is there a deeper message to 'jesus take the wheel" or is it just a story?by carrie underwood?

Question

if yes, than what is it?

Answer 1

she is not only asking Jesus to take the wheel of the car, to save her and her child she is asking Jesus to take the wheel, as in the direction of her life.. to lead her on a path of righteousness, and not the path she has been taking. basically she is on a path of destruction and is asking for guidance

Answer 2

Not a popular answer I'm sure, but I agree with your_unc. It's a sugary sweet story that exploits gross religiosity to sell records. If you like the song, that's fine, but you need to know what it is: marketing.

For the record, I like that vandalism song just because it's catchy, but it did make me rather uncomfortable... this is the kind of character who might boil your bunny, y'know? Was Jesus at the wheel then?

Answer 3

First of all, if I was in a car with my only daughter and I'm wiping out all over the road sleepy, I don't gamble my youngest one's life. I check into a hotel. Asking some higher being to take over the driving because you're too panicked in the middle of a crash is a bit too late to be asking for help.

The fact that this awkward message becomes "let Jesus take it all over" scares me. Why can't a person responsible for their own life? Why must we allow others to affect our outcome? I'm not suggesting you can't have religious or spiritual feelings, but man - this is about being stupid and killing yourself and your kid. Pull over already. Get some sleep.

Message? It's commercialism at its finest.

Carrie was coming off an American Idol triumph and needed songs of any kind. She was not established as any one kind of singer.

She's not "country". Those religious hits, "Jesus Take The Wheel" and "Don't Forget To Remember Me", are pop songs. The religious aspect kept those songs off the pop chart. Back in the 70's those songs wouldn't have even hit the country chart.

But the conservative nature of country in general was put to good commercial use in Carrie's mangerial corner. They had the exciting voice and the beg-the-question Bible song perfect to fit the bill for a big cash-in. Why aren't the religious types in an uproar that her next single, the "song of the year", is about committing a misdemeanor on a guy's car after she finds out she's jilted?

I won't be buying the American Idol hype.

Answer 4

its a story about questioning your decisions and putting your life in Jesus' hands in belief that god has a plan for all of us, and seeing if its "your time" yet, or if god has other plans.