I don’t think I will ever find any vocalist that exceeds my deep rooted love for the late Otis Redding, but I must say that thanks to Pandora radio, I have ventured upon a whole new world of talent…

Music plays such a huge role in my life that it makes my days peaceful and just plain complete to wrap my newly cured bars of soap to the absolute perfect crooning. Sometimes I just need a little time to drown out my rambunctious little creatures, although I have found an equal sense of peace as they run around our boutique room, dancing and singing along to which ever new song I have discovered. There is nothing greater than my oldest doing Kung Fu moves to each song while my 2 year old grabs his dad’s black and white electric guitar and attempts to play along in my black high heel boots.

These are truly the times I am going to miss when my boys get older. Someday my oldest will no longer want to be the Kung Fu Warrior and my youngest will realize that boys don’t  dance in their mother’s high heels. So I am truly cherishing these moments and building memories to music and I am so pleased that my boys also share this love for music…Good music that is. Don’t get me wrong, just as I believe there is a time and place for everything, I believe there is a time and place for every genre of music…

So…during my soapcupades, I have developed a love for the Fray. I can’t get enough of this gentleman’s unique tone, and the words delivered are what I have found to be of substance. Oh Music, how I love thee!

A modern day Footprints in the sand if you will…He is ALWAYS there! I know I find comfort in that

[Verse 1]
I found God
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking his last cigarette
I said, “Where you been?”
He said, “Ask anything”.

[Verse 2]
Where were you
When everything was falling apart?
All my days
Were spent by the telephone
That never rang
And all I needed was a call
That never came
To the corner of First and Amistad

[Chorus 1]
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin’ on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

[Verse 3]
In the end
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one who’s ever known
Who I am
Who I’m not, who I wanna be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me

[Chorus 2]
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin’ on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me

[Bridge]
Early morning
The city breaks
I’ve been callin’
For years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
Ya never send me no letters
You got some kinda nerve
Taking all I want

[Chorus 3 and outro]
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin’ on the floor
Where were you? Where were you?
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lyin’ on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me
Why’d you have to wait?
To find me, to find me

I was wondering if anyone else sees this song as I do and I found one of the best interpretations ever:

“To me some parts of this song could almost be a conversation between God and the singer:

I said, Where you been?
He said, Ask anything. (God)

Singer: Where were you? When everything was falling apart? All my days Were spent by the telephone It never rang And all I needed was a call It never came To the corner of First and Amistad- (He was looking for God and actively trying to find him when this traumatic experience was starting or happening but he didn’t feel like God was responding or there)

Singer: Lost and insecure- (I was alone, hurting, etc. Why did you let me experience this pain?)

God: You found me, you found me- (Sometimes it takes really a hard time or bad experience for someone to turn to or find God, this is how it happened for me)

Singer: Lying on the floor – (He was hurting so badly, a really devastating thing happened to this person)

God: Surrounded, surrounded (I was there with you even though you didn’t realize it)

Singer: Why’d you have to wait? Where were you? Where were you? (Why did God let this bad thing happen?)

God: Just a little late. You found me, you found me- (This bad thing happened to the singer and he was devastated by it, his faith (if he would have had it then) could have helped him deal with it but, he did eventually find God).

God: I’ve been calling for years and years and years and years- (It may not have been bells and whistles and obvious but, I have been in your life even though you didn’t realize it)
Singer: And you never left me no messages. You never send me no letters (Maybe this is while he was trying to decide if there actually was a God why didn’t you help me?)

The last lines of the song really speak to me:

Singer: Why’d you have to wait? (Let me experience this pain?)
God: To find me, to find me (Otherwise the singer might not have come to Christ)

This kind of reminds of the story about the footprints dream: the guy thinks God abandoned him during the worst times of his life but really God was carrying or surrounding him. (For those not familiar with the story: http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php)

I’ve read the previous posts and realize this is probably not the real meaning of the song but, it’s how I choose to view it sorry if I have annoyed you with my Christian view “