As Haiti fades from the media limelight...

This song is for those of us who try to forget.

"Headphones" by Jars of Clay

I was introduced to this song when I came back from Haiti, and it will always be my reminder that even though I can try to forget, my life will never be the same, and I have a responsibility. Hurting people exist. Don't close your eyes. Jesus didn't. May this song convict you to action. Pull your headphones out and LIVE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGfrwVxvlMY (listen to it here)

I don't have to hear it, if I don't want to
I can drown this out, pull the curtains down on you
it's a heavy world, it's too much for me to care
If I close my eyes, it's not there


With my headphones on, with my headphones on
With my headphones on, with my headphones on
We watch television...but the sound is something else


Just a song played against the drama,
so the hurt is never felt
I take in the war-fires, and I'm
chilled by the current events
it's so hopeless, but there's a pop song in my


Headphones on, in my headphones on
With my headphones on, with my headphones on


At the Tube Stop, you sit down across from me
(I can see you looking back at me)
I think I know you
By the sad eyes that I see
I want to tell you (It's a heavy world)
Everything will be okay
You wouldn't hear it (I don't want to have to hear it)
So we go our separate ways...


With our headphones on, with our headphones on
With our headphones on, with our headphones on
I don't wanna be the one who tries to figure it out
I don't need another reason I should care about you


You don't want to know my story
You don't want to own my pain
Living in a heavy, heavy world
And there's a pop song in my head


I don't want to have to hear it