sincerely, Jeremy

sometimes I think that a song says it all.  I am a huge fan of great, clever, well thought out and meaningful lyrics.  today, for me, one of my heroes (andrew schwab from project 86) paints a picture with words that very accurately show my mind, my heart, my soul, even my spirit today.  what he says in this song is what my soul cries out!  i stand before a mirror, sword drawn.  i stare my enemy in the eye.  i know him well.  he is a dictator.  he is weak.  but he has been able to beat me into submission for oh so long now.  but then saturday happened.  finally, after years of hiding it, i confessed that i have allowed him to rule over me...not Jesus.  i have let this filthy, lazy, sub-par, luke-warm vile cancer plant itself quite comfortably in my life...allowing him to tell me what to do and what not to do.  he has a name.  it is a typical one, common like john or james.  his name is mediocrity.  he also goes by the name of bill, steve, kevin, tina, joshua, lisa, betty...his names are as endless as ours.  i'm starring at him right now, he's looking at me with that smirk on his face that says "you don't really want me to leave.  you love me.  why, you neeeeed me.  everyone else loves me because they need me too!"  then, i smile back at him, raise my sword high above my head...and with a steady, steady hand i hammer my blade through his sweaty skin.  

sincerely ichabod

by andrew schwab (Project 86 , from the album titled "and the rest will follow...")

we once drew

some lines in black

and right now it's about time

we took them back

so bored of losing ground to the heresy

in our hearts...

with a steady steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through your sweaty sweaty skin skin skin

please don't stay

we're well past asking

this time we'll make it clear 

our point is made

you're no longer welcome here

(but we) wish you well...

with a steady steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through your sweaty sweaty skin skin skin

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!

WE'LL TAKE IT ALL BACK AND THEN SOME

NEVER AGAIN

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!

WE'LL CUT OUT ALL THAT'S A HINDERANCE

BLEED THE OLD MAN

and just in case you want to protest

your eviction, imminent 

with a rolling head 

on the dirty pavement

and just in case you want to contest

your destruction, evident 

the decision, permanent

we'll send you out so you'll know that you will find a bright shiny new home on the other side

(never again never again will you)

you're no longer welcome here

(but we) wish you well

with a steady steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through your sweaty sweaty skin skin skin

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!

WE'LL TAKE IT ALL BACK AND THEN SOME

NEVER AGAIN

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!

WE'LL CUT OUT ALL THAT'S A HINDERANCE 

BLEED THE OLD MAN

OFF WITH YOU HEAD!

I know who I am in the depths of

spirit and truth

I've seen the face of redemption

and He isn't you

I'm through indulging the tastes of

my cruelest nature

so I think this blade better suits you

since we're the ones

who occupy this temple

we'll be the ones 

who'll show you out