Switchfoot - Easier Than Love

The fifth song from Switchfoot's latest, Nothing Is Sound, is called Easier Than Love. Here's the thoughts on the song from Switchfoot:

Another song inspired by irony or paradox or perhaps sheer confusion. How is it that one of the most meaningful, intimate moments in a human's life is now used to sell beverages or magazines or auto parts? And indeed, sex sells. It's no wonder that sex is easier than love, because love is extremely difficult, almost impossible at times. I have no fingers to point, my friends, I'm simply stating the obvious and I love screaming this one out. This one was inspired by the Shins- a great band with great production elements. In many ways, Romey really made this one come alive.

This is a most interesting song from Switchfoot and it will be interesting to see what the Christian music industry says and also what the popular culture says about it. "Sex is currency" is not a line you usually see on an album in a Bible bookstore. At a time of really tasteless Carl's Jr. commercials it's good to have the opposite view thrown right back. As a parent, I hate how sex is THE way of marketing just about everything and I don't even have girls. "Where is our soul?" I dare Sony to release this as a single and I would dare MTV (purveyor of so much crap) to play it. It will probably never happen, but maybe Christian music will push it (but I doubt that also).

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Sex is currency

She sells cars, she sells magazines

Addictive, bittersweet, clap your hands

with the hopeless nicotines

Everyone's a lost romantic, since our love became a kissing show

Everyone's a Casanova, come and pass me the mistletoe

Everyone's been scared to death of dying here alone

She is easier than love, is easier than life. It's easier to fake and

smile and bribe

It's easier to leave. It's easier to lie.

It's harder to face ourselves at night, feeling alone

What have we done, what is the monster we've become

Where is my soul

(Numb)

Sex is industry, the CEO of corporate policy

Skin deep ministry, suburban youth, hail your so called liberty

Every advertising antic our banner waves with a neon glow

War and love become pedantic, we wage love with a mistletoe

Everyone's been scared to death of dying here alone

Sex is easier than love.

Lyrics courtesy of Learning2Breathe.

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Posted by Tim at September 26, 2005 10:36 PM