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I've sent this casting crown video to at least a dozen people that have emailed me for help over the last few years. As I recall, Dazed and his wife emailed me back having both just cried watching it (since by that time they had both taken the "slow fade" ride). I find it the most poignant adultery song & video EVER, see what you think?
I just had to follow up this posting with the "Slow Fade" Casting Crowns Teaching Video that accompanies it. It gives some great insight into the song and concept behind it.
Casting Crowns is amazing. When DH was a music minister Mark Hall was the youth director. He lives what he sings. And yes, speaking as a former WW, Slow Fade is spot on.
It's so weird the songs I hear when I first get into the car in the morning.
Song #1: 'It's a Sin' - Pet Shop Boys Song #2: 'Is She Really Going Out With Him' - Joe Jackson
Life in my world.
P.S. Yes, it's really me -- I'm just wearing a hat, wig and the funny glasses/big nose combo for the time being. Kinda of late in the game, I'm down on the scoreboard, and in need of some big plays. Website articles and MB Weekend could be my last best chance at putting some more points on the board.....
Boy, I need to elaborate. If anyone cares to help me out via regular e-mail, let me know. I sense things slipping away here....
but I heard this today and I do like Robbie - I don't think I've really really heard it since my mess up (bit eupemistic there, but you know what I mean) Robbie - Make me Pure
So I sing a song To reel 'em in It's a song I've sung before And a song I'm gonna sing again I mean every word I don't mean a single one of them Oh Lord, make me pure - but not yet
Tell a joke, tell it twice If no one else is laughing then why am I I split my sides both times and laugh until I cry Oh Lord, please make me pure, but not yet
I don't have to try I just dial it in I've never found a job that for me was worth bothering I got a ton of selfish genes and lazy bones beneath this skin Oh Lord, make me pure, but not yet
Smoking kills Sex sells I've got one hand in my pocket but the other one looks cool as hell I know I'm gonna die so my revenge is living well Oh Lord, make me pure, but not yet
I stopped praying So I hope this song will do I wrote it all for you I'm not perfect but you don't mind that, do you? I know you're there to pull me through, aren't you?
So I look for love I like the search And I'll be standing for election all across the known universe Every president get the country she deserves Oh Lord, make me pure, but not yet
And I've been seeing Somebody's wife She said she'd leave him for me and I said that wasn't wise You can't lie to a liar because of all the lies Oh Lord, please make me pure,but not yet
For the young abandoned father left alone without a reason, For the pilgrim in the city where there is no home. For the son without a father for his solitary mother I have a message
He sees you, He knows you, He loves you, He loves you
Every heart that is breaking tonight Is the heart of a child that He holds in His sight And oh, how He longs to hold in His arms Every heart that is breaking tonight.....
For the precious, fallen daughter, for her devastated father. For the prodigal who's dying in a strange new way. For the patriot with no country I have a message......
He sees you, He knows you, He loves you, He loves you....
Every heart that is breaking tonight Is the heart of a child that He holds in His sight And oh, how he longs to hold in His arms Every heart that is breaking tonight.....
This is the best video that I could find. The company doesn't like to have their songs on youtube. Ugh.
Lyrics:
Nothing was saving our day There was nothing to say, But you said something anyway Claiming I stepped out of line Which forced you to leave me, As if that idea was mine.
Oh, you stupid thing Speaking of course as your dear departed Oh, you stupid thing It wasn't me that you outsmarted, You stupid thing Stopping it all before it even started
I bet you knew it would come That's just like you, to sit back And just play it dumb One word of warning would help But that sacrifice was made Trying to save yourself
Oh, you stupid thing Speaking of course as your dear departed Oh, you stupid thing It wasn't me that you outsmarted Oh, you stupid thing Stopping it all before it even started
Maybe that's just how I am To fall where I stand, Or I'm weak for that kind of man One who looks helpless and brave But you turned into a coward I don't care for the parts you saved.
Oh, you stupid thing Speaking of course as your dear departed Oh, you stupid thing It wasn't me that you outsmarted Oh, you stupid thing Speaking of course as your dear departed Oh, you stupid thing It wasn't me that you outsmarted: Oh, you stupid thing. Oh, you stupid thing. Oh, you stupid thing. Oh, you stupid thing.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
The person who is always finding fault seldom finds anything else.
Michael Stipe wrote this as a love song to the city of New York -- the band viewed it as their home away from home. Obviously, not a "traditional" relationship, but he wanted the lyrics to convey the deep feelings that can exist between two people who are in love. Most thought-provoking line:
"It's easier to leave than be left behind."
Leaving New York" by REM
It's quiet now And what it brings Is everything
Comes calling back A brilliant night I'm still awake
I looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there
You don't need me To tell you now That nothing can compare
You might have laughed if I told you You might have hidden A frown You might have succeeded in changing me I might have been turned around
It's easier to leave than to be left behind Leaving was never my proud Leaving New York, never easy I saw the light fading out
Now life is sweet And what it brings I tried to take But loneliness It wears me out It lies in wait
And I've lost Still in my eyes The shadow of necklace Across your thigh I might've lived my life in a dream, but I swear This is real Memory fuses and shatters like glass Mercurial future, forget the past It's you, it's what I feel.
You might have laughed if I told you (it's pulling me apart) You might have hidden a frown (change) You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart) I might have been turned around (change)
It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart) Leaving was never my proud (change) Leaving New York, never easy (it's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart You find it in your heart, change...
I told you, forever I love you, forever I told you, I love you I love you, forever I told you, forever You never, you never You told me forever
You might have laughed if I told you You might have hidden the frown You might have succeeded in changing me I might have been turned around
It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart) Leaving was never my proud (change) Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart) I saw the life fading out (change) Leaving New York, never easy (it's pulling me apart) I saw the light fading out (change) Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart) I saw the life fading out (change)
