Maybe this isn't the right forum, but I wonder if anyone had a thought on this...
Switchfoot is a great new up-and-coming Christian band that has had some crossover into mainstream. My husband has had their album "The Beautiful Letdown" for awhile now, and hasn't shared it much for me to have a listen. They have a song called "Gone" that I know from radio play. Normally, they cut the song before it completely ends, and today I had it up loud and heard it all the way to the end. Here's the lyrics to the song, I'll bold the end part in question:
"Gone" by Switchfoot
she told him she'd rather fix her makeup
than try to fix what's going on
but the problem keeps on calling
even with the cellphone gone
she told him that she believes in living
bigger than she's living now
but her world keeps spinning backwards
and upside down
don't say so long, you're not that far gone
Don't spin today away, 'cause today will soon be
gone, like yesterday is gone,
like history is gone,
just try and prove me wrong
and pretend like you're immortal
she said he said live like no tomorrow
every day we borrow
brings us one step closer to the edge (infinity)
where your treasure, where's your hope
if you get the world and lose your soul
she pretends like she pretends like she's immortal
don't say so long
and throw yourself wrong
this could be your big chance to makeup
today will soon be
gone, like yeterday is gone,
like history is gone,
the world keeps spinning on,
your going going gone,
like summer break is gone,
like saturday is gone
just trying to prove me wrong
and pretend like your immortal
we are not infinite
we are not permanate
nothing is immediate
we're so confident
in our accomplishments
look at our decadence
gone, like Frank Sinatra
like Elvis and his mom
like AL Pacino's cash nothing lasts in this life
my highschool dreams are gone
my childhood sweets are gone
life is a day that doesn't last for long
life is more than money
time was never money
time was never cash,
life is still more than girls
life is more than hundred dollar bills
and roto-tom fills
life more than fame and rock and roll and thrills
all the riches of the kings ends up in wills
we got information in the information age
but do we know what life is
outside of our conveinent Lexus cages
she said he said live like no tomorrow
every moment that we borrow
brings us closer to the God who's not short of cash
hey Bono i'm glad you asked
life is still worth living, life is more that we are
I know he's somehow making a nod to Bono's statement in BTBS from Rattle and Hum - but the 'I'm glad you asked' part has me confused. Bono obviously made a statement, not a question with the God/cash comment. If he's 'answering' Bono's question in the last line, do you think he's talking about some u2 song? I'm just trying to decipher this code
Switchfoot is a great new up-and-coming Christian band that has had some crossover into mainstream. My husband has had their album "The Beautiful Letdown" for awhile now, and hasn't shared it much for me to have a listen. They have a song called "Gone" that I know from radio play. Normally, they cut the song before it completely ends, and today I had it up loud and heard it all the way to the end. Here's the lyrics to the song, I'll bold the end part in question:
"Gone" by Switchfoot
she told him she'd rather fix her makeup
than try to fix what's going on
but the problem keeps on calling
even with the cellphone gone
she told him that she believes in living
bigger than she's living now
but her world keeps spinning backwards
and upside down
don't say so long, you're not that far gone
Don't spin today away, 'cause today will soon be
gone, like yesterday is gone,
like history is gone,
just try and prove me wrong
and pretend like you're immortal
she said he said live like no tomorrow
every day we borrow
brings us one step closer to the edge (infinity)
where your treasure, where's your hope
if you get the world and lose your soul
she pretends like she pretends like she's immortal
don't say so long
and throw yourself wrong
this could be your big chance to makeup
today will soon be
gone, like yeterday is gone,
like history is gone,
the world keeps spinning on,
your going going gone,
like summer break is gone,
like saturday is gone
just trying to prove me wrong
and pretend like your immortal
we are not infinite
we are not permanate
nothing is immediate
we're so confident
in our accomplishments
look at our decadence
gone, like Frank Sinatra
like Elvis and his mom
like AL Pacino's cash nothing lasts in this life
my highschool dreams are gone
my childhood sweets are gone
life is a day that doesn't last for long
life is more than money
time was never money
time was never cash,
life is still more than girls
life is more than hundred dollar bills
and roto-tom fills
life more than fame and rock and roll and thrills
all the riches of the kings ends up in wills
we got information in the information age
but do we know what life is
outside of our conveinent Lexus cages
she said he said live like no tomorrow
every moment that we borrow
brings us closer to the God who's not short of cash
hey Bono i'm glad you asked
life is still worth living, life is more that we are
I know he's somehow making a nod to Bono's statement in BTBS from Rattle and Hum - but the 'I'm glad you asked' part has me confused. Bono obviously made a statement, not a question with the God/cash comment. If he's 'answering' Bono's question in the last line, do you think he's talking about some u2 song? I'm just trying to decipher this code
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