anonymous October 2nd, 2008 05:13PM  
I'm sorry to disappoint everyone, but this song is not about a girl. Lifehouse is a Christian band. This song is about waiting for God. If you go back and listen to or read the lyrics, it's pretty easy to see that this is a cry out to God. That's really what this song is about.

wvhunter1968 November 2nd, 2008 02:50PM  
This song is absolutely a crying out to God, as said by Jason Wade in a phone interview. But he also said, its his words, but you can interpret them as you want. Its a song written about a subtle cry to secular masses to understand what he understands about getting closer to God. Its easy to interpret this as a song about loving a girl...if you read like 2 or 3 of the lines, but look deep into the song and you will see that Jason Wade is talking about his faith in God. Jason has been fairly wishy-washy concerning his exact interpretation, but he has eluded to his faith being an inspiration for many of his songs, especially off of this debut album. Unfortunately, either pressure from his record company or his own falling from Grace I see his music moving more and more toward secularism and more away from the church.

Here's how I see the verses interpreted......

Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
Chasing after you
***I believe starvin for truth would indicate he is confused partially by 'religion' and he is hoping to find the "real God" the real truth. He is in a quest in this song.**

I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
***I believe he wants to let go of his 'religious affiliations' and wants only the pure Christian God that the Bible talks of. He's held onto religion for too long and he's waiting for God to tell him what He is truly about. He awaits moment by moment to do God's will"***

Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
You take all of me now...
***As a Christian, one of the first steps is humbling yourself down and realizing you are a sinner, accepting God's invitation to know Christ personally and knowing that without Him you are not worthy to make it into heaven. That is the reason Christ died, thinking you can do more is prideful and cheapens His death. Thats the invitation Jason is taking and talking about. As a mortal human we will always be lacking...we will always be incomplete, he realizes God is the only answer to fill these gaps in his life and wants to give himself completely to Jesus/God/Holy Spirit.***

I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you

There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
***After you give yourself and accept Jesus as your savior there is nothing else to lose, nothing else to find...pretty explanatory. The line that clinches it is "There is nothing in this world that can change my mind"...obviously nothing in this world would mean the only other...which is God's kingdom. Nothing about THIS world will make Him change his mind about God.

Samuel April 1st, 2009 03:02PM  
I can actually see where you religious people are coming from!! But i also believe that as the songwriter was writing this, he must have added some of the song just specifacally for a girl!! I mean, of course you can make his words into what you want to believe, i mean hey i can say that this song is about me in Math class, wanting the right answer, but im not getting it. I could say that this song revovled around a rabbit, begging it to come to me.!! Doesnt mean im right!! Anyway i personally believe that Miss Anonynoums is right, and i must say that i was totally inpressed with her interpretation!! it help, like have all the rest.

anonymous June 2nd, 2009 01:33AM  
Well, according to Jason Wade, "Hanging by a Moment" is a spiritual song. It's about living for Christ, the only sure and certain thing in a Christian's life. It's about waiting on the Lord, waiting till He makes us move. It's not about a girl at all. And whoever posted the lyrics got them wrong. It's "I'm running and not quite sure where to go".

anonymous June 3rd, 2009 12:06AM  
spiritualism ruins so many songs that could be just beautiful love songs! a song is what the listener makes of it, if you see it as a crying out to god thats cool but at the same time when someone else see's it as a song about love don't tell them they're wrong. it's all in the interpratation