Well, the song was a number one hit. But it's the nature of the song that might make one think that. It sort of has its place, but it's not something you hear on the radio every day. Aswell the fact that George Michael refused to appear in a video for the song.
The lyrics encompass the song's message so effectively, that I don't think a video would have been a particularly good idea anyway.
The song is, thankfully, not about a particular event, but sort of a commentary on the state of the world, the culture, and the media's effect on us.
He says this is the year of the guitly man, where the television takes its stand. I may be wrong, but based off of what Michael's sad, aswell as my own interpetation, I think it's about the media programming us to believe things are a certain way, and we are guilted in various ways - always as a way to get into our pockets, or make us go along with something.
He says charity is a coat you wear twice a year. Charity is a fashionable thing to do, and everyone will dress up for the occasion once or twice a year, but is change in their hearts? Do they truly care or understand the full gravity of the world's plight? Maybe what is over there is also over here, but they don't at all realize it. We are mesmerized and distracted, distracted by the things we must obtain before it's too late.
We're hiding behind our posessions, our faux sense of security, so we scream from behind our doors with a defensive scream to the world outside. We cling to the things they sold us because, afterall, God stopped keeping score.
God comes into the story quite interestingly. My interpretation is that God, not knowing what was to occur, turned his back for a moment, and his children (possibly Adam and Eve, if you like) crept out the back door, out of touch, and became lost in the world and its darknesses.
It is as if we've made such a mess of everything, that God stopped keeping tabs on who's doing what. And he won't return because he has no one to come back for. Of course, it only seems that this is the case, and it is true in the virtual sense.
I don't think that he is criticising God for anything, but rather, the lyric is meant to illustrate the state of mankind. That it would be a wonder if God were still with us.
Well, I do agree that we as American's..."charity is a coat you wear twice a year"....but I completely disagree with the part of the song where he talks about how God has stopped keeping score...We will all answer for our sins one day...
Well, I do agree that we as American's..."charity is a coat you wear twice a year"....but I completely disagree with the part of the song where he talks about how God has stopped keeping score...We will all answer for our sins one day...
The part of the song where he talks about how "God has no children to come back for" Yes he does...If you have prayed the prayer of Salvation, you are a child of God....plain and simple
The part of the song where he talks about how "God has no children to come back for" Yes he does...If you have prayed the prayer of Salvation, you are a child of God....plain and simple
I will say that it is a touching and VERY powerful song, but I do not agree with a lot of the content
I don't think hes talking about "God Not Keeping Score", I think hes talking about the Apathy and Attitude of Man. He's clearly saying that man has gotten so dispondent and not caring that they justify their deeds with the "Gods Not Keeping Score" argument.
I don't think hes talking about "God Not Keeping Score", I think hes talking about the Apathy and Attitude of Man. He's clearly saying that man has gotten so dispondent and not caring that they justify their deeds with the "Gods Not Keeping Score" argument.
My favorite part is What was over there is now over here. It seems more prophetic every year. What we used to see on television of events happening in far away places, now are happening in our own backyards.
My favorite part is What was over there is now over here. It seems more prophetic every year. What we used to see on television of events happening in far away places, now are happening in our own backyards.
Maybe god cant come back cuz hes got no children to come back for is very prophetic. Jesus said when the world no longer looks for him is when he will return.
Well, the song was a number one hit. But it's the nature of the song that might make one think that. It sort of has its place, but it's not something you hear on the radio every day. Aswell the fact that George Michael refused to appear in a video for the song.
The lyrics encompass the song's message so effectively, that I don't think a video would have been a particularly good idea anyway.
The song is, thankfully, not about a particular event, but sort of a commentary on the state of the world, the culture, and the media's effect on us.
He says this is the year of the guitly man, where the television takes its stand. I may be wrong, but based off of what Michael's sad, aswell as my own interpetation, I think it's about the media programming us to believe things are a certain way, and we are guilted in various ways - always as a way to get into our pockets, or make us go along with something.
He says charity is a coat you wear twice a year. Charity is a fashionable thing to do, and everyone will dress up for the occasion once or twice a year, but is change in their hearts? Do they truly care or understand the full gravity of the world's plight? Maybe what is over there is also over here, but they don't at all realize it. We are mesmerized and distracted, distracted by the things we must obtain before it's too late.
We're hiding behind our posessions, our faux sense of security, so we scream from behind our doors with a defensive scream to the world outside. We cling to the things they sold us because, afterall, God stopped keeping score.
God comes into the story quite interestingly. My interpretation is that God, not knowing what was to occur, turned his back for a moment, and his children (possibly Adam and Eve, if you like) crept out the back door, out of touch, and became lost in the world and its darknesses.
It is as if we've made such a mess of everything, that God stopped keeping tabs on who's doing what. And he won't return because he has no one to come back for. Of course, it only seems that this is the case, and it is true in the virtual sense.
I don't think that he is criticising God for anything, but rather, the lyric is meant to illustrate the state of mankind. That it would be a wonder if God were still with us.
Well, I do agree that we as American's..."charity is a coat you wear twice a year"....but I completely disagree with the part of the song where he talks about how God has stopped keeping score...We will all answer for our sins one day...
Well, I do agree that we as American's..."charity is a coat you wear twice a year"....but I completely disagree with the part of the song where he talks about how God has stopped keeping score...We will all answer for our sins one day...
The part of the song where he talks about how "God has no children to come back for" Yes he does...If you have prayed the prayer of Salvation, you are a child of God....plain and simple
The part of the song where he talks about how "God has no children to come back for" Yes he does...If you have prayed the prayer of Salvation, you are a child of God....plain and simple
I will say that it is a touching and VERY powerful song, but I do not agree with a lot of the content
I don't think hes talking about "God Not Keeping Score", I think hes talking about the Apathy and Attitude of Man. He's clearly saying that man has gotten so dispondent and not caring that they justify their deeds with the "Gods Not Keeping Score" argument.
I don't think hes talking about "God Not Keeping Score", I think hes talking about the Apathy and Attitude of Man. He's clearly saying that man has gotten so dispondent and not caring that they justify their deeds with the "Gods Not Keeping Score" argument.
My favorite part is What was over there is now over here. It seems more prophetic every year. What we used to see on television of events happening in far away places, now are happening in our own backyards.
My favorite part is What was over there is now over here. It seems more prophetic every year. What we used to see on television of events happening in far away places, now are happening in our own backyards.
Maybe god cant come back cuz hes got no children to come back for is very prophetic. Jesus said when the world no longer looks for him is when he will return.
One of my favorite songs