Sunday, February 3, 2008

"Careful Not to Draw Your Maps in Pen and Ink"

I may alone in this, but I think that God is giving lyrics to musicans so that I can have my very own life soundtrack. When I first became a Christian, the song was "Worlds Apart" by Jars of Clay. When I found out that I couldn't go to my first choice college, the song was "Forward Motion" by Relient K. When I got my heart broken into a million pieces in college, BarlowGirl came out with "Porcelain Heart." Then, when I started asking some hard spiritual questions after moving to Seattle, the song was "Fade Away" by the OC Supertones.
So, lately I've been listening to "The Cobalt Season." (Awesome band, check them out on iTunes.) They have given me the new song for this season in my life. I've put the lyrics below for you to enjoy...

You are gonna change your mind someday
So just let go of all your thoughts on tomorrow
You may find your bearings in disarray
Though you may lead and trip and fall and follow

And all that you thought black will be proved red
Full of life and complication and sorrow
And all that you thought white was in your head
For life is lived in the shadows that we borrow

And I’ll look far, but may see nothing
And I will thirst, but may not drink
And I will yell to those behind me
“Careful not to draw your maps in pen and ink”

The same road disappears up ahead
Will you ever understand this equation?
The compass in your hand is all but dead
Time to feel your way around this evasion

Read the words again, for you might see
Life where you saw death, a way to your salvation
Best to lay down what you thought was certainty
Freedom’s found in the in that calmed frustration

And I will strain to find a pattern
And hold my breath ’till I’m on the brink
And I will yell to those behind me
“Careful not to draw your maps in pen and ink”

You are gonna change your mind someday
Just let go of all your thoughts