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While doing my nostalgia thread at Arts and Entertainment, I came across popular songs with lyrics that strongly suggest of faith, and yet were not recognized as such, mainstream-wise. They may not have been written to be taken as a declaration of faith......but the faith message is just so powerful! At least, from my own interpretation.
One of them is Meatloaf's "For Crying Out Loud." I see it as a man who's been brought to God by a woman he loves. The woman, herself, had found God, and become saved. The man talks in part to the woman, and in part to God.
What do you see?
I was lost till you were found
And I never knew how far down
I was falling before
I reached the bottom
When I was cold and you were fire
And I never knew how the pyre
Could be burning on the edge
Of the ice field
And now the chilly California wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And we're sinking deeper and deeper
In the chilly California sand
Oh I know you belong
Inside my aching heart
And can't you see my faded Levis
Bursting apart?
And don't you hear me crying
Oh babe don't go?
And don't you hear me screaming
How was I to know?
I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting
And there's a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment
To see the light of the day
And take me to another land where
I don't have to stay
And I'm gonna need somebody
To make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody
With open arms, open eyes
Open up the sky and let the planet
That I love shine through
For crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
I was damned and you were saved
And I never knew how enslaved
I was kneeling there in the chains
Of my master
I could laugh ah but you could cry
And I never knew just how high
I was flying ah with you
Right above me
And now the chilly California wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And we're sinking deeper and deeper
In the chilly California sand
Oh I know you belong
Inside my aching heart
And can't you see my faded Levis
Bursting apart?
And don't you hear me crying?
Oh babe don't go?
And don't you hear me screaming
How was I to know?
I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting
And there's a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment
To see the light of the day
And take me to another land where
I don't have to stay
And I'm gonna need somebody
To make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody
With open arms, open eyes
Open up the sky and let the planet
That I love shine through
For crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
Oh for crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
Taking in the rain when I'm feeling so dry
For giving me the answers when I'm asking you why?
And my oh my
For that I thank you
For taking in the sun when I'm feelin' so cold
For giving me a child when my body is old
And don't you know
For that I need you
For coming to my room when you know I'm alone
For finding me a highway for driving me home
And you gotta know
For that I serve you
For pulling me away when I'm starting to fall
For revvin' me up when I'm starting to stall
And all in all
For that I want you
For taking and for giving
And for playing the game
For praying for my future in the days that remain
Oh Lord for that I hold you
Ah but most of all for crying out loud
For that I love you
Ah but most of all for crying out loud
For that I love you
Ah but most of all for crying out loud
For that I love you
When you're crying out loud
You know I love you
Read more at MEAT LOAF - FOR CRYING OUT LOUD LYRICS
One of them is Meatloaf's "For Crying Out Loud." I see it as a man who's been brought to God by a woman he loves. The woman, herself, had found God, and become saved. The man talks in part to the woman, and in part to God.
What do you see?
I was lost till you were found
And I never knew how far down
I was falling before
I reached the bottom
When I was cold and you were fire
And I never knew how the pyre
Could be burning on the edge
Of the ice field
And now the chilly California wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And we're sinking deeper and deeper
In the chilly California sand
Oh I know you belong
Inside my aching heart
And can't you see my faded Levis
Bursting apart?
And don't you hear me crying
Oh babe don't go?
And don't you hear me screaming
How was I to know?
I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting
And there's a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment
To see the light of the day
And take me to another land where
I don't have to stay
And I'm gonna need somebody
To make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody
With open arms, open eyes
Open up the sky and let the planet
That I love shine through
For crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
I was damned and you were saved
And I never knew how enslaved
I was kneeling there in the chains
Of my master
I could laugh ah but you could cry
And I never knew just how high
I was flying ah with you
Right above me
And now the chilly California wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And we're sinking deeper and deeper
In the chilly California sand
Oh I know you belong
Inside my aching heart
And can't you see my faded Levis
Bursting apart?
And don't you hear me crying?
Oh babe don't go?
And don't you hear me screaming
How was I to know?
I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting
And there's a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment
To see the light of the day
And take me to another land where
I don't have to stay
And I'm gonna need somebody
To make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody
With open arms, open eyes
Open up the sky and let the planet
That I love shine through
For crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
Oh for crying out loud you know I love you
For crying out loud you know I love you
Taking in the rain when I'm feeling so dry
For giving me the answers when I'm asking you why?
And my oh my
For that I thank you
For taking in the sun when I'm feelin' so cold
For giving me a child when my body is old
And don't you know
For that I need you
For coming to my room when you know I'm alone
For finding me a highway for driving me home
And you gotta know
For that I serve you
For pulling me away when I'm starting to fall
For revvin' me up when I'm starting to stall
And all in all
For that I want you
For taking and for giving
And for playing the game
For praying for my future in the days that remain
Oh Lord for that I hold you
Ah but most of all for crying out loud
For that I love you
Ah but most of all for crying out loud
For that I love you
Ah but most of all for crying out loud
For that I love you
When you're crying out loud
You know I love you
Read more at MEAT LOAF - FOR CRYING OUT LOUD LYRICS
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