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read between the lines
innocent again Innocence Againby SWITCHFOOT Do you remember when You were way back then You held the world inside your hands When you told me love Was the strongest stuff Your strength was innocence But, oh man The signs of the times are omens You're starting the day in No man's land again Who are you gonna be? When you're on your knees, who do you believe? Fear is a lonely man You've been given innocence You've been given innocence again You should know by now That the darkest hour Is when your broken heart goes down It's a bitter end When the sweet begins Grace is sufficiency But, oh dear, we'll never deserve it No dear, we never could earn it Now, here, the choice is yours Who are you gonna be? When you're on your knees, who do you believe? Fear is a lonely man You've been given innocence You've been given innocence again Grace is high and low Grace is high and low Grace is high and low We'll never be the same Who are you gonna be? When you're on your knees, who do you believe? Fear is a lonely man You've been given innocence You've been given innocence again -- "Somehow, all the songs I write to others, I ended up singing to myself sooner or later. This is no different and I end up with the question, "who will it be?" This song is a sister of "I Dare You To Move." Both songs are really driving at the same point: if God's redemptive movement is at work around us, we are called to respond. Indeed, whether we act or not, we have made a response either way" -Jon Foremanthe boys have said it best. this is a song about grace, hands down. but i don't quite get how fear is a lonely man. he seems to have lots of company in a very isolated way. and yes, i am a bit fearful of tomorrow. still as ill-equipped as usual, not by choice. i guess this is where grace makes its very obvious appearance and saves the day, lest i am too blind to see it in other ways. the good thing is, even if i mess up tomorrow, god's grace will still work to overcome it. which is good because most of my life has seen me screw up more often than do the right thing. but i guess this is what youth is: you make as many mistakes as you possibly can so that by the time you're old, you would've fallen into the same pit long enough to avoid it eventually. the signs of the times are definitely omens. and i always seem to return to no man's land again, as if this is some challenge i must overcome or some kind of preparation for something bigger in the future. i can foresee that my little "holiday" is headed for a close and i have to brace myself for more shit to come, in the form of history ever always repeating itself in my life. bittersweet, since that shit comes with a sugar coating. which will wear off soon...and then i'll really get to see if i can prove my mettle -- whether joy, trust and faith in god's faithfulness (never my own) will still keep me buoyant or not. when i'm on my knees, who do i believe indeed. |
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