Beautiful Letdown (Switchfoot pt. 2)

I can't get "Beautiful Letdown" off my mind... I'm trying to figure out what's beautiful about what the guys are talking about, especially as I consider doing something that feels more like a letdown... they say,

What a beautiful letdown
Painfully uncool
The church of the drop outs, the losers, the sinners, the failures, and the fools.
What a beautiful letdown
Are we salt in the wound?
Let us sing one true tune.

KMM

A New Song

I was looking toward my backyard this morning and a song of the Spring welled up in my heart like a breath of fresh air in my lungs. It was perfect. This morning I read a story about a man who began to write new songs about God once he became a Christian, and others in his community began to listen and understand the message. Hooray for new songs! Well, I decided that in keeping with the theme of newness, that I would post something I wrote a few weeks ago in combination with something I wrote today. It's not exactly a song - it's just a poem at this point - but if someone wants to add a melody to it, go ahead, and let me hear it!

Nothing is wasted
The grief is for aught
It's moments of mercy,
but not like you thought,
It's compulsory surrender
In pain, on your knees
You'll always remember
What you've come to believe.
Through sorrow and healing
Your light will break through
Each morning revealing
His mercies anew
All you've known brings
Mercy home to you.

Outside where the gardens grow
Is where my heartsong flies
Something in that beauty
Something Spring does to me
My heart says, "renewal!"
My sleeping joy wakes -
I'm gonna find that song today
No matter what it takes.

Hmm... when it's my own stuff I'm biased... I'd like to think these two verses go together thematically - suffering and joy - but maybe they don't. Maybe there are too many syllables in the second verse. This time I'd really like to hear from friends who read my blog!

Peace out...