For this assignment, I’d like you to provide 3 examples of songs that are
not explicitly religious but have what you would understand as
theological significance. Please upload one single MSWord .doc or .docx
file.
An example follows below:
“Little Dawn”, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists from the album Shake the Sheets
Lyrics:
Well Little Dawn walks on,
And she thinks she don’t belong under the starry heights
So take a sigh as long as the war’s been going on in your heart tonight
And if you want to make that light, go on and swim across the ocean
And if you want to make it right, go on and put your plan in motion
The gap is only as wide as the hollow of the sky between you, my dear
And the truth, absolute,
Adding naught more profound to it than that you are here
And if you want to keep it bright, well you might have to burn a candle
And if you want to keep it tight, well you might have to learn to handle
But on the days and nights you try to breathe
And you can’t believe you still walk the streets
Stretch out your weary hand to me – it’s alright
And if you’re not content to just believe
And if you don’t consent to just let it be
Stretch out your legs and dance with me all night, tonight
It’s alright
Interpretation
The
song begins with a consideration of human finitude within an apparently
uncaring cosmos. Lyrics referencing a “war going on in your heart
tonight” indicate the presence of doubt as a component of belief. When
else are our hearts so at war with themselves? We move then to a
consideration of what must be done. These tasks can appear impossible
(go on and swim across the ocean) yet have immediate beginnings (go on
and put your plan in motion). Throughout the song, it appears that the
character of “Dawn” may be wrestling with belief and finitude. This is
evidenced as well by the refrain that says “if you’re not content to
just believe and you don’t consent to just let it be”, a powerful
statement about belief and action/inaction and the examination of life.
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