By No Means
Embracing Life's Redemption: By No Means - Ocean Is Theory
Lyrics
Are these the pictures you want lost
Questioning if the depicted images are desired to be lost
When your house burns to the ground
Reflecting on the potential loss when one's home is destroyed
All those battles that you fought
Acknowledging past struggles and conflicts
Why are you keeping them around
Questioning the retention of those challenging memories
Forgive but not forget it
Advocating forgiveness without forgetting
Why do we live like this
Raising a query about the current way of life
'Cause I'll always regret it
Expressing enduring regret
God I can't resist
Feeling unable to resist a certain impulse or temptation
Tear down those pages of your book
Suggesting the removal of undesirable past experiences
So why write them anyway
Raising a question about the purpose of writing such experiences
Don't regret, embrace the day
Encouraging embracing the present moment without regrets
This life has so much more to live for
Acknowledging the potential for a fulfilling life
It's something I would die for
Expressing a strong commitment or passion
Just keep your conscience clean
Encouraging maintaining a clear conscience
Must we force this grace to increase
Questioning the need to artificially increase grace
By no means
Stating a rejection or opposition ("By no means") to forcing grace
Lives are changed from these mistakes
Recognizing that lives can be transformed through mistakes
But mercy covers sin
Highlighting the covering power of mercy over sins
We owe you everything
Acknowledging gratitude and indebtedness
You're teaching me about this love
Acknowledging the role of another in teaching about love
You're showing me there is enough
Recognizing sufficiency in the concept of love
You're teaching about this grace
Learning about the concept of grace from another
You're showing me your holy face
Encountering a divine or sacred representation
You're teaching me how to dance
Being taught how to engage in joyous expression
You're showing me this is a romance
Experiencing a romantic connection through teaching
You're teaching me that as I am
Learning self-acceptance and empowerment
I can do great things when I'm in your hands
Acknowledging the potential for greatness when guided
Must we force this grace to increase
Reiterating the rejection of artificially forcing grace
By no means
Restating the opposition to coercive measures in obtaining grace
Lives are changed from these mistakes
Reiterating the transformative potential of mistakes
But mercy covers sin
Emphasizing the redeeming quality of mercy for sins
We owe you everything
Expressing a sense of owing everything, possibly to a higher power
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