Sunday, March 15, 2009

wedding dress

This is a great song by Derek Webb.  I hadn't heard it in a long time, until the other day when I was riding around with a friend.  

If you could love me as a wife 
and for my wedding gift, your life 
Should that be all I'd ever need 
or is there more I'm looking for 

and should I read between the lines 
and look for blessings in disguise 
To make me handsome, rich, and wise 
Is that really what you want 

I am a whore I do confess 
But I put you on just like a wedding dress 
and I run down the aisle 
and I run down the aisle 
I'm a prodigal with no way home 
but I put you on just like a ring of gold 
and I run down the aisle to you 

So could you love this bastard child 
Though I don't trust you to provide 
With one hand in a pot of gold 
and with the other in your side 

I am so easily satisfied 
by the call of lovers so less wild 
That I would take a little cash 
Over your very flesh and blood 

Because money cannot buy 
a husband's jealous eye 
When you have knowingly deceived his wife 


It reminds me a lot of the book of Hosea, and um, my life in general, haha.  

2 comments:

ccollier said...

a aw Matthew, I never knew you were a male prostitute. Geez, you should be more open about these things. Heh. just kiddin...

M. Jones said...

well, what can I say? gotta make money somehow! being a tech just isnt cutting it!