I know it has been done already but I think that the meaning of this song really stands out when it is veiwed a conversation. This is how I see it.
Narrator: I found God
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking His last cigarette
I said, "Where you been?"
He said, "Ask anything."
(A man finds God just standing there, smoking! Not out helping anyone or even seeming to care!)
Man: Where were you, When everything was falling apart?
All my days, Were spent by the telephone, That never rang.
And all I needed was a call! That never came, From the corner of First and Amistad.
(He asks God the first and most important question, Where was he when he needed God the most?)
Man: Lost and insecure
God: You found me, you found me
Man: Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
God: Just a little late. You found me, You found me.
Man: 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 want to be
No way to know, How long she will be next to me.
(The man has lost someone very dear to him, and God wasn't there!)
Man: Lost and insecure
God: You found me, you found me
Man: Lying on the floor, Surrounded, surrounded!
Why'd you have to wait? Where were you, where were you?
God: Just a little late. You found me, You found me
God: Early morning, The city breaks
I've been calling. For years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages, You never sent me no letters
You got some kind of nerve, Taking all I want.
(God says what is in the mans heart, what he wants to say most. Hearing what he wants so desperately to say but can't find the words for the man realises that God was there, but he was so wrapped up in his own problems that he couldn't see it.)
God: Lost and insecure
Man: You found me, you found me, Lying on the floor
God: Where were you, where were you?
God: Lost and insecure
Man: You found me, you found me
God: Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Man: Just a little late. You found me, You found me.
(The man realises that he was the late one.)
God: Why'd you have to wait? To find me, to find me?
(God asks why the man didn't let him help.)
I know that it is a very literal, and christian, interptretaion but that is how I see it. I have been through many hard trials in my life, and have turned to prayer - only to be met with silence. I think it would be nice to think that I had some help through those very dark times, that I was actually heard and that someone actually cared. But that is the great thing about this song - anyone can find meaning in it. Thanks, Arthurn.
That is a wonderful interpretation, but I think you have it a bit backwards. I believe the man was blaming God for his problems, and God told him he would've helped if he'd asked sooner. But that's just me.
Farewell,
-Ridd
That is a wonderful interpretation, but I think you have it a bit backwards. I believe the man was blaming God for his problems, and God told him he would've helped if he'd asked sooner. But that's just me.
Farewell,
-Ridd
I know it has been done already but I think that the meaning of this song really stands out when it is veiwed a conversation. This is how I see it.
Narrator: I found God On the corner of First and Amistad Where the west Was all but won All alone Smoking His last cigarette I said, "Where you been?" He said, "Ask anything." (A man finds God just standing there, smoking! Not out helping anyone or even seeming to care!)
Man: Where were you, When everything was falling apart? All my days, Were spent by the telephone, That never rang. And all I needed was a call! That never came, From the corner of First and Amistad. (He asks God the first and most important question, Where was he when he needed God the most?)
Man: Lost and insecure
God: You found me, you found me
Man: Lying on the floor Surrounded, surrounded Why'd you have to wait? Where were you, where were you?
God: Just a little late. You found me, You found me.
Man: 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 want to be No way to know, How long she will be next to me. (The man has lost someone very dear to him, and God wasn't there!)
Man: Lost and insecure
God: You found me, you found me
Man: Lying on the floor, Surrounded, surrounded! Why'd you have to wait? Where were you, where were you?
God: Just a little late. You found me, You found me
God: Early morning, The city breaks I've been calling. For years and years and years and years And you never left me no messages, You never sent me no letters You got some kind of nerve, Taking all I want. (God says what is in the mans heart, what he wants to say most. Hearing what he wants so desperately to say but can't find the words for the man realises that God was there, but he was so wrapped up in his own problems that he couldn't see it.)
God: Lost and insecure
Man: You found me, you found me, Lying on the floor
God: Where were you, where were you?
God: Lost and insecure
Man: You found me, you found me
God: Lying on the floor Surrounded, surrounded Why'd you have to wait? Where were you, where were you?
Man: Just a little late. You found me, You found me. (The man realises that he was the late one.)
God: Why'd you have to wait? To find me, to find me? (God asks why the man didn't let him help.)
I know that it is a very literal, and christian, interptretaion but that is how I see it. I have been through many hard trials in my life, and have turned to prayer - only to be met with silence. I think it would be nice to think that I had some help through those very dark times, that I was actually heard and that someone actually cared. But that is the great thing about this song - anyone can find meaning in it. Thanks, Arthurn.
That is a wonderful interpretation, but I think you have it a bit backwards. I believe the man was blaming God for his problems, and God told him he would've helped if he'd asked sooner. But that's just me. Farewell, -Ridd
That is a wonderful interpretation, but I think you have it a bit backwards. I believe the man was blaming God for his problems, and God told him he would've helped if he'd asked sooner. But that's just me. Farewell, -Ridd