Monday, January 25, 2010

Song Meaning

When I was younger, I was the biggest fan of Commissioned. For those who don’t know, they are one the pioneers of gospel. Well anyways, I knew all their songs, every word from beginning to end. I could recite them anytime, anywhere. After a few years, I didn’t listen to them that much anymore but they were still important to me. A few years after I had gotten married, they came out with a reunion CD that just made my day. On it was a live version of one my favorite songs, “Ordinary Just Won’t Do”. I had heard this song many times when I was younger but not until this reemergence into my life did I know what it meant.

Have you ever needed someone
A shoulder just to cry on
To ease the agony
And find tranquility

Those are the first words of the song and when I heard that again for the first time, I begin to cry. It wasn’t a superficial cry, it a soul comforting cry. I really needed to hear that at that time in my life and I know that God has a way of putting those things in your life that you need and at the right moment. As I have gotten older, I have learned that people will go in and out of your life and although you may think that a person should be in your life forever they are really only there for a season. I am still learning that as I write this. I would take it personal but the reality is sometimes that is just the way it is. I realized as I have gotten older that songs do have meaning. They are not just words thrown together for entertainment.

On the live version, they begin to break the song down. And it is even more powerful because sometimes hearing someone put into words what you know the song means spiritually but taking it and explaining to where your mind can grasp it can put a whole new light on things.