writing, music and all things my opinion

as a person who writes, I have conflicting opinions about covers. Some people say that people who do covers just can't write themselves, that isn't necessarily true. For one, it takes more time to write a song than to sing one that already exists. Another thing is that a lot of people we hear on the radio aren't singing songs that they wrote to begin with. While I agree that a full "cover band" or artist is not something I enjoy, some of the time there is a legitimate reason for a cover. If someone isn't successful yet and they want people to listen to them, they do covers because whether the "public" realizes it or not, they like listening to things they already know. People naturally just tend to like things that are familiar to them, it's rare for someone to prefer new songs consistently. I mean, every song is new at some point but they tend to hear it on the radio and each time they listen, it reaches a new level of "knowing" the so...

I listen really closely to lyrics of songs, very closely, and I think about them thoroughly. Well I've noticed or found out from the artists themselves, that some songs people have heard, over and over, are talking about Jesus. I know people know about some songs like "bring me to life" or "my own prison" so I'm just going to list ones that are lesser known. Either lesser known that they are about God or just a lesser known song, in general, by someone really famous. With some there is flat out proof that they are about Him, some just sound like they could be and some are in between... I found/ know of a LOT, so I cut some and tried to keep it short but this is still going to be pretty long. 1) "walk the line" Johnny Cash here's a quote from Johnny Cash himself about what he wrote the song about:  Johnny, with the temptations outside his door and a new wife at home, wanted the lyrics to say, "I’m going to be true to those who belie...