Oh Lord
Strength in Struggle: Embracing Faith and Love in 'Oh Lord'
Lyrics
Run run as fast as you can
Encouragement to run fast, likely metaphorical for facing challenges.
Have to find your way
Expresses the need to find one's path in life.
To that promise land
Refers to the aspiration of reaching a promised land, a metaphor for a better future.
Oh sing, sing those tambourines
Invocation to sing and celebrate with tambourines, emphasizing joy.
Life to your soul when the choir sings
Highlighting the uplifting effect of choir singing on the soul.
Hope you are blessed with
Wishing blessings of faith, happiness, and the realization of dreams.
Faith happiness and
Continuation of the positive wishes for the listener.
Every little dream your heart desires
Encouragement to pursue every little dream in one's heart.
Take it from me
Advice to the listener to consider the speaker's perspective.
All these things ain't for free but
Acknowledging that achieving things requires effort or sacrifice.
Best to do what's right for you and love
Advocating doing what is right for oneself and promoting love.
Love love love
Reiteration and emphasis on the importance of love.
Lord give me strength
Request for strength from a higher power to face daily challenges.
To face everyday
Specifically asking for strength to confront everyday difficulties.
Oh Lord give me strength
Repetition for emphasis on the plea for strength.
To face everyday
Continuation of the request for strength in facing life's challenges.
Wake wake don't mess around
Warning against wasting time and losing oneself in the process.
You'll lose yourself before you even get found
Advice to avoid distractions that hinder personal discovery.
Listen, listen thunder will roll
Anticipation of challenges represented by thunder rolling.
The very best of you may lose control
Recognition that even the best may face moments of losing control.
Don't stop trying
Encouragement to persist despite challenges.
The hurt will subside in
Belief that pain will lessen over time, and clarity will emerge.
Time the boulevard will appear
Metaphorical reference to a path or journey becoming visible.
Don't ask no questions
Advising not to question but to be grateful for blessings.
Just thank God for you blessings
Encouragement to hold on to the key of truth, likely representing honesty.
Hold on to the key of truth
Reiteration of the importance of love.
And love love love love
Lord give me strength
Specifically asking for strength to face everyday challenges.
To face everyday
Repetition for emphasis on the plea for strength.
Oh Lord give me strength
Continuation of the request for strength in facing life's challenges.
To face everyday
You have all the power to decide what's best for you
Emphasis on personal responsibility rather than relying on others.
Don't rely on no one else to show you what to do
Expression of a straightforward approach to life.
I just say
Lord give me strength
Repeating the request for strength from a higher power.
To face everyday, you just say
Encouraging the listener to make a similar request for strength.
Oh Lord give me strength
Repetition for emphasis on the plea for strength.
To face everyday
Continuation of the request for strength in facing life's challenges.
Oh Lord, oh lord
Repetition of the plea for strength, addressing a higher power.
Give me strength
Final plea for strength from a higher power.
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