some corrections:
"I’ve given up, on giving up slowly"
"This one last bullet You mentioned"
this is by far their best CD yet, IMHO. A bunch of their songs are about making and regretting mistakes, which is a subject that occupies a lot of my brain space. I love the (pre-)chorus;
"Cause I’ve been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
I’ve been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
And I’ve been dying to get out and that might be the death of me "
he's locked inside his own (figurative) house (in effect, a jail cell) with his doubt and insecurity, and he wants to get out, but running away from his faults (like in I So Hate Consequences - "I got to get away/Get away from all of my mistakes") isn't the way it works (like in When I Go Down). Pain and failure and the like is an important part of life; no pain, no gain. You can't get buff and muscle-y without working out, breaking a sweat, making an effort. Similarly, there's the concept of constructive doubt, which basically says, "I don't know, but I want to find out".
(It's like in Let It All Out [also a great song]-
"I know this will hurt
But if I don't break your heart, then things will just get worse.
When the burden seems to much to bear, remember
The end will justify the pain it took to get us there")
and then I love this line:
"And this life sentence that I’m serving
I admit that I’m every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair"
usually we only say something's not fair when we don't like it; but, even though we often don't acknowledge it, when something good happens to us that we don't deserve, it's not fair. That's the beauty of grace.
I agree with liebherk. To me it's like being trapped in your life and not being able to get out to who you want to be because of not accepting God, etc. Ahh, relient k does it again! My favorite line would have to be "'Cause I know to live you must give your life away". It's true though, to fully live you must be willing to give your life away to God. He also knows he's deserving of all the bad things that should come to him, but he recognizes that life isn't fair and most people just only...
I agree with liebherk. To me it's like being trapped in your life and not being able to get out to who you want to be because of not accepting God, etc. Ahh, relient k does it again! My favorite line would have to be "'Cause I know to live you must give your life away". It's true though, to fully live you must be willing to give your life away to God. He also knows he's deserving of all the bad things that should come to him, but he recognizes that life isn't fair and most people just only recognize life not being fair when it suits them, but he sees that he doesn't deserve to be as far and better off in his life as he is. What a song.
some corrections: "I’ve given up, on giving up slowly" "This one last bullet You mentioned"
this is by far their best CD yet, IMHO. A bunch of their songs are about making and regretting mistakes, which is a subject that occupies a lot of my brain space. I love the (pre-)chorus;
"Cause I’ve been housing all this doubt and insecurity and I’ve been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key And I’ve been dying to get out and that might be the death of me "
he's locked inside his own (figurative) house (in effect, a jail cell) with his doubt and insecurity, and he wants to get out, but running away from his faults (like in I So Hate Consequences - "I got to get away/Get away from all of my mistakes") isn't the way it works (like in When I Go Down). Pain and failure and the like is an important part of life; no pain, no gain. You can't get buff and muscle-y without working out, breaking a sweat, making an effort. Similarly, there's the concept of constructive doubt, which basically says, "I don't know, but I want to find out". (It's like in Let It All Out [also a great song]- "I know this will hurt But if I don't break your heart, then things will just get worse. When the burden seems to much to bear, remember The end will justify the pain it took to get us there")
and then I love this line: "And this life sentence that I’m serving I admit that I’m every bit deserving But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair"
usually we only say something's not fair when we don't like it; but, even though we often don't acknowledge it, when something good happens to us that we don't deserve, it's not fair. That's the beauty of grace.
I agree with liebherk. To me it's like being trapped in your life and not being able to get out to who you want to be because of not accepting God, etc. Ahh, relient k does it again! My favorite line would have to be "'Cause I know to live you must give your life away". It's true though, to fully live you must be willing to give your life away to God. He also knows he's deserving of all the bad things that should come to him, but he recognizes that life isn't fair and most people just only...
I agree with liebherk. To me it's like being trapped in your life and not being able to get out to who you want to be because of not accepting God, etc. Ahh, relient k does it again! My favorite line would have to be "'Cause I know to live you must give your life away". It's true though, to fully live you must be willing to give your life away to God. He also knows he's deserving of all the bad things that should come to him, but he recognizes that life isn't fair and most people just only recognize life not being fair when it suits them, but he sees that he doesn't deserve to be as far and better off in his life as he is. What a song.