| Chris Thile – I'm Nowhere and You're Everything Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Well, I don't know how much I will say I know precisely what Chris is referring to, but I do know, that "Father take away this cup" is a famous saying of Jesus Christ. Matthew 26:39 - "Oh My Father, if it is possible let this cup pass from me" Mark 14:36 - "Abba, Father... Take this cup away from Me" Luke 22:42 - "Father, if it is your will, take this cup away from Me" It could be that Chris's religious belief leads to the rest of verse one. Christian's believe that it was Jesus' following through with His sacrifice (His cup) that sets mankind free. and "If he had" taken the cup away from Christ, "I'd be dead, feeling like I'm feeling now: I'm nowhere and you're everything" I think Thile is expressing his contempt for the vanity of His lifestyle up to this point. If we read the rest of the verses, we begin to see him describe his lifestyle and the person whom he is speaking to, their lives are both burdensome with hopeless vanities. "I could write a song and have the Lord, put you and me in a cup he tries to pour out" A reference to Thile weaving his own "myths" (verse 2) and beliefs completely in vain. I'm nowhere. This is the point he's at in life, beginning to make the realizations of just what is "everything" |
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