One of my favorite pop songs has always been Bruce Springsteen’s Secret Garden. I’ve always really loved that song, but couldn’t quite put my finger on why.<\/p>\n
She’ll let you in her house
\nIf you come knockin’ late at night
\nShe’ll let you in her mouth
\nIf the words you say are right
\nIf you pay the price
\nShe’ll let you deep inside
\nBut there’s a secret garden she hides.She’ll lead you down a path
\nThere’ll be tenderness in the air
\nShe’ll let you come just far enough
\nSo you know she’s really there
\nShe’ll look at you and smile
\nAnd her eyes will say
\nShe’s got a secret garden
\nWhere everything you want
\nWhere everything you need
\nWill always stay
\nA million miles away<\/p><\/blockquote>\nJohn Eldridge comments in Wild at Heart:<\/p>\n
It’s a deep lie wedded to a deep truth. Eve IS a garden of delight (Song 4:16). But she’s not everything you want, everything you need-not even close. Of course it will stay a million miles away. You can’t get there from here because it’s not there. It’s not there.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Oddly enough, that turned out to be the most meaningful passage in the whole book for me. I think he hit the nail on the head. It’s once again our longing for God being replaced by the woman. That will never work. I hadn’t thought of the “secret garden” being sex, and I still don’t think it necessarily is. It’s just one of many things wrapped up in the desire for union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of my favorite pop songs has always been Bruce Springsteen’s Secret Garden. I’ve always really loved that song, but couldn’t quite put my finger on why. She’ll let you in her house If you come knockin’ late at night She’ll let you in her mouth If the words you say are right If you … <\/p>\n