God Made Me

THE SUNDAYS - God Made Me
from the album BLIND

looking for an insult there's a trickle in my head
seeing it's worth the effort I forgive myself
talks that we had are becoming a blur
if only I could love my neighbour

waiting here for the next time with a bottle in my hand
doing it for the exercise I forget myself
the face thet you had is becoming a blur
but how was I supposed to know that?

because God made me
that's all they told me before
& how about you?

& it's off to work we go now
you can forget about a labour of love
it just won't wash anymore
we'd love to be good but we'd rather be bad
but how was I supposed to know that?

because God made me
that's all they told me before
& how about you?
because God made people
that was the luck of the draw
we do what we want

God made me
what's what they told me before
who knows what they'll say today?
because God made me for his sins
imagine my eyes when I first saw we can do what we want

How could I know? How could I know about it



THOUGHTS ON THE SONG... based on a conversation about it with my wife.


Maybe the song is dealing with the sinful nature...
-how we do wrong even when we were made for right
-how we keep going and going and move farther from God
-his love doesn't seem so forgiving
-i think it is someone who has moved away from God and they look back at how they told well "god made you"
-he allows me to do wrong and i keep doing it- cause it commonplace and b/c I can
-and now because i'm so far away it seems that his love doesn't offer redemption...