| The Organ – Brother Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| JonR, I agree with you mostly. When I first heard the song I thought of the rapture that you explain in your second paragraph; however, I found no meaning in the song that correlated with bigotry or persecution. I do know that christians believe there will be some who aren't christians when the rapture occurs but will become christians afterwards and those "left behind" will be persecuted as their beliefs will upset the popular government. My thoughts coincide with yours, but for an opposite outcome, I thought rather, it was about the political state currently and how it is mainly tolerant but according to christian belief it won't stay that way. Here, as you, I believe "Brother" refers to the government and also think it refers to those left on earth, after the rapture. The "midnight knocks" and "explosions" refer to the new government tactics that many will experience here on earth if they don't adhere to the new government rule. but only the songwriter knows truly, eh? great song... | |
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