Always Something

Over and over again, I make references to the band Switchfoot on this blog. Lyrics, song titles, entire songs, quotations, pictures. I’m sure some of you wonder if I ever listen to anything else. And, I do. But, so often, these songs by this little band from San Diego affect me greatly. They make me angry, cry, want to change, and they make me think. And this thinking is not just about myself, but about life, about the world, about problems we all face, and about so many other things.

Tonight, I am in the process of listening to their first album for the first time. And, with this listening, the invariable punch in the face….

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You (Always Something)
words by Jon Foreman

There’s always something in the way
There’s always something getting through
But it’s not me
It’s You, it’s You

Sometimes ignorance rings true
But hope is not in what i know
It’s not in me
It’s in You, it’s in You

It’s all I know
I find peace when I’m confused
I find hope when I’m let down
Not in me
In You
It’s in you

I hope to lose myself for good
I hope to find it in the end
Not in me
In You
In You

It’s all I know

In You
In You
It’s in You
In You
There’s always something in the way
There’s always something getting through
But it’s not me
It’s You
It’s You
It’s You (It’s all I know)
It’s You (It’s all I know)

~ by Jonathan on August 7, 2007.