Jon Foreman – The Cure For Pain

Song

"The Cure For Pain" is the first single from singer/songwriter Jon Foreman's debut solo EP, Fall. It was "released" Monday, December 10, 2007 as a free download on popular networking site Myspace's homepage.

Song story

About "The Cure For Pain," Foreman has said,

"I wrote this one in Texas on a day off. I was reflecting on the passing of time. I have been playing music in Switchfoot for about ten years. During that period, I have been fighting pain or running away from it in a myriad of ways. And yet the pain is a constant. I have had some amazing moments singing gravity away but the water keeps on falling.

I began to think of the suffering I see around me, I think of the pain of a grandmother dying of cancer. Of a friend killed by a train. I think of the pain of death, of failure, of rejection, the pain of a father losing his only son. And I came to the conclusion that I cannot run from pain any longer."

Album

Fall is the first EP released by Jon Foreman, frontman of the San Diego rock band Switchfoot. Foreman announced on his MySpace blog that the EP was initially to be released to iTunes and online at jonforeman.com and amazon.com on November 27, 2007.

It was released on iTunes and Amazon a week earlier, on the 20th and was promptly removed. It was officially released on November 27, and debuted at No. 15 on the iTunes top albums chart. It peaked at No. 2 on the Amazon Top albums chart.

Artist

Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) is an American musician, the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Tim Foreman on bass guitar.

I'm not sure why it always goes downhill
Why broken cisterns never could stay filled
I've spent ten years singing gravity away
But the water keeps on falling from the sky

And here tonight while the stars are blacking out
With every hope and dream I've ever had in doubt
I've spent ten years trying to sing these doubts away
But the water keeps on falling from my eyes

And heaven knows... heaven knows
I tried to find a cure for the pain
Oh my Lord, to suffer like you do...
It would be a lie to run away

So blood is fire pulsing through our veins
We're either riders, or fools behind the reins
I've spent ten years trying to sing it all away
But the water keeps on falling from my tries

And heaven knows... heaven knows
I tried to find a cure for the pain
Oh my Lord, to suffer like you do...
It would be a lie to run away
A lie to run
It would be a lie, it would be a lie to run away

It keeps on falling (x4)
The water keeps on falling from my eyes

And heaven knows... heaven knows
I tried to find a cure for the pain
Oh my Lord, to suffer like you do...
It would be a lie to run away (x3)

Non so perché va sempre in discesa
Perché le cisterne rotte non potrebbero mai rimanere piene
Ho passato dieci anni a cantare per allontanare la gravità
Ma l'acqua continua a cadere dal cielo

E qui stasera mentre le stelle si stanno spegnendo
Con ogni speranza e sogno che abbia mai avuto in dubbio
Ho passato dieci anni cercando di cantare per allontanare questi dubbi
Ma l'acqua continua a cadere dai miei occhi

E lo sa il cielo ... lo sa il cielo
Ho provato a trovare una cura per il dolore
Oh mio Signore, soffrire come fai tu ...
Sarebbe una bugia scappare

Quindi il sangue è fuoco che pulsa nelle nostre vene
O siamo cavalieri o stupidi dietro le redini
Ho passato dieci anni cercando di cantare tutto
Ma l'acqua continua a cadere dai miei tentativi

E lo sa il cielo ... lo sa il cielo
Ho provato a trovare una cura per il dolore
Oh mio Signore, soffrire come fai tu ...
Sarebbe una bugia scappare
Una bugia da scappare
Sarebbe una bugia, sarebbe una bugia scappare

Continua a cadere (x4)
L'acqua continua a cadere dai miei occhi

E lo sa il cielo ... lo sa il cielo
Ho provato a trovare una cura per il dolore
Oh mio Signore, soffrire come fai tu ...
Sarebbe una bugia scappare (x3)