University of Nairobi Oasis Dont Look Back in Anger Song Idea of Forgiveness Essay

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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