"Our Wings are Burning" is one of my favorite songs by a band named Virgin Black.
I wrote about the song in a blog on myspace a while ago (I was posting the lyrics to my favorite songs and why they were my favorites. Also, the "Josh" mentioned is the same Josh Foreman I mentioned in my first post. The other song he mentions is "Beloved" from the same album):
Virgin Black: "Our Wings are Burning"
We fell in love, with dust in our lids
And the pain of a severed soul
We lowered our heads and lifted our face
Placed our bodies in celebration
Pour the ointment of grief
On the lips of a mutilated man
I carry the bones of a deformed child
And with my own polluted breath
I speak the old man's words
In a persuasive eloquence
Bless the dust that hides
This unlamented head
Look at my face
Do you see God?
On the crest of fire, our wings are burning
How glorious the pain
And the ways of God, shriek out of tune
All is lost but hope
On the crest of fire
Our wings are burning
To the wind's anthem
All is lost but hope
I could write something here, but my friend Josh (Scrybe) from the bleedzao.com forums puts it much better (I hope he doesn't mind):
"I talked to Samantha (The woman who wrote these songs.) about these lyrics and found that these two songs were about what I was going through. Our 'wings', she said, represent everything we think will bring us freedom and happiness. When we find they don't, it's like they burn away. It's a painful thing, but ultimately should lead us to find the true source of freedom. God's ways are so out of tune with the way the world of mankind works and orders itself, so it seems bizarre to find glory in the pain of our burning wings. But there is beauty and truth in it that can't be comprehended until you have gone through it. Until you really have lost everything except Hope. And then turn to Him."
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You can actually hear the song on my myspace at
www.myspace.com/michaelcdThanks to everyone for the welcomes!
