OH THE KILLERS! Thanks to my dear, sweet, roommate Natalie, I have been on this kick that I just can't seem to shake. In 2006, the Killers released their album Sam's Town. Absolutely brilliant. Let me tell you. Actually, don't let me tell you. Go Youtube it for yourself. Anyway, on that album is a song entitled "Why Do I Keep Counting?"
Here's a vid. watch it.
So here is what I love about the Killers. They are phenomenal. Easy enough right? So truthfully, Nat has had me listening to them for about a year, but I could never really feel it. Then one day, we sat down and watched a Blu-ray of their live concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
I was converted.
They are such musicians! They are so sensitive to musical concepts and BOY can those men feel! Passion literally emanates from the stage when they perform. I will see a Killers concert before I die.
So this song. Why Do I Keep Counting? Let's talk about it. To me, this song is Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vanucci, Dave Keuning, and Mark Stoermer, simply pleading for help. What poets. "Father, help me get down! I can make it!" Life is hard. It's beautiful, but it's hard. Trials make us humble. Humility is what brings us to Christ.
They use the line "If I only knew the answer, I wouldn't be bothering You."
I translate this to "Good thing I didn't know the answer or I wouldn't have had this opportunity to come closer to You!!!!!" The whole song is just a big, helpless, emotional prayer.
Food for thought :)
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