Friday, March 09, 2007


~Tea and Sympathy~

fare thee well
we trade in all our words
for tea and sympathy

i wonder why we try
for things that could never be
we play our hearts lament
like an unrehearsed symphony

not intent
to leave this castle full of empty rooms
our love, the captive, in the tower
never rescued
and all our victory songs
seem to be playing out of tune

but it's not the way
that it has to be
don't trade our love for tea
and sympathy, no

but it's not the way
that it has to be..

you begin
and all your words fall to the floor
and break like china cups
and the waitress grabs a broom
and tries to sweep them up

i reach for my tea
and slowly drink in.

but it's not the way
that it has to be
don't trade our love for tea
and sympathy, no

but it's not the way
that it has to be..
don't trade our love for tea
and sympathy

fare thee well
words -- the bag of leaves,
that fill my head
i could taste the bitterness
i call the waitress instead
for she holds the answer
smiles and ask, one teaspoon or two

cos it's not the way
that it has to be
don't trade our love for tea
and sympathy, no

don't trade us for tea and sympathy
we can work it out..

words and music by jars of clay

i love this song for the simple message it's trying to get across -- and that is to try and move on after an unhappy event. there's no point brooding and being stuck in the past while hoping for sympathy from the outside to make you feel better.

yes, we will mourn and grieve for the unhappiness but it's normal for we are only human. but there must come a time where we must move on and look forward to the future. and sometimes we will find it hard to move on but i'm thankful that my God has not forsaken me and left me alone. I came to know him better after my own breakup and when i focus on Him and started to get more involved in His work, i felt better as the days went by. and i wasn't sad nor stuck, wishing to be back with her anymore.

He was my "waitress", the one that swept my mess up when it seemed as though my world crumbled before my eyes, and it was He who offered me sugar when ever my situation seemed bleak, just like how tea can be too bitter for us to take sometimes.

so to those who can't seem to move on, or feel that there's no meaning nor direction in their life, say a little prayer. if you seek, He will find and give you what you need. =)