9. "Lonely Nation"

She turns like the ocean
She tells no emotion
She's been gunning down the fight

She's just reminiscing
Blood, sweat, and one thing's missing
She's been breaking up inside, inside

Singing without tongues

Screaming without lungs

I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation
Desperate we are young
Separate we are one
I want more than my desperation
I Want more than my lonely nation

We are the target market
We set the corporate target
We are slaves of what we want
We're just not amused
And we're just used to bad news
We are slaves of what we want

(Chorus)

Lonely, lonely

Don't leave me hollow
I'm tired
Don't leave me hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Of feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Of feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Of feeling hollow
I'm tired of feeling low
Of feeling hollow
Of feeling hollow
Of feeling hollow

Singing without tongues
Screaming without lungs
Want more than my desperation
I want more than my lonely nation
Desperate we are young
Separate we are one
I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation
I want more than my lonely nation

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I still remember hearing this song, for the first time, four years ago. Opening to their rock heavy album Nothing is Sound, "Lonely Nation" sends chills of sorrow through your skin. I could sense depression in the lyrics, and I immediately knew that this album was going to be different.

"We are slaves of what we want", I believe this to be true. Cars, dress, politics, school, careers, sex, girls, friends, food...whatever we put above God is idolatry. So where does that leave us? Lonely. What is lonely nation? Where people are fake, broken, enslaved and without purpose.

When someone's at the very lowest of all lows they might think, "I'm tired of feeling low, Of feeling hollow". I love that line Jon Foreman sings over and over again. Feeling hollow, or knowing that somethings missing. Gives us the feeling of no hope.

BUT...the album doesn't stop with just this song, no no, it continues on into "Stars". A song about looking to God when we're at our lowest of all lows. That song will be reviewed later on.