SANCTUS REAL LYRICS
"I'm Not Alright"
If weakness is a wound that no one wants to speak of
Then "cool" is just how far we have to fall
I am not immune, I only want to be loved
But I feel safe behind the firewall
Can I lose my need impress?
If you want the truth I need to confess
[Chorus:]
I'm not alright,
I'm broken inside
And all I go through,
it leads me to you
Burn away the pride
Bring me to my weakness
Until everything I hide behind is gone
And when I'm open wide with nothing left to cling to
Only you are there to lead me on.
Honestly, I'm not that strong.
[Chorus:]
I'm not alright... that's why I need you.
If that isn't profound then I don't know what is. The amazing thing is that this band does not sacrifice musical genius to obtain profound lyrics such as these!
The reason I post this on here is because I honestly feel it resonates deeply with the church. We need to have this level of honesty, we all hurt, we all hide it and deny it in our own ways. Admitting our weakness is only hard because we don't realize other people have them. That and the fact that we would like to believe we don't really have a weakness.
How are we as a Christian church supposed to take our command to bear each others burdens if we struggle to even admit that we have burdens to each other.
I'll say it, I'm not alright, I struggle. I am weak. I love my awesome God, but I also love sin! And I am completely dependant on God to help me fight, and ultimately kill, that love of sin. I also know that God has provided others in my life that love Him, He has provided them to bear this burden with me and challenge me to fight that love of sin. So I am asking you as the reader to be that person, I am not alright, please challenge and encourage me! Point me to Christ! Please, lets take our Christian life seriously and be humble enough to admit we struggle.
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2 comments:
This is why I'm psyched. This is going to be such a good discussion.
I'm going to do some prideful boasting, because I think I've done a very good job of admitting weakness on my blog, ex. my porn addiction that I'm constantly writing about. And it has been unbelievable to talk about it openly. I feel whole, like I've reconnected with myself. And people have read it and set me down and talked to me. Some of those talks were good and some of them were harmful, but I survived. Now I find I crave that honesty and wholeness, and am increasingly intolerant of places I can't bring my whole self to.
Like church, unfortunately. I struggle to fit into the structure of a traditional church. The two things I identify with the most (as I've learned through counseling), the places where I've hidden most of myself, are in my writing and in the music I listen to. If someone wanted to get to know me, I would either hand them my writing, or quote them some Rilo Kiley lyrics.
I've tried to fit those things into church, especially the writing. With my latest writing project, I sent it to four pastors, and they all read it and were like, "Ok, that's cool." Like it was just about me, and something I do on my own time. Same thing with the music. No one is telling me I can't listen to it on my own time, but there's no place for it at church. So I have to check most of myself at the door when I come to church, and that sucks. Why am I even going?
So, with all that last comment said, I love the idea of being open and honest about weaknesses and confessing sins. But where does that fit in at church? Do I just bust out during Communion with a list of my sins? Where in the service or any church function do you think this would fit?
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