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Take, take till there's nothing, nothing to turn to.
Nothing when you get through.
Won't you break, scatter pieces of all I've been.
Bowing to all I've been running to.
Where are you?
Where are you?
Did you leave me unbreakable?
Leave me frozen?
I've never felt so cold.
I thought you were silent.
I thought you left me for the wreckage and the waste.
On an empty beach of faith.
Was it true?
I, I got a question, I got a question-Where are you?
Scream, deeper I want to scream.
I want you to hear me, I want you to find me.
I want to believe but all I pray is wrong and all I claim is gone.
I, I got a question, I got a question
Where are you?
Where are you?
Nothing when you get through.
Won't you break, scatter pieces of all I've been.
Bowing to all I've been running to.
Where are you?
Where are you?
Did you leave me unbreakable?
Leave me frozen?
I've never felt so cold.
I thought you were silent.
I thought you left me for the wreckage and the waste.
On an empty beach of faith.
Was it true?
I, I got a question, I got a question-Where are you?
Scream, deeper I want to scream.
I want you to hear me, I want you to find me.
I want to believe but all I pray is wrong and all I claim is gone.
I, I got a question, I got a question
Where are you?
Where are you?
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I liked this song long before I knew who Jars of Clay were or what their position was. I was beginning to realize my own lack of faith and was starting to feel 'separation anxiety' at the thought of dealing with the world as an adult and a rational human being, rather than as a child to my cosmic sky-daddy.
To me, this song is about moving beyond faith and looking back sadly at what you're leaving behind. It means growing up, and accepting that while we all want there to be someone always looking out for us, in reality, we've only got ourselves and other people to rely on. It's sort of like realizing that Santa Claus isn't real: we still have a fondness for the old feelings, but we no longer base our lives upon fairy tales.
Instead of interpreting this song with the 'God is in the silence' concept, I instead take the final lines literally. 'Where are you? Where are you?' If there is a divine being, surely it could manifest itself in some way that even a rationalist would be forced to objectively accept its existence? Since, despite being beseeched by the singer, who is obviously torn by his own declining faith and growing understanding of reality, God chooses to say nothing, it can only mean that He doesn't exist.
All that being said, it's still a powerful song, and it goes to show that good music can be interpreted in many different ways by different people. :)
I'm not trying to sound preachy, but just to speak out of some of my own experiences, and those of others that I know. I definitely don't have many answers, and I think the genius of this song is that it doesn't try to offer any, but just cries out to God. That's all we can really do in such moments.
Themuse97, I hope and pray that you and your sister are feeling closer to God, and that He will bless you both as you struggle with these issues.
If we could just wake up, we would see he's been there all along, and he'll never fail us. Even at the worst of times, he's still there, keeping us standing upright.
Deeper, I wanna scream
I want you to hear me
I want you to find me
It's saying basically, come find me God, i'm right here, why don't you come find me? I need you now come find me. It is like when you run away to a place that you know someone will look, cause you want them to find you and bring you home.