It's Time to Walk On...

I know I have already posted a blog today, BUT this is something I had written on a facebook note and wanted to share it as a blog. Hope it makes sense!

"Walk On" by U2

And love
Is not the easy thing
The only baggage
That you can bring
Not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on
Walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it
Walk onWalk on
Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place
None of us has been
A place that has to be believed
To be seen

You could have flown away
A singing bird
In an open cage
Who will only fly
Only fly for freedom

Walk on, Walk on
What you gotYou can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it
Walk on
Walk on
You stay safe tonight
And I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk onWalk on

HomeHard to know what it is
If you never had one

HomeI can't say where it is
But I know I'm going
HomeThat's where the hurt is

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
You can only take so much

Walk on
Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measureA
ll that you feel
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you care
It's only time

Ok...so here goes another one of MY "lyric interpretations". As I have said before (probably) many people interpret song lyrics in many different ways. I happened to hear this song on my iPod while I was on my way home from work the other day and rememered how much I liked it. It really is a great song with quite a lot of meaning. Actually I see a couple different meanings in this song.
Basically this song is talking about moving on. Walking away from something that you feel you can't leave behind. Something that haunts you everyday. Maybe you made a terrible mistake and that caused alot of hurt to alot of people and you are having trouble forgiving yourself. I know, that if you've got Jesus in your heart and have asked forgiveness, he has seperated your sins "as far as the east is to the west", so it's time to WALK ON. Maybe you have recently lost a loved one, someone that was really close to you and everywhere you go you are constantly reminded of that person. I know the last thing you want to hear is that they are in a better place, but the TRUTH is, they ARE, so..it's time to WALK ON. It's time to stop beating yourself up about stuff. As cliche as it sounds, that's why it's called the PAST, so leave it there. That has become my philosophy.

One of my favorite parts in the song is where it says,
"You're packing a suitcase for a place
None of us has been
A place that has to be believed
To be seen" In my opinion, they are referring to heaven here. A place NONE OF US HAS BEEN and a place that HAS TO BE BELIEVED TO BE SEEN. WOW! that's definately heaven. If you are a christian, that's almost a definition of faith. We can't physically see Jesus, but we see him in little everyday joys that we get and that shows us that there is a heaven. It also says,
"And loveIs not the easy thing
The only baggage
That you can bring
Not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind" Basically saying love (and your faith in God) is the only thing you will be taking with you to heaven. I think that's SO neat! So, whatever it is that you are holding on to and you feel it won't let you go, it's time for you to WALK ON and let it go. Because.......
"I know it aches, And your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on
Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind"