Mission Bell album cover

Amos Lee – Violin Lyrics

R&B

Lately I, I've been headed for a breakdown
Every time I leave my house
Well, it feels just like a shakedown
Between the street sweepers and the pushers are the lawyers
Who may as well be butchers
Between the small-timing hustlers who all seem to feed upon each other

Oh God, why you been
Hanging out in that old violin,
While I've been waiting for you
To pull me through?

Lately I, every time I try to lie down
Well, my mind just gets away
I can't even close my eyes now
Between the big fish ambition and the lovers
Using words as ammunition
Between the wood planks I've been pacing endless
Impossible dream that I've been chasing

Oh God, why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While Ive been waiting for you
To pull me through?

Oh God
Oh God
Oh God, why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you
To pull me through?

Oh, God
Oh, God
Oh, God

Comments (10)

  • Charlie Albertell
    Great song.
  • Kimberly Reed Lowery
    Great listening while cleaning the house!
  • Beth Terry
    Love
  • Amber French Buist
    Wow. I'm in love.
  • Ana M Feala
    I just saw him at interlochen. Awesome concert!!!
  • Amber French Buist
    so jealous.
  • Erick DeLumeau
    One of my favorites.
  • Lisa E Franz
    Ditto
  • Jeff Underwood
    I love this song also and it brought tears to my eyes when I saw him in concert but I don't really understand what he means by God hanging out in a violin. Can someone shed some light on this for me.
  • Sparks
    My first thought was... God's in the 'violin,' the somber, emotional music. We want something new & happy, but He's there, in the hard times of life, not pulling us through in the way we expect. Instead, He's using that hard time to grow us and change us into something we could never be without it. I may be reaching, or pulling from too much personal experience, but that's my take.