| As Cities Burn – Of Want And Misery: The Nothing That Kills Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I disagree with the fact that this song is about God, I believe it is to do with the person singing, simply because it says "control is something out of my control" ultimately God is sovereign is salvation and it isn't out of His control. In fact man is never saved by doing anything. It's all an act of God, but at the same time man has a responsibility to respond to it. So I believe this song is this: The person singing, is talking about someone he apparently loves, whether its a family member, or whatever is irrelevant. He is saying that no matter what the best he can do is love this person to show God's Grace to them, because the singer himself cannot save the person for them, although he wishes he could because he's seen them sink in misery and want to kill themselves, but he refuses to let them and encourages them, but the person he is trying to lead to Christ won't accept the message he is conveying to them. They simply do "nothing" and it grieves the person singing. But he will continue to love them and if they ever come back to him with questions regarding salvation he will be there to help them because he loves them, and that is what true love is, his willingness to help them realize they need God even when they rebuked the singer, and wanted nothing to do with his beliefs. |
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| As Cities Burn – This Is It, This Is It Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is what I believe this song to mean (I'll quote then give a explanation) Focus on the horizon, men should you grow seasick (we need to focus on God, even as we stray away from God or face troubles) but don't expect silhouettes of rescuer ships coming coming, they arent coming for us (Even though the Church is supposed to help in tribulations, I think this whole reference is speaking of the Church, and because a lot of churches are becoming corrupt and not focusing on God, we need to be aware that the church may not support us like it is supposed to do) we've got prices on our heads and millstones around our necks we try to live forgiven but they won't let us forget the bodies we're still in the bodies that we still war against (Jesus says that when we cause some one to stumble that it is better to put a millstone around our neck and throw ourselves into the sea, because it is better than what will happen when we are judged, again I believe this is referring to the church because it is plural "we've got prices on our heads and millstones around our necks" the church often times is not a biblical church and is causing people to stumble, referring back to the quote of rescuer ships, some times these "rescuer ships" cause us to stumble) And it is saying that we're reminded daily by our sins (this millstone) that we are still human son, this is it, this is it you're gonna sink for your sins unless grace be the wind son, this is it, this is it we're all sinking for our sins unless grace be the wind (Unless GOD(Grace) is the one driving our ships, we are going to hell. (again this is referring to the quote Jesus makes about the millstones) forget about being honest forget about being passionate wear that smile like you feel it even when you don't forget about being honest forget about being passionate i think they forgot about Jesus seeking us out (referring back to the church, a lot of people in churches spread rumors, they lie amongst eachother, and they pretend that they love God, even when they are living in sin, and they forgot about Jesus and are seeking "us" out. Which i believe he is saying the church has started focusing on themselves rather than God, and also maybe referring to the fact that they are trying to point out people they believe are sinning, and causing them to stumble References in scriptures: John 13:34 (the church needs to love one another) Luke 17:1,2 (millstone) Matthew 6:33 (seeking God first above ourselves) |
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