Lacey has said it's about people who feel a restless need to change the world. God appreciates this, but he wants you to undertand that you're not him. The chorus really stuck a note with me. When I first began to doubt my atheism, I kept debating both sides of 'Does God exist?' and one of the major points was that a loving God would never treat his children badly, with poverty and death and all the other unpleasantness. We just have to understand it's God's plan, and he knows what he's doing.
After reading this and the part of the story in the booklet for this song, I interpret some parts of the song a little differently:
After reading this and the part of the story in the booklet for this song, I interpret some parts of the song a little differently:
Chorus:
When the person fails at changing the world, (s)he feels defeated and spent. The person will only feel better by surrendering this effort and watching God do the work as only He can do. God wants to let the person know that He loves him/her. He wants the person to have faith that He will take care of things.
Chorus:
When the person fails at changing the world, (s)he feels defeated and spent. The person will only feel better by surrendering this effort and watching God do the work as only He can do. God wants to let the person know that He loves him/her. He wants the person to have faith that He will take care of things.
“Right where I want you to be again”, means that the person is...
“Right where I want you to be again”, means that the person is making that transition to trusting that God will take care of things.
Lacey has said it's about people who feel a restless need to change the world. God appreciates this, but he wants you to undertand that you're not him. The chorus really stuck a note with me. When I first began to doubt my atheism, I kept debating both sides of 'Does God exist?' and one of the major points was that a loving God would never treat his children badly, with poverty and death and all the other unpleasantness. We just have to understand it's God's plan, and he knows what he's doing.
After reading this and the part of the story in the booklet for this song, I interpret some parts of the song a little differently:
After reading this and the part of the story in the booklet for this song, I interpret some parts of the song a little differently:
Chorus: When the person fails at changing the world, (s)he feels defeated and spent. The person will only feel better by surrendering this effort and watching God do the work as only He can do. God wants to let the person know that He loves him/her. He wants the person to have faith that He will take care of things.
Chorus: When the person fails at changing the world, (s)he feels defeated and spent. The person will only feel better by surrendering this effort and watching God do the work as only He can do. God wants to let the person know that He loves him/her. He wants the person to have faith that He will take care of things.
“Right where I want you to be again”, means that the person is...
“Right where I want you to be again”, means that the person is making that transition to trusting that God will take care of things.