What are some of the rock, pop or Catholic lyrics that you find insightful?

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"When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool

If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat"

–The Who
 
Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Beauty in the River

there’s a beauty in the river
there’s a beauty in the stream
there’s a beauty in the forest at night
when the lonely nightbird screams
and there’s so much time for singin’
and so much time for words
there’s so much time to listen
and so much time to be heard

we must all stand in the water
we must find it when we roam
it don’t matter what is said
we can wake up from the dead
and roll away the stone
we can roll away the stone

there’s a brighter day round the corner
there’s a crown behind the hill
there’s a city of light on that foggy mountain top
where the wind is never still
and there’s so much time in livin’
and so much time to die
there’s so much time for laughin’
and so much time to cry

we must all stand in the water
we must find it when we roam
it don’t matter what is said
we can wake up from the dead
and roll away the stone
we can roll away the stone

there’s a truth in the eyes of my woman
that no mortal ever knew
she lights my way like the coming of the day
when the sun shines on the dew
and there’s so much time for singin’
and so much time for words
there’s so much time to listen
and so much time to be heard

we must all stand in the water
we must find it when we roam
it don’t matter what is said
we can wake up from the dead
and roll away the stone
we can roll away the stone (hallelujah)

we must all stand in the water
we must find it when we roam
it don’t matter what is said
we can wake up from the dead
and roll away the stone
we can roll away the stone (lord lord)

we must all stand in the water
we must find it when we roam
it don’t matter what is said
we can wake up from the dead
and roll away the stone
we can roll away the stone
 
Pickin’ To Beat The Devil – Pure Prairie League

I make my rounds of the country churches
Playing my guitar for free
My repertoire is one hundred nine
Songs to God’s glory

Now, I’m pickin’ to beat the devil
And you know he’s on my tail
But the Lord’s in my fingers and
He won’t let me fail

I found myself in a roadside bar room
I was drinking my time away
Kentucky woman and Tennessee whiskey
It’s gonna be hell to pay

A bore out Chevy and a beat up Martin
Is all I’ve ever owned
My worthless life is dedicated
To bringing God’s children home

Now, I’m pickin’ to beat the devil
And you know he’s on my tail
But the Lord’s in my fingers and
He won’t let me fail

Fourteen songs and a temperance sermon
That’s what a good meal buys
For a little extra there’s a guitar solo
Called, ‘Reward In The Sky’

Now, I’m pickin’ to beat the devil
And you know he’s on my tail
But the Lord’s in my fingers
And He won’t let me fail

Yes, I’m pickin’ to beat the devil
And you know he’s on my tail
And the Lord is in my fingers
And He won’t let me fail
 
“Dire Wolf” – Grateful Dead

In the timbers of Fennario
the wolves are running round
The winter was so hard and cold
froze ten feet neath the ground

Don’t murder me
I beg of you don’t murder me
Please
don’t murder me

I sat down to my supper
T’was a bottle of red whiskey
I said my prayers and went to bed
That’s the last they saw of me

Don’t murder me
I beg of you don’t murder me
Please
don’t murder me

When I awoke, the Dire Wolf
Six hundred pounds of sin
Was grinnin at my window
All I said was “come on in”

Don’t murder me
I beg of you don’t murder me
Please
don’t murder me

The wolf came in, I got my cards
We sat down for a game
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades
but the cards were all the same

Don’t murder me
I beg of you don’t murder me
Please
don’t murder me

In the backwash of Fennario
The black and bloody mire
The Dire Wolf collects his due
while the boys sing round the fire

Don’t murder me
I beg of you don’t murder me
Please
don’t murder me
 
Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus, You’ve got to help me make a stand.
You’ve just got to see me through another day.
My body’s aching and my time is at hand and I won’t make it any other way.
Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I’d see you again.
–James Taylor
 
Dreams – The Allman Brothers Band

Just one more mornin’
I got to wake up with the blues
Pull myself outta bed, yeah
Put on my walkin’ shoes

Went up on the mountain
To see what I could see
The whole world was fallin’
Right there in front of me

'Cause I’ve a hunger for the dreams
I’ll never see
Ahh, help me babe
This will surely be the end of me, yeah

Pull myself together
Put on a new face
Climb down off the hilltop, baby
Get back in the race

'Cause I’ve a hunger for the dreams
I’ll never see
Ahh, help me babe
This will surely be the end of me, yeah

Pull myself together
Put on a new face
Climb down off the hilltop, baby
Get back in the race

'Cause I’ve a hunger for the dreams
I’ll never see
Ahh, help me babe
This will surely be the end of me, yeah
 
He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year
Coming home to a place he’d never been before
Left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
Might say he found a key for ev’ry door

When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin’ by a song
But the string’s already broken and he doesn’t really care
Keeps changin’ fast, it don’t last for long

Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight
Is softer than a lullaby
Rocky Mountain high
Rocky Mountain high

He climbed cathedral mountains
Saw silver clouds below
Saw everything as far as you can see
And they say that he got crazy once
And he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory

Now, he walks in quiet solitude
The forests and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes
His sight has turned inside
Himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

The Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
You talk to God, listen to the casual reply
Rocky Mountain high
Rocky Mountain high

Now his life is full of wonder
But his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down
To bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land

And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky
He know he’d be a poorer man
If he never saw an eagle fly
Rocky Mountain high

Read more: John Denver - Rocky Mountain High Lyrics | MetroLyrics
 
How Great Thou Art!
Worldwide Version (excluding North & South America):
1.
O LORD my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hand hath made;
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy pow’r throughout the universe displayed:

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
2.
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze:
3.
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die - I scarce can take it in:
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:
4.
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home - what joy shall fill my heart!
Then shall I bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God how great Thou art!

Copyright © 1953 Stuart K Hine / The Stuart Hine Trust / Published by Integrity Music UK Worldwide (excl. North and South America).
 
JOHNNY CASH

“We’ll Meet Again”

youtube.com/watch?v=s4IuiQt2ZwQ

We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know
We’ll meet again
Some sunny day

Keep smilin’ thru
Just like you
Always do
'Til the blue skies drive
The dark clouds
Far away

And will you please say hello
to the folks that I know
Tell’em that I won’t be long
And they’ll be happy to know
That when you saw me go
I was singing this song

We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know
We’ll meet again
Some sunny day

[spoken]
Yeah we’ll meet again
I don’t know where

I don’t know when
But I do know
That we’ll meet again
Some sunny day

[spoken]
So Honey
Keep on smilin’ thru
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds
Far away

And would you please say hello
To all the folks that I know
And tell’em I won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know
That when you saw me go
I was singing this song

[with choir]
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know
We’ll meet again
Some sunny day
 
When I get where I’m going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I’m gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly

I’m gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it’s like
To ride a drop of rain

Yeah, when I get where I’m going
There’ll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years

And I’ll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah, when I get where I’m going
Don’t cry for me down here

I’m gonna walk with my grand daddy
And he’ll match me step for step
And I’ll tell him how I missed him
Every minute since he left
Then I’ll hug his neck

Yeah, when I get where I’m going
There’ll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years

And I’ll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah, when I get where I’m going
Don’t cry for me down here

So much pain and so much darkness
In this world we stumble through
All these questions I can’t answer
So much work to do

But when I get where I’m going
And I see my Maker’s face
I’ll stand forever in the light
Of His amazing grace

Yeah, when I get where I’m going
Oh, when I get where I’m going
There’ll be only happy tears
Hallelujah
I will love and have no fear

When I get where I’m going
Yeah, when I get where I’m going
Read more at songlyrics.com/brad-paisley/when-i-get-where-i-m-going-lyrics/#Ujpe0T7RBOpSsLEl.99
 
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
“I’ll Be There/Warren’s Song”

You and I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back
And if you need me, oh I’ll be there

When I was a little boy, my grandfather said to me
He said,“help your friends and neighbors to live in harmony”
When a man walks in darkness and he stumbles right from wrong
You should be his brother and help him along

Take the time to look around, your brother’s on the ground
Please don’t look the other way
Listen to what, what I, what I have to say
When I was a little boy, my grandfather said to me
He said,“help your friends and neighbors to live in harmony”

Haina 'ia mai ana kapuana
When I was a keiki, my tutu kane said to me
He said,“help your friends and neighbors to live in harmony”
When a man walks in darkness and he stumbles right from wrong
You should be his brother and help him all along

I’ll be there to help you through
You’ll have faith in all I do
Just call my name and I’ll be there
Peter Gabriel
“Solsbury Hill”

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
(I) just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
“Son,” he said “Grab your things,
I’ve come to take you home.”

To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho’ my life was in a rut
"Till I thought of what I’d say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
“Hey” he said “Grab your things
I’ve come to take you home.”
(Back home.)

When illusion spin her net
I’m never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don’t need a replacement
I’ll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
“Hey” I said “You can keep my things,
they’ve come to take me home.”
Billy Joel
“All About Soul”

She waits for me at night, she waits for me in silence
She gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain
And so far she hasn’t run, though I swear she’s had her moments
She still believes in miracles while others cry in vain

It’s all about soul
It’s all about faith and a deeper devotion
It’s all about soul
'Cause under the love is a stronger emotion
She’s got to be strong
'Cause so many things getting out of control
Should drive her away
So why does she stay?
It’s all about soul

She turns to me sometimes and asks me what I’m dreaming
And I realize I must have gone a million miles away
And I ask her how she knew to reach out for me that moment
ANd she smiles because it’s understood there are no words to say

It’s all about soul
It’s all about knowing what someone is feeling
The woman’s got soul
The power of love and the power of healing
This life isn’t fair
It’s gonna get dark, it’s gonna get cold
You’ve got to be tough, but that ain’t enough
It’s all about soul

There are people who have lost every trace of human kindness
There are many who have fallen, there are some who still survive
She comes to me at night and she tells me her desires
And she gives me all the love I need to keep my faith alive

It’s all about soul
It’s all about joy that comes out of sorrow
It’s all about soul
Who’s standing now and who’s standing tomorrow
You’ve got to be hard
Hard as the rock in that old rock ‘n’ roll song
But that’s only part, you know in your heart
It’s all about soul
 
Some individual snippets I find have insight:

You can’t always get want you want,
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
You get what you need.
  • “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, The Rolling Stones
To need a woman
You’ve got to know
How the strong get weak
And the rich get poor.
  • “Slave to Love”, Bryan Ferry
 
NEIL YOUNG

“Love Is A Rose”

Love is a rose
but you better not pick it
It only grows when it’s on the vine.
A handful of thorns and
you’ll know that you’ve missed it
You lose your love
when you say the word “mine”.

I wanna see what’s never been seen,
I wanna live that age old dream.
Come on, lads, let’s go together
Let’s take the best right now,
Take the best right now.

I wanna go to an old hoe-down
Long ago in a western town.
Pick me up when my feet are draggin’
Give me a lift and I’ll hay your wagon.

Love is a rose
but you better not pick it
It only grows when it’s on the vine.
A handful of thorns and
you’ll know you’ve missed it
You lose your love
when you say the word “mine”.
Mine, mine.

Love is a rose, love is a rose.
Love is a rose, love is a rose.
 
This song has I feel many Christian themes running through it.
Phrases such as “unconditional love”, "come just as you are, “you are worthy”, “walk through the storm”, “open up your heart” and “will you do the same for me” remind me of some NT passages.

“Unconditionally”

Oh no, did I get too close?
Oh, did I almost see what’s really on the inside?
All your insecurities
All the dirty laundry
Never made me blink one time

Unconditional, unconditionally
I will love you unconditionally
There is no fear now
Let go and just be free
I will love you unconditionally

Come just as you are to me
Don’t need apologies
Know that you are worthy
I’ll take your bad days with your good
Walk through the storm I would
I do it all because I love you, I love you

Unconditional, unconditionally
I will love you unconditionally
There is no fear now
Let go and just be free
I will love you unconditionally

So open up your heart and just let it begin
Open up your heart and just let it begin
Open up your heart and just let it begin
Open up your heart

Acceptance is the key to be
To be truly free
Will you do the same for me?

Unconditional, unconditionally
I will love you unconditionally
And there is no fear now
Let go and just be free
'Cause I will love you unconditionally (oh yeah)
I will love you (unconditionally)
I will love you
I will love you unconditionally

Very inspiring, don’t you think?
 
Rod Stewart & Faces - “TRUE BLUE”

Never been a millionaire
And I tell you, mama, I don’t care
Never gonna own a race-horse
Or a fast back mid-engine Porsche

Don’t think I’ll own a private jet
On the stock exchange, I’m no threat
So won’t you help me make up my mind?

Don’t you think I’d better get myself back home?
Oh yeah

Sitting in the moonlight glow
Excuse me if my feelings show
Watching all the trucks roll by
Dreaming up an alibi

You see, back home I’m considered the fool
But maybe they’re right, I don’t know
So can’t you help make up my mind?

Don’t you think I’d better get myself back home?
Who cares

Daddy says he’ll buy me car
To drive just as far as I need
He wants me back at any expense
He’s got a lot more money than sense

Funny but now that I’m gone
They all wanna be concerned
Oh, please can you make up my mind

Don’t you think I’d better get myself back home?

Just don’t know what to do, oh yeah
Maybe I’ll walk, maybe I’ll ride
Maybe I’ll never ever decide

Get out the way
I gotta get on home

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

I gotta get home as soon as I can
I gotta get home as soon as I can
I gotta get home as soon as I can,

WELCOME HOME SON!
Love, Father God
 
Weapon Of Prayer - The Notting Hillbillies

In that land across the sea there’s a job for you and me
Though our presence there may not be found
We must stay standing there on the battle lines and pray
We must never lay our weapons down

You don’t have to be a soldier in a uniform
To be of service over there
While the boys so bravely stand with their weapons made by hand
Let us trust and use the weapon of prayer

Many thousands miles away someone shed there blood today
With a heart so true and brave they’re gone
To a war that’s yours and mine let us join the battle line
With a weapon that will save our home

You don’t have to be a soldier in a uniform
To be of service over there
While the boys so bravely stand with their weapons made by hand
Let us trust and use the weapon of prayer

And when the planes and tanks and guns have done all that they can do
And the mighty bombs have rained and failed
Still the helpful hand above, on the weapon made of love
And against him none on earth prevail
 
POCO
youtube.com/watch?v=AWnBD6n9j74&feature=kp

“Keep On Tryin’”

I’ve been thinkin’ ‘bout
All the times you told me
You’re so full of doubt
You just can’t let it be, but I know
If you keep comin’ back for more
Then I’ll keep on tryin’
I’ll keep on tryin’

And I’ve been drinkin’ now
Just a little too much
And I don’t know how
I can get in touch with you
Now there’s only one thing for me to do
That’s to keep on trying
To get home to you

And I feel so satisfied when I can see you smile, I
I want to confide in all that is true
So I keep on tryin’
I’m through with lyin’
Just like the sun above, I’ll come shining through
Oh yes I will, I keep on tryin’
I’m tired of cryin’
I got to find a way to get on home to you

I’ve been thinkin’ ‘bout
All the times you held me
I never heard you shout
The flow of energy was so fine
Now I think I’ll lay it on the line
And keep on tryin’
To get home to you

And I feel so satisfied when I can see you smile, I
I want to confide in all that is true
So I keep on tryin’
I’m through with lyin’
Just like the sun above, I’ll come shining through
Oh yes I will
Oh yes, I keep on tryin’
I’m tired of cryin’
I got to find a way to get on home to you
 
This really needs the music and the full chorus behind it, but here goes…

All:
Listening to you, I get the music;
Gazing at you, I get the heat.
Following you, I climb the mountain;
I get excitement at your feet.
Right behind you, I see the millions;
On you, I see the glory.
From you, I get opinions;
From you, I get the story.
 
“The Grudge” by Tool

Wear your grudge like a crown of negativity.
Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.
Desperate to control all and everything.
Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.

Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Justify denials and grip it to the lonesome end.
Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Terrified of being wrong. Ultimatum prison cell.

Saturn ascends, choose one or ten. Hang on or be humbled again.

Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Justify denials and grip it to the lonesome end.
Saturn ascends, comes round again.
Saturn ascends, the one, the ten. Ignorant to the damage done.

Wear your grudge like a crown of negativity.
Calculate what you will or will not tolerate.
Desperate to control all and everything.
Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.

Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control.
Unable to forgive. And we’re sinking deeper.

Defining, confining, sinking deeper. Controlling, defining, and we’re sinking deeper.

Saturn comes back around to show you everything
Let’s you choose what you will not see and then
Drags you down like a stone or lifts you up again
Spits you out like a child, light and innocent.

Saturn comes back around. Lifts you up like a child or
Drags you down like a stone to
Consume you till you choose to let this go.
Choose to let this go.

Give away the stone. Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor.
Give away the stone. Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold.

Let go.
 
"There is a candle in every soul
Some brightly burning, some dark and cold
There is a Spirit who brings a fire
Ignites a candle and makes His home

So Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world
Take your candle, and go light your world

Frustrated brother, see how he’s tried to
Light his own candle some other way
See now your sister, she’s been robbed and lied to
Still holds a candle without a flame

So Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the lonely, the tired and worn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world
Take your candle, and go light your world

Cause We are a family whose hearts are blazing
So let’s raise our candles and light up the sky
Praying to our Father, in the name of Jesus
Make us a beacon in darkest times

So Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the helpless, deceived and poor
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world

Carry your candle, run to the darkness
Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn
Hold out your candle for all to see it
Take your candle, and go light your world
Take your candle, and go light your world"

Written - I believe - by Kathy Troccoli, though I have only really ever heard it performed by South African singer Juanita du Plessis.
 
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