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The Angel of Death Came to David's Room Lyrics
the angel of death came to david's room
the angel of death came to david's room
the angel of death came to david's room
he said, "friend, it's time to go"'
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
it's not my time to go
sorry friend, now put your hand in mine
i'm sorry friend, now put your hand in mine
but good angel, don't i get a warning sign
before it's my time to go?
come now david, where's your grandma gone?
come now david, where's your grandpa gone?
come now david, where's your grandma gone?
their time came to go
but i slew goliath with the sling and stone
i slew goliath with the sling and stone
i slew goliath with the sling and stone
it's not my time to go
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
it's time, it's time to go
come now david, where's your momma gone?
come now david, where've your uncles gone?
come now david, where've your aunts all gone?
their time came to go
can i tell solomon the things i've learned?
can i tell solomon the things i've learned?
i'm sorry, friend, that's none of my concern
it's time, it's time to go
come now david where's uriah gone?
stranded on the battlefield,
the troops withdrawn
come now david, where's uriah gone?
his time came to go
come now david, where's bathsheba gone?
and where've your binoculars and rooftop gone?
the unexpected baby from the bath night gone?
their time came to go
come now david, where's everybody goin'?
the angel of death came to david's room
the angel of death came to david's room
he said, "friend, it's time to go"'
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
angel, no, i think you've come too soon
it's not my time to go
i'm sorry friend, now put your hand in mine
but good angel, don't i get a warning sign
before it's my time to go?
come now david, where's your grandpa gone?
come now david, where's your grandma gone?
their time came to go
i slew goliath with the sling and stone
i slew goliath with the sling and stone
it's not my time to go
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
he'll be waiting for you when we get back home
it's time, it's time to go
come now david, where've your uncles gone?
come now david, where've your aunts all gone?
their time came to go
can i tell solomon the things i've learned?
i'm sorry, friend, that's none of my concern
it's time, it's time to go
stranded on the battlefield,
the troops withdrawn
come now david, where's uriah gone?
his time came to go
and where've your binoculars and rooftop gone?
the unexpected baby from the bath night gone?
their time came to go
Song Info
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shadowami On Jul 18, 2008
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In many of the videos I've seen, he says "angel" instead of "Sammy" or "Samuel", but in the video I originally transcribed this from he said "Sammy". I believe Samuel was David's father.
Jesse is David's father
Jesse is David's father
i love this song so much. the implications, melody...everything is great. and aaron is such a blessing.
"come now david where's uriah gone? stranded on the battlefield, the troops withdrawn come now david, where's uriah gone? his time came to go
come now david, where's bathsheba gone? where've your binoculars and rooftop gone? the unexpected baby from the bad night gone? their time came to go"
I love that part. King David killed Uriah because he wanted his wife Bathsheba, whom he spied on from his rooftop while he was king. Its great!
Samuel was the prophet who anointed David as king.
can i tell solomon the things i've learned? can i tell solomon the things i've learned? i'm sorry, but it's none of my concern it's time, it's time to go
I love this part. The book of Ecclesiastes, with its famous (infamous?) "Everything is meaningless", was written by Solomon, who asked G-d for wisdom.
i cannot WAIT for the next album.
mewithoutYou keeps changing and changing and producing such different, beautiful sounds.
Lovely!
No, Samuel is the one who anointed David as king... This song's meaning is pretty much understood; however I'm not sure I agree with every point it commends. The lines, "Every rook and jay in the Corvidae�s been raving about me too." and, " he'll [Goliath} be waiting for you when we get back home" (with emphasis on the words "Goliath" and "everyone", imply that everyone, including the philistines (a wicked pagan people) will enter the Heaven... The symbolism of this song is that we cling to life on this earth, but as Christians should be of the next world, not this one.
I don't see the connection with the "rook and jay" line. I think in that song it's just sort of a way of saying that the crow is well-praised by all his neighbours (and an opportunity for a great pun!). After reading your comment, I was kinda curious about whether or not it was referring to a more universalist point of view. I agree with topskanker though (actually had been thinking something to that effect, but their comment sums it up much better than I could). I have no clue whether or not Aaron believes in religious syncretism. There are...
I don't see the connection with the "rook and jay" line. I think in that song it's just sort of a way of saying that the crow is well-praised by all his neighbours (and an opportunity for a great pun!). After reading your comment, I was kinda curious about whether or not it was referring to a more universalist point of view. I agree with topskanker though (actually had been thinking something to that effect, but their comment sums it up much better than I could). I have no clue whether or not Aaron believes in religious syncretism. There are some interesting (some might say "convincing") arguments for Christ-centred universalism as well, so perhaps that is his basis for it.
I think the point in the line and in the overall song is that we all go to the judgment day and everyone's time comes to go. Regardless of going to Heaven or Hell. I think the line about "He'll be waiting for you when we get back home" couples with the line about Uriah meaning that regardless of David's achievements and mistakes his time has come. I think what Aaron also is implying is that David will have to answer for Goliath's death as well as Uriah even though Goliath's death was righteous and Uriah's was selfish.
I think the point in the line and in the overall song is that we all go to the judgment day and everyone's time comes to go. Regardless of going to Heaven or Hell. I think the line about "He'll be waiting for you when we get back home" couples with the line about Uriah meaning that regardless of David's achievements and mistakes his time has come. I think what Aaron also is implying is that David will have to answer for Goliath's death as well as Uriah even though Goliath's death was righteous and Uriah's was selfish.
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I think the reason everyone has so many problems and nitpicking about Aaron's writing being completely orthodox and Christian or maybe just maybe you can finally say he's not a Christian because he said something in one line that might, maybe, perhaps, be percieved as contray to the bible is because the overall dogma attached to Christianity is mostly wrong. True Christianity is all about acceptance and all-inclusiveness and mewithoutYou has never written anything that seemed contrary to that or scripture.
I think the "Sammy" from the live videos is referring to Samael, the angel of death in Jewish folklore.
That Goliath line threw me at first too... but I don't think that this song is really about the afterlife but rather that THIS life ends for all men. The point is Goliath is dead and now you are about to join him (among those who have died). At least I hope that's what Aaron is getting at. Death is the great leveler, regardless of good (killing goliath) or evil (being goliath). I wonder if Psalm 16:10 comes in to play here at all...
i think this song is about david not being ready to leave this life, like most people can feel as they grow towards death. goliath met his end, uriah his, david's family before him, all differently. death isn't concerned with what we have or haven't finished here. i think mwY uses this example of david as a way of relaying the fact that we will die, ready or not. beautiful.