Track 6: All Because of You
This song has always been a very interesting piece to me lyrically from Bono. In some instances, it has been speculated that this song is about his relationship with his wife Ali and there are deeper references to his walk with Jesus. If you really break this song down, there are broad references to our walk from the beginning of our birth, to the end of our path on Earth. “I was born a child of grace, everything was ugly but your beautiful face.” I sometimes and know for myself, the world can be a very ugly, sinful place, where we lose connections easily with ourselves and others, and let’s not kid ourselves, this is done by design and on purpose by the enemy and those he hires to work for his kingdom.
Another line that has stuck out to me in the song: “I like the sound of my own voice, I didn't give anyone else a choice, An intellectual tortoise
Racing with your bullet train. Some people get squashed crossing the tracks. Some people got high-rises on their backs. I’m not broke but you can see the cracks. You can make me perfect again. All because of you
All because of you. All because of you. I am, I am.” What is interesting to me in these lines is that I think this brings up the human element of selfishness in general. We all struggle with wanting to be heard and at times, we all can slip into dominance and defensiveness when we are coming from our own agenda’s. I find the line refreshing when we get to that humility and out of pride when we can admit that we have our flaws and cracks, and that Jesus is the one who can “make us perfect,” because without him, we cannot survive, and I think if we are truly honest, that is the true path of a hungry christian. That moment to moment, day by day, sanctification process with the Holy Spirit.
The last line, to me, has had meaning to me at various stages in my life. As we stare at this moment in history, I long for the time when we are out of the anti-life agenda’s in so many institutions on this planet, it takes me back to what it must have been like when God created all humanity in His likeness and image. I long for the return home, with the subtraction of the nonsense and buffoons coming up with the next thing to take out God’s creations. I'm alive, I'm being born. I just arrived, I'm at the door
Of the place I started out from. And I want back inside.” Jesus didn’t promise a walk on Earth free from the control of Rome. It’s our job to do our best and to walk in the Light, yet, a massive part of me is at the door, at the place I started out from and I want back inside. I know many that I talk to are waking up more and more to some of the things that are going on and have that same sense. All we can do right now is to stay focused and ready and to keep our eyes on Jesus. I hope you enjoyed more of a deeper look into this weeks blog.
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