You Mock Me - Propaganda

I normally would accompany posting a song with some personal thoughts but I think today I will simply let the lyrics be the topic of conversations. Listen and read and let the poetic power of a hurting man speak to your soul.

And I asked you to be a symbol of the strength that was once given

Yet you mocked me

Oh, the mockery

And I place so much confidence in the lessons I swear you taught me

Yet you mock me

Oh, the mockery

You taunt me about glory days

You say my best is yet behind me

You just bring up old stuff; our relationship is so unhealthy

So codependent, you cut me

Down

You blame me, I blame me

And I'm a man and I won't crack and I won't show emotions right

I do just like my daddy did and his did

I bury you

I build me a mausoleum with a storage unit attached to it just for you

And I've grown so very weary at failing to make you stay there

I hate it when you show up at my functions; you're so pompous

And without an ounce of shame, you almost ruined my marriage

You mocked me

Oh, the humanity

And I try to upgrade the way I speak and raise my daughter

But every time I open my mouth, all I hear is my father

And the same foolish pride and pitfalls that he installed

Leap through my pores like, "Poor me", so annoying

And I place so much faith in you, but you let me down

I see my own eyes in my eight-year-old when I correct her

Why won't you go away?

You smirk as you chase me

You a coy Helen of Troy that toys with emotions

And feeble-brained boys like me fall for it every time

You mock me

And I'll probably do my best to convince you that I'm the victim

And you just don't believe me

You insist you are me

And I've ran and I've ran, yet your stride is identical

Every step I took, your foot fit right in it

Why can't I shake you?

I just can't shake you

You are my past

Why won't you stay there?

You that pain that guides us

Strings that tie us

That coincidence that proves to us God's existence

The joy I misplaced

Beautiful mistakes

A scarlet thread

My crimson cord

All is Great in Singapore,
Paul Shackelford

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I have been reading a book about the arts and Christians role in creating culture. Steve Turner, the author, asserts a major critique that modern Christian art does not speak about real life. The art created does not sound genuine or have any ties to real life that people outside the faith can connect with. While reading the book I listened through this album and I think that this song does a great job of breaking the mold. The members of Needtobreathe are all outspoken followers of Jesus but very little of the art that they produce mentions Jesus or Christianity at all. Instead they craft creative music, written from places of pain and joy. "Rise Again" steps through pain that occurs in life as we see relationships stretched and torn. The bitterness of broken hearts and friendships is then contrasted with the truth that we will get up from this pain and rise again. "I can see us moving on, I can feel that coming on strong", the joy that comes after the

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This song has so much power, even if you remove the lyrics. I just decided to take in the full potential of the song by turning the stereo all the way up and playing the song a few times. Before even looking for a video of this song I knew it was related to the Civil War and the separation that occurred between loved ones. This song starts out explaining the battle field and how the soldier has survived the terrors of war. As the song continues to build you can tell that the soldier wants to be with his love. They have been separated by this war and now he wants to be back with her. The last few lines portray his death and how he has been reunited with his "True Love". I believe that this song describes his "True Love" as God, our eternal True Love. He has returned to his maker after being killed in Battle and this song paints that picture so well. This song has tons of power in the music behind the lyrics, it adds so much to the meaning of this song!

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