some inspiration for the day

Hey all. So it got cold, eh?

I've been a bit out of the loop as of late in the blogosphere, it's been busy. Getting used to fighting colds and passing it to two people instead of one in my house now. But, Luke is a trooper, so he's doing pretty good with the whole fight a cold thing. Anyways, I remember a while back I'd talked about the need to recommend a song, and I mentioned it to a friend the other day. I think it's lyrically one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard. You can read 'em in a minute, I'll get there. And while I think that there is so much wonderful about this song, and I could go on and on about how great it is, I understand the value of subjectivity in viewing art. So, here's them playing live somewhere, check it out, and check out their website (www.sleepingatlast.com). 

I can't even explain how amazing this song is and how it encourages me. This thing is deep.

As promised, here are those lyrics.

When the world welcomes us in,
We’re closer to Heaven than we’ll ever know.
They say this place has changed,
But strip away all of the technology
And you will see
That we all are hunters,
Hunting for something that will make us okay.

Here we lay alone in hospital beds,
Tracing life in our heads;
But all that is left
Is that this was our entrance and now it’s our exit,
As we find our way home.

All the blood and all the sweat
That we invested to be loved
Follows us into our end,
Where we begin to understand

That we are made of love,
And all the beauty stemming from it.
We are made of love,
And every fracture caused by the lack of it.

“You were a million years of work,”
Said God and His angels, with needle and thread.
They kissed your head and said,
“You’re a good kid and you make us proud.
So just give your best and the rest will come,
And we’ll see you soon.”

All the blood and all the sweat
That we invested to be loved
Follows us into our end,
Where we begin to understand

That maybe Hollywood was right:
When the credits have rolled and the tears have dried,
The answers that we have been dying to find
Are all pieced together and, somehow, 
Made perfectly mine.

We are made of love,
And all the beauty stemming from it.
We are made of love,
And every fracture caused by the lack of love

Live deeper.