Mens en lijden: laughing with

Lied "Laughing with"

Het lied gaat over hoe de mensen tegen over God staan.

Niemand lacht naar God.

In het lied worden een paar redenen aangehaald die lijden veroorzaken of die met lijden te maken hebben.

Het staat op persoonlijk, mondiaal, moreel en fysisch vlak.

In het lied zegt Regina Spektor dat mensen niet naar God lachen maar met God lachen.

Ik vind dat ze gelijk heeft omdat mensen zeggen dat God niet bestaat.. maar de mensen die er dan wel in geloven worden uitgelachen omdat zij ervan overtuigt zijn dan God wel bestaat.

No one laughs at God in a hospital

No one laughs at God in a war

No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God when the doctor calls after some routine tests

No one's laughing at God when it's gotten real late and their kid's not back from that party yet

No one laughs at God when their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake

No one's laughing at God when they see the one they love hand in hand with someone else and they hope that they're mistaken

No one laughs at God when the cops knock on their door and they say "We've got some bad new, sir,"

No one's laughing at God when there's a famine, fire or flood

But God can be funny

At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or

Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they're about to choke

God can be funny

When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way

And when presented like a genie

Who does magic like Houdini

Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious

Ha ha

Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital

No one laughs at God in a war

No one's laughing at God when they've lost all they got and they don't know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize that the last sight they'll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes

No one's laughing at God when they're saying their goodbyes

But God can be funny

At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or

Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they're about to choke

God can be funny

When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way

And when presented like a genie

Who does magic like Houdini

Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital

No one laughs at God in a war

No one laughs at God in a hospital

No one laughs at God in a war

No one's laughing at God in a hospital

No one's laughing at God in a war

No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor

No one's laughing at God

No one's laughing at God

No one's laughing at God

We're all laughing with God