This song holds a very dear place in my heart. I can relate to it because to me it summarizes my journey to rediscover my faith and my relationship with God by returning to church camp after not going for five years because of being bullied. This is how I interpret it as thus:
"Take that look of worry, I'm an ordinary man" - Exactly what it says, I'm just ordinary guy.
"They don't tell me nothin', so I find out all I can." - No one told me what to expect, so I needed to find out on my own.
"There's a fire that's been burning right outside my door." - Describes how I knew there was something missing from my life, and it was within my grasp all this time.
"I can't see but I feel it, and it helps to keep me warm." - Describes the will of God: You can't see it, but you know it's there, and it makes you feel good to know there's someone looking out for you.
"Seems so long I've been waiting, still don't know what for." - Again, describes how I knew there was something missing from my life, and I was never really sure what.
"There's no point in escaping, I don't worry anymore." - Describes how nervous I was about returning and about how scared I was that history would repeat itself, but how I no longer needed to worry, as it would never happen again.
"I can't come out to find you, I don't like to go outside." - Describes the fear I once lived in of being bullied there.
"They can turn off my feelings like they're turning off the lights." - Describes how my experience with bullies ruined my original perception of camp.
"But I don't mind." - Describes how I buried the bad memory by returning and how it doesn't bother me anymore.
"Take that look of worry, mine's an ordinary life: working when it's daylight and sleeping when it's night." - Again, exactly what it says: just an ordinary guy who lives an ordinary life.
"I've got no far horizons, I don't wish upon a star." - Again describes how I knew something was missing from my life, and how I no longer wish for something.
"They don't think that I listen, Oh but I know who they are." - One final message to the bullies: that I forgive them, and thanking them...because if they hadn't targeted me in the first place, none of this would have ever happened.
"Well, I've been a prisoner all my life, and I can say to you." - Describes how sometimes we feel lost in our everyday lives, and how we need to get away from the world once in a while.
"But I don't remember; take, take me home." - Describes me wanting to forget about the hardships of real life for a while and wanting return to the camp, which has indeed become a home for me.
Just take me home. =)
(I know this seems like some uber-religious anecdote, but I had to post this somewhere; I'm not some super-religious nuthead myself, but this was a major turning point in my life, and I just had to share it.)
@BJA18 why do Christians always feel the need to apologize for an amazing faith??? You told an awesome story that is so realistic. We attend church and sometimes people at church are weak in their relationship with the Lord and so they still operate out of the flesh and not the Spirit. Never apologize for knowing Jesus Christ!
@BJA18 why do Christians always feel the need to apologize for an amazing faith??? You told an awesome story that is so realistic. We attend church and sometimes people at church are weak in their relationship with the Lord and so they still operate out of the flesh and not the Spirit. Never apologize for knowing Jesus Christ!
This song holds a very dear place in my heart. I can relate to it because to me it summarizes my journey to rediscover my faith and my relationship with God by returning to church camp after not going for five years because of being bullied. This is how I interpret it as thus: "Take that look of worry, I'm an ordinary man" - Exactly what it says, I'm just ordinary guy. "They don't tell me nothin', so I find out all I can." - No one told me what to expect, so I needed to find out on my own. "There's a fire that's been burning right outside my door." - Describes how I knew there was something missing from my life, and it was within my grasp all this time. "I can't see but I feel it, and it helps to keep me warm." - Describes the will of God: You can't see it, but you know it's there, and it makes you feel good to know there's someone looking out for you. "Seems so long I've been waiting, still don't know what for." - Again, describes how I knew there was something missing from my life, and I was never really sure what. "There's no point in escaping, I don't worry anymore." - Describes how nervous I was about returning and about how scared I was that history would repeat itself, but how I no longer needed to worry, as it would never happen again. "I can't come out to find you, I don't like to go outside." - Describes the fear I once lived in of being bullied there. "They can turn off my feelings like they're turning off the lights." - Describes how my experience with bullies ruined my original perception of camp. "But I don't mind." - Describes how I buried the bad memory by returning and how it doesn't bother me anymore. "Take that look of worry, mine's an ordinary life: working when it's daylight and sleeping when it's night." - Again, exactly what it says: just an ordinary guy who lives an ordinary life. "I've got no far horizons, I don't wish upon a star." - Again describes how I knew something was missing from my life, and how I no longer wish for something. "They don't think that I listen, Oh but I know who they are." - One final message to the bullies: that I forgive them, and thanking them...because if they hadn't targeted me in the first place, none of this would have ever happened. "Well, I've been a prisoner all my life, and I can say to you." - Describes how sometimes we feel lost in our everyday lives, and how we need to get away from the world once in a while. "But I don't remember; take, take me home." - Describes me wanting to forget about the hardships of real life for a while and wanting return to the camp, which has indeed become a home for me.
Just take me home. =)
(I know this seems like some uber-religious anecdote, but I had to post this somewhere; I'm not some super-religious nuthead myself, but this was a major turning point in my life, and I just had to share it.)
@BJA18 why do Christians always feel the need to apologize for an amazing faith??? You told an awesome story that is so realistic. We attend church and sometimes people at church are weak in their relationship with the Lord and so they still operate out of the flesh and not the Spirit. Never apologize for knowing Jesus Christ!
@BJA18 why do Christians always feel the need to apologize for an amazing faith??? You told an awesome story that is so realistic. We attend church and sometimes people at church are weak in their relationship with the Lord and so they still operate out of the flesh and not the Spirit. Never apologize for knowing Jesus Christ!
@BJA18 I doubt you'll ever read this being that it is 10 years later, but I wanted you to know that I really loved your story.
@BJA18 I doubt you'll ever read this being that it is 10 years later, but I wanted you to know that I really loved your story.