Published January 14th, 2007 by hrabbach
Zoegirl - Dismissed
I must begin this article with an admission: I have never heard the original song. The only version I know is the much debated SmashUps version where it was mixed with DC Talk’s “Jesus Freak” (I think it’s excellent, but others disagree). But this is about the lyrics and not about the music anyway, so it doesn’t really matter if I have heard the original song, a remix or even just read the lyrics somewhere.
What is the topic of the song? There are a few options and I am not sure what the original intention was when it was written. It could be about an ex-boyfriend or about someone who has been a bad influence on someone else’s life. It probably is about all those things, but for me it’s a song about how the power of the devil has been broken and how that changes everything.
“I know everything about you” - yes, the devil has been revealed and his disguises no longer work. We are better off without him - he’s been dismissed. Through Jesus his power has been broken and he can no longer hold us in slavery. He will still try to “hold me with a lock and key” and to deceive me and “cover my eyes so I cannot see” - but we already know that in Jesus there is victory and we don’t need to be afraid anymore. And when we are facing temptation, that knowledge is something we can hold on to in the face of adversity. We don’t need to be afraid - the devil may be strong, but Jesus is stronger and his victory cannot be reversed. And that’s why the devil is so “over, over, over…”.
Song: Dismissed
Artist: Zoegirl
Album: Life
Author: ?
