Would You Change?
Every once in a while a song really catches my attention and ends up being a good aid to prayer. This week it was Tracy Chapman's new song "Change":
If you knew that you would die today, saw the face of God and love, would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that love could break your heart, when you’re down so low that you cannot fall, would you change?
Would you change?
How bad, how good, does it need to get?
How many losses?
How much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around.
Makes you try to explain.
Makes you forgive and forget.
Makes you change.
Makes you change.
If you knew that you would be alone, knowing right, being wrong, would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that you could find a truth that brings a pain that cannot be soothed, would you change?
Would you change?
How bad, how good, does it need to get?
How many losses?
How much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around.
Makes you try to explain.
Makes you forgive and forget.
Makes you change.
Makes you change.
Are you so upright that you can defend, if it comes to blows?
Are you so sure you won’t be crawling?
If not for the good, why risk falling?
Why risk falling?
If everything you think you know, makes your love unbearable, would you change?
Would you change?
If you’ve broken every rule and vow, and hard times come to bring you down, would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that you would die today,
If you saw the face of God and love,
Would you change?
Would you change?
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you saw the face of God and love,
If you saw the face of God and love,
Would you change?
Would you change?
Well, would you, punk? [editorial addition]
If you knew that you would die today, saw the face of God and love, would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that love could break your heart, when you’re down so low that you cannot fall, would you change?
Would you change?
How bad, how good, does it need to get?
How many losses?
How much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around.
Makes you try to explain.
Makes you forgive and forget.
Makes you change.
Makes you change.
If you knew that you would be alone, knowing right, being wrong, would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that you could find a truth that brings a pain that cannot be soothed, would you change?
Would you change?
How bad, how good, does it need to get?
How many losses?
How much regret?
What chain reaction would cause an effect?
Makes you turn around.
Makes you try to explain.
Makes you forgive and forget.
Makes you change.
Makes you change.
Are you so upright that you can defend, if it comes to blows?
Are you so sure you won’t be crawling?
If not for the good, why risk falling?
Why risk falling?
If everything you think you know, makes your love unbearable, would you change?
Would you change?
If you’ve broken every rule and vow, and hard times come to bring you down, would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that you would die today,
If you saw the face of God and love,
Would you change?
Would you change?
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you saw the face of God and love,
If you saw the face of God and love,
Would you change?
Would you change?
Well, would you, punk? [editorial addition]
posted by Mark Mossa, SJ at 2:03 AM
2 Comments:
Hey Mark. I ran across another blog with a post about the same song - http://hereticscorner.typepad.com/kinesis/2005/07/tracy_chapman_c.html#comments. Great minds?
I haven't heard this song yet. Are they playing it on the radio? I don't let myself buy music these days - trying to simplify you know :)
Susan,
The album is not out yet, but they are playing this song already on the radio. It is also available for download (99 cents) on Itunes, where you can also get a sample of the song for free. It's a good song, can't get out of my head this week.
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