Circle encircles the earth
Chance and choice break his heart
His innocent arm moves to save me and I am spared
His beautiful arm is bloody and cut off
His heart ripped out to show me he loved me
But I would not believe him
He did all that he could
I still would not believe him

I left his arms empty and tied
Out stretched for me until he died
I left his arms empty and tied
Outstretched for me until he died
No man shows greater love
Than when a man lays down his life
For his beloved

I left his arms empty and tied outstretched until he died
I left his arms empty and tied outstretched until he died

Here I'm alive
And I don't have the right
He gave me the light
Costing him his life
New mercy's in the morning

I believe!
What if I believe you now
Could it ever change this
Forgive me, believe me
Please come back to life

Come back to life
I believe!
What if I believe you now
Forgive me, believe me
Please come back to life
Could it ever change this



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Track duration: 03:03

"Circle" as written by Sameer Bhattacharya, James Culpepper, Jared Hartmann, Lacey Nicole Sturm, Kirkpatrick Seals

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    General Comment:shes talking about jesus<3
    Flag fairy124on October 05, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:I was just recently at a concert where Lacey spoke about her life and childhood, and I think this song speaks about when she was younger and decided to be an atheist. She refused to believe in God because of a tragic event, but one day she was saved.
    She refused the love of God, though he gave his only son to save her soul. Because of this he was 'saddened' at the loss of yet another of his children. Hence 'Chance and choice break his heart' Then came the day that she rediscovered God and realized that he loved her. 'Forgive me, believe me, please come back to life" Forgive my sins and forgive my lack of faith. Please come back to me, come back into my life and make it better than this.

    That or it could be taken as a man loved a woman but she didn't love him back. One day she was in danger and he came to her rescue. He saved her life, and yet she still didn't love him. He died for her, and yet she felt nothing. After his death she then realizes that she did have feelings for him, and she regrets ignoring him, and leaving him to die with his arms reaching out to her in one last attempt to show his love. She wants to be with him and begs him to forgive her for her lack of reciprocation and all the times she ignored him, to believe what she says is true, and come back to her, because she now realizes that she needs him in her life, and wants him back. What if I believe in your love? Will you forgive me and come back, or is it too late?

    Now that it's in a more...simple translation, you can see that this also can translate to God's love for his children. When you finally accept him as your one and only God your life is improved. You ask him to forgive you and believe that you mean what you say, and one day he'll come back for you to take you home. Come back to my life.

    I love you, and I know you loved me, and never stopped, please forgive me.
    Flag Bananas15on August 24, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:okay one thing about this song is that wheather its about Jesus or who ever its obviusally a love song so if you dont want to read about my interperation of Jesus then i suggest you read another comment so ya but we all have our interperations so yay XP

    circle encircles the Earth (circle the Earth)
    chance or choice break His heart (if (s)he had a chance or choice no one could save Him)
    His innocent arms moves to save me and i,i am spared (He [Jesus] didnt do anything wrong when Pilate put Him to death and Jesus' arm saves him/her and (s)he is spared)
    His beautiful arm is bloody and cut off (i dont thing Jesus' arm was cut off possibly bloody but i dont kow so i guess its literal)
    His heart ripped out to show me he loved me (metaphor)
    but i wouldnt belive Him ((s)he wouldnt belive His Word)
    He did all that He could (literal)
    still would not belive him WOAH!(literal)

    i left His arms empty and tied(back in the roman time they used to crusify people by tying them to the cross by their wrists and nailing them in the wrist instead of their hands true fact)
    outstreatched for me until He died( Jesus dies on the Cross)
    left His arms empty an tied(same as top)
    outstreached for me until he died( Jesus died on the Cross)

    no man(literal)
    shows greater love(literal)
    than when a man lays down His life(the greatest love is when you lay your life down for a loved one)
    for His beloved(instead of beloved everyone who sinned...)

    (look at top for chorus)

    and here i am alive (on Earth)
    and I don't have the right((s)he feels guilty about His death)
    but he gave me the right costing Him His life(literal)
    new mercy's in the morning(literal)

    i believe(literal)
    what if i believe You now((s)he didnt belive Him before)
    could it ever change this harrow(literal)
    forgive me, relive me please come back to life(literal)

    i believe(literal)
    what if i believe You now((s)he didnt belive Him before)
    could it ever change this harrow(literal)
    forgive me, relive me please come back to life(literal)
    come back to my life (asking)

    i believe(literal)
    what if i believe You now((s)he didnt belive Him before)
    forgive me, relive me please come back to life(literal)

    these were the OFFICIAL lyrics too!
    Flag tribalwolf12on June 24, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It's amazing how easily flyleaf can give you chills. Wow. Breath taking!
    Flag mike30sevenletterson January 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It's amazing how easily flyleaf can give you chills. Wow. Breath taking!
    Flag mike30sevenletterson January 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I love the rhythm and the song in general but when I got to read the lyrics on here, I felt like crying. Wow I realized that this song is just so emotional and "catchy" especially to those who are unbelievers/atheists who for the first time wanted to believe in Jesus and turn to Him and accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior. This is my favorite song by Flyleaf so far. God bless you all!
    Flag JaVenLaMallon December 08, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i could see how it can be about god but in my opinion i think its about a couple and the man did everything he could to show that he loved her but the woman being used so many times didn't believe that anyone could love her and once he died for her she knew that he loved her and she wished that he was back with her the quote in the song "I believe what if i belive you forgive me please come back to life" i just think thats what the song is about
    Flag rokk123on November 11, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:I think it has several meanings.

    At first i thought (and hopefully its not true) that what she is talking about is what actually happened.

    Then i listened a bit and i thought "Could this be about how jesus died for us, and we didn't really believe what he was saying until he died" as quoted

    I belive!
    What if i believe you now
    Could it ever change this
    Forgive me, believe me
    Please come back to life

    Another meaning i thought of, which i believe happens soooo much, is that we don't realize what we have until its gone. Maybe this guy liked you and kept flirting with you and you told him all the time that you weren't interested, and once he stopped, you started to feel for him once he stopped. (or vice versa)
    I've experienced this feeling soo much in my life (not necessarily in this context) but i'm pretty sure the rest of you have felt this before, too.

    Love this song~!
    Flag aam146on September 19, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this song is amazing its about gods love 4 us if u read the bible stories talk about him saying he was jesus and noby belived him but now a lot of people do and they now belive it and want him to come back

    I WISH HE COULD COME BACK!
    TEAM GOD AND JESUS
    Flag zeldaluvon September 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:If you've read Ted Dekker's Circle Trilogy, this song makes PERFECT sense..the title, lyrics, everything fits. If you want a good book, go read that and then come back and listen to this song again ;o)
    Flag klcarr892on August 17, 2011   Link

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