Sunday, September 10, 2006

A Missing Line

'I need your grace to remind me to find my own.'

Lyrics from the album version of 'Chasing Cars' by Snow Patrol. However, you won't hear that line in the radio edit of the song. It's not been watered down, or bleeped out, but rather removed in it's entirity.

So, I went on a mission of internet based research, trawled through message boards and fan sites for a clue as to why said lyric is omitted from the radio version.
Couldn't find one. That doesn't mean there isn't one out there somewhere, it's just I got bored with looking. I'm impatient like that you see.

So I originally thought this blog would be something relating to grace. A point the finger critique aimed at whoever suggested that such a moving lyric be removed to make the song more accessible.

That the world needs to hear of grace, see it's beauty and not have it hidden away.

But then three fingers point right back at me and I feel convicted. As someone who is starting to know, experience and be blown away by God's grace everyday, is that something I am accurately passing on to others?

Can people see a person influenced by God's grace, that His grace reminds me to find my own?

Or am I the radio edit?

1 comment:

Paul Noyce said...

I was aware that recent blogs have been somewhat 'snow bound' and hoped no-one would notice. Clearly can't pull the wool over your eyes DB...

Anyway, Snow Patrol write good songs I want to talk about, so I do. But I want to make it quite clear, there are no bands sponsoring this blog.

Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor.

The new album Eyes Open available in all good record stores now by the way (oops, sorry...)