Matt Jones' Random Acts of Verbiage

Back in November of 2004 Relient K released their album MmHmm, I finally heard it yesterday. Rock. On.

This CD was awesome, pure and simple. They rocked, they sang, they were clever, they had insightful and meaningful lyrics with a mix of humor (ie. My Girl’s Ex-Boyfriend). They sounded like a mature blink-182 in places, which I dug.

I knew they had some good stuff to say when in Be My Escape they bless our ears and minds with:

And this life sentence that I’m serving
I admit that I’m every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

That just shuts up every thought of mine that likes to complain that life isn’t fair. In reality we are lucky (I suppose I should actaully say “loved enough”) that life isn’t fair.

Here are two of their songs that I especially liked, but there really isn’t a bad one on this cd.

I So Hate Consequences (3.67MB):

And I’m good, good, good to go
I got to get away
Get away from all of my mistakes

So here I sit looking at the traffic lights
The red extinguishes the hope that the green ignites
I want to run away I want to ditch my life
Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night
And after all of my alibis desert me
I just want to get by
I don’t want nothing to hurt me
I had no idea where my head was at
But if my heart says I’m sorry can we leave it at that
Because I just want for all of this to end

And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Consequences
Oh God, don’t make me face up to this
And I so hate consequences
And running from you is what my best defense is
Cause I know that I let you down
And I don’t want to deal with that

It just now hit me this is more than just a set back
And when you spelled it out, well, I guess I didn’t get that
And every trace of momentum is gone
And this isn’t turning out the way I want

And after all of my alibis desert me
I just want to get by
I don’t want nothing to hurt me
I had no idea where my head was at
But if my heart says I’m sorry can we leave it at that
Because I just want for all of this to end

And I spent all last night
Tearing down
Every stoplight
And stop sign in this town
Now I think there might
Be no way to stop me now
I’ll get away despite
The fact I’m so weighed down

All of my escapes have been exhausted
I thought I had a way but then I lost it
And my resistance was once much stronger
And I know I can’t go on like this much longer

When I got tired of running from you
I stopped right there to catch my breath
There your words they caught my ears
You said, “I miss you son. Come home”
And my sins, they watched me leave
And in my heart I so believed
The love you felt for me was mine
The love I’d wished for all this timeAnd when the doors were closed
I heard no I told so’s
I said the words I knew you knew
Oh God, Oh God I needed you

(emphasis added)

Let It All Out (3.98MB):

Let it all out (get it all out)
Rip it out, remove it
Don’t be alarmed when the wound begins to bleed
Cuz we’re so scared to find out (what this life’s all about)
So scared we’re gonna lose it
And knowing all along that’s exactly what we need

And today I’ll trust you with the confidence
of a man who’s never known defeat
But tomorrow upon hearing what I did,
I’ll stare at you in disbelief
Oh inconsistent me! …crying out for consistency

And You said, “I know that this will hurt,
but if I don’t break your heart, things will just get worse.
If the burden seems too much to bear,
remember…
The end will justify the pain it took to get us there.”

And I’ll let it be known (times I have shown)
Signs of all my weakness
But somewhere in me, there is strength

And You’d promise me, that You believe
In time I will defeat this
‘cuz somewhere in me there is strength

And today I’ll trust you with the confidence
of a man who’s never known defeat
I’ll try my best to just forget that that man isn’t me

And You said, “I know that this will hurt,
but if I don’t break your heart, things will just get worse.
If the burden seems too much to bear,
remember…
The end will justify the pain it took to get us there.”

Reach out to me, make my heart brand new
Every beat will be for You…for You…

And you know, and you know
When You touched my heavy heart, you made it light.

Good stuff indeed! Thanks to Erin for hooking me up (of course I own a legal copy now!) and also Happy Birthday!

Shalom