Overcome has now returned in 2010. But, this is not a reunion. This is a new era of the band. As time moves on life will always have its challenges and changes. Jason Stinson the front man and main song writer for Overcome lead the band through 7 years of these challenges and changes. All of them rewarding. For the last several years it was time to focus and do “life” apart from this band. Now a new opportunity has once again become a reality and Overcome has returned with new members and new music. More important than all of this isn’t what has changed, but what hasn’t and will never change. That is our purpose and our message. Be ready… a new flame is burning.
Understanding
Overcome Lyrics
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Does not understanding raise her voice?
There is a reason.
I know there is a reason.
I dig and I keep digging.
Haven't I found you yet?
What could have driven you to this?
I want to understand you.
And I want to find some reasons.
And I want to find some answers.
And when I find some answers, new questions will arise.
Why do people do what they do?
Why can't people just see you?
This world is full of so many lies.
Satan owns the lie and we are all being fooled.
We're all being fooled.
Save us.
Save us from this world of hate.
The lyrics of "Understanding" by Overcome explore the yearning for knowledge and comprehension of the world around us. The first two lines reference wisdom and understanding as personified entities, suggesting that they have a voice that cries out to us. The singer acknowledges that there is a reason for things that happen, but cannot seem to grasp it fully despite their continuous efforts to uncover the truth. The lyrics express a deep desire to understand others, particularly those who seem to make choices that are difficult to comprehend. The singer acknowledges that as they uncover answers, new questions inevitably arise, leading them to question the motives behind people's actions, and the prevalence of deception in the world. The song ultimately asks for salvation from the darkness of the world and its pervasive hate.
Line by Line Meaning
Does not wisdom cry out?
Isn't the truth calling out to us?
Does not understanding raise her voice?
Isn't knowledge also calling out?
There is a reason.
There's always a reason behind things.
I know there is a reason.
I know there's a reason for what's happening.
I dig and I keep digging.
I keep looking for answers.
Haven't I found you yet?
Why haven't I found the truth?
What could have driven you to this?
What made you do this?
I want to understand you.
I want to understand the reasons.
But I can't, and I still search.
But I can't, and I still look for answers.
And I want to find some reasons.
I want to find explanations.
And I want to find some answers.
I want to know the truth.
And when I find some answers, new questions will arise.
When I find the truth, more questions will come up.
Why do people do what they do?
What makes people commit to certain actions?
Why can't people just see you?
Why can't people see the truth?
This world is full of so many lies.
There's so much falsehood in the world.
Satan owns the lie and we are all being fooled.
The devil controls the lies and we all fall for them.
We're all being fooled.
We're all being deceived.
Save us.
Help us.
Save us from this world of hate.
Save us from this hate-filled world.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
Written by: RONALD LANE, STEVE MARRIOTT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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I had a crappy mother too. She would always complain about everything. "Your shoes are wrong. Your hair is wrong. Your pants are wrong." I asked her why she always complained about everything, and she said "If you did it correctly, I wouldn't have anything to complain about." She would see me on the street, and she would start looking me up and down for something to complain about. Imagine knowing every time you see someone, they will try to attack you with some complaint.
The funny thing is, she quit school in the 3rd grade to help support her family. She had the education of a 9 year old child, yet she thought she had the right to correct me. She came to America from another country and spoke broken English, but she thought she had the right to lecture other people.
I had a manager who was like that also. He would constantly yell at people and then say he had "high standards". But his emails were filled with spelling mistakes and grammatical mistakes. He pretended to know things he didn't understand. The people that he hired and promoted above everyone else were incompetent and lost clients for the company. But just because he screamed his head off at everyone, all that stuff didn't matter. He had "high standards".
I'm assuming Hit ler was exactly the same way. If you scream your head off at others, you can be the most incompetent person in the world but you get away with claiming you have "high standards".
I finally realized that people like this are lazy sacks of sh*t who are parasites on the human race, and don't want to do any real work. They wait for everyone else to do something and then try to "correct" them. So I just turn it around on them and attack them 24/7.
Andy Huang
To anyone struggling with this, I hope my story inspires you...
For the past 15 years I was surpressed by my father's expectations. I lived my life for him. I lived to become who he wanted me to be. It was an inner turmoil that conflicted me to my very core. I felt so ashamed whenever I wanted to stray off the path he set out for me. I know he had my best interests at heart, but I hated that I had no control over my life or my destiny.. I could not be myself. This shame festered into depression and it ate away at my soul. I spent years dwelling in self pity. I was suicidal and I was so close to ending it. As a last ditch effort before I gave up, I told myself that I would travel across the country alone to reflect on my life. I packed my bags and I just began driving... As far as East as I could. I haven't looked back.
4 months passed, and I never went home. I went to a new city, stepped out of my comfort zone where I no longer had the influence of my parents and began anew.
Finally, I rediscovered myself.. I began setting my own goals, pursuing my own passions. I finally began to see clearly and I told my father that I am done living in his shadow...
It took fifteen years (I'm 28) for me to muster up the courage to put my own happiness first. The burden of his expectations lifted, my depression subsided and it was the first time I have felt truly happy. It was liberating.
For anyone else struggling with this, please put your happiness first. Be who you are. Be brave enough to say THIS IS MY LIFE... It is better to be uncomfortable in the one moment you say NO, than live a life full of resentment. Step out of your comfort zone.. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN CHASING YOUR DREAMS. Just do it, make your dreams come true. I believe in you and its your turn to begin believing in yourself.
Proper Psychology
@deshawn lundy There will always be obstacles to overcome...
“The secret to your existence is right in front of you, and it manifests itself as all those things you know you should do but you’re avoiding.”
“Don’t avoid something frightening if it stands in your way.”
“You’re going to pay a price for everything you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.”
-Jordan Peterson
Wikus du Plessis
Wow, this video seemed to talk directly to me. :) Since I've been 3-4 years old software and coding was an obsessive fascination with me. Started teaching myself programming at 5, trying to find anything I can to develop my talent. I had no support and only got shamed and bullied into believing I am loser and a nerd by everyone including my family. They are all sport fanatics and my mother even goes so far as to not believe dinosaurs existed....
It's now 30 years later and I have ended up having no one. No friends, family only in the definition of the word and have struggled my whole life trying to be included in a world that refuses to be happy with me unless I am and do what they dictate.
It's a bittersweet feeling. On the one hand I am extremely proud of what I have learnt and accomplished in my life while on the other it is a curse because people's insecurities will not allow them to feel inferior to anyone. Which is what they see and think because they are unwilling to improve the things that are causing their insecurities. So if I discuss anything related to science or technological advancement I am accused of thinking I am smarter than everyone, when that has never been the case. At this point I just don't even bother anymore.
This caused me tremendous stress, sadness and eventual serious psychological issues. It has made me resent and borderline hate society because the thing I should be happiest and most proud of, the thing that I naïvely believed would earn me friendships, respect, love, life, was twisted against me to empower those (most people) who are angry and bitter that life didn't GIVE them everything while they did nothing to earn or achieve it.
I have come to terms with being lonely. For people poisoning my social life and banding up to elevate their own self worth.
Took me a very long time and couple of mental institutions to come to terms with everything. But I would honestly rather do the only thing that still makes me happy, makes me feel like myself and motivates me. That gives me a purpose. No matter how insecure it makes all those around me feel, I can't help it if they do, they can do it too but are too lazy and selfish to do anything about it and the easiest solution is just to alienate and ostracize anyone or anything that highlights this, intentionally or unintentionally.
With all that said, I have realized that I can be happy with myself at least and feel good about my life, to a degree. I'm sure everyone has done some stupid things they regret.
It's all I have to offer, even if no one want to be happy for me, appreciate or respect me I know me. I appreciate me and I will never change me. If I had to change who I am, for the sake of people not blaming me for what is ultimately a reflection of their own issues, put a mask on and be what they want, agree with wasting this one life I have that mask would have a bullet in it in the first week. Then I'm officially fucking out. Fuck that noise.
The Chancellor
To the worthwhile person seeing this, your dream is not dead. Don’t allow the past and current pains and hurts stop and define you. You’re more than a conqueror. Rise up and put yourself together. Keep pushing your future depends on it. I wish you all the best in life ❤️.
Berivan Töre
@Rakhee Bajaj
Berivan Töre
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Charles Richardson
Thank you
MOHAMED ALI Khlifi
Thank you
Schlock Meister
My Timmy's "taking a chance while risking rejection" vs "being apathic and terrified of rejection"-ratio must be around 10% vs 90%. He will soon be 51 years old. He's probably seeing therapist/psychologist/psychiatrist no. ... 15 or so now. And then those pills that do nothing. Not much time left for Timmy to get out there and communicate with real people ... 😟
NorthStar2000
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." -Oscar Wilde
Julie Costello
There is now a tye dye kit that CVS sells and the brand is "Be yourself". Nothing is really sacred in today's society
Je Rid
That's crazy quote bruu
Tofuu
Shiet you just fixed my social anxiety