One of my Christmas gifts for myself is a copy of Jars of Clay's latest album Good Monsters which I so long desired to have. Yey!
The album is different from their other recordings. Though the "rock" sound remains, there is a touch of country/folk-like music. Actually there's no specific music genre to which Jars of Clay can be associated with because their musicality varies from one recording to another. Nevertheless, I appreciate how they played with the sound.When it comes to the lyrics of the songs, I'm still having a difficult time deciphering the meaning of some of their songs. Well, Jars is known for their poetic approach in songwriting. As written in one of the review about the album in the ChristianityToday website, "Good Monsters [is] best suited for those with a taste for the introspective and impressionistic, as opposed to those who prefer spoon-fed songwriting." The overall tone of the album tries to communicate a profound, what-one-feels message evoking feelings of desperation and loneliness.
With this album, Jars of Clay once again proved that they are indeed one of the best Christian musical artists.
Here is one of the songs in the album -- a duet with Leigh Nash:
Mirrors and Smoke
Jars of Clay (2006)
Jars of Clay (2006)
I'm feeling older than my years
I'm feeling pain inside my chest
It's love that keeps me silent
It's my silence that you detest
Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to kiss your lips, but I know I never will
Love's a hard decision to risk impending choke
But love will keep you wishing
And my heart will keep me broke
I blew flowers, gave you candy to even out the guilt
I sent you greeting cards with messages that I could never write
Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to let you know me
But I know I never will
Love's a contradiction
Many mirrors and smoke
Love will keep you wishing
My heart makes me broke
You will always want me
And I'll always want to leave
Even though I cut your wounds
You still deny they're real
Rivers flow into the ocean
Oceans never fill
I want to lay my life down
But I know you never will
Love's a strange condition
With all the doubts it can invoke
Your love keeps me wishing
And my heart keeps me broke
Baby, don't you cry, 'cause I got it all figured out
You always make me sad
But that's what true love is all about
Rivers never fill the oceans
But oceans always feel
The waters reaching deep inside them
I guess they always will
Love's a constant mission
Truer word were never spoke
Love, it keeps you wishing
My heart, it keeps me broke
Mirrors and smoke
I'm feeling pain inside my chest
It's love that keeps me silent
It's my silence that you detest
Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to kiss your lips, but I know I never will
Love's a hard decision to risk impending choke
But love will keep you wishing
And my heart will keep me broke
I blew flowers, gave you candy to even out the guilt
I sent you greeting cards with messages that I could never write
Rivers flow into the oceans
And oceans never fill
I want to let you know me
But I know I never will
Love's a contradiction
Many mirrors and smoke
Love will keep you wishing
My heart makes me broke
You will always want me
And I'll always want to leave
Even though I cut your wounds
You still deny they're real
Rivers flow into the ocean
Oceans never fill
I want to lay my life down
But I know you never will
Love's a strange condition
With all the doubts it can invoke
Your love keeps me wishing
And my heart keeps me broke
Baby, don't you cry, 'cause I got it all figured out
You always make me sad
But that's what true love is all about
Rivers never fill the oceans
But oceans always feel
The waters reaching deep inside them
I guess they always will
Love's a constant mission
Truer word were never spoke
Love, it keeps you wishing
My heart, it keeps me broke
Mirrors and smoke
P.S. I was able to watch in YouTube the music video of Work, the first song in their album. Isang scene lang siya pero asteeeg!
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