I've been in quite the Nirvana mood the past few days. I've never really gotten into them before so now I feel like a kid at Christmas receiving every gift they asked Santa for. Though their songs are dark, all well-written music brings me joy in an odd sort of way. But there's something raw about his voice, something that can't help but make you feel every bit of emotion that he is feeling. That connection from music is what I live for.
I've interpreted the song multiple ways, but I think it could have been written to himself as a beg for acceptance, or even written as a plea to death.
"Come as you are, as you were,
As I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy.
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is yours, don't be late.
Take a rest, as a friend, as an old memoria
Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend, as an old memoria
And I swear that I don't have a gun."
Isn't a similar message the one Jesus had for us? "Come as you are, as a friend and an old enemy." We used to be separate from Him but now we are not, yet we are still not perfect. We come to Him as broken, just as we are, and despite our brokenness He loves us.
It breaks my heart that Kurt not only took his own life, but that he was only 27 when he did so. He had a wife, a daughter. More talent than the majority of the Top 40 recording artists today.
So here I am, completely free from the psychological problems that he dealt with, yet losing focus and lacking passion. I think I've had Nirvana on repeat because they remind me how powerful music can be and just why I want to work in the music industry. Such emotionality can't help but renew my own.
Praise the Lord.
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