@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
I see her as a little girl
Hiding in her room
She take another bath
And she spray her mama's perfume
To try to wipe away
The scent he left behind
But it haunts her mind
You see, she's his little rag
Nothing more than just a waif
And he's mopping up his need
She is tired and afraid
Maybe she'll find a way
Through these awful years
To disappear
Ask me if I think there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go in the middle of her shame?
Ask me if I think there's a God up in the Heavens
I see no mercy, and no one down here's naming names
Nobody's naming names
Now, she's looking in the mirror
At a lovely woman face
No more frightened little girl
Like she's gone without a trace
Still she leaves the light
Burning in the hall
It's hard to sleep at all
'Til she crawls up in her bed
Acting quiet as a mouse
Deep inside, she's listening
For a creaking in the house
But no one's left to harm her
She's finally safe and sound
There's a peace she's found
Ask her how she knows there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go in the middle of her shame?
Ask her how she knows there's a God up in the Heavens
She said His mercy is bringing her life again
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go in the middle of her shame?
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heavens
She said His mercy is bringing her life again
She's coming to life again
He's in the middle of her pain, in the middle of her shame
Mercy brings life
He's in the middle
Mercy in the middle
So ask me how I know
Ask me how I know, yeah
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heaven (how do you know?)
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heaven (how do you know?)
Yeah, ask me how I know (how do you know?)
Ask me, ask me, ask me (how do you know?)
Ask me how I know
Hiding in her room
She take another bath
And she spray her mama's perfume
To try to wipe away
The scent he left behind
But it haunts her mind
You see, she's his little rag
Nothing more than just a waif
And he's mopping up his need
She is tired and afraid
Maybe she'll find a way
Through these awful years
To disappear
Ask me if I think there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go in the middle of her shame?
Ask me if I think there's a God up in the Heavens
I see no mercy, and no one down here's naming names
Nobody's naming names
Now, she's looking in the mirror
At a lovely woman face
No more frightened little girl
Like she's gone without a trace
Still she leaves the light
Burning in the hall
It's hard to sleep at all
'Til she crawls up in her bed
Acting quiet as a mouse
Deep inside, she's listening
For a creaking in the house
But no one's left to harm her
She's finally safe and sound
There's a peace she's found
Ask her how she knows there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go in the middle of her shame?
Ask her how she knows there's a God up in the Heavens
She said His mercy is bringing her life again
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heaven
Where did He go in the middle of her shame?
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heavens
She said His mercy is bringing her life again
She's coming to life again
He's in the middle of her pain, in the middle of her shame
Mercy brings life
He's in the middle
Mercy in the middle
So ask me how I know
Ask me how I know, yeah
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heaven (how do you know?)
Ask me how I know there's a God up in the Heaven (how do you know?)
Yeah, ask me how I know (how do you know?)
Ask me, ask me, ask me (how do you know?)
Ask me how I know
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Ask Me Lyrics as written by Tom Hemby Amy Lee Grant
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I really don't think Amy Grant was being sarcastic when she wrote this - that's your spin on things.
I think it's a pretty straight forward song. Amy has a friend who has been sexually abused as a child. Most of the song is empathizing for her friend and what her friend went through. Although Amy believes in a loving God, she still finds it hard to explain how she believes in Him to other people when horrible things like this happen. In the end, the friend says that she's still found His mercy and her friend actually answers the question for her.
Thesis? I don't think Amy is directly trying to sell Christianity to abuse survivors.