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Jul 12, 2015
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Ticking away the moments
That make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours
In an off-hand way
That make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours
In an off-hand way
This lyric is a comment on the fact that most people casually cruise through life, wasting the hours of the day "in an off-hand way". This means people either don't realise they're wasting their time on the earth or they do it with nonchalance, and don't really care that the moments of the day are flying by with nothing important or interesting happening. The use of the word "dull" implies that this is what life is like for most people.
Jul 12, 2015
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Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay
And your O. K
Get a good job with more pay
And your O. K
This lyric is very sarcastic; our lives and being "o.k." depends on giving in to the capitalist system and getting a good job with a good salary. The subtle suggestion here is that there is a better way of life other than focusing it around the pursuit of money - hence the sarcasm.
Jul 12, 2015
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Money, it's a crime
Share it fairly
But don't take a slice of my pie
Share it fairly
But don't take a slice of my pie
There is a suggestion here that the desire for money can lead to people stealing and borrowing in the line "it's a crime". "Share it fairly/but don't take a slice of my pie" highlights the hypocrisy of people who covet money. It means there should be one rule for everyone- share money equally between yourselves - and another for the individual; the individual doesn't want their money to be shared.
Jul 12, 2015
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I once was lost but now am found
Before encountering God and basking in His Grace we are all lost- this could be interpreted as being on the wrong path, as is often referred to in Christianity, but can also mean the feeling of being lost in life; with no direction and no sense of where we are going. "But now am found" means the person has finally encountered God. The suggestion is that God is searching to have a relationship with us, and with this person finally has found them, and created a relationship. The person is saved.
Jul 12, 2015
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Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come
'Tis Grace has brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home
I have already come
'Tis Grace has brought me safe thus far
And Grace will lead me home
Walking through life one encounters many hardships and bumps in the road, and this verse depicts how the singer has made it through many of these over the course of their life; "Through many dangers... I have already come". The second part of the verse links it back to God, describing how it is His Grace that has brought the singer through all these hard times. Grace is what saves each and every one of us; the sheer brilliance of God is what gives someone the strength to make it through adversity. "Grace will lead me home" means that the Grace will bring the singer to the end of their life, and into the kingdom of heaven/"home". There they will be with God again, and this is the ultimate definition of Home.