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And I'm good, good, good to go
And I'm good, good, good to go
I gotta get away
Get away from all of my mistakes
And I'm good, good, good to go
And I'm good, good, good to go
I gotta get away
Get away from all of my mistakes
So here I sit looking at the traffic lights
The red extinguishes I hope that the green ignites
I want to run away I want to ditch my life
Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night
And after all of my alibis desert me
I just want to get by
I don't want nothing to hurt me
I had no idea where my head was at
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
Because I just want for all of this to end
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Consequences
God, don't make me face up to this
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Cause I know that I let you down
And I don't want to deal with that
And I'm good, good, good to go
And I'm good, good, good to go
I gotta get away
Get away from all of my mistakes
It just now hit me this is more than just a set back
And when you spelled it out, well, I guess I didn't get that
And every trace of momentum is gone
And this isn't turning out the way I want
And after all of my alibis desert me
I just want to get by
I don't want nothing to hurt me
And I had no idea where my head was at
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
Because I just want for all of this to end
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Consequences
God, don't make me face up to this
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Cause I know that I let you down
And I don't want to deal with that
And I spent all last night
Tearing down
Every stoplight
And stop sign in this town
Now I think there might
Be no way to stop me now
I'll get away despite
The fact I'm so weighed down
All of my escapes have been exhausted
I thought I had a way but then I lost it
And my resistance was once much stronger
And I know I can't go on like this much longer
When I got tired of running from you
I stopped right there to catch my breath
There your words they caught my ears
You said, “I miss you son. Come home.”
And my sins, they watched me leave
And in my heart I so believed
The love you felt for me was mine
The love I'd wished for all this time
And when the doors were closed
I heard no I told so's
I said the words I knew you knew
Oh God, Oh God I needed you
God all this time I needed you, I needed you
And I so hate consequences
Running from you is what my best defense is
I hate these consequences cause I know that I let you down, and I don't want to deal with that
And I'm good, good, good to go
I gotta get away
Get away from all of my mistakes
And I'm good, good, good to go
And I'm good, good, good to go
I gotta get away
Get away from all of my mistakes
So here I sit looking at the traffic lights
The red extinguishes I hope that the green ignites
I want to run away I want to ditch my life
Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night
And after all of my alibis desert me
I just want to get by
I don't want nothing to hurt me
I had no idea where my head was at
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
Because I just want for all of this to end
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Consequences
God, don't make me face up to this
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Cause I know that I let you down
And I don't want to deal with that
And I'm good, good, good to go
And I'm good, good, good to go
I gotta get away
Get away from all of my mistakes
It just now hit me this is more than just a set back
And when you spelled it out, well, I guess I didn't get that
And every trace of momentum is gone
And this isn't turning out the way I want
And after all of my alibis desert me
I just want to get by
I don't want nothing to hurt me
And I had no idea where my head was at
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
Because I just want for all of this to end
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Consequences
God, don't make me face up to this
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Cause I know that I let you down
And I don't want to deal with that
And I spent all last night
Tearing down
Every stoplight
And stop sign in this town
Now I think there might
Be no way to stop me now
I'll get away despite
The fact I'm so weighed down
All of my escapes have been exhausted
I thought I had a way but then I lost it
And my resistance was once much stronger
And I know I can't go on like this much longer
When I got tired of running from you
I stopped right there to catch my breath
There your words they caught my ears
You said, “I miss you son. Come home.”
And my sins, they watched me leave
And in my heart I so believed
The love you felt for me was mine
The love I'd wished for all this time
And when the doors were closed
I heard no I told so's
I said the words I knew you knew
Oh God, Oh God I needed you
God all this time I needed you, I needed you
And I so hate consequences
Running from you is what my best defense is
I hate these consequences cause I know that I let you down, and I don't want to deal with that
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Track duration: 04:01
"I So Hate Consequences" as written by Matthew Arnold Thiessen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I just want to get by” describes how he’s so stuck in his lies and deceit that he can’t even remember the alibis he’s made up to cover his sin. He’s up late one night, realizing that he’s tired of running. He hears the words of the Father in his mind and realizes that he needs to return home. As he realizes this, he watches his sins leave and his Father standing at the doorway of his home, arms wide open. “And when the doors were closed I heard no I told so's”. He didn’t scold him for running away, only showed the love that he had for him by accepting him back into his home. The son has finally realized his sins and his necessity for the Father. He has returned home.
This song speaks to me every time I hear it. It is my life song, describing my walk in faith. I was running away from God and didn’t want to go back. A lot of late nights with the Father later, here I am. I have decided to return home. “And my sins, they watched me leave” is the most relieving message a man could ever hear. My sins no longer own me, I don’t have to run away anymore. The only thing I ever have to fear in this world is God. This song has changed my life.
I stopped right there to catch my breath
There your words they caught my ears
You said, “I miss you son. Come home”
And my sins, they watched me leave
And in my heart I so believed
The love you felt for me was mine
The love I’d wished for all this time
And when the doors were closed
I heard no I told you so’s
I said the words I knew you knew
Oh God, oh God I needed you
God all this time I needed you, I needed you"
This song's message can be related to the prodigal son parable in the new testament. A father taking back his long-lost/disobedient son with open arms. Read the parable, or wiki it...striking similarities. The parable was told by the Lord Jesus in order to show sinners their relationship with God.
This song is about a person who is coming to grips with their sin. They know that their sin is against God, and they know that their sin is a issue, but instead of facing it, they keep running away from it (aka human nature). Eventually, they grow exhausted from running from God, and confess their sin...
Realizing then, that God is a gracious God who loves sinners in spite of their sin...enough to give his son to pay the price for our sin in our steads...and that like the father of the prodigal son, he is just waiting for us to come to him as we are, imperfect, trusting in his son, and he will keep us forever in paradise.
A boy runs away and has a life of sin, when he returns to his father after, he welcomes him with open arms and with no judgment or hard feelings. This also a comparison to his spiritual relationship with God. :)
he made mistakes that he tried to/wants to run away from but god is making him face what he did and has to take the consequences that go with it.
(:
i quite like to think of it as if, he's made so many mistakes that the consequences are going to be pretty harsh, and he'll hate them. so he just keeps running away from them knowing they will catch up with him.
in the end he got 'tired of running' from them, but the consequences weren't as bad as he'd expected. and either the 'i needed you' bit (to me) means he'd needed somebody to help get him through it but he'd messed things up with them but they've accepted him back, or he'd finally found god or something.
"if my heart says i'm sorry can we leave it at that?"
never spoke a truer word, i feel like that so much.
these comments are sorta pointless, but i think the meaning is pretty much spelled out.
i hate consequences too.
fave song from rk.