“Where I belong”, by the Alternative Rock band, Switchfoot. This song presents us, with a man tired of his life on earth, and ultimately longs to be in heaven with his creator. Jon Foreman, the singer, and songwriter of this song grapples with feelings of not belonging, not fulfilling his purpose, and briefly mentions the struggles of being a man of faith in a Faithless World.
In the song ‘Where I Belong” Jon sings the lyrics: Until I die I’ll sing these songs on the shores of Babylon. The term Babylon is an allegory, he is substituting the term this place or his life. Nevertheless, He is comparing the lives of the exiled Jews in Babylon, from the Old Testament of the Bible to himself, a Christian.The Jews were not in a place of belonging, …show more content…
When in Fact, the singer thinks contrasting thoughts with this worldview., and hopes for something better.He presents these thoughts through the lyrics: “ storms on the wasteland, dark clouds on the plains again, we were born into this fight. Along with all the other biblical references, he is referring to “born” as in the term born again. The next lyrics are as follows: “ but I’m not sentimental this flesh and bones is rental and no one makes it out alive, until I die I’ll sing these songs on the shores of Babylon, still looking for a home in a world where I belong, where the weak are finally strong, where the righteous right the wrongs, I’m still looking for a home in a place where I belong. It is blatantly obvious, that Jon is singing about his ideas of what heaven will be. This represented by the lyrics: where the weak are finally strong, where the righteous write the wrongs. Jon sings a theses lyrics also: “ feels like we’re just waiting, waiting While our hearts are just breaking, breaking, it feels like we’re fighting against the tide”. It is implied that he waiting for the world to change, but it's not so his heart is just breaking. He says:” it feels like we’re fighting against the tide” this makes me think he is referring to his Christian faith, where he feels he is fighting against the cultural tide because he more or less
In the song ‘Where I Belong” Jon sings the lyrics: Until I die I’ll sing these songs on the shores of Babylon. The term Babylon is an allegory, he is substituting the term this place or his life. Nevertheless, He is comparing the lives of the exiled Jews in Babylon, from the Old Testament of the Bible to himself, a Christian.The Jews were not in a place of belonging, …show more content…
When in Fact, the singer thinks contrasting thoughts with this worldview., and hopes for something better.He presents these thoughts through the lyrics: “ storms on the wasteland, dark clouds on the plains again, we were born into this fight. Along with all the other biblical references, he is referring to “born” as in the term born again. The next lyrics are as follows: “ but I’m not sentimental this flesh and bones is rental and no one makes it out alive, until I die I’ll sing these songs on the shores of Babylon, still looking for a home in a world where I belong, where the weak are finally strong, where the righteous right the wrongs, I’m still looking for a home in a place where I belong. It is blatantly obvious, that Jon is singing about his ideas of what heaven will be. This represented by the lyrics: where the weak are finally strong, where the righteous write the wrongs. Jon sings a theses lyrics also: “ feels like we’re just waiting, waiting While our hearts are just breaking, breaking, it feels like we’re fighting against the tide”. It is implied that he waiting for the world to change, but it's not so his heart is just breaking. He says:” it feels like we’re fighting against the tide” this makes me think he is referring to his Christian faith, where he feels he is fighting against the cultural tide because he more or less