emotional

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Abide With Me

Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,
The darkness deepens: Lord, with me abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O, abide with me!

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see:
O thou who changest not, abide with me!

Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word;
But, as thou dwell'st with thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar, condescending, patient, free,
Come, not to sojourn, but abide with me!

Come not in terrors, as the King of kings;
But kind and good, with healing in thy wings;
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea;
Come, Friend of sinners, and thus 'bide with me!

Thou on my head in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left thee;
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me!

I need thy presence every passing hour:
What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O, abide with me!

I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness:
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still if thou abide with me.

Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee:
In life and death, O Lord, abide with me!

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The first time I read those words, my eyes were filled with tears. The words peirced my heart and built my faith. Death is the mother of all religious faith.

Change and decay in all around I see:
O thou who changest not, abide with me!

braces_for_impact

Isn't art interesting? What some can find uplifting some can find abhorrent.

Evangelion

Or, if not actually abhorrant, merely purile and immature.

Ah, that undergraduate humour - it's classy stuff!

nj_heathens

A good prescription drug plan would take care of most of this.

Mrs. Heathen

Aravnah Ornan

Yes, and ... ?

If you mean to argue that music has the power to stir our emotions, I certainly won't argue. When I was going through a particularly nasty breakup, I listened to a lot of Alanis Morissette. Yet I don't attribute any deep meaning to her lyrics, and now her music makes me gag.