Wow! So many great opinions! Here's why I like christian metal. Christian metal isn't afraid to go over to the darker side of things and that's not always a bad thing. A lot of the mainstream praise music, yeah that's great for when I'm in a good "Jesus mood" but when I am in a really dark place those lyrics just aren't comforting, in fact sometimes they can make me feel guilty.
Here is the lyrics to a metal song:
Here I stand,
Nothing more than a broken man
Starring death in the face,
All my mistakes have got a hold on me again.
Here we go,
Another day, another fork in the road,
I never know who to trust,
Will someone just tell me which way to go?
I need a sign, I need a miracle,
I need to know that this is possible.
I've just failed so many times,
Is there any way that I could make it right?
God, if you're there I need to hear you now!
Come back to me love, I forgive you,
Oh how I've missed you (I missed you),
Just know every time you run I'll be right here waiting, yeah!
This is no ordinary love!
Listen up, listen up,
This is no ordinary love!
Listen up, this is unconditional.
I'm so afraid to admit that you're real,
'Cause I'm afraid of what I might feel.
When your words start to come to life,
And it brings my demons into the light,
But I know you're here.
I shiver as you whisper in my ear,
"Child, have no fear".
Come back to me love, I forgive you,
Oh how I've missed you (I missed you),
Just know every time you run I'll be right here waiting.
Come back to me love,
I hope you know I'm always with you,
Oh, I forgive you.
We lose faith in things unseen, unsure of what to believe,
Just dying to be loved when love's right in front of us.
We give up on our hopes and dreams, and let doubt take everything.
The door will open when we realize we don't hold the key!
I tried to save myself but I failed!
But I failed!
Come back to me love, I forgive you,
Oh, how I've missed you (I missed you so),
Just know every time you run I'll be right here waiting!
Come back to me love,
I hope you know I'm always with you,
I forgive you!
Now here is the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1HIegAANIk
I have one more for you. This one brings me to tears because it is so relateable.
Another day she sets foot in this prison, dreading what they'll say.
So much to give, but no one ever listens.
She dreams of running away.
Crippled by the way they make her feel, she takes a look at her wrists & turns to the blade.
It's not a cry for attention if she just wants to feel anything other than the pain.
Everyone deserves to be loved, but they make her hate everything she was sure of!
Every day feels like her against the world.
Now she's afraid she'll never be enough.
No one knows all the weight that she holds when she feels alone.
The memories, they haunt her.
No one sees all the pain she brings everywhere she goes.
She feels they'll never want her.
She dreams of a day when she won't have to cry herself to sleep.
Staring at the scars on her wrists she knows this is not who she wants to be.
Another night all alone with her thoughts, dwelling on the questions that race through her head.
Scared to sleep, scared to wake up & face the day when she can't forget the things that they said.
No one knows all the weight that she holds when she feels alone.
The memories, they haunt her.
No one sees all the pain she brings everywhere she goes.
She feels they'll never want her.
All she wants is someone to notice; so sick of feeling invisible.
All she needs is someone to care.
If only they could see that she's incredible.
She dreams of a day when she won't have to cry herself to sleep.
Is our generation too blind to see true beauty lies beneath the skin?
So ignorant!
Are they too cold, too numb to see the lifelong effects of the pain they inflict?
Is our generation too blind to see true beauty lies beneath the skin?
No one knows all the weight that she holds when she feels alone.
No one sees all the pain she brings everywhere she goes.
No one knows all the weight that she holds when she feels alone.
The memories, they haunt her.
No one sees all the pain she brings everywhere she goes.
She feels they'll never want her.
All she wants is someone to notice; so sick of feeling invisible.
All she needs is someone to care.
If only they could see that she's incredible.
She dreams of a day when she won't have to cry herself to sleep.
Staring at the scars on her wrists she knows this is not who she wants to be.
Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7YR_wY8vO4
Enjoy!