Week 5 - Light On

"Light On" - David Cook

Never really said too much
Afraid it wouldn’t be enough
Just try to keep my spirits up
When there’s no point in grieving
Doesn’t matter anyway
Words could never make me stay
Words will never take my place
When you know I’m leaving

(Chorus)
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone
Something I rely on to get home
One I can feel at night
A naked light, a fire to keep me warm
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone
Even in the daylight, shine on
And when it’s late at night you can look inside
You won’t feel so alone

You know we’ve been down that road
What seems a thousand times before
My back to a closing door and my eyes to the seasons
That roll out underneath my heels
And you don’t know how bad it feels
To leave the only one that I have ever believed in

[Chorus]

Sometimes it feels like we’ve run out of luck
When the signal keeps on breaking up
When the wires cross in my brain
You’ll start my heart again
When I come along

This song actually reminds me of the Holy Ghost, being that it is easily comparable with what David Cook is portraying in his song. When I hear the line, "Try to leave a light on when I'm gone, something I rely on to get home," I think of the light (the Holy Ghost) God leaves for us in order to get ourselves back into his presence after this life. Since we all get caught up with our everyday lives from time to time, it is easy to forget our sole purpose for this life. Temptation are all around us, all of us. This song helps me remember the purpose and to be more aware of the Spirit's promptings. The funny thing is that this song isn't religious at all; however, the song obviously gives multiple meanings. In my eyes, it has religious references all over. Although they are primarily all in the chorus, verses with lines, such as "And you don’t know how bad it feels, To leave the only one that I have ever believed in," represent the references, as well. To me, the song speaks a lot about God's plan for us and how it's necessary that we leave the spirit world, have an earthly experience (but hold to the iron rod at the same time), and later return to the spirit world once again. I probably would have never heard this song if my sister didn't accidentally sync her iPod to my iTunes. As a result, a lot of her songs ended up in my iPod, and "Light On" was one of them. When I first came upon the song and didn't recognize it, I decided to listen to it to see if it was good. Ever since that day, I've fallen completely in love with it!