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Take a walk
Out the gate you go and never stop
Past all the stores and wig shops
Quarter in a cup for every block
And watch the buildings grow
Smaller as you go
Down the tracks
Beautiful McMansions on a hill
That overlook a highway
With riverboat casinos and you still
Have yet to see a soul
Jesusland
Jesusland
Town to town
Broadcast to each house, they drop your name
But no one knows your face
Billboards quoting things you'd never say
You hang your head and pray
For Jesusland
Jesusland
Miles and miles
And the sun goin' down
Pulses glow
From their homes
You're not alone
Lights come on
As you lay your weary head on their lawn
Parking lots
Cracked and growing grass you see it all
From offices to farms
Crosses flying high above the malls
A longer walk
Through Jesusland
Jesusland
Out the gate you go and never stop
Past all the stores and wig shops
Quarter in a cup for every block
And watch the buildings grow
Smaller as you go
Down the tracks
Beautiful McMansions on a hill
That overlook a highway
With riverboat casinos and you still
Have yet to see a soul
Jesusland
Jesusland
Town to town
Broadcast to each house, they drop your name
But no one knows your face
Billboards quoting things you'd never say
You hang your head and pray
For Jesusland
Jesusland
Miles and miles
And the sun goin' down
Pulses glow
From their homes
You're not alone
Lights come on
As you lay your weary head on their lawn
Parking lots
Cracked and growing grass you see it all
From offices to farms
Crosses flying high above the malls
A longer walk
Through Jesusland
Jesusland
Lyrics submitted by goodreverend
Track duration: 04:29
"Jesusland" as written by Benjamin Scott Folds
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The only thing I'd mention is that everyone, especially the Christian users on this board about whether or not the line "sun going down" is a knock at Jesus. I'd like to suggest that it really has nothing to do with Jesus - apart from sounding like the word "son" - and is just a description of the time of day. It's just supposed to be like...he's been walking all day and needs a place to rest.
Just my 2 cents.
"lights come on as you lay your weary head on their lawn"
We're so paranoid, that even Jesus isn't welcome.
The line
"Lights come on
as you lay your weary head on their lawn."
Reminds me of the words to Away in a Manger:
"The little lord Jesus Lays down his sweet head"
And, it's interesting to note a possible connection with the electric nativity scenes that Ben cites in his Over the Hedge version of Rockin' The Suburbs.
In that song, which addresses a very similar theme to this one, he sings:
"Hot real-estate - rising stars
'get rich quick' seminars
soap opera magazines
40 thousand watt nativity scenes"
So, by looking at the connection between these two songs, you could interpret a connection. Jesus is both figuratively and literally left out on the lawn.
I'm not saying this is exactly what he meant, but just something to thing about.
"Town to town;
broadcast to each house, they drop your name,
but no one knows your face.
Billboards quoting things you'd never say;
you hang your head and pray
for Jesusland."
First two lines are saying Christianity is everywhere in America. It's like McDonald's. The next line, "no one knows your face" is saying that while Christianity is all great and whatnot, no one really practices what Jesus taught. It's pointing out the fakeness of a great deal of modern religion. Same thing with the next line. The last two lines I just imagine Jesus hanging his headand hoping we eventually get it right.
It's not a commentary on religion necessarily, it's more of a comment on America. That is not to say that Christianity gets off scott-free, but I think most of it is a commentary on America.
I'm a Christian, and when i listen to this song I don't see it as just badmouthing Christians. I see how it states a problem, and i do acknowledge this problem, but i don't think all hope is entirely lost on it. Basically I beleive that as long as we acknowledge the issue is there, and spread this view of it, then hope should never be lost. I think the line "You're not alone" expresses how there are still those out there who don't buy into the hipocracy. And I also see the line "Lights come on / as you lay your weary head on their lawn." as someone taking action to help him because he's finally found a helping hand that would shine light on his problems.
So, when i hear this song it gives me more hope rather than taking it away.