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No one to hold, no place to lie
I know we're all alone and still
You come to brush this gray aside
I know, I know, it's fate I feel
You answer to our hungry eyes
I hope, I hope this must be real
We need you now, we need to heal
Oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?
You give us love, we have to hide
I know, I know, it's shades of gray
You give us hope and give us strife
I know, I know, this price we pay
You tell me no, I ask you why
I know, I know, your patient ways
You wait until we see the light
Oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?
Oh, God
And tell us how to feel inside
No lies, no lies, no lies
And let me look upon that sign
With eyes, with eyes, with eyes
And tell me how you wear that crown
Of right, of right, of right
You lift us up then let us down
We die, we die, we die
You answer to the wrong and wide
I know, I know, their faith you fill
You give us strength and make us fight
I know, I know, we're supposed to kill
You pit us up on different sides
I know, I know, that's just your will
I wonder if you'll wait until
Oh no, oh no, this place will explode
You live above this great big sky
I hear it's nice, it's always spring
I've come to ask you for advice
I know you're busy for a king
You tell me once, I ask you twice
How long, how long, before they sing?
We did the things you said, alright
Oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?
Oh, God
And tell us how to feel inside
No lies, no lies, no lies
And let us look upon that sign
With eyes, with eyes, with eyes
And tell me how you wear that crown
Of right, of right, of right
You lift us up then let us down
We die, we die, we die
We die, we die, we die
I know we're all alone and still
You come to brush this gray aside
I know, I know, it's fate I feel
You answer to our hungry eyes
I hope, I hope this must be real
We need you now, we need to heal
Oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?
You give us love, we have to hide
I know, I know, it's shades of gray
You give us hope and give us strife
I know, I know, this price we pay
You tell me no, I ask you why
I know, I know, your patient ways
You wait until we see the light
Oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?
Oh, God
And tell us how to feel inside
No lies, no lies, no lies
And let me look upon that sign
With eyes, with eyes, with eyes
And tell me how you wear that crown
Of right, of right, of right
You lift us up then let us down
We die, we die, we die
You answer to the wrong and wide
I know, I know, their faith you fill
You give us strength and make us fight
I know, I know, we're supposed to kill
You pit us up on different sides
I know, I know, that's just your will
I wonder if you'll wait until
Oh no, oh no, this place will explode
You live above this great big sky
I hear it's nice, it's always spring
I've come to ask you for advice
I know you're busy for a king
You tell me once, I ask you twice
How long, how long, before they sing?
We did the things you said, alright
Oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?
Oh, God
And tell us how to feel inside
No lies, no lies, no lies
And let us look upon that sign
With eyes, with eyes, with eyes
And tell me how you wear that crown
Of right, of right, of right
You lift us up then let us down
We die, we die, we die
We die, we die, we die
Lyrics submitted by evanreyes
Track duration: 06:51
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I think this song is mostly about how people use God as an excuse to hurt and kill others. They somehow find a way to rationalize the killing in their heads. I think this song is asking God how all this is happening on his watch. It's not denying that God exists, it's just asking God to put an end to all the suffering. The song is trying to teach people to stop using God as an excuse and instead to love each other.
God is in everything, and if you're really looking for him, you'll without a doubt find him.
Then again, this is songmeanings.com. not my personal outlook on life.
"You live above this great big sky
I hear it's nice, it's always spring
I've come to ask you for advice
I know you're busy for a king
You tell me once, I ask you twice
How long, how long, before they sing?
We did the things you said, alright
Oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?"
He realizes prayer is a futile exercise, and that it seems rather selfish that god would sit in heaven all day while we suffer on earth.
He eventually loses his faith, realizing that the religion he has been led to believe was true all his life was in fact a lie, and he's left lost and confused: "oh no, oh no, oh God, where'd you go?"
The song seems to be about how the world has so many bad things in it, along with the good things. Faith in a god is supposed to be positive and optimistic, and the god is supposed to be good. The faith is in that everything happens for a reason, for the larger good. But the hope that religion brings doesn't help anything in the big picture, and in fact, it causes some violence as opposed to being positive all the time ("You give us hope and give us strife," "You give us strength and make us fight," "You lift us up then let us down"). The overall message of the song, I think, is basically a wondering of how a supposedly good god could let such horrible things happen to the everyday people that He (for convention) created and loves and cares for. If you believe in God and in fate and in a larger plan, I imagine that it's hard to see all the suffering and death and misery and starvation and oppression and murder and hate and prejudice in the world and not have that faith waver. You'd think that all that would be minimal. Instead, you see people killing and hurting others, sometimes in the name of God.
Don't you so called "Christians" believe that God is all mighty, that He is all powerful, that He is perfect?
So PLEASE tell me how there can be a something opposing Him - a "devil."
Oh, and I love this song :)
You want to enyoy a really good peice of cake right? too bad, because you can't tell if it's good because you've never chewd up a mouthfull of asprins before, seem logical?
NO it doesn't.
Another thing, in the bible account where Jesus is temted by satan (luke 4:1-13) Chist is clearly addressing another person, furthermore, Jesus could not have been being tempted by some evil inside of himself, because he was a perfect man. Therefore the devil must be a real entity. There really is no substitute for actually cracking open a bible and reading it, if you really want to know what it teaches.
As for your second point, seriously?? Are you really taking The Bible as fact? Even if you are deluded enough to believe in a personal god and a superhuman Jesus, you can't say that The Bible doesn't consist of stories, including accounts that contradict each other. It was written long after all these events supposedly occurred by multiple people and is not historically accurate. I'm not saying that you're wrong (because of this) but that your argument is invalid. You can't take everything literally.
By the way, considering goodness to be relative, I don't see how anyone can be perfect. But I suppose that understanding that requires agreeing with my first paragraph and not having blind faith in the first place that God/Jesus is perfect.
but i think the last verse really speaks the most..
"And tell us how to feel inside
No lies, no lies, no lies
And let us look upon that sign
With eyes, with eyes, with eyes
And tell me how you wear that crown
Of right, of right, of right
You lift us up then let us down
We die, we die, we die
We die, we die, we die"
Are we God's punchline?