Vrai Lyrique, here. :) I just wanted to make a little note - if you guys have any requests or ideas or inputs on songs, let me know! I don't know all the songs in the world, and I know a lot of you know some pretty cool ones. So comment on my posts and tell me what you want to hear (or read). I'll be waiting for comments!
P.S. Try and make them appropriate songs, ones that are more on the uplifting side. Not a whole lot of cussing, if you don't mind. :) Thanks!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Look Away--Thousand Foot Krutch
Lyrics:
Vs1) She's everything to everyone
Wish I could've seen it go
Down but I heard incorrectly
It seems everything she knows
Is now five minutes 'till close
And that's not a lot of time when you're nervous
And they say
Daughter look away
Don't be afraid
When you wanna' turn back a million times
And it might get colder
But wait 'till it's over
Darlin' you'll find you're way
Chs) But she said I
Will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
And all this pain I've held inside
So I can find my way home again
I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright
Vs2) He's on his way to nowhere
'Cause he heard it was safe there
And safe is something valuable here
He spent have his life searching
And the other half working
Hard to find out if Jesus is real
And they said
Son look away
Don't be afraid
When you wanna' turn back a million times
And it might get colder
But wait 'till its over
Son, you will find your way
Chs) But he said I
Will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
And all this pain I've held inside
So I can find my way home again
I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright
Brdg) And every time
Every line
Every time you wanna' say goodbye, sing
Every time
Every line
Every time you wanna' say goodbye, sing
Chs) I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
And all this pain I've held inside
So I can find my way home again
I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright
She's everything to everyone
Wish I could've seen it go
Down but I heard incorrectly
It seems everything she knows
Is now five minutes 'till close
And that's not a lot of time when you're nervous
Meaning:
Personally, I think this is a song filled with pain and hope all at the same time. The girl mentioned in the first verse, it sounds like she's so busy trying to keep up with life. When the day is done, she doesn't have any time for herself or anything that she holds dear. Everybody's telling her to just look away. Don't think about what you're going through. Because eventually, you'll learn how to deal with the sorrow. And as it leads into the chorus, she says "No". She's not going to pretend she's okay, and look the other way when her feelings aren't right. She's telling God to take all of her cuts, her memories, her heartache, and make them all worth something. Because she doesn't want to keep looking away until she's lost the path she wants to be on. And, like the line says, "Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright". She knows that perfection is out of the question, and she doesn't want it anyways. But she just wants to be happy again, to not be afraid. Then, the second verse introduces a man that is running because he doesn't like to be vulnerable. He likes to be safe. His whole life, he's spent living for somebody else, always wondering whether to believe in the stories of Jesus or not. And, just like the girl, people are telling him to look away. That it's okay that he's afraid and he doesn't know what he's doing. He just needs to keep going and he'll find something a little better. But he realizes that he doesn't want to look away. It's the same explanation as it was for the girl as the song moves to it's second chorus. The man wants God to take his cuts and make them shine. Then the band takes a time to speak out, to talk to the listeners. They tell us to not give up. Every time we feel like nobody cares, like we're better off saying goodbye to this world, sing that we can do it. Sing the lyrics to the song: "I will not look away this time." To tell God that he can take what we aren't proud of and make it into something better. Because we all need to find our ways home, and we all just need to be alright.
Extra Notes:
I just wanted to add an extra little bit on this one. I dedicate this song to a certain friend of mine, whose name I won't mention for privacy reasons. I love her so much, and I believe this song relates to her. She had told me a story once, of a time when she was going through a lot of crap. Her heart was so broken, and her life wasn't what she wanted it to be. I saw the cuts when she was telling me the story, and it made me almost sick. What would this world be without her? Who would I be? What would I do? Friend of mine - you are always worth the breaths that you take. You are beautiful, nice, funny, caring, passionate, you know how to love and how to laugh, and you make me laugh all the time. You brighten my days, and the days of many others. I love you beyond words, young lady. And I want you to know that when times get rough, I'm always here. And that pain inside can make you shine.
Vs1) She's everything to everyone
Wish I could've seen it go
Down but I heard incorrectly
It seems everything she knows
Is now five minutes 'till close
And that's not a lot of time when you're nervous
And they say
Daughter look away
Don't be afraid
When you wanna' turn back a million times
And it might get colder
But wait 'till it's over
Darlin' you'll find you're way
Chs) But she said I
Will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
And all this pain I've held inside
So I can find my way home again
I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright
Vs2) He's on his way to nowhere
'Cause he heard it was safe there
And safe is something valuable here
He spent have his life searching
And the other half working
Hard to find out if Jesus is real
And they said
Son look away
Don't be afraid
When you wanna' turn back a million times
And it might get colder
But wait 'till its over
Son, you will find your way
Chs) But he said I
Will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
And all this pain I've held inside
So I can find my way home again
I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright
Brdg) And every time
Every line
Every time you wanna' say goodbye, sing
Every time
Every line
Every time you wanna' say goodbye, sing
Chs) I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
And all this pain I've held inside
So I can find my way home again
I will not look away this time
Take all these cuts and make them shine
Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright
She's everything to everyone
Wish I could've seen it go
Down but I heard incorrectly
It seems everything she knows
Is now five minutes 'till close
And that's not a lot of time when you're nervous
Meaning:
Personally, I think this is a song filled with pain and hope all at the same time. The girl mentioned in the first verse, it sounds like she's so busy trying to keep up with life. When the day is done, she doesn't have any time for herself or anything that she holds dear. Everybody's telling her to just look away. Don't think about what you're going through. Because eventually, you'll learn how to deal with the sorrow. And as it leads into the chorus, she says "No". She's not going to pretend she's okay, and look the other way when her feelings aren't right. She's telling God to take all of her cuts, her memories, her heartache, and make them all worth something. Because she doesn't want to keep looking away until she's lost the path she wants to be on. And, like the line says, "Don't wanna' be perfect, just alright". She knows that perfection is out of the question, and she doesn't want it anyways. But she just wants to be happy again, to not be afraid. Then, the second verse introduces a man that is running because he doesn't like to be vulnerable. He likes to be safe. His whole life, he's spent living for somebody else, always wondering whether to believe in the stories of Jesus or not. And, just like the girl, people are telling him to look away. That it's okay that he's afraid and he doesn't know what he's doing. He just needs to keep going and he'll find something a little better. But he realizes that he doesn't want to look away. It's the same explanation as it was for the girl as the song moves to it's second chorus. The man wants God to take his cuts and make them shine. Then the band takes a time to speak out, to talk to the listeners. They tell us to not give up. Every time we feel like nobody cares, like we're better off saying goodbye to this world, sing that we can do it. Sing the lyrics to the song: "I will not look away this time." To tell God that he can take what we aren't proud of and make it into something better. Because we all need to find our ways home, and we all just need to be alright.
Extra Notes:
I just wanted to add an extra little bit on this one. I dedicate this song to a certain friend of mine, whose name I won't mention for privacy reasons. I love her so much, and I believe this song relates to her. She had told me a story once, of a time when she was going through a lot of crap. Her heart was so broken, and her life wasn't what she wanted it to be. I saw the cuts when she was telling me the story, and it made me almost sick. What would this world be without her? Who would I be? What would I do? Friend of mine - you are always worth the breaths that you take. You are beautiful, nice, funny, caring, passionate, you know how to love and how to laugh, and you make me laugh all the time. You brighten my days, and the days of many others. I love you beyond words, young lady. And I want you to know that when times get rough, I'm always here. And that pain inside can make you shine.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Meaning in the Music
There's always a story behind a song. A legend in the lyrics. A meaning in the music. But sometimes the meaning is unclear, or there's different sides to what you're hearing. This blog is all about the music, and what is buried inside those words and tunes. Because music is a gift from God, and a beautiful one at that. And it should always be shared to brighten a day, to lift a smile, or to make a dark world seem brighter, if only for a little while. Love and peace, yours forever, Vrai Lyrique.
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