Monday, June 15, 2009

why not be utterly changed into fire?

there's a lot i could say about the progression of mewithoutYou's music, having followed it since their first album, and continuing to be a fan over the years, but i'm going to let the music speak for itself. look up the lyrics for a greater understanding of the changes in attitude with each year and each album. i love that you can tell that they have changed as people, and their music reflects that. there has been a true transformation...from suffering to joy, from chaos to peace, from hatefulness to forgiveness.

Year: 2002
Song: Bullet to Binary
Album: A-->B Life
Quote from the song: "Don't you tell us about your suffering! No! Look in our eyes! Look in our eyes!"


Year: 2005
Song: Tie Me Up! Untie Me!
Album: Catch For Us The Foxes
Quote from the song: "Didn't You untie me Lord? And now I haven't even thought about killing myself in almost 5 months."


Year: 2006
Song: The Dryness and the Rain
Album: Brother, Sister
Quote from the song: "I'm gonna take that grain and crush it all together, into the flour of a bread that's small and simple and sincere; as when the dryness and the rain finally drink from one another a gentle cup of mutually surrendered tears."


Year: 2007
Song: Torches Together
Album: Catch For Us The Foxes
Quote from the song: "I'm afraid, and everyone's afraid, and everyone knows it. But we don't have to be afraid anymore."


Year: 2009
Song: Bullet to Binary (Pt. 2)
Album: it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright
Quote from the song: "We all well know, we're gonna reap what we sow. But grace we all know, can take the place of all we owe. So why not? Let's forgive everyone, everywhere, everything, all the time!"

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