As an awaken JW, what do you think this song is about?

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  • OneDayillBeFree
    OneDayillBeFree

    Throughout my awakening to TTATT, I've realized how much I seem to connect things like movies, art, and music to the organization. And so, recently as I was coming home from work I heard this song on a college radio station where different kinds of music are played all day.

    It's called Ya Hey. I thought it was a really interesting name for a song but then upon hearing the lyrics noticed that there was more to it than just a nice catchy song.

    Here is the link to their official lyric video. If you hear it, please listen and read closely.

    Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-BznQE6B8U

    Also, during the chorus, theres parts that are sung in a way that make it hard to understand, thats why theres a question mark there, but I went and bought the CD and in the lyric booklet he sings, "Ya-hey Ut Deo" which is latin for to god.

    Here are the lyrics just in case the vid does'nt work.

    Oh, sweet thing
    Zion doesn't love you
    And Babylon don't love you
    But you love everything
    Oh, you saint
    America don't love you
    So I could never love you
    In spite of everything

    [Pre-Chorus]
    In the dark of this place
    There's the glow of your face
    There's the dust on the screen
    Of this broken machine
    And I can't help but feel
    That I've made some mistake
    But I let it go
    Ya Hey (x3)

    [Chorus]
    Through the fire and through the flames
    (Ya hey x2, Ut Deo, ya hey x2)
    You won't even say your name
    (Ya hey x2, Ut Deo, ya hey x2)
    Through the fire and through the flames
    You won't even say your name
    Only "I am that I am"
    But who could ever live that way?
    (Ya Hey x2)
    Ut Deo, Ya Hey
    Ut Deo, Deo

    [Verse 2]
    Oh, the motherland don't love you
    The fatherland don't love you
    So why love anything?
    Oh, good God
    The faithless they don't love you
    The zealous hearts don't love you
    And that's not gonna change

    [Pre-Chorus]
    All the cameras and files
    All the paranoid styles
    All the tension and fear
    Of a secret career
    And I think in your heart
    That you've seen the mistake
    But you let it go
    Ya Hey (x3)

    I personally believe that the singer is having trouble accepting the way god is leading to agnosticism or maybe atheism. I came to this conclusion not only from this song, as many of the other songs also connect with this thought. There's a song called unbelievers where he says "girl you and I will die unbelievers".

    Now am I looking to much into this? I dont know. It's a lazy, rainy sunday today and I felt like looking into this. Your thoughts and comments are welcome!

    OneDayillBeFree

  • OneDayillBeFree
    OneDayillBeFree

    forgot to paste the last part of the song... here it is

    [Chorus Annotate ]

    [Middle 8]
    Outside the tents, on the festival grounds
    As the air began to cool, and the sun went down
    My soul swooned, as I faintly heard the sound
    Of you spinning "Israelites"
    Into "19th Nervous Breakdown"

    [Chorus]

    [Refrain]
    Through the fire and through the flames
    You won't even say your name
    Only "I am that I am"
    But who could ever live that way?
    (Ya Hey x2)
    Ut Deo, Ya Hey
    Ut Deo, Deo

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