Interpretation of Lyrics "Come Away to the Water"

This is the second edition of my interpretation of lyrics.  This edition is a song off of the Hunger Games soundtrack.  It sung by Maroon 5 and Rozzi Crane. (http://youtu.be/LOGruCzgNfI) And this might be a little boring because I may have shared my thoughts on this before with you personally.  (Mom :)  )
 This post seriously has taken me a while to write because my mind has been blown.  
Why? Because in my quest to find out the author of this wonderful song, I discovered that it was written by Glen Hansard.  Here is a link to his version.  http://youtu.be/_Uq-awEc_-Y
O my Word.   If you don't know who this amazing man is.  He is part of the genius behind the song "Falling Slowly." Which has gotten increasingly popular this past year or so.  Just listen to the music of Once, now a broadway musical that I would love to see.  SO GOOD.  The music itself is fabulous as well as the vocals.   Words cannot describe how much I love that music.
Okay now that I'm done ranting about Glen Hansard, let me begin ranting about how beautiful Adam Levine's voice is.  One of my favorite male vocalists ever.  Period.  He also is a wonderfully talented musician.  I love listening to his beautiful voice. I even have a playlist on my iTunes that is called "Adam Levine's beautiful voice"  He is also half the reason why I watch the Voice.  The other half is Blake Shelton. :)
Oh but my ranting is not done.  I also love the Hunger Games. I've read all the books, watched the movie in theaters, and have a shirt.  Good books.  Read them if you have the chance.  Aparrently Glen wrote the song from the perspective of Cato.  This totally makes sense (if you a Hunger Games fan).  Mind blown again.  Okay, ranting and raving is done.
Now, I have listened to both versions and browsed some of the comments on Glen's version and happen to agree with this comment:
 "I love them both. Maroon 5's style is completely different, so in my mind, although we are talking about the same song, it is very different."  -niva2gr

Many of the comments were saying how Maroon 5's version was to mainstream and a lot of other nasty comments which do not bear repeating ever.  I just love them both.  Would my opinion have been  changed if I had listened to Glen's version first? I don't think it would have been because I still love Maroon 5.  They are both very different and both wonderful.  

Now that that is cleared up on to the lyrics. 

[Verse 1]Come away little lass come away to the water,To the ones that are waiting only for you.Come away little lass come away to the water,Away from the light you that you always knew.We are calling to you.
[Verse 2]Come away little light come away to the darkness,In the shade of the night we will come looking for you.Come away little light come away to the darkness,To the ones appointed to see it through.We are coming for you.We are coming for you.
[Verse 3]Come away little lamb come away to the water,Give yourself so we may live anew.Come away little lamb come away to the slaughter,To the ones appointed to see this through.We are coming for you.We are coming for you.
[Verse 4]Come away little lamb come away to the water,To the arms that are waiting only for you.Come away little lamb come away to the slaughter,To the one appointed to see it through.We are coming for you.We are coming for you.We are coming for you.We are coming for you. 

I think verse 1 can be talking about Mary, mother of Jesus.  She is being beckoned to come watch her son, the light, die. 

Verse 2: about our spiritual lives.  We are constantly being attacked by dark forces but we must keep out lights shining.  

Verses 3 and 4 are about Jesus journey to the cross.  Thinking about the lyrics from a Christian view, the first two lines of verse three are especially powerful.  It was because of our sin that he was nailed to the tree.  

Going back to verse 2.  These dark forces can do nothing to us if we keep our light shining. 

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Won't let Satan blow it out.
I'm gonna let it shine.
Won't let Satan blow it out.
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Hide it under a bushel - NO!
I'm gonna let it shine.
Hide it under a bushel - NO!
I'm gonna let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

-Courts Mcgee

Interpretation of Lyrics "I Run to You"

So, I had this weird mind thing where I interpret the lyrics to a secular song in a religious sense.  I think I'm going to start a series where I give my interpretations to different songs.
This post is Lady Antebellum's "I Run to You."
Before I begin, let me take a moment to rant and rave about Lady Antebellum.  Lady Antebellum is my favorite country group ever.  I love them sooooo much.  I love them more than any country artist or group.  Normally when you are a fan of an artist, there are one or two songs that you dislike.  I have never heard a Lady A song that I have not instantly feel in love with and wanted to listen to it on repeat all day.   The music is so good and the vocals are amazing.   Gah I love them.   Here is a link to the video if you care to have a listen to the original song. http://youtu.be/Rs38lKxmtI4
Now to the lyrics.
I run from hate
I run from prejudice
I run from pessimists
But I run too late

I run my life
Or is it running me?
Run from my past, I run too fast
Or too slow it seems

When lies become the truth
That's when I run to you

[Chorus]
This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you, baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to
I run to you

We run on fumes
Your life and mine
Like the sands of time
Slippin' right on through
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/lady_antebellum/i_run_to_you.html ]
And our love's the only truth
That's why I run to you

Now I know this is a lovely love song.  And I love it for that but I also think it can symbolize our relationship with God. 

First Verse:

We can try to avoid prejudice, pessimists or trials in our life.  But sometimes we are faced with trials of many kinds.   "I run my life or is it running me?" We say we are in control but it can seem that we have no control of what is going on.  When we can't tell right from wrong anymore we turn to Him.  

Chorus:

The world keeps on turning and it seems like there is a new disaster waiting for us.  But if we turn our eyes on God we can pull through it.  

    My alternate lyrics:

               "This world keeps on spinning faster

                  Into a new disaster so I run to You

                  I run to you Jesus

                  And when it all starts coming undone

                 Jesus  you're the only one I run to

                   I run to You."

Last Verse & Tag:

We can run on prayers and the love of God just like the children of Israel.  

"And our love's the only truth, That's why I run to you. "  God's love is the only truth and the one thing that we can be sure will never fail.  

If we feel like our world is coming undone, all we have to do is keep our eyes on the prize.  An eternity with our heavenly father.  That thought alone should be enough to keep us going no matter how dire our situation may be.  

Courts Mcgee

Love and Obey the Lord.

So this is the first blog post I have written in quite awhile.   Life sure does change quickly whether we realize it or not.  Anyways I want to dedicate this post to talking about the love of God and obeying him.

In my bible reading a came across  chapter 11 of Deuteronomy.  If you get the chance you should read the entire chapter.  As I was reading a few verses stood out.

"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.  Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates, so that your days of your children may be many in the land that the Lord swore to give your forefathers, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth."
     -Deuteronomy 11:18-21(NIV)


The children of Israel were given commandments and told to abide by them and life would be great.  As many people know, they didn't always follow the commands.  We thousands of years later look back on them as a bunch of whiney people that would constantly complain about things.  The Lord would get angry and then the people would repent and everything was a-okay until they started complaining again.

But are we so different?  I know I can get into this rut of "on Sunday you go to church, read your bible everyday, pray before meals and bedtime, etc. "
We may not complain about being in bondage but we might complain about our jobs, our living conditions, and so on.

And what about the good times?  Do we constantly praise God for all the good things he has placed in our lives?  I know I fail to do so.    Hebrews 13:15 says "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise- the fruit of lips that confess his name. "  

Here are some lyrics of a song called Million Voices by BarlowGirl
"How can we be silent
When a fire burns inside of us?
'Cause we're a million strong and getting stronger still
They'll remember we were here
With a million voices breaking silence till
They'll remember we where here."

How awesome would that be if all the Christians in the world joined together in living so differently that people took notice and couldn't resist asking what made that individual so different.  And now a shout out to my Dad's favorite song.  Listen to the Sidewalk Prophet's "Live like That." Really inspiring song.  
Anyway.  What really struck me about these verses is the fact that they were supposed to put reminders everywhere, teach their children, and constantly talk about what they were supposed to do and about, I think, how good the Lord is.  They were constantly reminded about the Lord and the wonderful things he had done for them.  I think in our modern day, we lost something really valueable in not dong that.  My dorm room has scripture verses everywhere.  Mom gave me an envelope with a verses in it that I pick out one a day and hang it on my bulletin board.  I know that I look forward to picking out a verse.  So every time I sit at my desk, I have constant reminders of God's love, promises and things that I should do or act like.  I think we all should have little reminders everywhere of God.  


The Lord that created everything loves us.   He sent he only and beloved son to die a horrible death for each one of us.  How he loves us.

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us, oh,
Oh, how He loves us,
How He loves us all

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us, oh,
Oh, how He loves us,
How He loves us all

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don't have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about the way...

He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us...
Oh, how He loves us...
Oh, how He loves us.

The Lord of all creation loves us so much that he sent his son to die for us.  So what are we going to do?

-Courts Mcgee