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Question: What does the song "There for the Grace of God go I" by Flogging Molly mean!?
"Grace Of God Go I"
Lookin' down through a tide of no return
Is a field where the crops no longer grow
Parched is the land, strangled an' be damned
There for the Grace Of God Go I
Down beside where the riverbed sleeps
Is a man not knowin' what he should feel
Mocked by the wave that beats the waters edge
There for the Grace Of God Go I
If I ever hurt another like thee again
I would drown myself beneath your name
Lost was the child, we all once did hide
There for the Grace Of God Go I
Beautiful song, just wondering what it meant!.
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This is a song about the mistakes that Dave King, the lead singer, has made in his life!. He is looking back, and realizing that many of his choices and decisions could have led him to a much less comfortable place!. He is realizing that only blind luck, "The Grace of God", has kept him from being the man not knowin' what he should feel!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
If it were not for God's grace, you would be parched, damned,confused (not knowing yourself or what you believe in), intentionally sinful (as opposed to struggling with sin), spiritually lost, and empty of the innocence that you once held as a child!.
That's as close as I can figure, with "there but for the Grace of God go I" usually meaning "that could be me if God so desired it"!.
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I believe it is an artists interpretation that even tho there is sadness surrounding this person, he is saved and by God's Grace he can walk past this scene!. Really, lovely song!.
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