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Instead of singing directly about Jesus or God, Switchfoot seems more interested in looking carefully at our culture, then using scriptural ideas to critique what they've observed. In this sense, their songs function as modern-day equivalents of the Bible's wisdom literature Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job.
Frontman Jon Foreman tries to explain it this way: "What is true happiness? Is it a comfortable four-door sedan with tinted windows? Does it mean I have 2. There's a moment in Jewish Scripture in Ecclesiastes where it says, 'Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless. The chorus in "Stars" echoes Psalm And we are slaves to what we want". If a listener wants to get a "Christian" view from the lyrics it works but if a listener isn't a Christian the lyrics can still inspire.
Again, the intended audience isn't just Christians. I just wonder why people have to always find certain code words to make a song seem worthwhile. It's all in "Mere Christianity". A Potentially Fatal Flaw After pouring over this disc, I can find only one song that doesn't somehow follow this subtly instructive path. Unfortunately, not even Foreman's own comments about "Fatal Wound" shed any helpful light on the track's meaning.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone [a reference to 1 Peter ]. Where is the evidence of what Foreman calls hope? A redemptive lyrical turning point would counterbalance "Fatal Wound's" apparent intimations of violence to self and others. But I can't find it. The author has really missed out on the song. This is a song that is worth digging into which I did here.
It should be obvious to anyone who's a Christian who the "Son of sorrow" would be. I don't see any suicide issues at all. It does speak of his knowledge of his sin. Lost in Translation? As an English major in college years ago, I learned to look for biblical allusions in Shakespeare, Milton, Dante and others. Without an understanding of Scripture, it was impossible to make sense of those writers.
Listening to Switchfoot's latest album felt like that to me. The band reflects Scripture without beating listeners over the head with God language. Thus, recognizing Switchfoot's spiritual themes requires careful observation and a knowledge of the Bible. Why does it require "recognizing Switchfoot's spiritual themes". Can't people just enjoy the music at face value. If they need to go deeper then that's cool. Switchfoot lyrics are for the thoughful and not the folks who just want easy answers.
I applaud the band for this thoughtful approach to songwriting "The Fatal Wound" excepted. Yet I also wonder how many of these submerged spiritual allusions will be missed by its new secular audience, which may know little about God's Word. As Switchfoot moves more deeply into the mainstream, I hope their scripturally inspired insights will get the attention of unbelieving listeners. But I fear their usually sound messages may be reduced to nothing of consequence as they get lost in translation.
I think some people think that people should be getting saved by Christian bands. It is not the case. Music can inspire or make you think but I really don't think salvation comes through music.
Thinking people will dig deeper whether they are Christians or not. People who just want to rock out can enjoy it also. I truly believe that Switchfoot is reaching far more people at various levels than any CCM artist. CCM artists mostly have just Christian fans while Switchfoot has a broader audience and is planting all sorts of ideas into all kinds of peoples heads.
Here's the thoughts on the song from Switchfoot :. I wrote this song so that we would have a tune to play during the set with a harmonica. I'm deadly serious here. The harmonica will drive a man to do many things, especially, in conjunction with a few bob dylan disks.
This song was one of those tunes that you just spit out and try to figure out what it means after you're through- a rather dangerous way to go but very honest, almost free association type of thing. Well, it means a few things to me but overall it's a song of hope. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Hope for the hopeless in the form of the king of failures. The bed of e-bow guitars at the beginning really set the tone for this track for me. I whispered some Bokowski-ish lines over top and viola! I've not written about this song yet because it has so much meaning. See below for my thoughts on the lyrics. As you will see it's a song packed with great meaning and is quite clever.
The person who Jon identifies with is quite appropriate and makes this song worth taking to heart. This song has moved up my favorites on the album, even past most of the more rocking songs.
If I ever find a legal link for you to listen to the song then I'll let you know. I am the crisis I am the bitter end I'm gonna gun this down I am divided I am the razor edge there is no easy now.
It's pretty vague here and you wonder where the song is going. Is it just a naval-gazing song or is there something more. The "Son of sorrow" seems to be pointing to Christ insight from a friend of mine and how He has paid the price for our sins. Where it get interesting is when it says "Let's go down together" and this seems to be very key for finding the "voice" in this song. I've heard it's written from the point of view of the thief on the cross who turned to Christ for salvation.
The thief is addressing Christ and is ready to die. The previous verse along with the previous rendering of the chorus drives me to this conclusion. Lyrics courtesy of Sing Copying your music CDs becomes harder - The interview I had a couple weeks ago is now online. It was a pretty cool experience and Tim McNulty was a great interviewer. One thing that might not be clear from the audio is that I did not receive any illegal copies of the Switchfoot album, Nothing Is Sound , even though I had the chance to get one.
Despite being clearly the best album in the latest Switchfoot album Switchfoot 's latest, Nothing Is Sound is struggling on the charts a bit. It has already dropped to Do me a favor and take a listen to 4 of the songs at MySpace and go vote for their video "Stars" on MTV's TRL yes the show really sucks but keep in mind "salt and light".
Their North American tour starts on October 17 so get your tickets. Today is Switchfoot Friday so give the Foot. Another song inspired by irony or paradox or perhaps sheer confusion.
How is it that one of the most meaningful, intimate moments in a human's life is now used to sell beverages or magazines or auto parts? And indeed, sex sells. It's no wonder that sex is easier than love, because love is extremely difficult, almost impossible at times. I have no fingers to point, my friends, I'm simply stating the obvious and I love screaming this one out. This one was inspired by the Shins- a great band with great production elements.
In many ways, Romey really made this one come alive. This is a most interesting song from Switchfoot and it will be interesting to see what the Christian music industry says and also what the popular culture says about it. Adfly is being discontinued and we no longer monitor the Adfly links or the accounts.
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