Strike That Chord

If you were to go to my car at any point over the past couple weeks you would likely find the new disc from the Rocket Summer in the CD player. (Yeah I'm a high roller... I have a CD player in my car) Well today I was driving and this song came on that made me stop and say "Heck Yeah! That's totally where I'm at." The song? "Run To You" Check it out.

"Run To You"

Turn, look, look out and see

Do you see me?

Because I think I see you.

I've been some other place

The wind that I chase, it all just leads back to you.

Oh how I'm still, so still, it's sobering, but still I ran.

I knew you when I was young

But where am I now that I'm a man?

Run to you, I will run, I will run.

I will move right on through

All of these things that I have done.

And you'll take me back, I don't know why.

I want to say I'll never do it again,

But I can't, but I will try.

Turn, look, look out and see

Do you see me?

Because I think I see you.

I've been some other place

The wind that I chase, it all just leads back to you.

Oh how I miss what you miss, but I will fall time and again.

And I will say that I'm true to you,

But I'm a cheat. I don't understand.

So I'll run to you, I will run, I will run.

I will move right on through

All of these things that I have done.

And you'll take me back, I don't know why.

I want to say I'll never do it again, but I can't

I want to say I'll never do it again, but I can't

I want to say I'll never do it again, but I can't

But I will try.

This song is so totally about me! I sing lies every Sunday in church. I sing about how much I love God, how I'd give anything for him, how I want to serve him daily. But then I cheat... I continually choose other things over God. I will choose to watch TV instead of spending time in my Bible, or I'll let the busyness of Life take over and throw my relationship with God on the back-burner. "I want to say I'll never do it again, But I can't, but I will try." I love that line... That's where I'm at. I think that's what makes a lot of Christian music so unappealing to me... It's too perfect. That's not my life. My life is messy, filled with mistakes, filled with conflicting desires. If artists like Chris Tomlin, MercyMe and Kutless can sing those kind of fluffy, lovey, silky songs and be truthful, more power to them. That's just not where I'm at, and I'm glad The Rocket Summer can identify with that.