Faith.

Over the years the notion of being content has constantly fucked with me. I'm not one to be, is what it comes down to. I always want more; and what's more is I've never known that to be a bad thing. There's something beautiful in the sort of desperation that makes you cling to your wants.  This song from Jars of Clay, "Faith Enough," speaks to that sense of desperation for me. I haven't listened to these guys in a while, but every time I do, there's something more to take away, and something more to keep me wondering. The concept of "just enough" has me heartbroken.



"Faith Enough"

The ice is thin enough for walkin'
The rope is worn enough to climb
My throat is dry enough for talkin'
The world is crumblin' but I know why
The world is crumblin' but I know why

The storm is wild enough for sailing
The bridge is weak enough to cross
This body frail enough for fighting
I'm home enough to know I'm lost
Home enough to know I'm lost

It's just enough to be strong
In the broken places, in the broken places
It's just enough to be strong
Should the world rely on faith tonight

The land unfit enough for planting
Barren enough to conceive
Poor enough to gain the treasure
Enough a cynic to believe
Enough a cynic to believe

It's just enough to be strong
In the broken places, in the broken places
It's just enough to be strong
Should the world rely on faith tonight

Confused enough to know direction
The sun eclipsed enough to shine
Be still enough to finally tremble
And see enough to know I'm blind
And see enough to know I'm blind

It's just enough to be strong
In the broken places, in the broken places
It's just enough to be strong
Should the world rely on faith tonight
Should the world rely on faith tonight