My Piece of Glass

(My personal interpretation of “A Piece of Glass”)
Original words by Danielle Glenn & Derek Webb of Caedmon’s Call

I can’t believe that I failed again
Wake me up from this nightmare
Cause this monster’s wasting me away,
taking my days

Everyday I live a bit less
One day leads to another
Even if I struggle in my rage
It overcomes me
It overwhelms me

Who are you that lies when you stare in my face
Telling me that I’m just a trace of
the man I once was
Cause I just can’t tell if
you’re telling the truth or a lie
On you I just can’t rely
After all you’re just a piece of glass

Still this nightmare’s all mine
When I call on Him, He’s silent
I can tell myself when to lie, when to hide
Sometimes I stand for a while
So I think I can do this myself
But the bitter numbness goes on
And once again I … fall

Who are you that lies when you stare at my face
Telling me that I’m just a trace of
the man I once was
Cause I just can’t tell if
you’re telling the truth or a lie
On you I just can’t rely
After all you’re just a piece of glass

When did I become so jaded
Please break my hardened heart
Cause I don’t know what to do
I want to get past this, (be open and real)
Have mercy on me and
Forgive me one more …time

Who am I that lies when you stare at my face
Telling you that you’re not the man you once were
Cause we’re not the same
You’re just a picture of me
You’re gone as soon as I leave
You’ve lived my life for me
But I’m no more than a piece of glass
We’re no more than just a piece of glass

James 1:22-25

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

Psalm 32:1-8

Oh what joy for those rebellion is forgiven,

whose sin is put out of sight!

Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin,

whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

When I refused to confess my sin,

I was weak and miserable, and groaned all day long.

Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.

My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.



Interlude.

Finally,

I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them.

I said to myself,

“I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.”

And you forgave me!

All my guilt is gone.



Interlude.

Therefore,

let all the godly confess their rebellion to you while there is time,

that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgement.

For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble.

You surround me with songs of victory.



Interlude.

The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.


Ezekiel 36:25-27




Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.