For the love of comparisons

First of all, greetings from Los Angeles! I'm in the home of some of my favorite bands, like Thrice and Rooney.

Second, I'm here because of the beautiful word comparison. Yes, we will be comparing two songs that are virtually identical, with different lyrics and completely opposite messages.

Some time ago, I listened to "Let Me Be The One" by Plus One. A few months later, I got to listen to "Come To Me" by Jesse McCartney. I did not notice it then, but sometime much later, I finally noticed that these two seemingly-different songs with two different messages are in fact one and the same. The writer of the original must have also gone for the derivative, I say.

Let's take a comparison at the lyrics. The music is almost exactly the same; the difference being that the version of Jesse McCartney is more polished than that of Plus One. However, their messages are different, as shown in their respective choruses:

Plus One version:

Let me be the one leading you through the night
Sharing the smiles and tears you cried
Let me be the one loving you when you're weak
For all of the strength you need, you can come to me

Jesse McCartney version:

Let me be the one telling you it's alright
Sharing the smiles and tears you cried
Let me be the one loving you when you're weak
For all of the strength you need, you can come to me

Even at the chorus level, the messages are quite different: both are romantic, although this is emphasized with slightly more gusto in the Jesse McCartney version. The differences are even more stark in the rest of the lyrics, although I will not post them here because I don't have the lyrics.

This is an example of the "pop-ification" of Christian music. I understand that Plus One is a boy band-turned-rock band-turned-disbanded band, but then again, since they don't own the copyright to their music (the writer does), we can bear witness to how helpful music can become romanticized and in turn become another bubble gum pop song.

Oh well. What's done is done. Unfortunately, there's nothing good on Denver Harbor except that two members are former members of Fenix*TX. I wonder now what to write next? Try cluing me in.