As You Are

I think these lyrics are going to change my life.

"Love me as you are" Ben Howard.

Okay, I know I'm a little crazy about this guy, not only does he have the best accent, style and awe-inspiring talent, but he has a depth and rawness about him I see in precious few others.

In this song, "Under the Same Sun," Ben is basically talking about how he's making plans and choosing to fall in love with a girl (No, it's not me. He doesn't who I am, unfortunately.). The girl is left in mystery; he seems to love her out of no bright quality of her own, but rather, simply and solely out of his heart. In this painful song, the question he keeps asking is, "Are you going to be there when the day's done? Are you going to stay under the same sun?"

And then all of the sudden, in the last minute of the song, everything changes.The melody is completely different, the rhythm is changed and these lyrics, almost a plea, are repeated over and over. "Love me as you are."

These lyrics may seem like a romanticizer's dream, a beautiful piece of art. But these lyrics have struck a deep chord in my heart, something I can't fully express.You see, these are the words God has been telling me over and over. "ash, love me as you are. Love me where you're at, not where you're going to be, not where you should be. Love me in this mess; love me through the disaster of your mistakes."

Am I going to be there? Am I going to stay under the same sun?

Love me as you are.

ash