Sixpence None the Richer

Tension Is a Passing Note

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Do I murder
When I forget you from afar?
Too drunk on the poison of endless roads
And the countless smoky bars

But tension is to be loved
When it is like a passing note
To a beautiful, beautiful chord

Do I murder us
Putting pavement through my veins?
Shooting in that special heroin
For the seeking and displaced

But tension is to be loved
When it is like a passing note
To a beautiful, beautiful chord

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delial On Apr 17, 2007

Kiss Me

There She Goes

Don't Dream It's Over

Breathe Your Name

We Have Forgotten

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2007-04-17 09:26:12

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by atrain

19y ago

I'm not sure about some other details, but I think the overall meaning of this song has to do with appreciating trials in life... Sixpence None the Richer was a Christian band and many of their songs were written from a Christian worldview... But I think it's saying that tension, or hard times, are to be appreciated because even though it's painful for a season, it leads to something beautiful in the end.

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by focus007

16y ago

I usually hate it when someone thinks every song is about "relationship" but I think this song IS about relationship in this case.

To me, I think its talking about all the usual trials that relationships (couples/friends/band,etc), like arguments and fights. And the song is about embracing those things. I think its saying by going through all of those experience, and if relationship can last through them, then even those bad moments can be embraced when you are looking back on it.

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by GrungyBeatle

13y ago

I believe it is about tension between a musician's lifestyle or the glamour of it and their relationship with God. Melody of You was written with King David in mind so it fits along the lines. This is my assumption.

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