Jonathan LeMaster-Smith

December 4th brings us Kesha, “Only Love Can Save Us Now.”

I am only sharing the chorus because I don’t want to get demonetized, because she swears a lot in this surprisingly theologically accurate song.

Only love can save us now
Only love can save us now
Only love can save us now
(Oh, Lord, save me, please God, I need your love now)
Only love can save us now
(Oh, Lord, save me, please God, I need your love now)

You can look up the other lyrics that call out the realities of a woman who has been to hell and back and is trying to figure out faith and hope and reality in a post reality world. This song reminds me that baptisms and faith come in many shapes and sizes, and we need to realize that sometimes we need to pray this prayer:

Yeah, Jesus take the wheel, I’m going through phases
The bitch I was, she dead, her grave desecrated.