So, I must admit this song is quite catchy. As I ride in the car with my brother I find myself enjoying the song. But when I started paying attention to the lyrics and was saddened to hear some of them. Generally when a lady does the initiating, which is so clearly done in the song, she is desperate. This is exactly what the writer of the song coveys through the lyrics. When I first heard the song, I thought the poor girl is just confused about the roles on men and women in relationships, but then I listened more carefully. Some of these lyrics are as follows, "I trade my soul for a wish ,Pennies and dimes for a kiss," or "I beg and borrow and steal" or "Before you came into my life I missed you so bad I missed you so bad... I missed you so, so bad" How depressing is that? She says other boys chase her, but instead of considering one of them she throws herself at the one who, "gave [her] nothing at all." I know most people probably think I'm over analyzing it, but it is not just about this song. Instead it is about how confused our culture is on the roles of men and women particularly in relationships. Even many Christians are buying into the lie the culture is selling us, through songs like this. Men are suppose to love their wives like Christ loves the Church, so they must do the wooing, pursuing, and initiating; not the women. A woman's job is to respond to the man's initiating. If, a Christian woman would only learn to let Christ complete her, she wouldn't be so desperate for a relationship that she pursues, instead of letting the man pursue. Truth be told, woman don't want to initiate; they just feel like they have to.
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