We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Praesidio

from Swung Balance by Jacob Daffy

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 AUD

     

about

This track is based on idea I've been throwing around ever since I first read it. The idea is: Suppose the Christian God had created us, and made himself known to us blatantly, obviously, throughout our life. Suppose he talked to us one on one, and we could see him. And suppose he said: 'If you follow me, you can live forever - but if not, you will die.' Every reasonable person would choose eternal life with God, but 'choose' is the wrong 'choice' of words in this scenario. We would not discover God, and choose to follow him because we wanted to. We would not respond to his gifts in love. We would be terrified, and any pretence to a moral dimension in life would be a facade, unavoidably and completely. This song describes the above situation.

As humans we forget, and we allow ourselves to be deceived. This capacity for self deception gives legitimacy to our decisions concerning God - our minds wander away and forget him if we allow them to. Matthew 7:7 reads 'Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.' By becoming as distant as God is, he does not stifle love or moral responsibility,enabling us to freely turn to him. But he is not entirely distant either - when we seek, we find.

lyrics

I woke, and saw for the first time
A picture printed on my eyes

A figure, glowing brightest white
Its eyes warm but dispassionate

It said
“I am Praesidio,
And I created you.”


I grew
And nights merged into days
All the time I felt its gaze.

It told me
That if I would just believe
I would be given everything.

It said
“I am Praesidio,
And I created you.”

You know, I never knew that
Love
Could so quickly drain
Away, and what I needed
Was the gift of space
But pressure built and
When I had found my voice
At the end
I didn’t have a choice

I went
And followed close behind
In its chains it trapped my mind

It wasn't
right, it wasn't wrong
It was self preservation all along

credits

from Swung Balance, released January 14, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jacob Daffy Pakenham, Australia

Jacob Daffy is a songwriter and singer living in Melbourne who aims to create musically rich and meaningful songs. He loves listening to new music, jamming with friends, and the feeling you get when summer is around the corner.

contact / help

Contact Jacob Daffy

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Jacob Daffy, you may also like: