Miley Cyrus The Climb

MILEY CYRUS LYRICS

The Climb

I can almost see it.
That dream I'm dreaming, but
There's a voice inside my head saying
You'll never reach it 

• Seems like the song starts out pretty clear i guess i just imagine Martin Luther King saying he has a dream he's dreaming and it feels better to me than if i have a dream of being a rock star of something

Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make
Feels lost with no direction,
My faith is shakin' 

• OK no problem here

But I, I gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high

• The part about trying seems to be sort of plaintive and not particularly effective -- as I understand God, all i need to do is remember to ask him what to do/say/think whenever i am feeling lost (which for me is constantly) and he always offers guidance and direction it's just a question of learning to hear

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move

• OK

Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

• My experience is that the more time i spend focusing on what the Lord would have me do, say, or think, the less everything seems like an uphill battle. 

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side

• Now THIS i agree with.

It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I'm not breaking

I may not know it, but
These are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah

Just gotta keep goin',
And I, I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, 'cause

These are the lines that feel the least grounded to me out of this whole song.  I go nuts when i hear people talking about how they've had to be strong.   I feel like it sets up a victim/hero scenario inside their heads and also inside the heads of anybody who believes their story.   For me, listening for the voice of God in order to follow the movement of Spirit (aka Go With The Flow) sometimes involves doing something that feels like standing up for myself.  However, i do not necessarily associate this kind of action with being strong but rather with focusing clearly and standing my ground within my focus and my grounding is in God.  

 

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Yeaht
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Yeah, yeah yeah
Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep the faith baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa, whoa, oh. 

 

This is fine i mean it's great to keep faith the only thing is the whole rest of this song is so confused about what faith exactly is that trying to follow it seems like it leads to being more lost than before hearing the song.  I have a problem with a lot of pop songs like this -- the chorus or hook is good but then when i listen to the rest of the song i end up thinking "wait, is this person advocating violence as a solution to life's problems or maybe suggesting that blaming some guy for treating her like garbage is a tolerable mindstate to get stuck in or suggesting that it's ok to abuse himself now for not bringing some chick flowers last year etc etc etc"