Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
Yeah

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself
To lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before


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Dare You to Move Lyrics as written by Jonathan Foreman

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    My Interpretation

    This may be my favorite Switchfoot song.

    This seems to be about someone who has royally f'd up. They have metaphorically fallen down. "Welcome to the plant", "Welcome to existence", "everyone is here" - we have all done it... welcome to life. "I dare you to move" - a challenge to move from that fallen place to a better place.
    "Welcome to the fallout, welcome to resistance" - mistakes have consequences. We all have experience it. "The tension is here..." - you aren't where you want to be "I dare you to lift yourself up... like today never happened" - a challenge to move on with your life and not to beat yourself up “Maybe redemption has stories to tell” – when you change course, you will have a story. It can help you and others “Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell” – you don’t have to look far for forgiveness; we can be forgiven at our worst. Obviously this is a reference to the band’s Christian beliefs (which I share).

    This song perfectly captures my experience as a much younger, dumber man who made a pretty pivotal mistake and moved on to become a better man. It actually gives me chills when I hear it.

    I will certainly share this with my kids as they make the inevitable mistakes that we all make…. “Welcome to life, boys. We all eff up sometimes. The important thing is what you do AFTER you eff up. Let’s change course and move on”

    8992Tigeron September 13, 2013   Link

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