I'm showing my age with this song. I mean really showing my age because I wasn't in high school when this song came out. I wasn't even in college. I was married and had three kids. Hey, just because I was over 30 didn't mean I couldn't recognize a great song when I heard one!
It wasn't until I recently listened to this song that I heard the overt religious and scriptural references in the lyrics. When the song first came out, I had just recently started attending a Bible study and the Lord was opening my heart and mind to truths that I hadn't fully realized in all the years that I had attended church.
Some people might think this song is about an earthly romantic relationship. But I truly believe that it describes the relationship a Christian has with Jesus, the lover of their soul. Only God can fill the hole in our hearts, the longing that we have to be fully known and loved. God creates us and, when we give our lives to Him, His Spirit completes us.
I know that not all of Extreme's songs are spiritual, or even wholesome, but this one is, and I love it.
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