{{{Okay, I will tell you now, I think this is going to be a very long post, but I would still love it if you would read it}}}
I have always been amazed at the connection inbetween Christians and song. Think about it, for as long as anyone can remember we have sung in church and in all aspects of faith.
Camp Medley is my best example. Every year I looked forward to going because I knew that I would get wrapped up in a song and feel the presence of God. I knew I would, and sure enough, I do every time I go there and sing some of those awesome praise songs.
Sometimes I find songs a relief in church. Now, I haven't been to that many churches in my life, but I always found the sermons incredibly boring at my grandparent's church after I grew out of Sunday School. My only relief was the hymns. Sure, I couldn't say some of the words (what's with the "ths" on the end of everything?), but I still found that that was the only way I could truly connect with God in that particular church.
I just love thanking God, and a lot of the time I feel stupid thanking him over and over in prayer or in writing (like when I do devotionals). So I sing. I listen to songs, I sing songs, I think about singing songs, anything. I just love it. I try to listen to Christian music when I go to bed, when I walk to the bus stop in the morning, when I walk home afterschool, when I'm in a bad mood...If you're going to listen to music, why not have good music. I'm not saying I don't enjoy non-Christian music, because I do (and this is kinda what I'm getting to...) but I find Christian music just has so much more energy and feeling to it.
Okay, getting to this point of mine. I keep hearing lyrics from songs that I love. More and more, the lyrics jump out at me. I think, "Could this be about Jesus?" or "Does this have anything to do with faith?". Most of the time I know the artist didn't intend for it to be a Christian song, but almost anything can relate to faith.
Here is a song that I got into at the first of this year. I never really thought about the lyrics in conjunction with Christianity, but today I saw it in a new light. Here are the lyrics, so you can know what I'm talking about (or you can comment and say that I am making no sense at all)...
"A Walk Through Hell"
Say Anything
(Unknown)
And if I could swim, I'd swim out to you in the ocean,
Swim out to where you were floating in the dark.
And if I was blessed, I'd walk on the water you're breathing,
To lend you some air for that heaving sunken chest.
'Cause they chose you as the model for their empty little dreams,
With your new head and your legs spread like a filthy magazine.
And they hunt you, and they gut you, and you give in..
And if I was brave, I'd climb up to you on the mountain,
They led you to drink from their fountain, spouting lies.
And I'd slay the horrible beast they commissioned
To steer me away from my mission to your eyes.
And I'd stand there, like a soldier, with my foot upon his chest,
With my grin spread, and my arms out, in my bloodstained Sunday's best,
And you'd hold me, and remind you who you are.. under their shell...
(chorus)
I'd walk through hell for you, let it burn right through my shoes
These soles are useless without you
Through hell for you, let the torturing ensue;
My soul is useless without you...
And if they send a whirlwind, I'd hug it like a harmless little tree
Or an earthquake, I'd calm it, and I'd bring you back to me,
And I'd hold you in my weak arms like a first born
I'd walk through hell for you, let it burn right through my shoes,
these soles are useless without you
Through hell for you, let the torturing ensue
My soul is usless without you..
(through hell for you)
(through hell for you)
Without you, without you...
(through hell for you)
Without you
(through hell for you)
Now I've walked through hell for you
What's an adventurer to do,
But rest these feet at home with you?
Now I know this (obviously) is not a Christian song, and by no means am I implying that this is what our God is like. However...
"I'd walk through hell for you,[...]
These soles are useless without you
Through hell for you, let the torturing ensue;
My soul is useless without you..."
Did Jesus not walk through hell for us? He endured everything so that we could live good lives. If it weren't for God, his whole journey would have been useless. Jesus was tortured for us! For us! So that we could live our lives.
Also, throughout the song it talks about doing things for someone. Saving them, even. Did Jesus not come to this earth to save us, to show us, to teach us?
At the end of the song it says that the singer will rest his feet "at home with you". Well, did Jesus not go up to heaven and rest his feet with God?
A poster on www.songmeanings.net said:
"This song is all about seeing something more in a person than they see in themselves and wanting to be [their] saviour, helping them from the situation they have created for themself."
Maybe I am making something out of nothing, but...
Here is another song that I was just listening to...
"Right There Behind You (Mafia)"
Our Lady Peace
"Spiritual Machines" (2000)
You haven't seen the world outside for days
You sleep, you hope, you wait
Imagination disappears
And all the dreams you have you save
Confrontation like a mirror
They try to take your mind away
I don't know, but I believe in yesterday
And what it means
To bleed and know that you're okay
Are you waiting?
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
No matter what, I'm always right there behind you [x2]
Bombarded by the atmosphere
You breath, you choke, you breath again
Conversation disappears
You realize they're not your friends
The panic of the future rears
You dig, you jerk
You find another way
I don't know, but I believe in yesterday
And what it means
To bleed and know that you're okay
Are you waiting?
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
No matter what, I'm always right there behind you
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
No matter what, I'm always right there behind you
You open up my veins now i dont feel the same
no no no
You open up my brain but i wont be replaced
No matter what you say
No matter what you do
No matter what I'm always right there behind you
Isn't God always there? Hopefully, for all our sakes!
"No matter what you say
No matter what you do
No matter what, I'm always right there behind you"
I dunno, can anyone else see music the same way? Or am I just going crazy? I would really appreciate it if you would comment (it makes me feel like I didn't just spend 45 minutes talking to myself).
Love and Peace through Music
Hannah
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