Sunday, March 22, 2009

Does anyone else but me relate to this song?



I know I have listened to this song so many times over the years. But, I sure never understood this song until now. Like, woah. Relient K is my hero...well Christ is my hero for putting this song in their minds even if it took me years to value it for what it is. I would like to write a post on this but I'm learning that everything must first reach my heart before I will let myself write about it because it is nothing but clanging instruments without the love that comes forth from one's own transformation.

Down in Flames - Relient K

Christians-- we're all afraid of fire.
We prefer to suck on pacifiers.
Baby pacifists, we're throwing fits.
We don't shake hands, we shake our fists.

We're cannibals. We watch our brothers fall.
We eat our own, the bones and all.
Finally fell asleep on the planeto wake to see we're going down in flames.

We're going down, down, down in flames.
We're gonna drown, drown, drown insane.

We see the problem and the risk,
but nothing's solved.
We just say, "Tisk, tisk, tisk,"
and, "Shame, shame, shame."

Finally fell asleep on the plane
to wake to see we're going down in flames.

Let's go!

Christians-- we mourn, the thorn is stuck
in the side of the body watch it self-destruct.
The enemy is much ignored
when we fight this Christian civil war.

We're cannibals. We watch our brothers fall.
We eat our own, the bones and all.
Finally fell asleep on the plane
to wake to see we're going down in flames.

We're going down, down, down in flames.
We're gonna drown, drown, drown insane.

We see the problem and the risk,
but nothing's solved.
We just say, "Tisk, tisk, tisk,"
and, "Shame, shame, shame."

Finally fell asleep on the plane
to wake to see we're going down in flames.

Na na na na, na na na na. Na na na na, na na na na.
Na na na na, na na na na. Na na na na, na na na na.
Na na na na, na na na na. Na na na na, na na na na.
Na na na na, na na na na. Bana na na na, na na na

Let me pause to clarify('cause I'm sure you're asking, "Why?").
I stand before you and proudly claim
to belong to what this song complains.
I'm part of the problem,I confess,
But I gotta get this off my chest.
Let's extinguish the anguish
for which we're to blame,
and save the world from going down in flames.

Let me pause to clarify('cause I'm sure you're asking, "Why?").
I stand before you and proudly claim
to belong to what this song complains.
I'm part of the problem,I confess,
But I gotta get this off my chest.
Let's extinguish the anguish
for which we're to blame,
and save the world from going down in flames.

1 comment:

Ashton Coats said...

i relate! and this song is soooo true of me, it's like we are such hypocrites sometimes (or more than sometimes.:)

btw code was lasessli. sounds like pasta :)