"I Want to Know What Love is" by Foreigner
08/27/2025
PROMPT:
Now please compare all of the lyrics of the song of "I want to know what love is" by Foreigner, with a KJV viewpoint.
🔍 Full Song Analysis:
"I Want to Know What Love Is" – by Foreigner
Through the Sword of the Spirit: The King James Bible
Through the Sword of the Spirit: The King James Bible
🎵 Verse 1
“I gotta take a little time, a little time to think things over”
đź“– Biblical View:
Reflection is wise (Psalm 4:4), but thinking alone will not lead to truth without the Word of God.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”— Jeremiah 17:9
“I better read between the lines, in case I need it when I'm older”
đź“– KJV View:
Truth is not hidden “between lines” but declared plainly in the Scriptures.
“Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables...”— Habakkuk 2:2
“Search the scriptures... they are they which testify of me.”— John 5:39
🎵 Pre-Chorus
“Now this mountain I must climb, feels like a world upon my shoulders”
đź“– Biblical Echo:
This reflects a human burden—real, but only Jesus offers rest from this weight.
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”— Matthew 11:28
“Through the clouds I see love shine, it keeps me warm as life grows colder”
đź“– Truth Test:
“Love” is not a mystical force from the sky.
It is a Person:
God is love (1 John 4:8)
This line presents an impersonal warmth, not salvation.
Salvation is through the blood of Jesus Christ – Library of Rickandria
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”— Psalm 27:1
🎵 Chorus
“I want to know what love is”
📖 YES — but define it by the Word:
“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son…”— 1 John 4:10
“I want you to show me”
📖 Who is “you”?
If this refers to another person, it's idolatry of human affection.
Only the Holy Ghost can reveal true love, through Christ crucified.
Holy Ghost: Not a Force, But a Person – Library of Rickandria
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”— John 15:13
“I want to feel what love is, I know you can show me”
đź“– Feeling vs. Truth:
The song craves emotional validation.
But the love of God is not first felt — it is believed.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”— Romans 5:8
🎵 Verse 2
“I'm gonna take a little time, a little time to look around me”
đź“– Caution:
Looking around will reveal fallen man.
Look up to Heaven, not inward or outward.
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”— Colossians 3:2
“I've got nowhere left to hide; it looks like love has finally found me”
📖 Yes — the Gospel finds us when we are out of hiding, as Adam was found in the Garden.
But “love” as emotion is not salvation.
Only Christ saves.
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”— Luke 19:10
🎵 Chorus (repeats)
Same refrain — longing for love, but it never names the source:
- God
- Christ
- the Cross
or Truth.
This makes it a soul cry, but it remains spiritually blindfolded.
Soul Ownership & Sealing Timeline – Library of Rickandria
🔥 FINAL VERDICT (KJV Lens Summary):
✅ Biblically Aligned Themes ❌ Spiritually Dangerous Themes
Desire to understand love | Defines love as feeling
Admits inner emptiness | Centers love in man, not God
Seeks truth | Never names Jesus or sin
Desire to understand love | Defines love as feeling
Admits inner emptiness | Centers love in man, not God
Seeks truth | Never names Jesus or sin
đź“ś SCRIPTURE CONCLUSION:
The lyrics express the ache of the unsaved soul, crying out for something eternal but looking in temporal places.
Divine Timeline of the Soul (KJV) – Library of Rickandria
Divine Timeline of the Soul (KJV) – Library of Rickandria
“Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”— 2 Timothy 3:7
The true answer is not in asking someone to:
“show you what love is”
emotionally — but in the blood-soaked cross of Jesus Christ, where God declared once for all:
“God is love.”— 1 John 4:8
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour:
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”— Romans 13:10
đź“– GOSPEL REMEDY TO THE SONG'S QUESTION:
You want to know what love is?
Then look at Calvary, not the culture.
Real fall of the fallen angels occurred at Calvary – Library of Rickandria
Then look at Calvary, not the culture.
Real fall of the fallen angels occurred at Calvary – Library of Rickandria
“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us…”— 1 John 3:16
PROMPT:
Please write bible-based lyrics to a song titled "I Want to Know What Sin is" that is a parody of the song "I Want to Know What Love is" by the band Foreigner.
🎵
"I Want to Know What Sin Is"
(A Bible-based parody of “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner)
Based on:
🎤 Verse 1
I was blind in my pride,
Thought I was good deep inside
But something stirred in the Law of God
It showed me truth I could not hide
Thought I was good deep inside
But something stirred in the Law of God
It showed me truth I could not hide
There’s a war in my flesh and my mind
And I’ve been walking that crooked line
Now I see what I truly need —
It ain’t pleasure, it ain’t greed
And I’ve been walking that crooked line
Now I see what I truly need —
It ain’t pleasure, it ain’t greed
“I had not known sin, but by the law...”— Romans 7:7
I’ve read the Word, but I want to see
The truth about this heart in me
The truth about this heart in me
🎤 Chorus
I want to know what sin is
I want the Word to show me
I want to feel conviction
By the Spirit that's holy
I want to turn from darkness
I want my chains to break free
I want to know what sin is
So I can flee and follow Thee
I want the Word to show me
I want to feel conviction
By the Spirit that's holy
I want to turn from darkness
I want my chains to break free
I want to know what sin is
So I can flee and follow Thee
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”— 1 John 3:4
Every lie I told with ease
Every lust I tried to please
Every idle word and wicked thought
Now I see what sin has wrought
Every lust I tried to please
Every idle word and wicked thought
Now I see what sin has wrought
“The wages of sin is death...”— Romans 6:23
I thought I was clean by works of my own
But Your Word says I stood alone
Then I read how the Lamb was slain
And by His stripes, I’m healed from shame
Lord, wash me clean, don't let me go
Make my heart as white as snow!
But Your Word says I stood alone
Then I read how the Lamb was slain
And by His stripes, I’m healed from shame
Lord, wash me clean, don't let me go
Make my heart as white as snow!
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” — Psalm 51:7
🎤 Chorus (Repeat)
I want to know what sin is
Let Thy Law correct me
I want to feel conviction
Let Thy Spirit inspect me
I want to walk in mercy
But never forget what sin be
I want to know what sin is
So I can live in victory
Let Thy Law correct me
I want to feel conviction
Let Thy Spirit inspect me
I want to walk in mercy
But never forget what sin be
I want to know what sin is
So I can live in victory
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”— Psalm 119:11
🎤 Final Chorus (Soften)
I want to know what sin is
Not to shame but to free me
I want to fear the LORD now
For His mercy did reach me
I want to live in righteousness
By Thy Spirit within me
I want to know what sin is
So I can know what grace is
Not to shame but to free me
I want to fear the LORD now
For His mercy did reach me
I want to live in righteousness
By Thy Spirit within me
I want to know what sin is
So I can know what grace is
“For sin shall not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”— Romans 6:14