I know there is more than one person out there who will understand when I say I related to music in a way that is supernatural, music speaks to me and I see God more clearly through songs and melodies. That said, I've decided to do a few blogs, maybe one a week, we'll see how that goes, about a song that is speaking to me or has been speaking to me. This thought occurred to me this afternoon as I was driving to work & listening to music. The sun was shining, I had a good song playing (the one i'm going to be blogging about as a matter of fact) and it was decently warm in my car so I was quite joyous and content. Anywho I connected deeply to this song for a few minutes and it occurred to me that those kinds of things are what I should be sharing in my blogs, not just ramblings about my life but things that have meaning to me. Annnnd...thus my blog idea was birthed. I'm not sure how this is going to work out, being the first time I've attempted something like this, but hopefully it will encourage my readers and maybe get them to see this song a little differently, appreciate it more than they already do.
If you don't own this song, here is a youtube link:
Alrighty, now to the main point of this blog--the song!
(please put all music, artist, genre prejudices aside & hear me out!)
"Life Again" by Decyfer Down.
Okay, now why is THIS song so significant? To be honest I simply do not know. It could be the melodies, it could be the rhythm, it could be the lyrics, although I doubt those things are what most grabs me when I hear it.
I believe God uses music to speak to me and I think today He uses this song to grab my attention, I wasn't listening to anything else on this one point (one moment and I'll elaborate) but then I caught the lyric and the chord and it all crashed over me like songs do and for the first time it HIT me. Okay, onto my point.
I'm going to pick apart the lyrics of this song & explain meaning & thoughts behind them ( my own meanings & thoughts of course.)
I don't remember the last time I could say
I was where I wanted to be
I was where I wanted to be
This is very relatable to me & other people in general, especially Christians. we get so far from where we want to be in our lives & relationships, especially our relationship with God, the hook of the song relates and pulls you in.
still you see through this mask
hiding all my flaws
We can hide nothing from God, we might fool everyone else but not Him.
you see something down deep in me...
He sees something in us and He loves us despite our masks & flaws, despite anything else in our lives, He sees the deepest parts of us. This is the lyric that really got me because I struggle SO much with self-worth and how I view myself. Even when I think I deserve nothing, I am worth nothing, God sees something in me and gives me unconditionally love. It's so mind-blowing. Undeserved but still given.
Bring me back so that I can feel you again
take me to that place I was before
When we've lost who we are and we've pushed God away, the chorus of this song lends a thought or a prayer, bring us back God, take us back to that place of deeper intimacy, let us feel You and Your love. We've been running but we want to come back where we belong. The prodigal looking for an ounce of love from the Father he doesn't deserve it from.
all I want is to hold my head up high
We want to rid ourselves of the guilt and anguish and sin, hold our heads up high and be children of the King once more.
Our longing is to be on fire for Him. His sacrifice has proven to be more than enough time and time again and though we've been cold to the touch, we crave His fire to dwell within us once more.
Still I linger around
a life unchanged
I just cant break the cycle now
We've been lit on fire by God but then...we wake up the next day and things don't seem any different and we forget our pleadings and our Beginning. We've gone back to what we once were, let ourselves fall back into the pattern of living without life. It's an endless cycle of destruction that tears apart the soul & we're caught once more.
trapped in my own mind
You can't have hope without God. The mind is dangerous when explored alone as Renee Yohe once said. Sin traps us into thinking we have no hope, that we are stuck with ourselves because why would God want something as messed up as me?
With one last cry for change, we sing to be broken out of the destruction and the chains. Rid us of these thoughts and this bondage of sin. Free us.
Bring me back so that I can feel you again
take me to that place I was before
all I want is to hold my head up high
so take this life and set aflame again
Back into the chorus, we remember what it was like to be free, to know the fullness of a REAL life. A life with God in complete control.
Again, Again,
set my life aflame again...
Not wanting to fall back into that destructive pattern, we plead for a never-ending fire in our hearts and souls. We pray for deliverance from ourselves. We sing the words with passion because we want them to be true.
Bring me back so that I can feel you again
take me to that place I was before
all I want is to hold my head up high
so take this life and set aflame again
Bring me back so that I can feel you again
take me to that place I was before
all I want is to hold my head up high
so take this life and set aflame again
End with a double helping of the chorus to remind us with Whom our dependence lies. We can't do anything ourselves except that which He gives us and strengthens us with. It's a reminder that we ARE in fact dependent on Him and that He wants us to be. Our flame will only last as long as it's connected to the source.
