I don't care much for a lot of Alternative Rock, but one of my favorite bands is Wild Sweet Orange. They are a new band that is gaining steam, partly because they have such enticing lyrics. One of their songs, I thought, would be good for discussion: "Ten Dead Dogs" from their album called We Have Cause To Be Uneasy. While the title may seem morbid, the song has nothing to do with dogs that are dying, but rather, it points to the way we interpret God's will and plan in our lives and in the lives of others. Here are the lyrics:
"I saw ten dead dogs on the side of the roadWhat do you all think about this song?
driving late last night to your apartment
and I thought it was an omen
so I headed on back home and
walked in circles 'round my room
alone.
O my God, is this really what you want?
Would you tell us if it's not?
And could you rewrite the plot
and come and get us?
Yeah, come and get us.
Shivering cold, I woke up in water
and wrapped myself around the toilet seat.
I spoke in tongues and took all my clothes off.
The tops of my fingers
touched the tops of my toes
O my God, is this really what you want?
Would you tell us if it's not?
And could you rewrite the plot
and come and get us?
Cause we can't stop doing
what we think we want,
even though we know it's not.
This place is merely a subplot
to come and get us.
I've never felt this way before.
Am I running away from what
I've always been running towards.
Belief, believe in me, cause I don't know
if reason's ever gonna see why love
would come to die,
to leave.
O my God, is this really what you want?
Would you tell us if it's not?
And could you rewrite the plot
and come and get us?
Cause we can't stop doing
what we think we want,
even though we know it's not.
This place is merely a subplot
to come and get us.
I watched the sky turn from blue
to black to red and yellow too
before the purple dawn was filling up my room.
And for a brief moment,
I heard the whole earth groaning
like there was something
that it needed me to do"
What do you think it is trying to say?
What's right / wrong with the chief message of the song?
Also, here is a link to listen to the song.
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