One of Us

I think it's always funny how people changes to see things differently.

For example, this song that I wanna talk about.

It's really funny how I was avoiding it, until it became one of my most favorite songs ever since the last few years.

I just read that this song was first released in 1995. Back when I was just a little girl. I liked the melody but I wasn't old enough to really get the meaning.

I heard it constantly again when I was in Canada, that was when I fell in love with the song again. Thanks to my hostmom and our neighbor who would watch Joan of Arcadia if they had the chance and dragged me along with them.

But my time in Canada was like the most religious time of my life!

I was making so much effort to pray five times a day, didn't drink any alcohol for one straight year, got into deep islamic discussion, and tried to defense Islam from everyone who has no clue.

I was too religious that I was too afraid to listen to the song's lyrics, incase I will question the existence of God. So I let the song slipped my mind.

Now, I'm like in the lowest point of being religious.

I mean, I'm still not eating pork, still believe in Allah and Muhammad, Al-Qur'an, and everything. But unfortunately, and I'm not proud of it, I don't practice anything religious.

Still not wearing hoed, let the prayer time passes, not reciting Al-Qur'an, drink alcohol occasionally, etc, etc, etc.

and this particular song was the perfect song to describe the lowest point of me being not religious.

Again, I'm not proud of it or anything.

It's just being religious is not one of my biggest concern, right now. sad, I know.

and I'm not saying that I'm questioning the existence of God or anything, but I do think that this one episode in Glee about spirituality was great.

Like they put it so neatly together, I understood the episode very well. There are some people who believe in God with all their hearts, some others basically don't believe in any God at all, and some of them are simply like me: believe in God but in the lowest point of being religious.

Also, I'm not saying that I agree that God can be addressed by a "He", like in this song. Or a "She", or any particular gender for that matter.

God is just God.

God is too sacred to be put in the same level as human: differentiate by gender.

So in this case, I just simply like the song.

Actually, I don't know if writing this introductory paragraphs make any sense at all.

All in all, I just enjoy the song.

This particular song simply makes me think and I like this kind of song.

Joan Osbourne - One of Us

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with Him in all His glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

1-And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?

If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see if, seeing meant
That you would have to believe in things like heaven
And in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets?
(repeat 1, 1)

Back up to heaven all alone
No, nobody calling on the phone
No, just tryin' to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome