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Give me wings,
Give me peace.
These are the things that I need.
I'm tormented, broken and shamed
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?
Give me shelter from the storm,
I know it's a lot to ask for,
Considering how recent I've piled the dirt on your name.
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?
Are you listening?
I have heard that winter's cold
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
In this where I am for your sake,
Stuck between sleep and awake?
My mind is dreaming of things.
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?
I took you for granted again
And threw you aside
And pretended for one minute that I had control of my life,
And direction it seemed to be in
I was wrong again, (I was wrong again),
Are you listening?
I have heard that winter's cold
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
I will wait for you to come again,
And I can't pretend like I'm confident
And I can't pretend like it makes much sense when it doesn't.
I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth.
Oh no! Like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.`
Give me peace.
These are the things that I need.
I'm tormented, broken and shamed
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?
Give me shelter from the storm,
I know it's a lot to ask for,
Considering how recent I've piled the dirt on your name.
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?
Are you listening?
I have heard that winter's cold
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
In this where I am for your sake,
Stuck between sleep and awake?
My mind is dreaming of things.
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?
I took you for granted again
And threw you aside
And pretended for one minute that I had control of my life,
And direction it seemed to be in
I was wrong again, (I was wrong again),
Are you listening?
I have heard that winter's cold
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
I will wait for you to come again,
And I can't pretend like I'm confident
And I can't pretend like it makes much sense when it doesn't.
I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth.
Oh no! Like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.`
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"I took you for granted again
And threw you aside
And pretended for one minute that I had control of my life,
And direction it seemed to be in
I was wrong again, (I was wrong again),
Are you listening?"
If this is about any relationship other than his relationship with God why would he use these words (matt mcdonald is careful with his words) after saying the others. Those who take this as a relationship with a girl where he thinks that shes leading him astray this would totally destroy that idea because hes realizing that the character he is addressing has been taken for granted by him. and he thought he had control of his life but the un named character also is the one person who should have control. This song appears to me to be a calling out to God after ignoring Him for so long and feeling alone. It would also fit the rest of his songs on the album when he addresses the idea of letting others down (most likely other Christians in the church) and how they thought of him as a saint. This song is his turnaround and comeback to God imho.
PS I'm not saying I'm definitely right. I'm just saying this seems the most logical and that it fits the rest of his album. I also don't think that it is bad to suggest what the song is discussing. I feel like this is a very intense prayer to God. Others may disagree and I'd love to hear your opinions but I dont think that section of the lyrics can be ignored. Besides he uses phrases that are almost always used in Christian churches
I know several songwriters, some fairly successful ones, and have had this conversation with them a number of times. But you don't need to -- just read magazines, website, whatever; look at interviews with people who write songs and notice how they almost never want to answer the question "what is this song about?" There's a reason for that. Well-written songs are poetry, and poetry (like God, I might add) is something that every person approaches differently. If you ask a songwriter what a song means, I guarantee you there's a good 75% chance they will respond, "what does it mean to YOU?" Because that's the thing of it, isn't it? If a song is written well, it will mean something to you and it will mean something to me and it will mean something to lots of people, and whether that's all the same thing doesn't matter much, does it?
I don't know Matt McDonald (who co-wrote the song with bandmate Justin Duque), but my guess is that one of the reasons he resists being labeled a "Christian Band" is because that's a label, and labels are limiting. Every song the band performs then has to be viewed through the lens of Christianity, and why would you want to do that? I suppose there are Christian bands whose goal is to write devotional music and to evangelize through their art, but I suspect the TCC boys have something larger than that, something more universal, in mind.
SO .... try this. You can think of the song as being about God, or Fate, or Luck, or Love, OR a girl. It doesn't matter. The idea is that the songwriter is admitting he does not have full control of his life, or perhaps of his destiny. In reality, there are many forces that exert control over us, and you can admit this or you can stubbornly pretend it's not true.
I think the song is a sort of cynical, tired, maybe slightly angry (hence: "are you listening?") prayer. But that doesn't mean it's religious. That prayer, that pleading to be treated well and to receive the things that we need, can be to God, or it can be to a particular person on whom you rely, or it can be to something more amorphous -- to fate, to the universe. To whom or to what do YOU look for these things? Whoever or whatever that is, that's who this song is about *to you*. And that's all that matters. These principles are universal; the object of the poetry is not important, the message is.
The Classic Crime is not a "Christian Band" but Matt MacDonald, who writes all the songs, is Christian and the theme comes out a lot in his music, hence references to the Bible.
As for this song, I think he's turning back after having tried to go it alone without God, and hoping to be redeemed from his bad choices.
"I have heard that winter's cold will give way to summer's warmth" meaning that good times will come eventually to counter the struggles he's been going through.
"Oh no! Like salt in the snow, I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road." But as salt melts snow, he's found himself still cold and alone because he's neglected to come to God. He's managed to melt the snow that he hoped would melt in the "summer's warmth", but it's left him ultimately alone all the same.
Perhaps it could be about a relationship with a girl, but I think it would be stretching it to say so. The kind of passion and complicated implications portrayed in this song isn't typically how a man responds to a petty break-up with a girl.
completely relate to this song
and what you said.
Speaking for him, I'd say
"spot on"
Do not argue with me! :)
This song is the author coming to the point in there life where they see themselves for what they are and realize they need genuine help.
"Give me wings, Give me peace.
These are the things that I need.
I'm tormented, broken and shamed
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?"
The singer is asking for help and admitting they are feeling hopeless and messed up. They want to know if God is still listening. We can get that this is the subject from later in the song. We can also take it from the context of the first lines "Give me wings, give me Peace". These are classic things God says He gives. Wings like eagles and peace that passes all understanding.
"Give me shelter from the storm,
I know it's a lot to ask for,
Considering how recent I've piled the dirt on your name.
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?
Are you listening?"
The singer is asking for shelter; God promises to be our shelter from the storm. The singer however feels bad asking this because he admits that he has piled dirst on God's name by his lifestyle. He feels like many of us often feel that God shouldn't listen to us because of all we have done.
"I have heard that winter's cold
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road."
Awesome way of saying this. Spiritually it has been winter, but he has heard that we can be renewed and revived. We are called to be the salt of the earth, but he feels like salt that instead of being useful, has rather been tossed aside because the winter in his life has left him all alone.
"In this where I am for your sake,
Stuck between sleep and awake?
My mind is dreaming of things.
Are you listening? (Are you listening)?"
The singer wants to know if these things are happening for a reason. Is this so God can do something or is he just here. Is he stuck between being spiritually asleep and awake? That point where we recognize our spiritual health for what it is, we know we need to change, but we feel helpless to do so. Once again he begs to know if God is still listening to him.
"I took you for granted again
And threw you aside
And pretended for one minute that I had control of my life,
And direction it seemed to be in
I was wrong again, (I was wrong again),
Are you listening?"
The singer admits he gave God a back place in his life. He got too complacent and though for a moment he could control his life. The truth is none of us have control of our lives and he finds this out. As we can surmise from the first verse he found this out the hard way and it left him broken.
"I have heard that winter's cold
Will give way to summer's warmth
Oh no! Like salt in the snow
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
I will wait for you to come again,
And I can't pretend like I'm confident
And I can't pretend like it makes much sense when it doesn't."
He is waiting on God now. As in the first verse, when we wait on God he raises us up. He admits that he is having trouble believing, and he doesn't want to pretend, but he is ready now, and he is willing to wait.
"I have heard that winter's cold,
Will give way to summer's warmth.
Oh no! Like salt in the snow,
I'm melted and left all alone on the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road.
On the side of the road."
The singer re-iterates where he is at now.
Really good song, and band!
So denying this song being about God is pointless, as is arguing about whether or not TCC is a 'Christian' band. Their music has Christian influences and it's pretty sweet.