The Setting Sun

I chose to do something different this time. In attempting to describe what the song means to me I realized that the words Jon used do a better job than the words I use. So I decided to rearrange the lyrics to this song in a poem ish manner that I think describes the song well.

I’ve got a wound that doesn’t heal

My wound goes deeper than the skin

My hope runs underneath it all

They’re selling shares of me again

I’m not sure which of me is real

My hope runs underneath it all

Let the weak say I am strong

Let the right say I was wrong

Let us find where we belong

It won’t be long, I belong somewhere past the setting sun. Finally free, finally strong, somewhere back where I belong

My hope runs underneath it all, the day that I’ll be home

It won’t be long, I belong somewhere past the setting sun

As the words unfold, the emotion is expressed via guitars, drums, and some subtle effects. In describing his current state, the author uses phrases like, “I’ve got a wound that doesn’t heal”. So powerful. It’s a state of incompleteness and longing. And the contemplative guitars describe this state about as good as the words. But with hope, the author takes solace in the life that is to come. It’s a life of completeness and beauty, like a setting sun that is beautiful and completes the day.

My hope runs underneath it all, the day that I’ll be home

It won’t be long, I belong somewhere past the setting sun

Such is our hope in Christ