Nothing is Sound

So I was listening to the new Switchfoot album (Nothing is Sound) on my MP3 player today and I am really digging the song Happy is a yuppie word. I have to admit I really did not like alum when it first came out. Actually I really hated. I was such a big fan of their last album The Beautiful Letdown. I thought nothing could top what they had already done. But when I really started to listen to the lyrics of the tracks on this new album I really started to Jones for it. Its kind of like you get a ugly sweater from you grandma the longer it sits in you closet the more you wonder what it really looks like when you wear it. And then you start to get a lot of nice compliments about it from your friends. I guess what I am trying to say, Nothing is Sound is growing on me.

I don’t know if I was just having a rough day, but when I listen to Happy is a yuppie word I mean really listen to each and every word it really helps me. I am going through a time that I am having to make some big life changing decisions. But what this song is saying to me: Nothing is Sound. No matter what decision I make, the only thing that will be there for me in the end is God. And His love. My decisions might not work out the way that I think they will, but God will never fail me.

Reading the lyrics of this song reminds me so much of the book of Ecclesiastes. I am actually going through it with my small group right now. I really feel that this book is so relevant for life. In particular my life.

Ah!
Everyone dies
Everyone loves a fight
Nothing is sound
Nothing is right side right
Evening comes, when the sun goes down in red
Nothing is cool
When will all the fighting end
When will all the fighting end

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
It's empty as an argument
I'm running down a life that won't cash out (cash out)

Everything fails
Everything runs it's course
A time and a place, for all of this loving war
Everyone buys, everyone's gotta price, and nothing is new
When will all the failures rise
When will all the failures rise, rise!

Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
It's empty as an argument
I'm running down a life that won't cash out

Happy is a yuppie word
Blessed is the man who's lost it all
Happy is a yuppie word (word)
Looking for an orphanage
I'm looking for a bridge
I can't burn downI don't believe the emptiness
I'm looking for the kingdom coming down
Everything is meaningless
I want more than simple cash can buy
Happy is a yuppie wordHappy is a yuppie word
Happy is a yuppie wordHappy is a yuppie
Nothing is soundNothing is soundNothing is sound
Nothing is sound
Nothing is soundNothing is soundNothing is sound
Happy is a yuppie word
Nothing in the world could fail me now
Happy is a yuppie word (word) So calm down, yeah!
So calm down, yeah!So calm down, yeah!