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| Thrice – Beggars Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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If you have studied Martin Luther, you know he harped on God's grace and mercy in the midst of the human condition. When Luther died, in his pocket was a piece of paper written: "We are all beggars, this is true!" |
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| Thrice – The Great Exchange Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The above explanation is a really good one. I just wanted to add that when Martin Luther talked about Christ dying for the world's sins, he said Jesus died the death afforded to thieves, liars, murderers, betrayers, etc. Thus when the captain gives his life for the very man that cursed him, he dies the death that should be reserved for such aforementioned transgressors, directly simulating the act of Christ on the cross. It is only fitting, in relation to this song, that Luther himself called this instance "the great exchange."
This song, to me, is a parable to mirror Luther's way of explaining the atonement. |
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| Thrice – Doublespeak Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This feels like a straight up musical expression of Winston and Julia's experience in 1984. |
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| Thrice – Circles Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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There is some merit to what has been said about naive conceptions of the world and how to change it, but this song screams human pride to me. We convince ourselves of mankind's progress but its really a mirage, ie we end up on the floor, not really having progressed anywhere from our selfishness and arrogance. We are building towers without firm foundation because they are of this faulty vision of human progress. We have no firm foundation because we are building towers on the illusion of mankind's moving into the future better than he was in the past. |
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