{"id":1990,"date":"2011-02-15T12:25:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T17:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2013-09-23T18:29:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T02:29:27","slug":"tired-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/tired-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Tired of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So many people are tired of life, but they are more afraid of the end of life, so they just do whatever they can to get by.\u00a0I know that we Christians think we have the answer to this, though I am not sure we always do a good job expressing it (or living it ourselves).<\/p>\n<p>Here is a song a I heard recently on the radio which captures the feelings that most people around us have. The song is <a title=\"Waiting for the End - Linkin Park\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/waiting-for-the-end-single\/id393798637?uo=4&amp;at=11lbgo\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Waiting for the End&#8221; by Linkin Park<\/a>. (I don&#8217;t quite understand the video&#8230;anybody want to take a shot explaining it to me?)<\/p>\n<p>As you listen to the song, you can follow the lyrics below. Notice especially the parts I have put in bold.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qF_qbaWt3Q\" height=\"390\" width=\"570\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics:<\/p>\n<p>This is not the end<br \/>\nThis is not the beginning,<br \/>\nJust a voice like a riot<br \/>\nRocking every revision<br \/>\nBut you listen to the tone<br \/>\nAnd the violent rhythm<br \/>\nThough the words sound steady<br \/>\nSomething empty&#8217;s within &#8217;em<\/p>\n<p>We say Yeah!<br \/>\nWith fists flying up in the air<br \/>\nLike we&#8217;re holding onto something<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s invisible there,<br \/>\n<strong> &#8216;Cause we&#8217;re living at the mercy of<br \/>\nThe pain and the fear<br \/>\nUntil we dead it, Forget it,<br \/>\nLet it all disappear. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Waiting for the end to come<br \/>\nWishing I had strength to stand<br \/>\nThis is not what I had planned<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s out of my control&#8230;. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flying at the speed of light<br \/>\nThoughts were spinning in my head<br \/>\nSo many things were left unsaid<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s hard to let you go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Oh!) I know what it takes to move on,<br \/>\nI know how it feels to lie,<br \/>\n<strong> All I wanna do<br \/>\nIs trade this life for something new<\/strong><br \/>\nHolding on to what I haven&#8217;t got<\/p>\n<p>Sitting in an empty room<br \/>\nTrying to forget the past<br \/>\nThis was never meant to last,<br \/>\nI wish it wasn&#8217;t so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(Oh!) I know what it takes to move on,<\/p>\n<p>I know how it feels to lie,<br \/>\nAll I wanna do<br \/>\nIs trade this life for something new<br \/>\nHolding on to what I haven&#8217;t got<\/p>\n<p>What was left when that fire was gone?<br \/>\nI thought it felt right but that right was wrong<br \/>\nAll caught up in the eye of the storm<br \/>\nAnd trying to figure out what it&#8217;s like moving on<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t even know what kind of things I&#8217;ve said<br \/>\nMy mouth kept moving and my mind went dead<br \/>\nSo, picking up the pieces, now where to begin?<br \/>\nThe hardest part of ending is starting again!!<\/p>\n<p>All I wanna do<br \/>\nIs trade this life for something new<br \/>\nHolding on to what I haven&#8217;t got&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the end<br \/>\nThis is not the beginning,<br \/>\nJust a voice like a riot<br \/>\nRocking every revision<br \/>\nBut you listen to the tone<br \/>\nAnd the violent rhythm<br \/>\nThough the words sound steady<br \/>\nSomething&#8217;s empty within &#8217;em<br \/>\n(Holding on to what I haven&#8217;t got)<\/p>\n<p>We say Yeah!<br \/>\nWith fists flying up in the air<br \/>\nLike we&#8217;re holding onto something<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s invisible there,<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause we&#8217;re living at the mercy of<br \/>\nThe pain and the fear<br \/>\nUntil we dead it, Forget it,<br \/>\nLet it all disappear<br \/>\n(Holding on to what I haven&#8217;t got!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many people are tired of life, but they are more afraid of the end of life, so they just do whatever they can to get by.\u00a0I know that we Christians think we have the answer to this, though I am not sure we always do a good job expressing it (or living it ourselves). 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