| Sullivan – Goodbye, Miss Havisham Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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If you ask me not knowing any thing about Miss Havisham is it makes me think of adam and eve. if you look at the chorus: "Charred away Your flesh and bones This doll's been brought to life Wrapped up in orchid leaves Tangle all the twine This wool, it will survive" charred away you flesh and bones would me well... char. then the dolls that where brought to life would be adam and eve, and the tangled twine and orchid leaves would be there closes that they made after they had eaten the apple. "Focused and fixed on your ribs Would you break from within" adams rib that was taken to make eve, being broken by god b/c of eating the apple. "This wool, it will survive In time" which i think should be Wound not wool, would be their sin but how humanity will survive... Thats my take! but this should be wrong though just because it has nothing to do with the title... sooo hope you enjoyed this. |
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| Brand New – Jesus Christ Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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OK, OK I think I figured it out... "We all got wood and nails, tacked on that hate factory" makes sense to me :) |
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| Further Seems Forever – Like Someone You Know Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Woops I meant definitely not divinity in my last post… | |
| Further Seems Forever – Like Someone You Know Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song makes no sense in a secular point of view… but if you take a look at it from a Christian perspective its kind of obvious as any Christian would know it our job as a Christian to try and save as many people as possible from hell. This song is about a (Christian) person that is watching his/her friend fall from grace (God) after their friend’s death. “There was nobody to tell you to think twice, You can't help but feel alone” means no one told this friend what would happen after he/she dies without accepting Jesus into there heart. “There's no tunnel, there's no light at all” means this friend is divinity dead and not going to heaven (the tunnel with a light at the end… like the saying “don’t walk toward the light”). “This could be someone you know, The times we felt all the pain was real, We couldn't help the way we feel, come on, This could be someone you know, This life keeps coming, this life, This life keeps coming on and on” is about the Christian person, who feels bad about his loss. But that life goes on. And then the next verse is about him/her giving his/her heart/soul back to god and acknowledging his belief. |
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| Showbread – Oh! Emetophobia! Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Ok to start off I'm a Christian... what I hate is Christians that think every song by a Christian band must to have a godly meaning... Bands would never be able to fill up a full album! Here's a GREAT quote written by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot: "It's 2:30am in Philly. We've been hitting it hard lately… very hard! The road is long and worthy of resting for. But I just read a question worthy of response. First off, thank you for your compliments. I would love to speak to all of you in person as I've had some great conversations so far this tour and look forward to many more. To be honest, this question grieves me because I feel that it represents a much bigger issue than simply a couple SF tunes. In true Socratic form, let me ask you a few questions: Does Lewis or Tolkien mention Christ in any of their fictional series? Are Bach's sonata's Christian? What is more Christ-like, feeding the poor, making furniture, cleaning bathrooms, or painting a sunset? There is a schism between the sacred and the secular in all of our modern minds. The view that a pastor is more "Christian" than a girls volleyball coach is flawed and heretical. The stance that a worship leader is more spiritual than a janitor is condescending and flawed. These different callings and purposes further demonstrate God’s sovereignty. Many songs are worthy of being written. Switchfoot will write some, Keith Green, Bach, and perhaps yourself have written others. Some of these songs are about redemption, others about the sunrise, others about nothing in particular: written for the simple joy of music. None of these songs has been born again, and to that end there is no such thing as Christian music. No. Christ didn't come and die for my songs, he came for me. Yes. My songs are a part of my life. But judging from scripture I can only conclude that our God is much more interested in how I treat the poor and the broken and the hungry than the personal pronouns I use when I sing. I am a believer. Many of these songs talk about this belief. An obligation to say this or do that does not sound like the glorious freedom that Christ died to afford me. I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions My life will be judged by my obedience not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that. We all have a different calling; Switchfoot is trying to be obedient to who we are called to be. We’re not trying to be Audio A or U2 or POD or Bach: we're trying to be Switchfoot. You see, a song that has the words: "Jesus Christ" is no more or less "Christian" than an instrumental piece. (I've heard lot's of people say jesus christ and they weren't talking about their redeemer.) You see, Jesus didn't die for any of my tunes. So there is no hierarchy of life or songs or occupation only obedience. We have a call to take up our cross and follow. We can be sure that these roads will be different for all of us. Just as you have one body and every part has a different function, so in Christ we who are many form one body and each of us belongs to all the others. Please be slow to judge "brothers" who have a different calling and thank you for reading." I don't mean to be harsh just to prove a point. |
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