For my cultural analysis project I am doing the song Gone by Switchfoot. It was released in 2003 in the double-platinum record, The Beautiful Letdown. This song is addressing a belief that has been in the United States ever since the time of the Puritans which was this dominant religious ideology of putting God above anything else. With it actually supporting a religious ideology it is refuting the Rags to Riches ideology. This song was the premier hit of that platinum-record which means a lot of people loved the message.
The song itself is about disregarding material things for what they are... material. Materials rust, fall apart, and just turn into dust “All the riches of the kings end up in wills”. What lasts forever is the afterlife and the choices that you made that took to either side of it. What lasts forever is the love of God.
Switchfoot says "If you get the world and lose your soul" indicating that the whole idea of gaining worldly possessions is just futile. They further support their religious ideology with "Every moment that we borrow brings us closer to a God". If you think about it in the end you can't take anything after you die. In the end all you have is your soul.
No comments:
Post a Comment