Written by: Aaron Tate
Appears on: Long Line of Leavers
Lyrics:
No one would love me
if they knew all the things I hide
My words fall to the floor
As tears drip through the telephone line
And the hands I’ve seen raised to the sky
Not waving but drowning all this time
I’ll try to build an ark that they need
To float to you upon the crystal sea
Give me your hand to hold
‘Cause I can’t stand to love alone
And love alone is not enough to hold us up
We’ve got to touch your robe
So swing your robe down low
Swing your robe down low
The prince of despair’s been beaten
But the loser still fights
Death’s on a long leash
Stealing my friends to the night
And everyone cries for the innocent
You say to love the guilty too
And I’m surrounded by suffering and sickness
So I’m working tearing back the roof
And the pain of the world is burden
And it’s my cross to bear
And I stumble under all the weight
I know you’re Simon standing there
And I know you’re standing there
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What it Means:
In this song, Aaron shares his frustration about not being able to make as big of a difference as he would like to in this world. He realizes that it will take more than his love for his friends and for others to change things the way he wants to, he needs God’s help.
“And the hands I’ve seen raised to the sky (are) not waving but drowning all this time”…This line refers to the poem “Not Waving But Drowing”, by the American poet Stevie Smith. Read the poem here.
“Death’s on a long leash stealing my friends to the night”…like it says in the previous line, although Satan’s fate is sealed, he is still at work on a “long leash”. The “friends to the night” quote is said to be inspired by Dylan Thomas’ poem, “Do Not Go Gentle into that Dark Night”. To read this poem, click here.
“So I’m working tearing back the roof”…this line refers to the friends who tore through a roof to get their sick friend to Jesus in Mark 2.
“I know you’re Simon standing there”…Just like Simon of Cyrene, the man who carried Jesus’ cross the rest of the way when Jesus was to weak to carry it (Matthew 27:32), Jesus is here to help us bear our burdens when they become too much for us to handle.
“We’ve got to touch your robe/So swing your robe down low”…probably refers to the story in Luke 8 about the woman with the blood issue who was healed by touching Jesus’ robe and believing that He would heal her.
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