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Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
'Cause sunbeams are not made like me
And don't expect me to cry
For all the reasons you had to die
Don't ever ask your love of me.
[Chorus]
Don't expect me to lie
Don't expect me to cry
Don't expect me to die for thee.
Oh, Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
'Cause sunbeams are not made like me
And don't expect me to cry
For all the reasons you had to die
Don't ever ask your love of me. [Repeat]
'Cause sunbeams are not made like me
And don't expect me to cry
For all the reasons you had to die
Don't ever ask your love of me.
[Chorus]
Don't expect me to lie
Don't expect me to cry
Don't expect me to die for thee.
Oh, Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
'Cause sunbeams are not made like me
And don't expect me to cry
For all the reasons you had to die
Don't ever ask your love of me. [Repeat]
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i really really like this song but my mother would kick me out if she read the lyrics... they're so strong...
disappointment...
one of the worst feelings in the world is to have to doubt something, you once thought unquestionable...
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Oh, and the song is kind of a response to an old Christian hymn called "I'll Be a Sunbeam" or something like that.
"Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam,
Cause sunbeams are not made like me,"
Jesus doesn't want me cause I'm not a good enough.
by that i think they mean 'I'm not perfect, I'm a sinner, i suck" in not so many words.
"And don't expect me to cry,
For all the reasons you had to die,
Don't ever ask your love of me"
I think it's "I'm not gonna cry for the reason you died because i don't care or believe it. and Don't ask me to love you because i don't want to.'
that's my interpretation anyway
At first glance I took it as someone basically rejecting the whole story of Jesus and God etc. Feeling cheated by life and cheated by God, so why should he feel any compassion for the death of Jesus and what Jesus has [apperently] done, if he's getting nothing in return?