Mute Math has quickly become one of my favorite bands. A great blend of seemingly boundless creativity, outstanding musicianship, and penetrating lyrics. Not to mention a downright transcendent live show. In short, this band is SICK!
This particular song, I think, expresses how so many (especially young) people feel who grew up in church. The song is a mix of disillusionment, doubt, and a burgeoning realization that there's something better than burdensome religion.
My favorite line is "I'm growing fond of broken people as I see that I am one of them." I think the early Christian leader, the Apostle Paul, could probably have made this song the soundtrack of his life leading up to his conversion.
This song screams for the Gospel.
Would love your thoughts.
Paper-thin conviction
Turning another page
Plotting how to build myself to be
Everything that I am not at all
Sometimes I get tired of pins and needles
Facades are a fire on the skin
And I'm growing fond of broken people
As I see that I am one of them
Oh, why must I work so hard
Just so I can feel like the noble ones?
Obligations to my heart are gone
Superficial lines explain it all
Sometimes I get tired of pins and needles
Facades are a fire on the skin
Oh, I'm growing fond of broken people
As I see that I am one of them