Going To A Town

I recently had an opportunity to listen to the soon-to-be new Rufus Wainwright album, Release the Stars, and I was immediately captivated, captured, and terrorized by the second track.

Going To A Town

I’m going to a town that has already been burnt down,
I’m going to a place that has already been disgraced,
I’m gonna see some folks who have already been let down,
I’m so tired of America

I’m gonna make it up for all of the Sunday times,
I’m gonna make it up for all of the nursery rhymes,
They never really seem to want to tell the truth,
I’m so tired of you, America

Making my own way home, ain’t gonna be alone,
I’ve got a life to lead, America
I’ve got a life to lead

Tell me, do you really think you go to hell for having love,
Tell me, enough of thinking everything that you’ve done is good,
I really need to know, after soaking the body of Jesus Christ in blood,
I’m so tired of America

I really need to know,
I may just never see you again, or might as well,
You took advantage of a world that loved you well,
I’m going to a town that has already been burnt down,
I’m so tired of you, America

Making my own way home, ain’t gonna be alone,
I’ve got a life to lead, America
I’ve got a life to lead,
I got a soul to feed,
I got a dream to heed,

And that’s all I need,
Making my own way home, ain’t gonna be alone,
I’m going to a town,
That has already been burnt down

I'm not saying I agree with all of this, but it just moved me. It was very real and very compelling. It drew me in and shocked me all at once. It addressed my passions, my questions, and my frustrations. And thus has stimulated a conversation in my head that has since been conveyed to God on numerous times in the last few days. Though I try not to let this attitude dominate my life, I would be lying if the thoughts never entered my mind. Sometimes it feels really good to have somebody say something that resonates with a part of you in the rawest form. No masks, no walls, no shame. So here's to you, Rufus.

What do you think?