"When I Fall" by Buddahead

Connect with Scripture: Micah 7:7-10
But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy;
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
Then my enemy will see,
and shame will cover her who said to me,
"Where is the Lord your God?"
My eyes will look upon her;
now she will be trampled down
like the mire of the streets.

English Standard Version, Copyright(C) 2000; 2001 by Crossway Bibles. All Rights Reserved.






Today’s Song: “When I Fall” by Buddahead, from the album, Crossing the Invisible Line
For full album review, click here.

1. Don't you know that I cried in silence.
I was too afraid to be saved by the hands that held me.
I waited without hope.
Without you I lose myself.
I find it hard in cheap hotels with bleary eyes
And no one knows it.

Chorus
When I fall, When I lose my head,
You're the one I call.
When I fall, When I bleed,
The one I need,
You're the one I want,
The one I call.

2. Can't you hear the voices humming madly
Somewhere in my head?
But instead of trying I'm just hiding.
Lost in my regret.
Without you I lose myself.
I find it hard in cheap hotels with bleary eyes
And no one knows it.

Chorus

Bridge
I've dragged the past into the light.
I want to leave it here.
I've dragged the past into the light.
Come take me away from here.

Chorus

Word by Raman Kia, Music by Kia, Ashurst, Glennsiter, Hewerdine, Gilmore, Schwartz, and Umbach. © 2004 Sanctuary Records Group, Inc.

Behind the Music
1. Stanza 1, assuming Raman Kia wrote this song about breaking up with someone, how does this stanza view that person? Is this how God wants us to view our wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend? Why or why not?
2. Even if you answered “no” to question #4, why does breaking up with someone/getting a divorce feel like you lose yourself?
3. Stanza 1, what does it mean to cry in silence—literally and figuratively? Do you ever feel like praying to God is crying into the silence?
4. According to Micah 7:7-10, is God listening to our cries? What can we say when other people or Satan mock us saying that God’s not listening, He’s silent, “Where is the Lord your God?
5. Stanza 1, have you ever been afraid to be saved by God, to admit you needed Him to hold you? Why?
6. Stanza 1, how does the Micah passage say something different than the line “I waited without hope”?
7. Chorus, how can the Chorus be a statement of faith in God?
8. Chorus, where does Micah 7:7-10 show that the Chorus is right to call on God when we fall, bleed, or need help?
9. How has God helped you when you have fallen into sin, when you’ve been left bleeding by the hurts of this world, or when you lose your head?
10. Stanza 2, “voices humming madly somewhere in my head” might at first sound like a psychotic episode. However, in what way, do we all have a voice inside of our heads? What do you usually tell yourself with the voice in your head—is it mainly positive or negative self-talk?
11. Micah 7:7 says, “I will wait for the God of my salvation;” in other words, I will wait for God to save me. Does that truth of Scripture—that God saves us—work with the line in the song that says, “Instead of trying I’m just hiding”? In what ways can we resist God’s hands that save us? In what ways can we hide from Him?
12. Stanza 2, what regrets do you get lost in—the mistakes that keep bringing the guilt back?
13. “Regret” is your enemy, attacking the truth of God’s forgiveness in your life. “Regret” brings back the guilt that God removed from you (Psalm 32:5). According to Micah 7:7-10, what does God do to your enemy, Regret?
14. Bridge, how is saying the verse from Micah, “I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him,” the way in which we’ve “dragged the past into the light”? How does confessing our sins keep those things in the light? How does God promise to take us away from these sins, guilt, and regret?

Credits
By Buddahead
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group, Inc.

For full album review, click here.