So I decided the other day on my way home from class, that it would be really cool if I took the lyrics of songs that speak to me and share them with all of you. I'll go through each song bit by bit and dig into what each songs says to me. Some of these will be songs on the radio, some will be older, and some will be my own writings. So, to start it all out, I want to introduce you to a fairly new song by the wonderful Francesca Battistelli, called Strangely Dim.
I've had all these plans piled up sky high
A thousand dreams on hold
And I don't know why,
I got a front row seat
To the longest wait
And I just can't see
Past the things I pray
Today
But when I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim
Sometimes where I stand
On this narrow road
Is in a raging storm
Or a valley low
But oh
When I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim
I don't know, I don't know
What tomorrow may hold
But I know, but I know
That You're holding it all
So no matter what may come
I'm gonna fix my eyes on all that You are
'Til every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
Let all my worries fade
And fall to the ground
I'm gonna seek Your face
And not look around
Til the place I'm in
Grows strangely, strangely, strangely dim.
So, the first time I heard the entire song in full, I instantly knew that this song was going to be a song that will get me through a lot of hard times I'm going to face. Very upbeat and springy, but also very real. Francesca definitely does not sugar-coat her feelings in this song. So let's dissect it, shall we?
I've had all these plans piled up sky high
A thousand dreams on hold
And I don't know why,
I got a front row seat
To the longest wait
And I just can't see
Past the things I pray
Today
The first verse is something akin to what I believe many people my age feel. We feel like we've come through this time in our life that we've had planned out by adults, and now that it has come to an end, we wonder what happens next. We, I especially, have all these big dreams and plans that we want to have happen in our lives, and we are not a generation who likes to wait. We want things to happen quickly and we want things now. So when Christians my age get to this point, we look around and feel as if we're not quite adults yet, and yet we're not kids anymore. It's another awkward stage in life, almost as awkward as those dreadful middle school years. When we pray for guidance, and ask God for those dreams that we want to have happen, we end up getting stuck in this cycle of waiting, and a lot of times, waiting can lead to uncertainty an anxiety. I know that right now, I'm waiting for several things. I'm waiting to hear from Current Canada and get my placement e-mail; I'm waiting on graduating; I'm waiting for the right time to pursue a relationship; I'm waiting for a job; I'm waiting to move out and go to a university. There are so many things my generation is waiting for, and we get downhearted by the wait sometimes and can't see past our immediate surroundings to God's bigger picture.
But when I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim
This is the chorus of the song, and it full of spiritual truths. When we turn to God and come to him with every single one of our burdens and we focus solely on Him, everything of this world falls away, and nothing else really matters but Him. Every doubt, every fear, every struggle we deal with, it all fades in comparison with the assurance and hope we have in Christ. All the things we worry about tend to fall by the wayside when we look in God's Word and actively seek His promises and blessings.
Sometimes where I stand
On this narrow road
Is in a raging storm
Or a valley low
But oh
The second verse is pretty self-explanatory. Sometimes, life gets hard. There's no way around it. When we stick to the path God has laid out for us, we are going to go through hard times, whether they be chaotic, or just dark. But that doesn't matter, because God is on our side.
I don't know, I don't know
What tomorrow may hold
But I know, but I know
That You're holding it all
So no matter what may come
The bridge of this song states something that is very obvious and that is told to us several times in the Bible. We don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. We can't see the future. If we could, we might all go crazy. But we have the knowledge that God knows what happens next, even if we don't. All we have to do is simply trust Him, because no matter what happens, we look on the face of God, and he will lead us home.
I've had all these plans piled up sky high
A thousand dreams on hold
And I don't know why,
I got a front row seat
To the longest wait
And I just can't see
Past the things I pray
Today
But when I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim
Sometimes where I stand
On this narrow road
Is in a raging storm
Or a valley low
But oh
When I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim
I don't know, I don't know
What tomorrow may hold
But I know, but I know
That You're holding it all
So no matter what may come
I'm gonna fix my eyes on all that You are
'Til every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
Let all my worries fade
And fall to the ground
I'm gonna seek Your face
And not look around
Til the place I'm in
Grows strangely, strangely, strangely dim.
So, the first time I heard the entire song in full, I instantly knew that this song was going to be a song that will get me through a lot of hard times I'm going to face. Very upbeat and springy, but also very real. Francesca definitely does not sugar-coat her feelings in this song. So let's dissect it, shall we?
I've had all these plans piled up sky high
A thousand dreams on hold
And I don't know why,
I got a front row seat
To the longest wait
And I just can't see
Past the things I pray
Today
The first verse is something akin to what I believe many people my age feel. We feel like we've come through this time in our life that we've had planned out by adults, and now that it has come to an end, we wonder what happens next. We, I especially, have all these big dreams and plans that we want to have happen in our lives, and we are not a generation who likes to wait. We want things to happen quickly and we want things now. So when Christians my age get to this point, we look around and feel as if we're not quite adults yet, and yet we're not kids anymore. It's another awkward stage in life, almost as awkward as those dreadful middle school years. When we pray for guidance, and ask God for those dreams that we want to have happen, we end up getting stuck in this cycle of waiting, and a lot of times, waiting can lead to uncertainty an anxiety. I know that right now, I'm waiting for several things. I'm waiting to hear from Current Canada and get my placement e-mail; I'm waiting on graduating; I'm waiting for the right time to pursue a relationship; I'm waiting for a job; I'm waiting to move out and go to a university. There are so many things my generation is waiting for, and we get downhearted by the wait sometimes and can't see past our immediate surroundings to God's bigger picture.
But when I fix my eyes on all that You are
Then every doubt I feel
Deep in my heart
Grows strangely dim
All my worries fade
And fall to the ground
Cause when I seek Your face
And don't look around
Any place I'm in
Grows strangely dim
This is the chorus of the song, and it full of spiritual truths. When we turn to God and come to him with every single one of our burdens and we focus solely on Him, everything of this world falls away, and nothing else really matters but Him. Every doubt, every fear, every struggle we deal with, it all fades in comparison with the assurance and hope we have in Christ. All the things we worry about tend to fall by the wayside when we look in God's Word and actively seek His promises and blessings.
Sometimes where I stand
On this narrow road
Is in a raging storm
Or a valley low
But oh
The second verse is pretty self-explanatory. Sometimes, life gets hard. There's no way around it. When we stick to the path God has laid out for us, we are going to go through hard times, whether they be chaotic, or just dark. But that doesn't matter, because God is on our side.
I don't know, I don't know
What tomorrow may hold
But I know, but I know
That You're holding it all
So no matter what may come
The bridge of this song states something that is very obvious and that is told to us several times in the Bible. We don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. We can't see the future. If we could, we might all go crazy. But we have the knowledge that God knows what happens next, even if we don't. All we have to do is simply trust Him, because no matter what happens, we look on the face of God, and he will lead us home.
Praising Him,
Emily E.
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