Home bound.
I remember how Sas always said a song from Tool first got him into the deen. It’s kinda strange in a whimsical way, but I’m sure we’ve all heard weirder cases of how Muslims and non-Muslims alike reverted to the true path.
Some of us just relate well to poetry (of which, lyrics can be a part). While we decipher what the writer originally intended, we also interpret our own meanings, personalising them to suit our thoughts and experiences. Kinda like how Natalie Merchant’s Beloved Wife would remind me of my dad.
Anyway, the point is I started to see more significant points in the following lyrics (Home by Chris Daughtry) that I thought I’d share. :D
I’m going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
Going back to the moment where you realised Allah’s love suffices.
I’m not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don’t regret this life I chose for me.
It’s not a literal, physical move. More like a metaphorical hijrah. You’ve been doing OK but something is still lacking inside…
But these places and these faces are getting old
So I’m going home.
Well I’m going home.
When things become so routine and everything starts sounding the same, when you feel like nothing more than “a wasp in a swarm”… And perhaps your environment and company have stopped benefitting you. You know you just have to change something. Surely there was a moment when your iman was at its peak. So you want to get it back.
The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
The closer you get to Allah, the more humility you attain, you would realise how much further you actually are from Allah.
I’ve not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, remains true.
And I don’t know why.
You always seem to give me another try.
You haven’t been the best slave. But Allah keeps guiding you. You continually sin, yet Allah saves you. As is said, Allah’s love is the true love (haqiqi).
Be careful what you wish for,
‘Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don’t want.
Your du’as for the dunya might all come true but with all its excesses. Meaning all the trials that accompany a “good” worldly life might befall you. And this is what you’ve come to realise the hard way. And this is why, you want to return to the best moments spiritually. To be homebound. Where the heart is.
Well. That was pretty straightforward. But yeah, that was that.
Please do share any wicked interpretations (besides the apparent) you may have of poems/lyrics. Thanks!
Oh my God! I actually read all this entry to the end..and understood it! :O
I’d interpret those lyrics in a similar way. Its interesting cuz its all about perspective (which is why we’re in Perspective Park I suppose, innit). Someone struggling to help their imaan fly high and someone who’s feeling suicidal would interpret it in 2 very diff ways.
Thats why poems etc are cool - there’s no wrong answer.
OMG, does that mean you don’t understand all the other entries? :( *sniff*
Hehe anyway, yeah, that’s a great point. That you see it differently depending on where you are in life. And true, there’s no wrong answer. But there’s no *right* one either. ;)
hehee @ no right answer :P
one or two of your other entries were too deep for lil ol’ me to delve into, but i was just generalising about not getting any of ‘em.
good stuff, your blog.
c’ya ’round :D
Hey, that was nice, jazakillahu khair. You were honest without being apologetic about it. I think, in a way, people are scared (or perhaps feel intimidated) to criticise even though it’ll turn out to be more complimentary than they realise.
But yeah, sometimes *I* read through my own posts again and some lines have me thinking, “whatever did i mean by THAT?!” Hehe. So you are not alone, medear.
Anyway, cool to get feedback like that. Thanks. And hope I didn’t freak you out too much with my comment on your blog. ;)
Eddy, my eddy… love your blog (but you don’t update often enough!)
I love the way you interpret this:
“The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.”
–> The closer you get to Allah, the more humility you attain, you would realise how much further you actually are from Allah.
Lots and lots of love, yours trulu, ‘Biggie’
truly*
(Tsk! almost got through that without a typo!)
:) I hope my first comment didn’t sound like criticism (I actually meant it in a complimentary kinda way ;))
but yeah, your comment on my blog *did* freak me out:P hee.
;)
(note to self: stop using so many smilies! :O)
BIGGIE!!! Yay. Hehe. Don’t update enough?! :O Dudette, I’ve been on a roll this March. I’ve got a couple of overdue posts even. But you know what they say, you can’t rush art. ;)
Ok, enough gloating. Thanks for your comment! Love you too. :$
Traveller! Yeah, it was a “comment”! Hehe. Oh btw, my comment… I guess the whole you interpret things according to your moods doesn’t really help my case eh hehe. Anyway, thanks, love. And use all the smilies you want!
And I don’t care. Both your blogs have been added to my blogroll! Muahaha.
Ok. I’m just feeling a little hyper. Must be the caffeine.