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Saturday, July 15, 2006

simple faith

i like the innocence of this song. there's really a hint of innocence associated with the early years back when skillet was just starting out. this is a deviation from their usual hard rock riffs, veering instead towards soft guitar strums, a background violin to colour the sound and simple lyrics. a simple song yet with complex undertones.

this song dispenses hope, not in an i-believe-i-can-fly (that's r. kelly's song, by the way) kinda way, but in its simplicity, the type that's associated with child-like faith. and i guess that's something not only me but everyone else has to come full-circle back to eventually: simple faith.

kinda like most of my life anyway. i find myself doing backward turns more often in the latter part of my years in order to move forward. it's funny but before this i always thought the past was something you try to put behind and tried to forget (though it always followed you like a ghost), instead of something you needed to come to terms with and learn from.

Saturn
by SKILLET

I ask him
When will I be free?
He said I Am
Asking him
When will I change?
He said
No matter now
No matter now

Saturn has a ring around it
You can never see it with your eyes
Saturn has a ring around it
Many moons know this to be true

You ask him
How can You be real?
He said you'll be
Knowing Him
How you do
Now He says
Rest in this
Rest in this

Saturn has a ring around it
You can never see it with your eyes
Saturn has a ring around it
Many moons know this to be true

Heaven has a ring around it
The angels sing a song over you
Heaven has a ring around you
If you don't see it know that it's true