Message #1783

[Zen]

The current song by Brad Yoder that has been sticking in my head, and repeating on my car stereo, is "Famous".

It is a bit religious, and I am an atheist, so it may seem odd that I really love this song, but I think it speaks volumes about the warped priorities of modern society... Also, the verse immediately after the first chorus makes me think of Gen and Cirno (and a girl I knew before I met my wife... we tried dating, but decided that we were "better off as friends". She is still a friend, though she lives a ways away and we only see each other every three or four years. She was in our wedding party though, since she became one of my wife's best friends as well after she and I started dating. She was the only bride's maid from our college in the wedding party actually. Our other college friends did other things like being hostesses at the reception, singing, and stuff like that, but she was our closest female friend in college... )

    I've got this theory about religion
    back in the old days you knew God was watching everything,
    and if he's watching then your life matters
    he might be backstage, maybe he's just outside the ring..

    I've got this theory, now that religion
    has been demoted to just another channel on TV,
    the only people who seem to matter
    are those whose faces are pasted onto big and little screens

        if you were famous, would your life matter?
        would you be happy, or would the limelight make you sadder?
        God was famous, but they wouldn't let him be,
        now we've got more famous people than we need..

    I've got this theory that I could love you,
    and not so badly if I must say so myself,
    you've seen me shabby, and that's not pretty,
    but you still like me, and you know when to give me hell,

        and if you loved me would my life matter?
        would you be happy, or would I only make you sadder?
        Jesus loves you, and they nailed him to a tree?
        I'm about as happy as I'm gonna be?

            to all the strangers in all the houses
            turn off the TV, rise from your couches,
            out in the twilight the day's receding
            with all of your might, while your heart's beating, sing..

    I've got this theory that we're all lonely
    from the famous and the aimless to the pointless and the homely
    let's be lonely all together,
    that could be lovely, it would be better

        if you were famous, would your life matter?
        would you be happy, or would it only make you sadder?
        God's not famous anymore, but she loves this world for free,
        I'm about as famous as I wanna be, you know I'm
        just about as famous as I wanna be