Y Not I

Sorry for getting this one up so late. I am on call this week and between Thursday night to the start of Shabbat I was swamped, so there was no time. So to try and make up I offer two songs even though they come after Shabbat is over. Both are from Sanctus Real. The first is the Fight Song from their album, Fight the Tide. I find it a good song about relationships and trying to work things out. A good book that we read with a group at our congregation on marriage relationships is Divorce-Proof Your Marriage by Gary and Barbara Rosberg. I found it to be very Scriptural, to the point and fair. Some books on this subject seem to take the women’s point of view too often for me, and I feel like I am getting beat down upon. This book spoke to both sides on how to keep their marriage from slipping away, and to actually continually strengthen it. When I here the song, I am reminded of some of the lessons from the book.

The folks who made this video (it’s not the band), had some fun with the concept and the video show a perfect how not to have a relationship with your husband or wife. Funny video.

Lyrics:

I’m sorry for what I said about you
Will you accept my apology?
I am sorry

Hey, now what am I to do?
I’d better think twice before I make my move
‘Cause last time I didn’t think it through
Don’t know where it’s going to go
Don’t know what we’re going to do
And hey, now what am I to say?
My foolish words got in the way of us being friends
Wake up, make up, can we get along again?

I don’t really want to fight over something that’s really nothing?
It doesn’t matter
I don’t really want to scar your heart with words that hurt you
I won’t hurt you

Did you feel all right
When you hung me out to dry?
Everybody knew
When you put it on the six o’clock story on the nightly news
Now it’s time to think
Through this mess of words we made
Tongues are hard to tame
Powerful as politics, sharper than a razor blade

Did you really want to fight over something that’s really nothing?
It doesn’t matter
Did you really want to scar my heart with words that hurt me?
Don’t hurt me
I don’t really want to cry over issues
Wet tissues stick to my shoes
We can’t take back words we’ve spoken
But I’m hoping you’ll forgive me

I don’t care about what you said about me
Can we agree to disagree?
I am sorry

Did you really want to fight over something that’s really nothing?
It doesn’t matter
Did you really want to scar my heart with words that hurt me?
Don’t hurt me
I don’t really want to cry over issues
Wet tissues stick to my shoes
We can’t take back words we’ve spoken
But I’m hoping you’ll forgive me

I’m hoping you’ll forgive me
I’m hoping you’ll forgive me

For number two, Eloquent speaks of the faithfulness of God to us, even though we are so imperfect.

Lyrics:

I’m as eloquent as an elephant
I’m as headstrong as the Mighty King Kong
On a rampage throwing airplanes
I can’t believe you haven’t gone away
I am difficult, argumentative
I’m as thick skulled as the dinosaur bones on a display in a glass case
I can’t believe you haven’t run away

[Chorus:]
It must be different through your eyes
Because you look at me like it’s the first time
That you’ve ever seen my face

I’m preoccupied with a crowded mind
I get off track like a train rolling back to the future
Never too sure who’ll be here when I come back around
But I’m finding out

Have a great week. B”H