By Steve Scott .
One of these songs is by The Postal Service, titled "A Brand New Colony". I'm pretty sure that Ben Hibbard (lead singer/song writer) intended these words for a girl... But I like to think of them as if God is singing them to me... Ben Hibbard's song writing is amazing. The images he creates in this song are beautiful and capture love in a very sweet way.
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I'll be the grapes fermented,
Several months ago, I started a playlist on my IPod called "Songs That Remind Me Who I Am". Basically, they are all songs that remind me I belong to God, that He intensely loves me, and that my only sensible response is to give him my life... every day... every hour... every moment... I listen to these songs frequently... I love to run with them. I love to listen to them in the morning when I start my day.
One of these songs is by The Postal Service, titled "A Brand New Colony". I'm pretty sure that Ben Hibbard (lead singer/song writer) intended these words for a girl... But I like to think of them as if God is singing them to me... Ben Hibbard's song writing is amazing. The images he creates in this song are beautiful and capture love in a very sweet way.
Read the lyrics below and/or listen to the song (click on the YouTube link for a homemade video some fans did)... As you listen and read, think of these words as being sung by God to you...
.http://youtube.com/watch?v=N4h7MqeZRU8
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Brand New Colony LyricsArtist(Band):The Postal Service
I'll be the grapes fermented,
bottled and served with the table set
in my finest suit
like a perfect gentleman.
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I'll be the fire escape
that's bolted to the ancient brick
where you will sit
and contemplate your day.
. I'll be the water wings
that save you if you start drowning
in an open tab
when your judgement's on the brink.
. I'll be the phonograph
that plays your favorite albums back
as you're lying there,
drifting off to sleep... drifting off to sleep...
.I'll be the platform shoes;
undo what heredity's done to you:
you won't have to strain
to look into my eyes.
. I'll be your winter coat
buttoned and zipped straight to the throat
with the collar up
so you won't catch a cold.
. (Ch) I want to take you far
from the cynics in this town
and kiss you on the mouth.
We'll cut our bodies free
from the tethers of this scene,
start a brand new colony:
where everything will change,
we'll give ourselves new names;
identities erased...
The sun will heat the grounds,
under our bare feet
in this brand new colony... this brand new colony...
.Everything will change, Ooo ooo...
Everything will change, Ooo ooo...
Everything will change, Ooo ooo...
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For the longest time I had been confused by the lyrics, but now that I read them and really concentrate on what they mean, their importance really jumps out to me, how God is really there even in the littlest known spots such as the fire escape on the ancient brick or the water wings that save you if you start drowning.
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