I got called into work this morning to cover for someone who was ill.

The day went fast and well but it, of course, prevented me from doing the stuff I had planned.

Anyway tonight I am having fun just chilling out and relaxing on the couch watching the Skillet – Comatose Comes Alive DVD. Each time I watch the DVD I get something else out of it, mainly the power of the lyrics, songs you hear again and again but never quite grasp just how powerful the underlying lyrics are:

I lie here lifeless
In this cocoon
Shedding my skin cause
I’m ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don’t believe that it’s gotta be this way
The worst is the waiting
In this womb I’m suffocating

Feel your presence filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take you in
I’ve died

Rebirthing now
I wanna live for love wanna live for you and me
Breathe for the first time now
I come alive somehow
Rebirthing now
I Wanna live my life wanna give you everything
Breathe for the first time now
I come alive somehow

Excerpt from Rebirthing, Skillet.

I saw angels fall down
at the glory of the Lord
and as I raise my hands I see

I saw angels fall down
at the glory of the Lord
and as I hit the ground I see

And I fall down
afraid and shaking here
And I fall down
perfectly safe in you

I saw angels fall down
at the glory of the Lord
the hurt and the broken find rest here

I saw angels fall down
at the beauty of the Lord
and as I kneeled I cried to know Him

Angels Fall Down

Before the final song lead singer John Cooper gives a powerful message about the meaning of the word comatose to the band. I have transcribed the key parts of it here:

The word comatose means the state of being in a coma. And the reason we called the record that is because I have two small children and I am all of a sudden realising the things that my kids are going to go live and go through that I never dreamt of going through. Going to school through metal detectors, me sending my kids to school, in fear of another school shooting, wondering if it is going to happen, when it is going to happen. September 11 the most shocking thing that has happened in my life, wondering when and if another September 11 may happen, another sniper shooting, child abduction, senseless violence. And we called the record comatose because if we don’t wake up out of our commas and realise we are losing this world, we are losing a generation, then we are just going to lose. Everybody is going to lose, we are going to destroy each other, we are just going to burn each other up, and I want you to hear me because this is what I am most excited about with this message, this message is not exclusive to Christians. This is for atheists, agnostics, Christian, Muslims, Jewish people, and anybody in between. If we can all agree this world is getting worse and you all have roles to play to make it a worse place or a better place. All it is going to take is deciding we are going to care more about somebody else than we care about ourselves. And for all of us Christian people here, we have all been talking about changing this world. I say it is time we stop talking about it and just do it. If we actually believe that love is the answer, then we need to start loving people and see what God can do in our country, see what God can do it our world.

Tags: Music, Skillet

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