I've been working on the long-list for my Christmas card CD, and I'm wringing my hands about this one:
Diamonds — Johnnyswim.
It's been a serious earworm since I first heard it, and it continues to be played frequently when I need a serious kick up the ass. OTOH I've intellectual reservations. It's not that it's Christian rock exactly, but lyrics like this make me queasy:
We're the fire, from the sun
We're the light when the day is done
We are the brave, the chosen ones
We're the diamonds, diamonds
Rising about the dust.
You've taken down
So many others
Oh but you'll know my name when you see it
And in these ashes I'm stronger still
You'll learn to feel my pain, yeah you will.
I can relate to the positivity of the chorus, in a kinda "we're all in the gutter but some of us look at the stars" kind of way, though anyone who refers to themselves as "chosen ones" I'd ordinarily cross the street to avoid. But the other verse gives me the creeps. Exactly who's being threatened, and why?
So I'm in two minds that are poles apart right now. Which is OK I guess. I might include it anyway and write a liner note about my conflictedness.
Anyone else have reluctant favourites that strike them in a similar fashion?
Diamonds — Johnnyswim.
It's been a serious earworm since I first heard it, and it continues to be played frequently when I need a serious kick up the ass. OTOH I've intellectual reservations. It's not that it's Christian rock exactly, but lyrics like this make me queasy:
We're the fire, from the sun
We're the light when the day is done
We are the brave, the chosen ones
We're the diamonds, diamonds
Rising about the dust.
You've taken down
So many others
Oh but you'll know my name when you see it
And in these ashes I'm stronger still
You'll learn to feel my pain, yeah you will.
I can relate to the positivity of the chorus, in a kinda "we're all in the gutter but some of us look at the stars" kind of way, though anyone who refers to themselves as "chosen ones" I'd ordinarily cross the street to avoid. But the other verse gives me the creeps. Exactly who's being threatened, and why?
So I'm in two minds that are poles apart right now. Which is OK I guess. I might include it anyway and write a liner note about my conflictedness.
Anyone else have reluctant favourites that strike them in a similar fashion?
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