Out of all the bands that I enjoy, I think that Relient K presents the most outstanding lyrics. They have done this for years and in my opinion their Mmhmm record is the most lyrically amazing album out there (Casting Crowns' Lifesong is a close second). Relient K recently released their latest album 5 Score and Seven Years Ago and this song is from that album. The band notes that restoration can be a difficult part of life but, if we allow Him, God can bless us even through devastation. We are not reformed to a life immediately hole, or complete (and I don't think that is God's promise), but from the shell of who we once were we can start anew through Christ.
Devastation And Reform
Fear can drive stick
And it's taking me down this road
A road down which I swore I'd never go
And here I sit
Thinking of God knows what
Afraid to admit I might self-destruct
So lock the windows
And bolt the door
Cuz I've got enough problems
Without creating more
I feel like I was born
To devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started
Usually I'll cause my own first hit
It seems to me to be slightly masochistic
But there'd be no story
Without all this dissension
So I inflict the conflict
With the utmost of contemption
So lock the windows
And bolt the door
Cuz I've got enough problems
Without creating more
I feel like I was born
To devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started
Thank you God
For giving me the insight
So I might make
These wrongs right
If and when
There ever is a next time
Cuz failure is a blessing in disguise
Pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started
The shell of what I had when I first started
I feel like I was born
To devastation and reform
Destroying everything I loved
And the worst part is
I pull my heart out, reconstruct
And in the end it's nothing but
The shell of what I had when I first started
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Wait a second, Are you saying that if I allow Christ, aka... "the round peg," to fill my life that I won't actually be made complete, and that he actually isn't a "round peg"?
Great lyrics man, looking foward to hearing that song soon. I completely understand where they are coming from. It seems like I constantly find myself wondering how the HELL I got back to this place. And that the only ones I really hurt are the ones I love.
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