So here’s a little tidbit. One of my students was really crabby tonight and actually started crying in the middle of the lesson because she didn’t practice, and I was making her play her songs anyway. I kind of feel like an ogre!
“Lay Down My Guns”
Sanctus Real
Well I just need a place to lay my head
Forget the chain that hangs around my neck
These guns are not as heavy as the hearts they defend
I can’t wait to get back home where I can find some rest
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
Surrender to Love and live again
May this desert reach its end where my new life begins
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
And I have seen the devil in this place
And I lost myself when my friends found the grave
When you’re this far from Heaven
It’s hard to keep the faith
I’m barely holding on
I can’t wait to
Lay down my guns and lift my hands
Surrender to Love and live again
May this desert reach its end where my new life begins
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
And I’m laying down these burdens
Taking off the weights
And I can’t count the miles that I’ve walked to find my way
To lay down these guns
How I need to lay down these guns
Lay down my guns and lift my hands
Surrender to Love and live again
May this desert reach its end where my new life begins
And I’ll abandon my defenses and live to love again
When I lay down my guns and lift my hands
Lay down
Lay down
Lay down my guns
I like this song. It’s astute and makes one think. comment please and tell me what you think.
Clearly, you are an ogre!
Not really. Love you!
About the song–is it supposed to be about the war?
I like that it talks about surrender–surrender to God rather than to man or fatigue or whatever. But I’m also wondering how many miles this fellow could have saved if he’d realized he could lay down his guns and surrender from ANYWHERE “And I can’t count the miles that I’ve walked to find my way To lay down these guns”. I think that a lot of times we try to find our way to God when really He’s the one who travels to us–we have only to surrender, right where we’re at. Then again, if this is in the context of war, maybe that’s not what it meant at all.
The song is in fact about war. “These guns are not as heavy as the hearts they defend” yeah…. I really like this song because it gives both sides of war. it shows how war is a nasty thing, but it’s also worth it. And even if soldiers don’t want to be there, they’re going to keep going because they have a purpose. and they have a goal and they’ll do anything to get to the point where they can lay down their guns and lift their hands.