Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
So each day would be new I build you to sleep
That’s the idea of dying but you’ll just have to see
You can do what you want or so you think
But till you stop all your thoughts
You are tied to your surroundings
When the fog spreads out in the rainy season
It comes from my insides
When the thunderous lighting strikes down
You’re seeing your real I
People
You blaspheme my name
But still I love you
Still I love you
I love you just the same
I hear all your prayers because I’m each one of you
Creation's not something I did
It’s something that I do
The reason for the bad is so the there’d be such things as good
Oh I’d do anything for you
You all know I would
Be for me
Be for me
Be for me
Before me
Before me
Before me
You know that I try to repair and repay
As life goes by a thousand times
It gets a little better
All is belief, All is belief, All is belief, All is belief
That’s the idea of dying but you’ll just have to see
You can do what you want or so you think
But till you stop all your thoughts
You are tied to your surroundings
When the fog spreads out in the rainy season
It comes from my insides
When the thunderous lighting strikes down
You’re seeing your real I
People
You blaspheme my name
But still I love you
Still I love you
I love you just the same
I hear all your prayers because I’m each one of you
Creation's not something I did
It’s something that I do
The reason for the bad is so the there’d be such things as good
Oh I’d do anything for you
You all know I would
Be for me
Be for me
Be for me
Before me
Before me
Before me
You know that I try to repair and repay
As life goes by a thousand times
It gets a little better
All is belief, All is belief, All is belief, All is belief
Lyrics submitted by thetoppenguin
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It makes sense to me, but it'll be hard to explain. For the lyrics, he's taking the role of God. Here's the breakdown:
So each day would be new I build you to sleep That’s the idea of dying but you’ll just have to see
You can do what you want or so you think
But till you stop all your thoughts You are tied to your surroundings
When the fog spreads out in the rainy season It comes from my insides
When the thunderous lighting strikes down You’re seeing your real I
People You blaspheme my name But still I love you Still I love you I love you just the same
I hear all your prayers because I’m each one of you
Creation's not something I did It’s something that I do
The reason for the bad is so that there’d be such things as good
Oh I’d do anything for you You all know I would
Be for me Be for me Be for me
Before me Before me Before me
You know that I try to repair and repay As life goes by a thousand times It gets a little better
All is belief, All is belief, All is belief, All is belief.
I agree completely. When I first heard this one, I really enjoyed the tune, though I wasn't fully able to understand all the words John was singing. So as I read the lyrics through for the first time that's how I understood it.. that this was what John would say if he were God. <br /> <br />
In my opinion, you hit the nail on the head. Your interpretation is basically what I thought about this song as well. Probably my favorite song on the album. It's just got something about it.
Justfetus a part of me feels like this is what John is trying to communicate through this song, but its hard for me to accept this interpretation because in a interview John said, "in the case of the record I think I was more using the highest point in heaven as a symbol for the things in life that we're all reaching for and those things that are sort of out of our ???, but yet there's some spark inside us that ??????? us to wanna reach for them and to wanna bring ourselves to greater heights, whether it's on an instrument, whether it's... whatever it is, as human beings we just have this need to reach...." <br /> <br /> so in other words, John is using this idea of the "highest point in heaven" as a symbol for the things in life that we strive for. However after listening to a few of the songs on The Empyrean, it's hard not believing that John believes in some type of superior being. Another way you could look at the last line "All is Belief" is that this whole idea of God is just a belief and not something that is actually real. in the same interview that i got the earlier quote from John, he stated "My religious point of view is something that I can't really talk about, it goes against my belief system to publicly talk about my own spiritual beliefs." <br /> <br /> Now he could be saying this just so people can not associate him with 1 certain religious view, or he could be saying this because his religion really requires him not to speak of it, if this is the case then what religion requires him not to share his belief? one thing that i find interesting is that he obviously has a decent knowledge on the whole idea of God, which means that he has actually looked into this, but it make you wonder "if he did not believe in God, then why dedicate a whole album to this idea of a God and heaven?" <br /> <br /> no matter which view you look at it from, i will say that The Empyrean is truly a work of art. rarely do you see songs that have an actually meaning behind them<br /> <br />
That's an amazing interpretation of the song, one which I have always thought myself, but never been able to convey into words. Excellent job JustFetus. 10/10 :)
There's so much wrong with those lyrics...
These are the right ones:
So each day would be new I build you to sleep That’s the idea of dying but you’ll just have to see You can do what you want or so you think But till you stop all your thoughts You are tied to your surroundings
When the fog spreads out in the rainy season It comes from my insides
When the thunderous lighting strikes down You’re seeing your real I
People You blaspheme my name But still I love you Still I love you I love you just the same
I hear all your prayers because I’m each one of you Creation's not something I did It’s something that I do
The reason for the bad is so the there’d be such things as good Oh I’d do anything for you You all know I would
Be for me Be for me Be for me Before me Before me Before me
You know that I try to repair and repay As life goes by a thousand times It gets a little better
All is belief, All is belief, All is belief, All is belief.
I interpret this as John is embracing his belief of God, and his belief of God in every man and woman. Thus creating a strong image of Jesus/God himself when he says "I hear all of your prayers because I am each one of you" among other hints and weaker saying throughout the song.
This whole album is very psychedelic. I recommend eating 5 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and when you're peaking sit in the dark and put this album on. I have yet to do this but you would probably have an amazing experience and hopefully meet god(not what you or any religion thinks
Like a lot of John Frusciante's songs, the main theme is spirituality. Influenced by Buddhism concepts.
"God" isn't referring to the christian god or any known God. "God" in this song is John's way of explaining a few of his beliefs and ideas about what "God" is. To him anyway..
In this song most def and others the spiritual side is very Buddhism influenced, but he obviously has his own philosophy on life/death or "religious views", as he's even stated in interviews. Even though a Buddhist wouldn't refer to what this song refers to as "God" it is very basically their version "God", life/death, creation etc.
Here's a few of examples in this song:
"You know that I try to repair and repay As life goes by a thousand times It gets a little better"
"You can do what you want or so you think But till you stop all your thoughts You are tied to your surroundings"
"I hear all your prayers because I'm each one of you"
" When the fog spreads out in the rainy season It comes from my insides When the thunderous lighting strikes down You're seeing your real I"
I hope all of that makes scene. A lot of it is very hard to explain with words. Only from recently studying Buddhism have a lot of his lyrics started making a bit more sense to me.
First I must say that Jesus is a hoax.. but the point of the song is to illuminate the fact that there is a god, which is also kind of the point of the whole album.. it just says that no matter what u believe if you can accept a higher supernatural authority, it will help you with your life... God is there
Written from God's perspective, amazing song. I think the line "Be for me/Before me" means human beings should "be god" and help others in need except leaving them for god's mercy.
Wow, I really love to read all these different interpretations people give to those songs. Any song means anything to anyone, as long as it relates to someones perspective and life. What I want to say with perspective is that most hold on to the traditional image they have with the word 'God'. Most of you see the way in witch the common meaning of the word 'God' is deconstructed, but in my opinion you're not taking it far enough. Humans are not created to the image of God, God is created through an image of us. We have created God in our minds, witch makes him real to hell of a lot of people.
So what I think this lyrics says, and what John explains in a 'blog' page about the empyrean (witch has unfortunately been removed), is that WE are the ones who create. 'I hear all your prayers, because I'm each one of you'. And through us, 'creation is not something I did, it's something that I do'. It is Johns inner divine voice who speaks to us, under the pseudonym of God. The album stands for a dialog between the conscious 'I' and the unconscious or subconscious 'I'.
Of course, even given this way of seeing things, there are still a lot of lines witch remain unexplained. But I think that's the beauty of these lyrics and, as I dare to say, literary texts in general. They live.