
The monsters that they make
Watching, all the new become mundane
And the sun turns into rain
Distances don't fade
What's golden is now gray
With a dagger in between your bones?
That was thoughtfully placed
By your own wretched finesse
Song Info
Submitted by
gunwhale On Apr 06, 2007
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Someday, in the Event That Mankind Actually Figures Out What It Is That This World Revolves Around, Thousands of People Are Going to Be Shocked and Perplexed to Find Out That It Was Not Them. Sometimes This Includes Me.
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the harmonica in the background is played Aaron Weiss from mewithoutYou
finesse. great word. i love this song.
Scogin said this was about a show in Nashville. Specifically, he felt that he didn't give the show his all by having his mind on the business of music.
He's also summing up the whole album in simple terms:
"Basically, everything is going wrong And your only heart is gone It is out of reach and it's grown But you didn't break down You pressed on and you found out That everyone preaching God Had turned off all their lights Or they've buried their teeth inside A contradicting life"
Simply, everything's not as it should be. Christians are living with a half-hearted faith. And everyone that should be doing the work of God is just as screwed up as the people they're preaching to. Just like the titles of the songs, our lives are a contradiction. People claiming to belong to God, refusing to let go of this world.