| Tourniquet – Phantom Limb Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Close, but not quite. The song's about how you can't live your life without God in it. There's that strange, lingering feeling that you're missing something important in your life (ie, the phantom limb feeling) that only God can fulfill. | |
| Brave Saint Saturn – Babies Breath Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Agreed. When played live, Reese just refers to it as a lullaby. | |
| Roper – Fireflies Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Personally, it seems this song is about women that may be extremely attractive, but really aren't inside, or really won't be for long. He compares them to fireflies, which pretend to be as brilliant and beautiful as stars -- but are just dim fakes that don't compare to the real deal (ie., a truly beautiful woman, inside and out). Reese could very well be talking about girls that go in and out of his life that seem like a possibility, but soon just flicker and fade out of his life. | |
| Roper – Quicksilver Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I'd assume this is about simply being less than what God wants us to be. It's about us attempting to be satisfied by things much less than what God has planned for us. When he sings, "We take the crumbs like our hearts are at peace We are far too easily pleased" Reese is most likely referring to the book of Matthew 15:21-28. I assume he's talking about how we settle for crumbs when God has a whole feast planned for us. |
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| Five Iron Frenzy – Eulogy Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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twedta, your understanding of Christian doctrine is a bit off, mainly in that Jesus WAS without sin. The bible actually states that a few times in the New Testament. If he was not perfect, his sacrifice would be worthless, since only a clean sacrifice could save mankind. Jesus didn't come to just be a good example of good morals, He came as a clean sacrifice for His creation. Where Reese says that he is "mostly lies" and he has "failed to try", he's comparing himself to the immense love and truth of Christ. Reese is saying that, compared to Jesus, he isn't even close. The part where he says "then please just let me die" is debatable, but probably refers to the biblical teaching of dieing spiritually and being reborn in Christ. This idea is represented in Paul's letters where Christians must be "dead to this world". It also probably represents his immense resentment at attempting to be like Christ, but falling far short of it. Overall, I think that the song is definitely talking about how fans have put the band up on a pedestal, and that was never their intention. The song also touches on what they've been trying to talk about all along -- their relationship with Christ. The idea of a millstone is also a reference to biblical teaching, where the bible says that if anyone were to lead God's children astray, they are better off tying a heavy rock to themselves and throwing themselves into the sea. Probably a reference to FIF unintentionally gaining fan's adoration towards themselves, and not towards God. |
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