To me some parts of this song could almost be a conversation between God and the singer:
I said, “Where you been?”
He said, “Ask anything.” (God)
Singer: Where were you? When everything was falling apart? All my days Were spent by the telephone It never rang And all I needed was a call It never came To the corner of First and Amistad- (He was looking for God and actively trying to find him when this traumatic experience was starting or happening but he didn’t feel like God was responding or there)
Singer: Lost and insecure- (I was alone, hurting, etc. Why did you let me experience this pain?)
God: You found me, you found me- (Sometimes it takes really a hard time or bad experience for someone to turn to or “find” God, this is how it happened for me)
Singer: Lying on the floor - (He was hurting so badly, a really devastating thing happened to this person)
God: Surrounded, surrounded (I was there with you even though you didn’t realize it)
Singer: Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you? (Why did God let this bad thing happen?)
God: Just a little late. You found me, you found me- (This bad thing happened to the singer and he was devastated by it, his faith (if he would have had it then) could have helped him deal with it but, he did eventually find God).
God: I've been calling for years and years and years and years- (It may not have been bells and whistles and obvious but, I have been in your life even though you didn’t realize it)
Singer: And you never left me no messages. You never send me no letters (Maybe this is while he was trying to decide if there actually was a God…why didn’t you help me?)
The last lines of the song really speak to me:
Singer: Why'd you have to wait? –(Let me experience this pain?)
God: To find me, to find me (Otherwise the singer might not have come to Christ)
This kind of reminds of the story about the footprints dream: the guy thinks God abandoned him during the worst times of his life but really God was carrying or “surrounding” him. (For those not familiar with the story: http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php)
I’ve read the previous posts and realize this is probably not the “real” meaning of the song but, it’s how I choose to view it …sorry if I have annoyed you with my Christian view
wow this was a really beautiful interpretation of it i hadn't really thought about it that way and it makes complete sense. i'm leading a retreat in a couple days called Kairos and i'm giving the talk "Search for God" and i'm using this song at the beginning of my talk and the way you described it is exactly the message i want to convey to the people who are hearing it. That we do need the pain to experience the healing, so that we might be able to find God, and even though it might have not been visible...
wow this was a really beautiful interpretation of it i hadn't really thought about it that way and it makes complete sense. i'm leading a retreat in a couple days called Kairos and i'm giving the talk "Search for God" and i'm using this song at the beginning of my talk and the way you described it is exactly the message i want to convey to the people who are hearing it. That we do need the pain to experience the healing, so that we might be able to find God, and even though it might have not been visible at the dark time, he was "surrounding" us the entire time. This is a really interesting perspective but what i think makes this song so great is that it can be interpreted in so many ways, and that is what art truly is. It speaks to us how we want it to, how we need it to, and that is our own personal God talking to us.
thanks for that. i couldnt get it straight in my head what exactly this song meant to me, but through your interpretation of this song i can now see that this song is describing a place where i have been. at the lowest of lows... and finding my way to Him.
thanks for that. i couldnt get it straight in my head what exactly this song meant to me, but through your interpretation of this song i can now see that this song is describing a place where i have been. at the lowest of lows... and finding my way to Him.
i find comfort in the fact that God will never put anything on my plate that i cannot handle. He believes in me. He thinks i'm strong.
i find comfort in the fact that God will never put anything on my plate that i cannot handle. He believes in me. He thinks i'm strong.
i think this is a beautiful interpretation, especially the interpretation of my favorite line, the last line "Why'd you have to wait? To find me, to find me." I love it. Thank you.
i think this is a beautiful interpretation, especially the interpretation of my favorite line, the last line "Why'd you have to wait? To find me, to find me." I love it. Thank you.
wow,, i dont think you could have said it any better.
thats seriously what i got out of it.
i love songs like this.
it's songs like these that i run to my youth minister
and say "LISTEN LISTEN ITS AMAZING JUST LISTEN"
and he thinks im insane until he listens to it.
:]
i love the fray.
and i absolutely love this song.
and basically im going through what the lead singer is going through right now,
wow,, i dont think you could have said it any better.
thats seriously what i got out of it.
i love songs like this.
it's songs like these that i run to my youth minister
and say "LISTEN LISTEN ITS AMAZING JUST LISTEN"
and he thinks im insane until he listens to it.
:]
i love the fray.
and i absolutely love this song.
and basically im going through what the lead singer is going through right now,
I really enjoyed reading your interpretation of this song. It really makes me look at it in a way better and different way. I just love it...it is so beautiful....like someone else said....it makes me want to cry too! lol :)
I really enjoyed reading your interpretation of this song. It really makes me look at it in a way better and different way. I just love it...it is so beautiful....like someone else said....it makes me want to cry too! lol :)
you are amazing. your interpretation is amazing. this song is amazing too, and you really bring out its amazingness :D
you are amazing. your interpretation is amazing. this song is amazing too, and you really bring out its amazingness :D
the way you look at it is REALLY.. just.. WOW :O it actually makes a lot of sense, although i dont know if that is actually the way whats-his-name intended to write the song, but if he did he was one REALLY REALLY smart and 'deep'[hate using that word sounds so cheesy XD] guy :)
the way you look at it is REALLY.. just.. WOW :O it actually makes a lot of sense, although i dont know if that is actually the way whats-his-name intended to write the song, but if he did he was one REALLY REALLY smart and 'deep'[hate using that word sounds so cheesy XD] guy :)
thank you for sharing this interpretation, it is a really amazing one :)
thank you for sharing this interpretation, it is a really amazing one :)
and dont apologise to those who dont like your christian view of the...
and dont apologise to those who dont like your christian view of the song! the whole point of this site is that everyone can share their views and shouldnt have to defend them or prove them, if someone doesnt like it then they can keep that to themselves, you've been very considerate in your view-sharing :)
That really is an amazzziiinnnggg interpretation.
Especially how you broke down the parts!
It's almost like you could picture the situation in your head and it really is a beautiful thing.
That really is an amazzziiinnnggg interpretation.
Especially how you broke down the parts!
It's almost like you could picture the situation in your head and it really is a beautiful thing.
The Fray does an amazing job by leaving their songs open for different interpretations. I've read some of the interpretations and they usually go along with how I've personally interpreted it. But you did a fantastic job breaking it down to your interpretation. I too think the lyrics is suppose to be a conversation between the singer and someone else. I'm not a 'believer', but in this context I think it makes a lot of sense that he's having a conversation with God. However, I think you would be able to use anybody as a substitute.
The Fray does an amazing job by leaving their songs open for different interpretations. I've read some of the interpretations and they usually go along with how I've personally interpreted it. But you did a fantastic job breaking it down to your interpretation. I too think the lyrics is suppose to be a conversation between the singer and someone else. I'm not a 'believer', but in this context I think it makes a lot of sense that he's having a conversation with God. However, I think you would be able to use anybody as a substitute.
Again, I like how...
Again, I like how you break it down, kudos to you.
This song has currently been placed on my heart and I have been searching for some answers. I'm so glad you posted this. This interpretation is what I have been looking for.
This song has currently been placed on my heart and I have been searching for some answers. I'm so glad you posted this. This interpretation is what I have been looking for.
@alf0509 This is how I FELT, when I heard it, but I didn't even understand why. You have articulated exactly how I felt, and given things song so much more depth for me.
@alf0509 This is how I FELT, when I heard it, but I didn't even understand why. You have articulated exactly how I felt, and given things song so much more depth for me.
I would LOVE if a duet was done of this song, with a baritone has God, and maybe an alto as Isaac... So if any of you are youtube geniuses, please link me! :P
I would LOVE if a duet was done of this song, with a baritone has God, and maybe an alto as Isaac... So if any of you are youtube geniuses, please link me! :P
@alf0509 : I've always absolutely loved this song. After all of these years and the hundreds of times (if not more) that I've listened to it, it still invokes so much emotion in me. I have always felt this song was about the singer's father, either heavenly or biological.
@alf0509 : I've always absolutely loved this song. After all of these years and the hundreds of times (if not more) that I've listened to it, it still invokes so much emotion in me. I have always felt this song was about the singer's father, either heavenly or biological.
Honestly though, I always thought everyone assumed it was about his talk with God. The first line is "I found God on the corner of First and Amistad." It's such a deeply personal, relatable song and I really love it, but I am a big fan of The Fray as a whole....
Honestly though, I always thought everyone assumed it was about his talk with God. The first line is "I found God on the corner of First and Amistad." It's such a deeply personal, relatable song and I really love it, but I am a big fan of The Fray as a whole.
Anywho...just wanted to join the long list of other's who were moved by your interpretation of this song and tell you what a beautiful job you have done explaining it. Thank you!!
@alf0509 Just a great interpretation... I felt exactly the same way about the song, glad many of us agree with such point of view. Will like to complement on the second verse:
@alf0509 Just a great interpretation... I felt exactly the same way about the song, glad many of us agree with such point of view. Will like to complement on the second verse:
"In the end
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one who's ever known
Who I am, who I'm not, and who I wanna be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me"
"In the end
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one who's ever known
Who I am, who I'm not, and who I wanna be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me"
I think "her" might be talking about wisdom. Wisdom is within us and it is certainly the only that truly knows "who you are", "who you've been", "who...
I think "her" might be talking about wisdom. Wisdom is within us and it is certainly the only that truly knows "who you are", "who you've been", "who you want to be". Wisdom is also how Christ can talk to us. So within his struggle, the singer "finds Christ " through "wisdom" speaking to him, yet he knows he might loose wisdom again (taking another road). Just a quick thought.
@alf0509 I feel the exact same way. I don’t think it’s correct, but I love to interpret this that way. It’s like he yelling at God the whole song. I think the bridge is God telling him “I’ve been waiting for you. You never tried reaching out to me!”
@alf0509 I feel the exact same way. I don’t think it’s correct, but I love to interpret this that way. It’s like he yelling at God the whole song. I think the bridge is God telling him “I’ve been waiting for you. You never tried reaching out to me!”
Incredibly intense way to look at it. A lesson to be learned. Gods waiting for the call.
Incredibly intense way to look at it. A lesson to be learned. Gods waiting for the call.
To me some parts of this song could almost be a conversation between God and the singer:
I said, “Where you been?” He said, “Ask anything.” (God)
Singer: Where were you? When everything was falling apart? All my days Were spent by the telephone It never rang And all I needed was a call It never came To the corner of First and Amistad- (He was looking for God and actively trying to find him when this traumatic experience was starting or happening but he didn’t feel like God was responding or there)
Singer: Lost and insecure- (I was alone, hurting, etc. Why did you let me experience this pain?)
God: You found me, you found me- (Sometimes it takes really a hard time or bad experience for someone to turn to or “find” God, this is how it happened for me)
Singer: Lying on the floor - (He was hurting so badly, a really devastating thing happened to this person)
God: Surrounded, surrounded (I was there with you even though you didn’t realize it)
Singer: Why'd you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you? (Why did God let this bad thing happen?)
God: Just a little late. You found me, you found me- (This bad thing happened to the singer and he was devastated by it, his faith (if he would have had it then) could have helped him deal with it but, he did eventually find God).
God: I've been calling for years and years and years and years- (It may not have been bells and whistles and obvious but, I have been in your life even though you didn’t realize it) Singer: And you never left me no messages. You never send me no letters (Maybe this is while he was trying to decide if there actually was a God…why didn’t you help me?)
The last lines of the song really speak to me:
Singer: Why'd you have to wait? –(Let me experience this pain?) God: To find me, to find me (Otherwise the singer might not have come to Christ)
This kind of reminds of the story about the footprints dream: the guy thinks God abandoned him during the worst times of his life but really God was carrying or “surrounding” him. (For those not familiar with the story: http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php)
I’ve read the previous posts and realize this is probably not the “real” meaning of the song but, it’s how I choose to view it …sorry if I have annoyed you with my Christian view
wow this was a really beautiful interpretation of it i hadn't really thought about it that way and it makes complete sense. i'm leading a retreat in a couple days called Kairos and i'm giving the talk "Search for God" and i'm using this song at the beginning of my talk and the way you described it is exactly the message i want to convey to the people who are hearing it. That we do need the pain to experience the healing, so that we might be able to find God, and even though it might have not been visible...
wow this was a really beautiful interpretation of it i hadn't really thought about it that way and it makes complete sense. i'm leading a retreat in a couple days called Kairos and i'm giving the talk "Search for God" and i'm using this song at the beginning of my talk and the way you described it is exactly the message i want to convey to the people who are hearing it. That we do need the pain to experience the healing, so that we might be able to find God, and even though it might have not been visible at the dark time, he was "surrounding" us the entire time. This is a really interesting perspective but what i think makes this song so great is that it can be interpreted in so many ways, and that is what art truly is. It speaks to us how we want it to, how we need it to, and that is our own personal God talking to us.
thanks for that. i couldnt get it straight in my head what exactly this song meant to me, but through your interpretation of this song i can now see that this song is describing a place where i have been. at the lowest of lows... and finding my way to Him.
thanks for that. i couldnt get it straight in my head what exactly this song meant to me, but through your interpretation of this song i can now see that this song is describing a place where i have been. at the lowest of lows... and finding my way to Him.
i find comfort in the fact that God will never put anything on my plate that i cannot handle. He believes in me. He thinks i'm strong.
i find comfort in the fact that God will never put anything on my plate that i cannot handle. He believes in me. He thinks i'm strong.
i think this is a beautiful interpretation, especially the interpretation of my favorite line, the last line "Why'd you have to wait? To find me, to find me." I love it. Thank you.
i think this is a beautiful interpretation, especially the interpretation of my favorite line, the last line "Why'd you have to wait? To find me, to find me." I love it. Thank you.
wow,, i dont think you could have said it any better. thats seriously what i got out of it. i love songs like this. it's songs like these that i run to my youth minister and say "LISTEN LISTEN ITS AMAZING JUST LISTEN" and he thinks im insane until he listens to it. :] i love the fray. and i absolutely love this song. and basically im going through what the lead singer is going through right now,
wow,, i dont think you could have said it any better. thats seriously what i got out of it. i love songs like this. it's songs like these that i run to my youth minister and say "LISTEN LISTEN ITS AMAZING JUST LISTEN" and he thinks im insane until he listens to it. :] i love the fray. and i absolutely love this song. and basically im going through what the lead singer is going through right now,
I seriously think this is the whole message.
I seriously think this is the whole message.
It makes me want to cry. lol.
It makes me want to cry. lol.
I love your interpretation of the song and it makes more sense and in my opinion makes the song more beautiful(:
I love your interpretation of the song and it makes more sense and in my opinion makes the song more beautiful(:
I think this is an AMAZING interpretation of the song! I never thought of it this way!
I think this is an AMAZING interpretation of the song! I never thought of it this way!
Thank you for explaining it to me this way.
Thank you for explaining it to me this way.
I really enjoyed reading your interpretation of this song. It really makes me look at it in a way better and different way. I just love it...it is so beautiful....like someone else said....it makes me want to cry too! lol :)
I really enjoyed reading your interpretation of this song. It really makes me look at it in a way better and different way. I just love it...it is so beautiful....like someone else said....it makes me want to cry too! lol :)
that's a great interpretation, i definately understand it. the song makes more sense if it's seen as a conversation
that's a great interpretation, i definately understand it. the song makes more sense if it's seen as a conversation
you are amazing. your interpretation is amazing. this song is amazing too, and you really bring out its amazingness :D
you are amazing. your interpretation is amazing. this song is amazing too, and you really bring out its amazingness :D
the way you look at it is REALLY.. just.. WOW :O it actually makes a lot of sense, although i dont know if that is actually the way whats-his-name intended to write the song, but if he did he was one REALLY REALLY smart and 'deep'[hate using that word sounds so cheesy XD] guy :)
the way you look at it is REALLY.. just.. WOW :O it actually makes a lot of sense, although i dont know if that is actually the way whats-his-name intended to write the song, but if he did he was one REALLY REALLY smart and 'deep'[hate using that word sounds so cheesy XD] guy :)
thank you for sharing this interpretation, it is a really amazing one :)
thank you for sharing this interpretation, it is a really amazing one :)
and dont apologise to those who dont like your christian view of the...
and dont apologise to those who dont like your christian view of the song! the whole point of this site is that everyone can share their views and shouldnt have to defend them or prove them, if someone doesnt like it then they can keep that to themselves, you've been very considerate in your view-sharing :)
x
You nailed it. Thank you for this...truly. Aloha!
You nailed it. Thank you for this...truly. Aloha!
That really is an amazzziiinnnggg interpretation. Especially how you broke down the parts! It's almost like you could picture the situation in your head and it really is a beautiful thing.
That really is an amazzziiinnnggg interpretation. Especially how you broke down the parts! It's almost like you could picture the situation in your head and it really is a beautiful thing.
Love this song :)
Love this song :)
The Fray does an amazing job by leaving their songs open for different interpretations. I've read some of the interpretations and they usually go along with how I've personally interpreted it. But you did a fantastic job breaking it down to your interpretation. I too think the lyrics is suppose to be a conversation between the singer and someone else. I'm not a 'believer', but in this context I think it makes a lot of sense that he's having a conversation with God. However, I think you would be able to use anybody as a substitute.
The Fray does an amazing job by leaving their songs open for different interpretations. I've read some of the interpretations and they usually go along with how I've personally interpreted it. But you did a fantastic job breaking it down to your interpretation. I too think the lyrics is suppose to be a conversation between the singer and someone else. I'm not a 'believer', but in this context I think it makes a lot of sense that he's having a conversation with God. However, I think you would be able to use anybody as a substitute.
Again, I like how...
Again, I like how you break it down, kudos to you.
Christ = God? =\ I'm Jewish.
Christ = God? =\ I'm Jewish.
This song has currently been placed on my heart and I have been searching for some answers. I'm so glad you posted this. This interpretation is what I have been looking for.
This song has currently been placed on my heart and I have been searching for some answers. I'm so glad you posted this. This interpretation is what I have been looking for.
I Don't Believe In God But I Like Your View :)
I Don't Believe In God But I Like Your View :)
That was beautiful. I never saw this song that way before and your interpretation of it basically explains by life.
That was beautiful. I never saw this song that way before and your interpretation of it basically explains by life.
to alf0509: you hit the nail on the head your interpretation fits the song exactly.
to alf0509: you hit the nail on the head your interpretation fits the song exactly.
@alf0509 This is how I FELT, when I heard it, but I didn't even understand why. You have articulated exactly how I felt, and given things song so much more depth for me.
@alf0509 This is how I FELT, when I heard it, but I didn't even understand why. You have articulated exactly how I felt, and given things song so much more depth for me.
I would LOVE if a duet was done of this song, with a baritone has God, and maybe an alto as Isaac... So if any of you are youtube geniuses, please link me! :P
I would LOVE if a duet was done of this song, with a baritone has God, and maybe an alto as Isaac... So if any of you are youtube geniuses, please link me! :P
@alf0509 : I've always absolutely loved this song. After all of these years and the hundreds of times (if not more) that I've listened to it, it still invokes so much emotion in me. I have always felt this song was about the singer's father, either heavenly or biological.
@alf0509 : I've always absolutely loved this song. After all of these years and the hundreds of times (if not more) that I've listened to it, it still invokes so much emotion in me. I have always felt this song was about the singer's father, either heavenly or biological.
Honestly though, I always thought everyone assumed it was about his talk with God. The first line is "I found God on the corner of First and Amistad." It's such a deeply personal, relatable song and I really love it, but I am a big fan of The Fray as a whole....
Honestly though, I always thought everyone assumed it was about his talk with God. The first line is "I found God on the corner of First and Amistad." It's such a deeply personal, relatable song and I really love it, but I am a big fan of The Fray as a whole.
Anywho...just wanted to join the long list of other's who were moved by your interpretation of this song and tell you what a beautiful job you have done explaining it. Thank you!!
@alf0509 Just a great interpretation... I felt exactly the same way about the song, glad many of us agree with such point of view. Will like to complement on the second verse:
@alf0509 Just a great interpretation... I felt exactly the same way about the song, glad many of us agree with such point of view. Will like to complement on the second verse:
"In the end Everyone ends up alone Losing her The only one who's ever known Who I am, who I'm not, and who I wanna be No way to know How long she will be next to me"
"In the end Everyone ends up alone Losing her The only one who's ever known Who I am, who I'm not, and who I wanna be No way to know How long she will be next to me"
I think "her" might be talking about wisdom. Wisdom is within us and it is certainly the only that truly knows "who you are", "who you've been", "who...
I think "her" might be talking about wisdom. Wisdom is within us and it is certainly the only that truly knows "who you are", "who you've been", "who you want to be". Wisdom is also how Christ can talk to us. So within his struggle, the singer "finds Christ " through "wisdom" speaking to him, yet he knows he might loose wisdom again (taking another road). Just a quick thought.
@alf0509
@alf0509
@alf0509 I feel the exact same way. I don’t think it’s correct, but I love to interpret this that way. It’s like he yelling at God the whole song. I think the bridge is God telling him “I’ve been waiting for you. You never tried reaching out to me!”
@alf0509 I feel the exact same way. I don’t think it’s correct, but I love to interpret this that way. It’s like he yelling at God the whole song. I think the bridge is God telling him “I’ve been waiting for you. You never tried reaching out to me!”
Incredibly intense way to look at it. A lesson to be learned. Gods waiting for the call.
Incredibly intense way to look at it. A lesson to be learned. Gods waiting for the call.