Strong Points, Weak Points
from the DA album "Fearful Symmetry"
Words by Terry Taylor
Music by Terry Taylor, Tim Chandler, Greg Flesch
©1986 Broken Songs (ASCAP)

You were always inclined to fall down on your knees
"Yes I am always praying through my vanities"
What was doubt in you has lost a Holy War
"What is faith in me has conquered all my world"
Chorus:
Good choice? Bad choice? Strong points? Weak points?
Strong heart? Weak will? Sound mind? Time will tell you.
Good choice? Bad choice? Strong points? Weak points?
Choices crowd your mind. Strong heart? Weak will?
And still time compels you, within these lines
to read the signs, you will find the truth
You were always talking 'bout some paradise
"Yes I am always thinking 'bout the afterlife"
What was hope in you is now your everything
"What was born in me is now a living thing"
(Chorus)
Good choice? Bad choice? Strong points? Weak points?
Strong heart? Weak will? Sound mind? Time will tell.
Strong heart? Weak will? Sound mind? Time will tell you.
Good choice? Bad choice? Strong points? Weak points?
Choices crowd your mind. Strong heart? Weak will?
And still time compels you within these lines
to read the signs, you will find the truth
You were always inclined to fall down on your knees
"Yes I am always praying through my vanities"
What was doubt in you has lost a Holy war
"What is faith in me has conquered all my world"
(Chorus)


note:
In setting out to write the lyrics to “Strong Points, Weak Points,” I conceived the idea of giving glimpses of the faith journey of its narrator by means of an inner dialogue, represented in the original recording, (and here), through the use of two voices carrying on a kind of internal theological conversation. This dialogue contains allusions to the concept of free will in opposition to determinism, consideration of arguments for and against the existence of God, and by extension and implication, the validity of the revelation of the Father’s nature and will through his Son, Jesus of Nazareth. At the heart of the lyric is a call to a reasonable faith based on God’s own admonition “Come let us reason together.” I am truly thankful that belief in Christ did not require me to jettison my intellect in favor of a so-called “blind” faith, but that I had sound and reasonable arguments for putting my trust in Him.