There is a lot of great biblical truth throughout this song. As We As Human challenges us, "The world is dark but all it takes is your love to spark and set my heart on fire once again." As Christians, we don't always have common ground with non-believers who pursue worldly interests and destructive desires. Stand up for that which you believe, be a spark with conviction, and set the world on fire again.

 

Throughout this great self-titled album, the band challenges listeners to give up vices that have trapped you in the past, laying them at the feet of Jesus. The Bible tells us that "you were washed, you were sanctified; you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." I had the opportunity to interview We As Human's lead singer Justin Cordle about "We Fall Apart," and this is what he shared with me.

 

I wrote 55 songs for this new album over a period of a year. I was right at the end of songwriting and I wasn't sure what I had left. I thought I had written everything. I went to visit a friend and he said "how about you write the song you've been afraid to write?" I wasn't really sure what he was saying, but he asked me what I hadn't ever written. I told him that I'd never written a song with the word beautiful in the song. I had these personal rules about finding other words to express that description. Since he challenged me to break my own rules, I came up with this lyric in my head, and my friend was writing down everything I was singing. I started with "the world's on fire, but we're all smiling, though it's all our fault." We finished the song in about 20 minutes.

 

The whole idea of this song is to live and enjoy our lives despite the imperfect lives we live. It is based on the words of Solomon in Ecclesiastes where he is teaching everyone to "eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil (toil = exhausting physical labor) with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot." Ecclesiastes 5:18. Solomon actually describes this hard labor and striving as "God's gift to man". (Ecclesiastes 3:13). "You're a liar but I'm a coward so I can't throw a stone" comes from John 8:7: "Let him who is without sin throw the first stone." We're so imperfect but so worth it because we're not alone" is from Isaiah 43:2: "I will be with you... When you walk through fire you shall not be burned and the flames will not consume you."

 

Which Bible verses connect with the message of the song?
 

The lyrics, "The world's on fire but we're all smiling / though it's all our fault" are based on Romans 3:10 (NIV): As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; But life is short so we resort to laughing through it all."

 

"It's the battle within the good and the sin / with both sides standing strong" is based on all of Romans 7 (NIV).

 

"It's the permanent scars, How broken we are / it's the things that hurt us all" is based on Romans 5:12 (NIV): "Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned"

 

"The world is dark but all it takes is your love to spark and set my heart on fire once again" is based on Acts 1:8 (NIV): "You will receive power... and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

 

What's the take-away message?
 

I thought I had written about everything I had to say, but the Lord had other plans with this song. I had just finished reading Ecclesiastes when I wrote this song. Thinking about Solomon, he had all these riches, and all this wisdom, and he wrote most of Proverbs, and Song of Solomon, and yet he had these regrets at the end of his life. In looking back at what he had done, Solomon said "it was all meaningless" compared to eternity. We're all chasing the wind, and toiling. There's nothing new under the sun. He was this big, broken, beautiful mess. The whole point of the Gospel is that we're all broken people, and God loves broken people who have fallen apart. "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." John says, "what kind of love is this?"

 

We can look at our failures and brokenness and see nothing but despair, or we can see the exact same things through the lens of Genesis 50:20 and believe that what was meant for evil, God meant for good! "Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad." (Ecclesiastes 7:3). I want people to hear this song and know "that for those who love God all things work together for good" from Romans 8:28. This "All" includes our mess ups, our sins & our short comings, because Jesus is making something beautiful out of ALL the ways We Fall Apart.

 

 

This song is one of my favorite rock anthems of the year. I can't get enough of the musical style and it reminds me of my favorite metal bands of the 1980's, like Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Metallica. I wasn't saved as a teenager when I listened to songs that weren't edifying with messages filled with promiscuity and self-fulfillment. 

 

I can personally assure those who don't know Jesus that those things will never fulfill or satisfy you. I love how We As Human doesn't compromise their Christ-filled messages while still belting out relevant rock songs. Even if you don't normally listen to hard rock, you really must check out this amazing song and I guarantee you'll be hooked by the music and Justin's passionate vocals. 

 

We As Human writes about themes that cause me to hang on every word Justin passionately sings, especially "We Fall Apart," which is a prayerful song that wrecks me with these lyrics that reflect the cry of my heart as well: "We think we're invincible, completely unbreakable, maybe we are, isn't it beautiful, the way we all fall apart." Relying on God completely in our moments of weakness and relying on Him completely for our strength is what this song is all about.

 

(You can listen to this great song here.)