Amos Lee: Violin Meaning

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Violin Lyrics

Lately I,
I've been heading for a breakdown
Every time I leave my house
Well it feels just like a shakedown
Between street sweepers and the pushers or the lawyers
Who may as well be butchers
Between the small timing hustlers who all, seem...

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   anonymous

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   Mar 2nd, 19:25 report

   
   

   God presents himself only through beauty (in this case a violin and it's music), but does not take an active role in ridding the world of ugliness. How does one deal with that? Where is the justice handed down from on high? I love this lyric because it comports well with my view of God who provides us with a world full of unspeakable beauty which perhaps provides the only real way we can deal with the ugliness.......but sometimes we don't see the real value in that.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Feb 28th, 10:14 report

   
   

   I think maybe he is a musician and he hears God in the music of the violin but wants more needs God to pull him out of the sadness of the world around him.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Nov 5th 2012, 20:05 report

   
   

   God is in the music. As he listens to the violin he is aware of the beauty of God's presence but he wants to experience God more in his life's tough circumstances.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Sep 9th 2012, 14:38 report

   
   

   Need to know what the violin represents. The rest of the lyrics hinge on this. The protagonist is sick of the world he sees around him/her. Tired of the efforts he has put into chasing what may turn out to be hollow dreams. Thus in the chorus he asks why is God "hanging out in that ol violin", please come rescue me from this. It's a prayer for help. But what is the violin? Is it music for the musician, something more personal to Mr. Lee? Is it something each of us go to to seek solace?

   
   
   
   

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   Dec 15th 2011, 18:50 report

   
   

   Lately I,
   I've been heading for a breakdown
   Every time I leave my house
   Well it feels just like a shakedown (people put their hands/needs/expectations on you.)
   Between street sweepers and the pushers or the lawyers
   Who may as well be butchers(cut at you, taking what they need)
   Between the small timing hustlers who all, seem to feed upon each other
   
   [Chorus]
   Oh God why you been
   Hanging out that ol' violin
   While I've been waiting for you,
   to pull me through
   
   Lately I,
   every time I try to lie down
   While my mind just gets away
   I can't even close my eyes now(over whelming me until sleep will not come)
   Between the big fish ambition, and the lovers
   Using words as ammunition(motivation...for their needs)
   Between the wood planks I've been pacing and this impossible dream that I've been chasing
   
   Chorus]
   Oh God why you been
   Hanging out in that ol' violin
   While I've been waiting for you,
   to pull me through
   
   Chorus]
   Oh God
   Oh God
   Oh God why you been
   Hanging out in that ol' violin
   While I've been waiting for you,
   to pull me through
   
   Oh God
   Oh God
   Oh God