I absolutly love this song!!! (: and I love the fact that Mat Kearney is Christian... and just to say God is Love for all you people who don't know, so without God there is no Love... and not saying this song is about God, but some of his lyrics are most likely influnced by God, and his Christianity. I mean it's a powerful thing. Anyways I love Mat, and he was amazing live too, when he toured with Owl City! (:
I first heard this song when I called a doctor's office and was put on hold. Left work that day and immediately bought the album. The best Cd I own. Hands down.
I was listening to this song around the time I had a nervous breakdown that almost drove me to suicide. Hopefully, I can associate it with some happier memories. Its a beautiful song, all things considered.
@NYerintransit keep your head up homie....really breaks my heart to hear of peoples bouts with depression and sadness...lost my job after 6 1/2 years about half a year ago and felt like the unluckiest man in the world. the love of those in my life really pulled me through and here i am with hope for the future all over again....Mat's music helps me step away from all the bullshit and escape right here in my home. if you havent already, listen to the whole cd its amazing!! wish u the best
@bpen3 I still think it's a love song. But I may a bit biased as my ex boyfriend dedicated it to me and told me to listen to it since it was how he felt.
i love this song too. my friend actually wrote this song and sold it to him. she did an awesome job on the lyrics and he did an awesome job preforming it. sh wrote this song because she wanted to write something from the heart. she is a person i will never forget. she stays in my heart
I take it to mean he's talking about talking to his soulmate (hence why her color is the same as his) and how he doesn't want to go on without letting her know how he feels and he's going to be vulnerable and tell her how he really feels because it was her that opened his eyes to knowing what it really means to love someone.
This song is like a portrait painted for the greatest city in Alabama, Birmingham Town. Listen to the lyrics in light of its new progress and its old regressing (its scarred history and its ability to host a Davis Cup weekend with the best tennis players in the USA) A perfect song to describe the Magic City, my kind of town.
I love this song! Especially the way my friend plays it. She has synesthesia, and she sang it to her boyfriend. Which I found really sweet, because she always talks about how they're the same 'color' so she knows they are meant to be together. It's so sweet. <3
Though many of his songs are riddled with religious references I would not go so far as to call him a Christian artist, because his songs are not all clearly about God, they mostly just have references. For example, compare him to Brandon Heath. I'm not sure if this one is about God or not. I would say yes, but, as lazerous47 has pointed out, the rest of the album is about love. Either way, this song is amazing and Mat Kearney has an unbelievable talent.
Though many of his songs are riddled with religious references I would not go so far as to call him a Christian artist, because his songs are not all clearly about God, they mostly just have references. For example, compare him to Brandon Heath. I'm not sure if this one is about God or not. I would say yes, but, as lazerous47 has pointed out, the rest of the album is about love. Either way, this song is amazing and Mat Kearney has an unbelievable talent.
why do people have to go around on youtube like hyper little kids posting all over"HESA CHRISTIAN!! THIS SONG IS ABOUT GOD!" cant ppl just enjoy the music without being obnoxios? im beginning to think not
it wasn't that he wrote it IN istanbul, it was that the city itself is a part of the song, and I think you are confusing "Christian artist" and artist that is Christian.
@lazerous47 I will agree with you on this point, being a Christian and writing music doesn't necessarily mean that God or the scripture directly inspires your songwriting. Being a Christian artist myself, I can say that it's a bit of a hard line to walk between writing christian music and secular music. But it doesn't necessarily have to be one way or the other, I don't believe either way is right or wrong.
@lazerous47 However I would caution you not to dismiss the possibilty that scripture and his relationship with Christ does have some sort of influence in his lyrical writing. Something as powerful as believing in God tends to have an unconscious influence in a person's daily life and even their creative endeavors. I can only hope that a relationship with Christ has that sort of impactful influence in Mat's daily life, even if it's not clearly evident in his songwriting.
@flcn92 Consider your caution disregarded. "I love Zeus, Zeus loves me. It's a loving relationship. It only exists in my mind...but apparently that's not relevant. Also, I think we've done enough rambling about the religious implications this song may or may not have, lets stick to loving the music rather than squabbling about nonsense"
@lazerous47 " It's a loving relationship. It only exists in my mind" Your claim becomes completely void when you say this. In fact your statement is more likely informed by your true beliefs (I am guessing Atheist or Agnostic). The point is that things people hold to be objectively true do affect their work.
That said, Christians can write music that is not at all about Christianity. But to the point, Kearney is, for sure, influenced by his Christianity, just read some of his interviews.
@silenceinspace i don't much about Katy Perry, i do know a couple of people who have served in ministry that knew Katy when she was a VERY young christian artist. But I do know that along the way somewhere her focus changed, and she's the artist she is now. However I fail to see the correlation you make between her and Matt, I didn't say that this song has an overtly Christian undertone, I simply urged someone not to dismiss the possibility that Matt's faith could play a role in his lyrics.
You've read into these lyrics what you wanted, and of course that is more or less what interpretation is, but I think you are applying more of what you want them to mean than what is actually there. He isn't talking about God, he's talking about a relationship with a lover. He said in an interview that he wrote this song when he was in Istanbul, which is a city divided in half with half of it being Europe and the other half Asia, which adds very definitive characteristics.
As an album, this song being about God would completely ruin the continuity and flow of the music. To go from love songs to a song about God is unrealistic, not to mention that aside from the lyrics you've quoted here the lyrics all point to a single lover, rather than a God. I'd suggest you go re-read the lyrics, rather than applying whatever is going on in your life to them.
@lazerous47 Well it could be both. God encompasses all love, so therefore, he could be referring to a "lover" or just God. Christianity isn't just a belief in God, its a relationship.
@lazerous47 hes a christian artist though, so to completely shoot down heartsoarr's oppinion is unnecessary. i agree not all of his songs are about god, including this one, but the last line wasnt needed. "rather than applying whatever is going on in your life to them"
@lazerous47 God is a lover, maybe some people read too far into the lyrics but I bet if you asked Mat Kearney who he loves the most he would say God, and he would say that God loves him infinitely, and that's a loving relationship.
@magnesium9mark I love Zeus, Zeus loves me. It's a loving relationship. It only exists in my mind...but apparently that's not relevant. Also, I think we've done enough rambling about the religious implications this song may or may not have, lets stick to loving the music rather than squabbling about nonsense.
Yes, I know music is open to interpretation, and that is one of the things I love most about music. People can relate to lyrics in their own way based on their own experiences and personality. That way music can speak to a broader range of people. And sorry, I was just trying to express my own interpretation of the song. =)
when heartsoarr says: In the city of black and white" and this is definitely describing God." I would have to disagree when people compare black and white in the context they are describing to completely opposites in which I would imagine God would be gray the joining force of everything in life and being neutral in any conflicts. I agree with Lazer when he says your interpreting it to fit how you feel in life a good song for wrng interp is The Fray How To Save A Life
@Mezbender in which the song writer of the fray says he wrote it based off his experience trying to help someone in a drug rehabilitation clinic and the struggles that ensues (pretty much what i remember about that) but if you were to ask me before i learned that i thought he was describing a relationship, which at the time me and my wife were struggling to find common ground and peace in our life together (we are better)
This song is fucking beautiful.
carlay42 4 months ago
@krazylove91 i thought the same thing
theglove06 4 months ago
he sounds like the lead singer of coldplay
krazylove91 4 months ago
@krazylove91 Yes, he does sound awfully similar to Chris Martin, but JUST different enough to have a different pleasantness altogether.
JoeyLealIII 3 months ago
Everyone has their own interpretation of the song...that's what music and poetry is all about. :)
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Beautiful song. Has Kearney ever said what the lyrics are about?
MrMsbill 5 months ago
His song is personal. Thats why I like it. Like he's singing to me.
lelehart3 6 months ago
Tell me this idiots Will he ask his girlfriend or god the question that goes like "wont you just stay?"
aff8931 6 months ago 2
Doesn't he sound like Chris Martin? (:
GravitationalRelease 6 months ago
@GravitationalRelease TOTALLY, AND I LOVE IT!
WyllysTheCat 6 months ago
I absolutly love this song!!! (: and I love the fact that Mat Kearney is Christian... and just to say God is Love for all you people who don't know, so without God there is no Love... and not saying this song is about God, but some of his lyrics are most likely influnced by God, and his Christianity. I mean it's a powerful thing. Anyways I love Mat, and he was amazing live too, when he toured with Owl City! (:
Westcoastfriendship7 7 months ago
its about love u ballsacks
samrhymeswithjam94 7 months ago
I love this song! XD
123DanniGirl123 7 months ago in playlist Music
I first heard this song when I called a doctor's office and was put on hold. Left work that day and immediately bought the album. The best Cd I own. Hands down.
flyvolleyplayer123 8 months ago 2
" Cause i don't want to wait until tomorrow, to tell you how I'll feel , the rest of my life" Such a awesome little phrase <3
Omgimwatchingyourvid 8 months ago
I was listening to this song around the time I had a nervous breakdown that almost drove me to suicide. Hopefully, I can associate it with some happier memories. Its a beautiful song, all things considered.
NYerintransit 8 months ago
@NYerintransit keep your head up homie....really breaks my heart to hear of peoples bouts with depression and sadness...lost my job after 6 1/2 years about half a year ago and felt like the unluckiest man in the world. the love of those in my life really pulled me through and here i am with hope for the future all over again....Mat's music helps me step away from all the bullshit and escape right here in my home. if you havent already, listen to the whole cd its amazing!! wish u the best
MudMuzic 8 months ago
Thumbs Up if Pandora brought you here
xlogan7 10 months ago 8
"There's a white flag waving where my heart is on the ground"
love.
cattinker 10 months ago
Simplismente adoro Mat kearney e sua voz me acalma.Sua banda e agradavel.
Tivea oportunidade de ve-lo ao vivo em um show nao muito tumultuado e pude curtir-lo com muito prazer.
tete3002 11 months ago
i thought this was coldplay when i first heard it. that is a good thing.
troy43steel 11 months ago
At first i thought this was a love song but now (after reading the other comments) i realize it is a love song but instead of to a girl it isto God.
bpen3 1 year ago
@bpen3 I still think it's a love song. But I may a bit biased as my ex boyfriend dedicated it to me and told me to listen to it since it was how he felt.
thaaeroprincess87 1 year ago
i love this song too. my friend actually wrote this song and sold it to him. she did an awesome job on the lyrics and he did an awesome job preforming it. sh wrote this song because she wanted to write something from the heart. she is a person i will never forget. she stays in my heart
NerdRocker1001 1 year ago
So, yea. It doesn't have to be about god. My best friend has synesthesia and she thinks it's about that.
KaitlynCT 1 year ago 2
I take it to mean he's talking about talking to his soulmate (hence why her color is the same as his) and how he doesn't want to go on without letting her know how he feels and he's going to be vulnerable and tell her how he really feels because it was her that opened his eyes to knowing what it really means to love someone.
thaaeroprincess87 1 year ago
wow...... the two people that voted down on this song must have a fatal case of beiber fever....... -_-
mrPIRATESfan 1 year ago
Shut up talking about god and just listen to the damn song!
TheGraceOfRain 1 year ago
This song is like a portrait painted for the greatest city in Alabama, Birmingham Town. Listen to the lyrics in light of its new progress and its old regressing (its scarred history and its ability to host a Davis Cup weekend with the best tennis players in the USA) A perfect song to describe the Magic City, my kind of town.
happyhoman 1 year ago
For those of you arguing with this whole "Christian song or not"
Mat Kearney is an artist who is a Christian. He's is not signed under a Christian label. So the Music is inspired by his Christianity. You get it?
agentotis94 1 year ago 2
it makes me cry
kindawittychic 1 year ago
I love this song! Especially the way my friend plays it. She has synesthesia, and she sang it to her boyfriend. Which I found really sweet, because she always talks about how they're the same 'color' so she knows they are meant to be together. It's so sweet. <3
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Rudysadasd 1 year ago
kind of reminds me of the songs colorblind and wild horses . <3 very nice
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Though many of his songs are riddled with religious references I would not go so far as to call him a Christian artist, because his songs are not all clearly about God, they mostly just have references. For example, compare him to Brandon Heath. I'm not sure if this one is about God or not. I would say yes, but, as lazerous47 has pointed out, the rest of the album is about love. Either way, this song is amazing and Mat Kearney has an unbelievable talent.
spurpop 1 year ago
Though many of his songs are riddled with religious references I would not go so far as to call him a Christian artist, because his songs are not all clearly about God, they mostly just have references. For example, compare him to Brandon Heath. I'm not sure if this one is about God or not. I would say yes, but, as lazerous47 has pointed out, the rest of the album is about love. Either way, this song is amazing and Mat Kearney has an unbelievable talent.
spurpop 1 year ago
Mat Kearney mostly writes about love. It wouldn't be right if this song was about God. What lazerous47 sounds just about right.
bigmancp9221 1 year ago
Magical song
kline335 1 year ago 2
why do people have to go around on youtube like hyper little kids posting all over"HESA CHRISTIAN!! THIS SONG IS ABOUT GOD!" cant ppl just enjoy the music without being obnoxios? im beginning to think not
unit3451 1 year ago
like it? no. LOVE it!
partiesbydawn 1 year ago 2
it wasn't that he wrote it IN istanbul, it was that the city itself is a part of the song, and I think you are confusing "Christian artist" and artist that is Christian.
lazerous47 1 year ago 12
@lazerous47 I will agree with you on this point, being a Christian and writing music doesn't necessarily mean that God or the scripture directly inspires your songwriting. Being a Christian artist myself, I can say that it's a bit of a hard line to walk between writing christian music and secular music. But it doesn't necessarily have to be one way or the other, I don't believe either way is right or wrong.
flcn92 1 year ago
@lazerous47 However I would caution you not to dismiss the possibilty that scripture and his relationship with Christ does have some sort of influence in his lyrical writing. Something as powerful as believing in God tends to have an unconscious influence in a person's daily life and even their creative endeavors. I can only hope that a relationship with Christ has that sort of impactful influence in Mat's daily life, even if it's not clearly evident in his songwriting.
flcn92 1 year ago 3
@flcn92 Consider your caution disregarded. "I love Zeus, Zeus loves me. It's a loving relationship. It only exists in my mind...but apparently that's not relevant. Also, I think we've done enough rambling about the religious implications this song may or may not have, lets stick to loving the music rather than squabbling about nonsense"
lazerous47 1 year ago 4
@lazerous47 Well said, my friend.
osubuckeyes459 5 months ago
@lazerous47 " It's a loving relationship. It only exists in my mind" Your claim becomes completely void when you say this. In fact your statement is more likely informed by your true beliefs (I am guessing Atheist or Agnostic). The point is that things people hold to be objectively true do affect their work.
That said, Christians can write music that is not at all about Christianity. But to the point, Kearney is, for sure, influenced by his Christianity, just read some of his interviews.
Velarieth 2 months ago
@flcn92 And Katy Perry is a Christian too...do you think that "I Kissed a Girl" is about Mary? Nah, I didn't think so.
silenceinspace 11 months ago
@silenceinspace i don't much about Katy Perry, i do know a couple of people who have served in ministry that knew Katy when she was a VERY young christian artist. But I do know that along the way somewhere her focus changed, and she's the artist she is now. However I fail to see the correlation you make between her and Matt, I didn't say that this song has an overtly Christian undertone, I simply urged someone not to dismiss the possibility that Matt's faith could play a role in his lyrics.
flcn92 11 months ago
@flcn92 sorry "I don't know* much about Katy Perry"
flcn92 11 months ago
some body upload with subtitles please !!! entiendo solo algunas partes de lo q dice. ^^
danielmatatodo 2 years ago
naaaa no saven cuanto buske esta cancion !!!! la escuche en la radio y me parecia Cold PLay !!! xD bue en fin ta buenisima igual : )
danielmatatodo 2 years ago
@danielmatatodo Many american singers make me confused by their similar voices.
tete3002 1 year ago
@danielmatatodo it does sound like Coldplay! and in some songs he sounds identical to Adam Duritz.
spurpop 1 year ago
It was you that opened my eyes...
snwdream22 2 years ago
Oh hey everyone. Check out my cover of this song!!!
tappytoes13 2 years ago
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Heartsoarr 2 years ago 2
@Heartsoarr
You've read into these lyrics what you wanted, and of course that is more or less what interpretation is, but I think you are applying more of what you want them to mean than what is actually there. He isn't talking about God, he's talking about a relationship with a lover. He said in an interview that he wrote this song when he was in Istanbul, which is a city divided in half with half of it being Europe and the other half Asia, which adds very definitive characteristics.
lazerous47 2 years ago 6
@Heartsoarr
As an album, this song being about God would completely ruin the continuity and flow of the music. To go from love songs to a song about God is unrealistic, not to mention that aside from the lyrics you've quoted here the lyrics all point to a single lover, rather than a God. I'd suggest you go re-read the lyrics, rather than applying whatever is going on in your life to them.
lazerous47 2 years ago 15
ah, sorry i reread the lyrics and saw that he said "baby" :p
but the entire album is not made up entirely of love songs. he said that fire and rain was about the prodigal son.
Heartsoarr 2 years ago
@lazerous47 Well it could be both. God encompasses all love, so therefore, he could be referring to a "lover" or just God. Christianity isn't just a belief in God, its a relationship.
McMandinko 1 year ago
@McMandinko I agree.
tete3002 1 year ago
@lazerous47 hes a christian artist though, so to completely shoot down heartsoarr's oppinion is unnecessary. i agree not all of his songs are about god, including this one, but the last line wasnt needed. "rather than applying whatever is going on in your life to them"
brownbear987 1 year ago
@lazerous47 God is a lover, maybe some people read too far into the lyrics but I bet if you asked Mat Kearney who he loves the most he would say God, and he would say that God loves him infinitely, and that's a loving relationship.
magnesium9mark 1 year ago
@magnesium9mark I love Zeus, Zeus loves me. It's a loving relationship. It only exists in my mind...but apparently that's not relevant. Also, I think we've done enough rambling about the religious implications this song may or may not have, lets stick to loving the music rather than squabbling about nonsense.
lazerous47 1 year ago 3
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whatofthislove 5 months ago
@Heartsoarr I woul not make that last question to God, lol
tete3002 1 year ago
@Heartsoarr I think about a chick... or significant other.
"Won't you just stay..." don't leave him,
"You don't want to waste another minute when you realize" he loves a chick, she doesn't feel the same,
"There's a white flag waving, where my heart is on the ground" He's broken hearted,
"Maybe it was you who opened my eyes" He realized he loves her.
That's what I got out of it. A song is all in how you make it.... lyrics tell a story, to each his own is exactly how lyrics are....
Reed7960 1 year ago
@Reed7960
Yes, I know music is open to interpretation, and that is one of the things I love most about music. People can relate to lyrics in their own way based on their own experiences and personality. That way music can speak to a broader range of people. And sorry, I was just trying to express my own interpretation of the song. =)
Heartsoarr 1 year ago
when heartsoarr says: In the city of black and white" and this is definitely describing God." I would have to disagree when people compare black and white in the context they are describing to completely opposites in which I would imagine God would be gray the joining force of everything in life and being neutral in any conflicts. I agree with Lazer when he says your interpreting it to fit how you feel in life a good song for wrng interp is The Fray How To Save A Life
Mezbender 1 year ago
@Mezbender in which the song writer of the fray says he wrote it based off his experience trying to help someone in a drug rehabilitation clinic and the struggles that ensues (pretty much what i remember about that) but if you were to ask me before i learned that i thought he was describing a relationship, which at the time me and my wife were struggling to find common ground and peace in our life together (we are better)
Mezbender 1 year ago
she was a druggy ass hole. he got the song from her
NerdRocker1001 1 year ago
@NerdRocker1001 who are you talking to?
Mezbender 8 months ago
Debating putting up a few Peter Bradley Adams songs...not sure how much of an audience there is for it though.
lazerous47 2 years ago
@lazerous47 You should definitely do that
mechatron2300 1 year ago
lol, you made him look fat! sorry but ya, I liked the song tho!! (you probably did better than I could ;))
TheMissDoritos 2 years ago 2
such a phenomenal writer and singer, definitely one of my favourite songs. and kearney blew my mind when i saw him live! <3
EVS822 2 years ago 2
its so lovely. thank you
karrebunny 2 years ago 6
Glad to do it =)
lazerous47 2 years ago
I love this song. With every inch of my heart. Thank you so much for posting this!
MusicMaker217 2 years ago 22
thanks for posting!
ashleigh0721 2 years ago 4
nice!!
angieswirls 2 years ago 4
Indeed...There was a serious lack of this song on Youtube...had to do it...
lazerous47 2 years ago