Y Not I

It is the last Shabbat of November and as we go forward into the month of December, the song for this week is “Forward Motion” from Relient K. Presented here is an interesting and well done YouTube video, with carefully crafted actions that are played in reverse throughout the video. I thought it worked well with the idea of the song, which is how hard it is to let go of ourselves and let God take over, which is how we truly move forward with Him. So often, doing things by our own strength and power we are actually going in reverse in our relationship with God and falling into man made ideas, concepts and weaknesses. We move forward when we let God lead and we just be obedient and do as we are told. Easier said than done, and thus the struggle with forward motion.

Lyrics:

Whoa-o…I�ve been banging my head against the wall
Whoa-o…For so long it seems I knocked it down
Yeah, it got knocked down
Whoa-o…and the heating bill went through the roof
Whoa-o…and the wall I knocked down was the proof
That my landlord needed to kick me out

I got evicted now I�m living on the street
My spirit�s lifted…oh wait, that wasn�t me
Too many turns have turned out to be wrong
This time I learned that, I knew it all along
When car crashes occur
Then I�ll be what you were
When I see what I should
When I see that it�s good

To experience the bittersweet
To taste defeat then brush my teeth
Experience the bittersweet
To taste defeat then brush my teeth

Chorus
Cause I struggle with forward motion
I struggle with forward motion
We all struggle with forward motion
Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds
Well every time I gain some ground I gotta turn myself around again
It�s harder than it sounds
Well every time I gain some ground I gotta turn myself around again

Whoa-o…I�ve been banging my head against the wall
Whoa-o…For so long it seems I got knocked out
Yeah, I got knocked out cold
Whoa-o…and the medical bills went through the roof
Whoa-o…and the scar on my head is the proof
That I�ll still remember this when I get old
When I grasp the concept
Then I�ll sleep where you slept
When I know I need help
When I allow myself

To experience the bittersweet
To taste defeat then brush your teeth
To experience the bittersweet
To taste defeat then brush your teeth

Chorus

Written by Matthew Thiessen �2003 Gotee Music / I Went Fishing And All I Got Was This Lousy Publishing (BMI) – Admin by EMI CMP

Shabbat Shalom. B”H