Emery – The Note From Which A Chord Is Built

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you have always been the best part of me

with my uncovered eyes
loose from lenses absorbing light
your hand is wrapped in mine
the sun set for the last time

carpet stains from coffee cups
thrown to stop from hurting so much
paralyzed I thought I would fail you somehow
and let you down
but you saved me from death

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    Song Meaning:I finally understood why it is called "The Note from Which A Chord is Built". When one person is "singing" a certain truth, they are the one single note. At the end of the song when he says "Joining as voices sing together the same song", everyone is on the same page and knows what is going on with a given situation. They all "sing" in harmony, forming a chord, from everyone being one individual note. A brilliant metaphor.
    Flag bobbyjoedikon November 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song is about god kinda its about ppl who know god but are not saved are slipping away so this is like like makeing a stand and saying i am going to try harder i might fail but you will pick me upand get me going


    dug is right see they have ppl that call them self cristins but dont do enything to back it up so they try to go tell ppl about god but they dont have what they need cuz they dont studey the bib;le and dont pray so u go to chruch every sunday but thats it thats good and all but you need to take it and let folow u to next sunday and so on and yes emery is cristan band
    Flag moneyman51094on February 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I'm pretty sure dugfresh36 is right that it is, "You have always seen the best part of me."
    Flag FinallyAwakeon March 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:foreverHis888....not only doctors and God can save your life, but people in general can save somones life...if they were thinking about killing themselves, they wouldnt be in the right state of mind but someone could really get through to them and help them see that what they are doing isnt the only solution Xx
    Flag xxsunshinexxon February 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I thought it was "You have always seen the best parts of me"

    Anyhow, the missing lyrics are (at the end of the song):
    awake and alive for the first time
    joining as voices sing together
    the same song

    which I take to mean Heaven rejoicing as another soul is saved.

    Actually, doctors can keep your physical body alive for a time. Sometimes they can bring someone back from a flatline. They can fix maladies (like cancer) that would have killed someone, but the long and short of it is, everyone is going to die. There is not a doctor in the world that can keep someone alive indefinitely. God saves the soul. He provides eternal life. He does this through His perfect plan of salvation through Jesus Christ. When accepting Christ as your Savior (believing that He is real, that He appeared on earth in human form to walk in our shoes—to live as we live, battle the same temptations we do, and show us that it is possible to live a life pleasing to God—and that he died, taking full responsibility for mankind's sin, then rose to Heaven to be with the Father until His return), the Bible says all of Heaven breaks out into joyous song in celebration of another life saved.

    I understand that a lot of you don't believe in God, and there are good reasons for that—I'll be the first to admit that American Christians are sometimes not the best spokespeople for Christianity. But if you pick up a Bible, especially a good study Bible with footnotes and comments, then you will get an unadulterated picture of the true God; the God of unconditional love, patience, understanding, compassion, and justice. There is no substitute for life after death. Jesus is the only way to God. And the genius of it all is that He leaves it up to us to choose...
    Flag dugfresh36on February 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Doctors...But I think it's about God. Like you styaying away from him but he'll always be there with you...or something.
    Flag imthewarninglabelon February 08, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:yup it's about GOd...b/c who else can sav you from death??????
    Flag foreverHis888on October 04, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:It is not absurd for a Chrsitian band to write a song about God, what is absurd is to assume that everyone interprets the song that way. Afterall, the site says "what does this song mean to you?"
    Flag caitrockon June 23, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:DUH its about GOD I'm with aloneinpink I don't think its absurd for a Christian band to write about God

    in one week I will be moshing @ their show freaken' sweetness!!!!!
    Flag *sigh*beautifulon February 16, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i think this isnt about God.
    He´s singing it to someone who loves and trust
    Flag gcy182on October 10, 2005   Link

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