July 17, 2003
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So today I’ve been listening to Jaded by Mest, and to Amazing by Josh Kelley, and to Take Me Away by Lifehouse, and I’ve come across a new song that I really like. It’s Santana’s “Why don’t you and I” with Alex of the Calling.
I hesitate to say this because I know Heather will yell at me and Andy will ridicule me, but portions of that song are very LDS. No really, hear me out. This is the chorus of that song:
“So I’ll say ‘why don’t you and I get together and take on the world and be together forever. Heads we will and tails we’ll try again’
So I say ‘why don’t you and I hold each other and fly to the moon and straight on to heaven, Cause without you they’re never going to let me in’ . . .”
That would be Celestial Marriage in a nut shell. It’s D&C section 131 with parts of 132 in song form. Compare the chorus of that song with these very distinctly LDS words:
“Families can help bring us the best that life has to offer. Within the family we can also feel the deepest heartache. Families are meant to be together forever and are meant to bring us joy. “
(ie. you and I can get together start a forever family and take on the world together. families)
“Marriage . . . can last through eternity”
(ie. you and I can get together and be together forever. eternal marriage)
“therefore shall a man . . . cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.”
(ie. you and I can hold eachother . . . Moses 3:24)
“and they [a man and wife eternally sealed] shall pass by the angels, and the gods” “and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths”
(ie. why don’t you and I get together, pass by the comsos- like the moon- and inherit the full glory of heaven. D&C 132:19)
“And if he doesn’t [enter the new and everlasting covenant of marriage] he cannot obtain [the highest degree of Heaven]“
(ie. without you Heaven’s never going to let me in. D&C 131:3)
And at the end of the song Alex sings, “And slowly I begin to realize this is never gonna end”
And on www.mormon.org we read, “Your marriage and family do not need to end . . .”
I rest my case, it’s a Mormon song.
Comments (4)
hmmm, i’m not even going to say anything…
and furthermore: 1. your church isn’t the only one that feels that “Families can help bring us the best that life has to offer. Within the family we can also feel the deepest heartache.” 2. “we’ll be together forever” is a very common phrase, and does not always need to be used in a religious sort of way…sometimes it just means that someone loves someone else…hence the song could “just be a love song” and the part about him not getting into Heaven without her, could merely mean that he feels that she is perfect enough and thus could help him into Heaven (note: this idea of grace is why Catholics ask for Saintly intercession….but that doesn’t make it a Catholic song)
but you know i had to say this because i need to bring you back down to Earth after telling you you were right about the “She’s So High” song
ouch
sorry…wasn’t supposed to be a harsh comment..at least no harsher than your interpretation of “the cell block tango” you gave me a long lecture on earlier…