Songs That Make You Think

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Lynx

Lynx

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Ever hear a song that says something that makes you ponder it for a while?

That's what this thread is for. If you heard a song that made you think, I'd like to hear it.
 
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Here's one of mine:




I used to dump a puzzle on the table
And put it back together in a day
But now it sits undone
The table's overrun
With pieces no one showed me how to play
 
"Dust in the wind".. by Kansas. Its a very Ecclesiastes song.

"Now, don't hang on
Nothin' last forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy


" More than a feeling".. by Boston

"So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky"

And

"When I'm tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
And dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
She slipped away"
 
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen was a staple for me in my early years of learning to play the guitar all those years ago, and had some very interesting lyrics. Then at some point, and I do not know when that was or what I had thought the lyric meant before that, it occurred to me that when he sang about how Jesus spent a long time watching from His lonely wooden tower, he was referring to the cross.


Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

And Jesus was a sailor
When He walked upon the water
And He spent a long time watching
From His lonely wooden tower
And when He knew for certain
Only drowning men could see Him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But He Himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with Him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust Him
For He's touched your perfect body with His mind

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On Our Lady of the Harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind
 
Magenta said:
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen was a staple for me in my early years of learning to play the guitar all those years ago, and had some very interesting lyrics. Then at some point, and I do not know when that was or what I had thought the lyric meant before that, it occurred to me that when he sang about how Jesus spent a long time watching from His lonely wooden tower, he was referring to the cross.


Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

And Jesus was a sailor
When He walked upon the water
And He spent a long time watching
From His lonely wooden tower
And when He knew for certain
Only drowning men could see Him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But He Himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with Him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust Him
For He's touched your perfect body with His mind

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On Our Lady of the Harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind
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Interesting choice of words...

On the surface it seems like a stereotypical tale about a love affair with a "crazy girl" archtype. I dare say many people still think that's what the song is about.

What it's really saying is, "You need to experience life while you have it, and a lot of the important parts don't have anything to do with money, authority and all the other stuff we have been told is so important.
 
Lynx said:
Interesting choice of words...

On the surface it seems like a stereotypical tale about a love affair with a "crazy
girl" archtype. I dare say many people still think that's what the song is about.

What it's really saying is, "You need to experience life while you have it, and a lot of the important parts
don't have anything to do with money, authority and all the other stuff we have been told is so important.
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Yes, I wonder how much of it really has to do with Suzanne at all... although she was a real person in his life with
whom he had a platonic friendship and drank Constant Comment tea with (I loved that stuff LOL) and walked around
Montreal, passing by a church in the harbor where sailors were blessed before heading out to sea... apparently.
I wonder about that part, too, how Jesus is seen only by drowning men, and it is only then that the sea (Biblically,
the sea represents the nations of the worldly world) frees them. Is he saying men wander the world rather aimlessly
without God until they are all but drowning, at which point, Jesus reveals Himself and saves them? I can actually see
correlations to that in my own life. And it did speak to me even though the song's meaning itself was shrouded in mystery.
 
The last part of that same verse seems to speak to how worldly wisdom cannot acknowledge Him, despite
all their wisdom. The preaching of the gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing, and all that...

"He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone."
 
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Romans 1:16-17
:)
 
Magenta said:
I wonder about that part, too, how Jesus is seen only by drowning men, and it is only then that the sea (Biblically,
the sea represents the nations of the worldly world) frees them. Is he saying men wander the world rather aimlessly
without God until they are all but drowning, at which point, Jesus reveals Himself and saves them? I can actually see
correlations to that in my own life. And it did speak to me even though the song's meaning itself was shrouded in mystery.[/COLOR]
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Oh you see that part all the time. Lots of Christians will tell you they were quite stubborn right up until they hit rock bottom, and THEN they finally turned to Jesus when they had tried everything else. "I can't keep going on like this. This lifestyle is gonna kill me." is a common thread among people who became Christians late in life.
 
Lynx said:
Oh you see that part all the time. Lots of Christians will tell you they were quite stubborn right up until they hit rock bottom, and THEN they finally turned to Jesus when they had tried everything else. "I can't keep going on like this. This lifestyle is gonna kill me." is a common thread among people who became Christians late in life.
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All the time? Yes, I suppose... the whole of the OT is full of that sort of thing. Acts 7:51 attests to this, also:

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
 

I knew a man named Johnny
Trying hard to break a bent bow
He knows just where he's going
Keeping all his ducks in a row
He says he's never been happier
But what about the price that he paid?
Last time I saw Johnny
He looked a little old for his age
 
Along the same lines...




I won't worry
Cause there's no hurry
The world's not passing me by
The Lord he knows
Just where each day goes
I know he won't leave me behind
And I won't be taking
A single thing that
My heart can't carry inside
I'm going home
And I'm only taking my time
 
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