Life Uncommon by Jewel - have u heard it?

by Beck_Melbourne 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  Beck_Melbourne

  I heard this song called Life Uncommon by Jewel...it describes how I feel about my exit from the borg, and leaving my JW mother, sister, friends etc. Just reading the words isn't quite the same as hearing the song, so if you get a chance to download the mp3, please tell me what you think. Cheers.

  Beck

  Don't worry mother, it'll be alright
  And don't worry sister, say your prayers and sleep tight
  It'll be fine lover of mine
  It'll be just fine
  
  Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom
  No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to he free from
  Fill your lives with love and bravery
  And you shall lead a life uncommon
  
  I've heard your anguish, I've heard your hearts cry out
  We are tired, we are weary, but we aren't worn out
  Set down your chains, until only faith remains
  Set down your chains
  
  And lend your voices only to sounds of freedom
  No longer lend your strength to that
  which you wish to be free from
  Fill your lives with love and bravery
  And we shall a life uncommon
  
  There are plenty of people who pray for peace
  But if praying were enough it would have come to be
  Let your words enslave no one and the heavens will hush themselves
  To hear our voices ring out clear
  With sounds of freedom
  Sounds of freedom
  
  Come on you unbelievers, move out of the way
  There is a new army coming and we are armed with faith
  To live, we must give
  To live
  
  And lend our voices only to sounds of freedom
  No longer lend our strength to that which we wish to be free from
  Fill your lives with love and bravery
  And we shall lead...
  Lend our voices only to sounds of freedom
  No longer lend out strength to that which we wish to he free from
  Fill your lives with love and bravery
  And we shall lead a life uncommon
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  Mimilly

  Yes, Jewel is one of my fave artists. That song is definitely a great one. One of the other ones I like is "Hands".

  Beck - dl the song by Luba called 'Let it go'. The lyrics are amazing and very in tune with leaving the borg.

  Mimilly
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  Beck_Melbourne

  Thanks Mimilly...I will check it out...I haven't heard of Luba...I will let you know what I think.

  Jewel's new song Standing Still is another good one...check that one out of you don't already have it and Hands is definitely one of her best.

  Beck
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  In_between_days

  Hi Beck,

  Since you are Australian, you may know the song I relate to leaving....

  The fantastic Brissie based band "George" and the title is:

  "Special Ones"

  (THINK OF THE G.B WHILE READING)

  is'nt it funny how you never really screamed at my face
  but your anger so unspoken and unchannelled permeates my essence
  to the point where i dont want to see you hear you, be anywhere near you
  you probably think im threatened by you but your illusionary power does'nt threaten me
  actually i think it's kind of funny that you create an illusion that is a mirror
  i dont appreciate you and i know that that surprises you
  i suppose you think that those who follow their heart always win
  those with integrity have won the fight before it's begun

  so rather than being kicked around, i'm going to kick you to the curb
  so rather than being pushed around, im going to push you away first
  so rather than trying to protect you, i'm going to to cover my bases first
  so rather than trying to open my heart, i'm going to lock it with a key so that only the special ones can ever get through to me.

  Some can see beyond the barrier of threshold
  whereas others can't see beyond their sculptured mould
  you could offer me nothing, you could offer me nothing that i need
  do you think i'm asking too much?
  a kind of respect and trust that should never be questioned
  how can i open my heart with dishonesty sitting next to me?
  i've honored your honor to the point of embarrassment
  but innocence in the hands of the guilt free is kicked to the curb,
  i was ashamed of my innocence
  but now i see that your bullshit is just not worthy of me

  i don't want to be angry....
  this is not worthy of me and now with clarity i see that i can walk away,

  I CAN WALK AWAY....

  very inspiring, a great song.

  This is kind of a good idea for a thread, "Songs that remind you of the borg"

  We could have a kind of virtual camp fire sing - a - long!!
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  Mimilly

  Here's the words to Luba'a Let It Go (the remix is the best dl)

  Too many doubts
  too much fear
  too much danger
  when society constructs
  our human nature
  live by the rules
  live by the laws
  live by commandments
  notions preconceived
  can lead to utter madness

  [chorus]
  Let it go
  Let it go
  Let it free your body
  Let it move your soul
  Let it go
  We are made
  we are not born

  Learn to convert
  learn to assert
  learn to abandon
  ideologies and
  disciplines at random
  lay down the rules
  lay down the laws
  lay down commandments
  lift the sanctions
  that restrict this woman's madness

  repeat chorus

  uniformity
  conventionality
  is the fate of our existence
  keep it safely at a distance
  nonconformity
  unconventionality
  is the fate to be
  let your hair down
  can't you say

  repeat chorus
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  Beck_Melbourne

  In between....I don't know the group...from brissy you say...I'll try and download the mp3 if I can find it...but the lyrics are right on. I would like to hear the tune...same with Luba's song Mimilly.

  Leaving the borg/WT was quite an emotional thing for me as it represented freedom from oppression which this particular song by Jewel seemed to capture for me. And where she says "No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from"...that is so real.

  Beck

  ...putting another log on the fire and strumming her gueeetarr
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  Pierced Angel

  Have you read any of Jewel's poetry?
  I did a while back, it's all very good.
  I found some online at
  http://www.foolishgames.com/jewel/poetry/poy/index.html

  I'm going to look for Luba's song too.