Great sermon Corey. It caused me to realize the beauty of the Jars of Clay tune "Headphones". Up until this morning, I thought it was kinda the "throwaway" tune from their latest CD. How wrong I was. It's so easy to fall in the pattern played out by the characters in this song. Here's a link, and the lyrics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGfrwVxvlMY
I don't have to hear it, if I don't want to I can drown this out, pull the curtains down on you It's a heavy world, it's too much for me to care If I close my eyes, it's not there
With my headphones on
We watch television...but the sound is something else Just a song played against the drama, so the hurt is never felt I take in the war-fires, and I'm chilled by the current events It's so hopeless, but there's a pop song in my
Headphones on, in my headphones on With my headphones on
At the Tube Stop, you sit down across from me (I can see you looking back at me) I think I know you By the sad eyes that I see I want to tell you (It's a heavy world) Everything will be okay You wouldn't hear it (I don't want to have to hear it) So we go our separate ways...
With our headphones on
I don't wanna be the one who tries to figure it out I don't need another reason I should care about you You don't want to know my story You don't want to own my pain Living in a heavy, heavy world And there's a pop song in my head I don't want to have to hear it
Yeah, that pretty much captures it, doesn't it Mike? What a shame if we deal with the media barrage by tuning out human to human contact. Those face-to-face interactions are what define and reinforce our humanity. Wherever two or more are gathered, right? I'd hate to miss Christ because I was headphoned out in my own little world...
I've got to check out this tune. Thanks for sharing it.
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Great sermon Corey. It caused me to realize the beauty of the Jars of Clay tune "Headphones". Up until this morning, I thought it was kinda the "throwaway" tune from their latest CD. How wrong I was.
It's so easy to fall in the pattern played out by the characters in this song.
Here's a link, and the lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGfrwVxvlMY
I don't have to hear it, if I don't want to
I can drown this out, pull the curtains down on you
It's a heavy world, it's too much for me to care
If I close my eyes, it's not there
With my headphones on
We watch television...but the sound is something else
Just a song played against the drama, so the hurt is never felt
I take in the war-fires, and I'm chilled by the current events
It's so hopeless, but there's a pop song in my
Headphones on, in my headphones on
With my headphones on
At the Tube Stop, you sit down across from me
(I can see you looking back at me)
I think I know you
By the sad eyes that I see
I want to tell you (It's a heavy world)
Everything will be okay
You wouldn't hear it (I don't want to have to hear it)
So we go our separate ways...
With our headphones on
I don't wanna be the one who tries to figure it out
I don't need another reason I should care about you
You don't want to know my story
You don't want to own my pain
Living in a heavy, heavy world
And there's a pop song in my head
I don't want to have to hear it
Yeah, that pretty much captures it, doesn't it Mike? What a shame if we deal with the media barrage by tuning out human to human contact. Those face-to-face interactions are what define and reinforce our humanity. Wherever two or more are gathered, right? I'd hate to miss Christ because I was headphoned out in my own little world...
I've got to check out this tune. Thanks for sharing it.
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