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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Broken



Whether or not I can say this and still keep my dignity intact, I'm not sure, but I really like the band Lifehouse, particularly this song, Broken. I think the video is a really good example of how oblivious people are to others around them. The lyrics are great because it of how it portrays how crazy things can get all the time, and how people second guess everything, and realize how fragile people are.

The second verse, I can especially relate to. "The broken locks were a warning/You got inside my head/I tried my best to be guarded/I'm an open book instead." So many times I try to be guarded, and don't let everyone see everything that's going on inside me, but because I'm not very good at setting emotional boundaries, what usually happens is that I will either not let someone in at all, or I give them an all-access pass, and I never shut up. Either that, or I don't let anyone in at all, and hold everything in, until everything spills over the threshold of my inner bottle.

The chorus seems like a prayer I could offer to God just about everyday. To me, it portrays a hurting, broken person trying to hang on to the last shred of hope they have... God.

I guess this song could be categorized as a modern-day Psalm. Yeah, I'm sure it's been flowered and romanticized to some degree, but more than that, it still has the feel of honest desperation, and not wanting to give up hope.

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