| Thrice – Child of Dust Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i think its somewhat from the earth's POV, but at the same time its from God's POV, in such a way that God and the Earth are closely related (maybe being God the father and earth the mother, i dont know). the prodigal son is one who leaves his family (like the parable of the prodigal son), and it's saying "i gave you eden, which is paradise, and i can't fathom why you would want to escape" then, like all children, man disobeyed god, was thrown out of eden, and ever since has been destroying the earth (uprooted flowers). finally, he is saying that upon man's death, their body returns to the mother (like the bible says - dust to dust), for man must die before he grows (in a going-to-heaven growth kind of way), and no prying spade will find him below because he is now in heaven (i suppose they might find the body, but not the soul). |
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