Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Testimony Of Johnny Cash

Here's a bit of info about the song:
"The Man Comes Around" is the title track from Johnny Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around, released in 2002 written a few years earlier, however Cash updated the song for American IV: The Man Comes Around. It is one of the last songs Cash wrote in his life, According to Cash in his Autobiography, it was one of the most important to him because he felt like this was the last chance to put the song out there for the public, which he describes as a beautiful song about the chilling elements of revelations alongside the second coming of Jesus. The inspiration for writing the song was his newly discovered relationship with Jesus Christ, which Cash says he doubts it will make it into any church hymnals, particularly due to how he had led his life before becoming a Christian, but he would be flattered if it did. Of the album's fifteen tracks, only three were written by Cash, with "The Man Comes Around" the sole song specifically penned for it,and the only song Cash not only entirely wrote, but also refused any editing. Both sung and spoken, the song makes numerous Biblical references, especially from the Book of Revelation. The titular "Man" refers to Jesus Christ and the Second Coming, and is a reflection of Cash's faith in Jesus Christ, which according to Cash this song brought him full circle.

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