Hawk Nelson

As many of you know by now, I have this thing for song lyrics. I'm here to tell you that there really is a song for every mood you're in, every feeling you feel and every emotion that may surface. There are some bands that just have a knack for hitting the nail on the head with me. With Hawk Nelson, it's a double whammy, because I love their sound and I love their lyrics. They have that California surfer dude sound with great words. Reliant K, I like them, too, they have the same sound, but most of their lyrics are like cotton candy, all fluff and no substance. They have a few good ones thrown in there sporadically, but for the most part, they're all about the sound. Switchfoot, probably an original in a land of copycats, they have many good lyrics, but I think they are almost cryptic. You don't really get it until you go through something and you think "Oh, that's what that song is about".

Lately I have been listening to lots and lots of "interesting m-music" as Lorraine on Back to the Future put it. Mike, for some reason that I won't even try to understand, calls it butt hole music. Mom and Daddy call it screaming noise. I call it America's best kept secret. The best place to hide awesome lyrics is in music that you have to really pay attention to to understand the words. And there are some songs that are too much for me, so I don't pay attention to those songs, but some of them, once you get past the gut wrenching scream of words like "I WILL DECREASE SO YOU CAN INCREASE!! I WILL DECREASE SO YOU CAN INCREASE!!" you'll see where I'm coming from.

Awesome, dude.

Here's one of my favorites. And it's not even a screamer.

Hawk Nelson

Take Me

Can you hear me? Does anyone around me
Feel the way that I feel now?
Cause from the window where I sometimes cry
I just want to see Your face tonight
And Im willing to lose everything I am
Cause I need you more than ever
I need Your help to find where Ive been going wrong so far
Take me under Your wing tonight
Make me so perfect in Your eyes
Hold on cause it will be alright
Youre not alone anymore
When Youre near me, I feel like I just found me
In the traces of the boy from yesterday
But in a world that is so black and white
I will take the steps to change my life
And I wont be coming back to here again
I need Your loving hand to guide me
Through the maze of all the things inside me
Then Ill know that Im alright
Cause I need You more than ever
I need Your help to find where Ill be going wrong so far
Tale me under Your wing tonight
Make me so perfect in Your eyes
Hold on cause it will be alright
Youre not along anymore
Please help me get from worse to better
Before these tears soak through this lonely sweater
And let me know that Im alright
I still have one strike of this match left
And Im holding on to my last breath
And its getting a little dark around to see here
Take me under Your wing tonight
Make me so perfect in your eyes
Hold on cause it will be alright
Youre not alone
Take me under Your wing tonight
Make me so perfect in your eyes
Hold on it will be alright
Youre not alone
And Youll be here forever, forever Youll stay
And You promised to love me, Youll love me always
Youll love me for always, Youll love me for always
Always