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Belief
Makes things real
Makes things feel
Feel alright
Belief
Makes things true
Things like you
You and I
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife
In the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body
With the wrath of a god
Oh, you stood by me
Belief
Builds from scratch
Doesn't have to relax
It doesn't need space
Long live the queen
And I'll be the king
In the collar of grace
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife
In the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body
With the wrath of a god
Oh, you stood by me
Belief
I'm going to yell it
From the rooftops
I'll wear a sign on my chest
That's the least I can do
Tonight, you arrested my mind
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife
In the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body
With the wrath of a god
Oh, you stood by me
And I'll stand by me
Belief
Makes things real
Makes things feel
Feel alright
Belief
Makes things true
Things like you
You and I
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife
In the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body
With the wrath of a god
Oh, you stood by me
Belief
Builds from scratch
Doesn't have to relax
It doesn't need space
Long live the queen
And I'll be the king
In the collar of grace
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife
In the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body
With the wrath of a god
Oh, you stood by me
Belief
I'm going to yell it
From the rooftops
I'll wear a sign on my chest
That's the least I can do
Tonight, you arrested my mind
Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife
In the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body
With the wrath of a god
Oh, you stood by me
And I'll stand by me
Belief
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Track duration: 04:27
"Belief" as written by Gavin Degraw
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Too quickly you so-called Christians hear a couple lyrics from a song and thing that that person is secretly a fellow Christian when most of the time they are not and even wear symbols just to mock their Christian followers. Just because they "believe in god" does not mean that they are followers of Christ. After all, they could be Diests or worship another kind of god. "You will know them by their fruits." That is pretty much universal.
Here's another thought. Everyone who has posted assumes that he is talking about a female in the song, but has it ever occurred to you that he could be talking about a male? The only gender reference in the song is "Long live the Queen and I'll be the King in the collar of grace."
He could be saying,"I will treat you like a queen and I will only be your equal if you allow me to be, or the "Queen" could be a homosexual reference with the aforementioned connotations. I tried to google "Collar of Grace" and couldn't find any phrasal references.
From "Tonight you arrested my heart when you came to my defense with a knife in the shape of your mouth in the form of your body with the wrath of a god" I agree that he's saying, "Tonight you captivated my heart when you stood up for me and told those people off and beat them up with a fury. You showed me how much you care and validated our relationship."
In the next verse he is really falling for this person, but the person thinks that they are rushing things, so he is reassuring them that he'll do whatever it takes to prove himself to them. He's so in love that it's just bubbling up and he wants to tell everyone about it.
I don't think that the song is simply about a friendship because friends don't "need space" from each other. At any rate, this is one of my favorite songs from Chariot. I don't much care for the album version because it's too fast, and the stripped version is good, but there is an acoustic version that is my favorite of the three. He really pours his heart out in that one and it sounds even more incredible.
"Tonight, you arrested my mind
When you came to my defense
With a knife in the shape of your mouth
In the form of your body
With the wrath of a god
Oh, you stood by me"
I can't help but think that someone's hurting him. The persons mouth was in the shape of a knife, in the form of the persons body. I take that as him being hurt by words.
It doesn't make sense with the rest of the song, but I like to believe that's what that one part means.
"Tonight you arrested my mind" - She has his complete attention/love
"When you came to my defence" - She is defending him from being alone or unloved
" With a knife, in the shape of your mouth,
in the form of your body - So it's like her body is speaking like a
with the wrath of a god mouth...so either body language or
intimacy...whatever she is doing the message she is giving off is a weapon "knife" in his defence...so she's protecting or saving him....thats what I get from it anyway....it is a beautiful song though...I love it!
and standing up for those you love :)
i think the title basically says it all.
its aboutt belief. :]
and "Belief builds from scratch Doesn't need to relax It doesn't need space." the latter quote is good to remember in a hectic life-- like if you rely on your faith to keep you sane, you don't need to be constantly stressed out by trying to adjust yourself to everyone else.
The friend could also become a potential lover because the words "arrested my mind" could mean that the friend took his heart and mind captive from the moment the friend "came to his defense".
I also think it could be about God using a person as his instrument to do something good for someone else. Therefore, this "friend" is standing by his side.
How can they see condemning all non-believers to BURN IN HELL as "good news"?
I don't see hateful intolerance of non-believers to be anything but bad.
i think this song is about having a person believe in you and really inspire you. and it changes meaning for whomever hears it, it could be anyone... just as long as they truly believe and have faith in you.
i love gavin degraw.
BELIEVES.