Song Study - "Bartender"

If I go
Before I'm old
Oh, brother of mine
Please don't forget me if I go

Bartender, please
Fill my glass for me
With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
After three days in the ground

Oh, and if I die
Before my time
Oh, sweet sister of mine
Please don't regret me if I die

Bartender, please
Fill my glass for me
With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
After three days in the ground

Bartender, please
Fill my glass for me
With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
After three days in the ground

I'm on bended knees, I pray
Bartender, please

When I was young, I didn't think about it Now I can't get it out of my mind

I'm on bended knees
Father, please

Oh, and if all this gold
Should steal my soul away
Oh, sweet mother of mine
Please redirect me if this gold

Bartender, you see
The wine that's drinking me
came from the vine that strung Judas from the Devil's tree
His roots deep, deep in the ground

Bartender, you see
The wine that's drinking me
came from the vine that strung Judas from the Devil's tree
his roots deep, deep in the ground,in the ground

I'm on bended knees
Oh, Bartender, please

I'm on bended knees
Father, please

When I was young, I never dreamed about it Now I just want to run and die

I'm on bended knees
Oh, Bartender, please Bartender, please

"Bartender" by Dave Matthews
I think the "Bartender" is GOD. Dave tends to do that, write about GOD and Jesus ithout using the names per-say. In this song, he does interchange Bartender with Father.

Any thoughts?

Hello Again

Well, lost our home and had to move away...far away.
Had asked for help moving, but the masses turned to pray
Our lives left hanging, frozen in the day
Labeled as dirty, we were thrown away

We have reached safety, and man what a ride
Our true friends walked with us, stride for stride
To the ones who cringed to be by our side
As Bono says "They could not take your pride"

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I really want to thank Chris Mraz and her great kids for letting us into thier family and helping us in so many ways.

We have landed. Beth is in school and we are still waiting for the district to get Daniel started. I think the hold up is Powhatan is being slow at sending files, even though they told me they would do it "right away".

We had to leave behind so much. Furniture, electronics, clothes, cooking, food, etc. We had asked for help moving this stuff, but someone spread a completely unsubstantiated rumor, causing (almost) everyone to turn thier back. Slander and defamation can only be judged by the amount of actual damages such as the monetary value of everything that was left behind. It is good for some people that I am not the vengeful kind. What happened hurt, I mean it really hurt. It was so idiotic that it hurt even more. The funny thing is, not one of us has ever shown a symptom. So who started the lies? Not sure, but I know who spread them. And they did spread...like wildfire.

The last day we went to church even, people who normally shook our hands turned the other way. Some went out of their way to avoid us. A church that had so quickly made us feel at home had just as quickly made us feel unwanted. Unworthy. Dirty. Unwelcome. Oddly enough, I still like the church and its' theories. Some of the people are still tops, but the rest really need lessons on the dangers of gossip.

Nebraska is beautiful. The best beef and corn in the world is found here as well. There is work here. We will survive and eventually thrive.

It's good to be home.