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From: Christi

To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM

Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:32 PM

Subject: Re: Hello

"Wash away those years", to me seems to be about someone who was abused in some way when they were too young, too innocent...I think the songwriter wrote this in order that others who have also had to deal with horrendous atrocities, will know that they are not alone, and that somewhere the answers of how to deal with it, are out there.

 

I agree. I always thought that this song was about a child being

sexually abused by someone close to them. I thought that it was

written to bring the subject more out in the open. Children need

to know that they are not alone and actually DO have the power to

stop the abuse. That is IF adults listen and realize that this horrible

abuse is really being done to a child by someone that they all

love and trust. It must be horrible; I am glad that there are artists

out there with the guts to speak of the unspeakable. I love the

*fluffy* feel good music too, but whenever art is considered "great"...

it always seems to be the stuff that makes us stop and think.

I personally feel that many of the recent postings are a cop-out.....being able to be rude and cruel to others whose faces you do not face.

 

Yeah. It is too easy. Too easy to take out our frustrations on

each other. Many of us (I am including myself) are guilty of

this, we are only human. It is a very small percentage of the

list that seems to be constantly frustrated. These people (no

names or finger pointing here) are intelligent and do

contribute a great deal to the list (when they are not p*ssed

off at one of us). A few of these flamers have a fantastic sense

of humor too. I miss those posts. I do not miss their personal

attacks.

 

I really do think that the flames are much smaller now

though. Believe it or not...the personal insults have been

toned down a lot.

 

Michele C.