I have 2 brothers and a sister, and a mother,
And a father who taught us that we should
All love one another,
We go to church on Sunday,
In a little green hyundai,
Have some grape juice and crackers,
Then we start again on Monday
And it's all fine, and it's all well,
I really want to find what I believe for myself,
'Cause when you're gone,
And I'm still here,
I won't have you to tell me that I should be there
I'm tired of making excuses(oh oh oh),
Need to decide for myself...
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
When I'm on my way to You,
What if I need You? Who do I call?
How do I know I'll get through?
Because I don't wanna ride the fence anymore.
I wanna stand up, and shout it,
And let it be known
I have 2 fathers, and a sister and a brother,
And a mother who taught us that we should
All do unto others,
My homeroom teacher, always talks about her preacher
And she says she talks to God,
But I don't know if I believe her [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/f/fm_static/voyage_of_beliefs_lyrics.html ]
And it's all fine, and it's all well,
I really want to find what I believe for myself,
'Cause when you're gone,
And I'm still here,
I won't have you to tell me that I should be there
I'm tired of making excuses(oh oh oh),
Need to decide for myself...
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
When I'm on my way to You,
What if I need You? Who do I call?
How do I know I'll get through?
Because I don't wanna ride the fence anymore.
I wanna stand up, and shout it,
And let it be known
And you can tell me,
That I can't make a difference 'cause I'm just one,
But one is all it takes to start it
And you can tell me,
That I can't change the world,
Because I'm too young,
But I won't stand here and be your target
And you can push me,
And try to knock me down, but I won't listen,
'Cause I've got nothing left to lose and,
You can hate me, for everything I'm not,
But it won't change this,
'Cause now that I'm here, I'm not moving
I'm tired of making excuses(oh oh oh),
Need to decide for myself...
What if I stumble? What if I fall?
When I'm on my way to You,
What if I need You? Who do I call?
How do I know I'll get through?
Because I don't wanna ride the fence anymore.
I wanna stand up, and shout it,
And let it be known
A very touching song with a great message to youths who grew up knowing christ and same with those who didn't. There's this voyage, this journey, that a person has to travel on his own to know god, not based on others, even your family. This is your personal manifestation of faith. (kace_g. )
It means that he wants to do it by himself and not let anyone support him because he wants to really wants to find out what he believes in himself. He wants to prove that he could do it by himself. They're a christian band. It's always (well.. Not always.. ) about christianity.
This song means that the writer has to say something, but he has a lot of doubts and fears on saying it. Although he has this doubts and fears, he is determined to say it (showed in the bridge).
There can be two possibilities on what the writer wants to say: (1) hidden love, (2) his christianity (god's grace).