Well, she did get the call, so it's not all philisophical, and the call wasn't good news. And she said, "I didn't think it could happen to me," which could mean all the usuals -- I didn't think I could get pregnant, contract HIV, be told my whole family was killed in a car-crash -- though the last feels not as likely, because it is something that happened directly to her.
At first, I thought he had died, and the lyric was more like, "she didn't think it could happen to me (the guy)". Maybe that's how it is after all, but it feels less likely, with the lyrics this way (with it happening to the girl, not the guy). Also, because he is still saying, at the end, "You ARE all that I've waited for, all my life," he seems to be still living.
I'm thinking she gotten that terrible news about herself, and he is trying to help or comfort her, but she is in a deep shock -- "so far away" -- and he feels "in the dark" with her 'gone', in that way, so he is asking her to stop beating herself up worse ("you've been strong enough") and to let him help her... for both of their sakes ("shoulder the weight, bring me closer to love").
Just heard this song for the first time on VH1 or MTV, somehow... whoa. Came to find the lyrics right away -- I had to know what it meant. And after reading the lyrics, that's my guess!
No one, yet, has really recognized what this song is REALLY about. This is obviously religiously-inspired. Everyone gets bad news at some point in their life, to make it through, some turn to God/Jesus to pull them closer to love.
No one, yet, has really recognized what this song is REALLY about. This is obviously religiously-inspired. Everyone gets bad news at some point in their life, to make it through, some turn to God/Jesus to pull them closer to love.
Oh, it's your light; oh, it's your way [John 8:12]; [John 14:6]
(You) Pull me out of the dark, just to shoulder the weight [John 12:35]
Oh, it's your light; oh, it's your way [John 8:12]; [John 14:6]
(You) Pull me out of the dark, just to shoulder the weight [John 12:35]
This song is about relying on God/Jesus to bring you out of a crisis.
This song is about relying on God/Jesus to bring you out of a crisis.
Cryin' in your room, prayin' “Lord come through.”
Cryin' in your room, prayin' “Lord come through.”
Cryin' out now, from so far away
You pull me closer to love, closer...
Cryin' out now, from so far away
You pull me closer to love, closer to love [1 John 4:7-21]
As far as the, "She said she didn’t believe 'it could happen to me,'" it's just Mat using a selfish response for the girl. Like most people, bad news comes out of the grey and they don't expect it to happen to themselves.
Now we've gotten rid of all the misunderstanding :)
Well, she did get the call, so it's not all philisophical, and the call wasn't good news. And she said, "I didn't think it could happen to me," which could mean all the usuals -- I didn't think I could get pregnant, contract HIV, be told my whole family was killed in a car-crash -- though the last feels not as likely, because it is something that happened directly to her.
At first, I thought he had died, and the lyric was more like, "she didn't think it could happen to me (the guy)". Maybe that's how it is after all, but it feels less likely, with the lyrics this way (with it happening to the girl, not the guy). Also, because he is still saying, at the end, "You ARE all that I've waited for, all my life," he seems to be still living.
I'm thinking she gotten that terrible news about herself, and he is trying to help or comfort her, but she is in a deep shock -- "so far away" -- and he feels "in the dark" with her 'gone', in that way, so he is asking her to stop beating herself up worse ("you've been strong enough") and to let him help her... for both of their sakes ("shoulder the weight, bring me closer to love").
Just heard this song for the first time on VH1 or MTV, somehow... whoa. Came to find the lyrics right away -- I had to know what it meant. And after reading the lyrics, that's my guess!
Sorry for any typos or confusion -- gotta run!
<3, Jaxxy. =)
No one, yet, has really recognized what this song is REALLY about. This is obviously religiously-inspired. Everyone gets bad news at some point in their life, to make it through, some turn to God/Jesus to pull them closer to love.
No one, yet, has really recognized what this song is REALLY about. This is obviously religiously-inspired. Everyone gets bad news at some point in their life, to make it through, some turn to God/Jesus to pull them closer to love.
Oh, it's your light; oh, it's your way [John 8:12]; [John 14:6] (You) Pull me out of the dark, just to shoulder the weight [John 12:35]
Oh, it's your light; oh, it's your way [John 8:12]; [John 14:6] (You) Pull me out of the dark, just to shoulder the weight [John 12:35]
This song is about relying on God/Jesus to bring you out of a crisis.
This song is about relying on God/Jesus to bring you out of a crisis.
Cryin' in your room, prayin' “Lord come through.”
Cryin' in your room, prayin' “Lord come through.”
Cryin' out now, from so far away You pull me closer to love, closer...
Cryin' out now, from so far away You pull me closer to love, closer to love [1 John 4:7-21]
As far as the, "She said she didn’t believe 'it could happen to me,'" it's just Mat using a selfish response for the girl. Like most people, bad news comes out of the grey and they don't expect it to happen to themselves.
Now we've gotten rid of all the misunderstanding :)
God Bless
Uhm, not to burst any bubbles but listen to the song. It's not shoulder the weight, it's just to show her the way.
Uhm, not to burst any bubbles but listen to the song. It's not shoulder the weight, it's just to show her the way.