But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. Perhaps she knows this isn't a permanent thing? Or maybe it is, so she wants to enjoy it together, without going over the regrets of the past? Reason: Perhaps she knows this isn't a permanent thing? Or maybe it is, so she wants to enjoy it together, without going over the regrets of the past? He wants to discuss the wonder of the whole thing, and she just wants to dance/enjoy the moment. So she's taken control of him and the situation. I kind of doubt she's thought about it that much. Obviously it all feels predestined to him, and he goes on about THAT in his overwrought way. I felt it in my chest as she looked at me. Obviously the young man has a problem with overthinking things and regretting the past, and he encounters a girl without that particular problem (don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me.)Ī backless dress and some beat up sneaks, So now let's ruin the message of it by overanalyzing it! :) I felt it in my chest as she looked at me Join the song, join this dance with me.Helpless to the bass and the fading light A whole community enveloped in the songs of rejoicing I have been singing from eternity before and will continue to sing for eternity future. So, perhaps we just might hear the voice of God whisper to us, or shout, “Shut up and dance with me. Matter of fact, for most of us, it would be a spiritual discipline to actually celebrate! I know it’s true of me – and I’m one of the one who believes dancing is ok! But sometimes we just need to stop all the other stuff and dance, celebrate, let loose. As one author put it, “We’ve simply grown older than God himself.”Īgain, I do not disregard theology, study, liturgy, spiritual disciplines, etc. All that stuff can get in the way of what it means to embrace childlike faith. God communicating: “Shut up and dance with me!”īut here’s what I have to offer: While we can get so caught up in our theologizing, philosophizing, and liturgizing (and I am involved in all 3 of these), sometimes we need to simply shut up and dance, dance with God. That message is simply that of the main hook line in the chorus: “Shut up and dance with me!” Yet, even more, listening to the song over the weekend, I started to sense a message that I think we could easily find on the lips of God. It truly makes me want to move, to dance. Still, as I said, I do love the energy in the song. I will say that the music video is a little odd – it makes you think the it was produced in 1987. I get the feeling she didn’t necessarily agree. I offered to my wife that it would make a good running song. It starts off in a U2-esque way with guitar delay, the bass guitar is run through a distortion pedal, and the song is simply full of energy. I personally like the recent song by Walk the Moon, entitled Shut Up and Dance. I’m about to offer something that I expect to come across as silly, even outright ludicrous.
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