| As Tall as Lions – In Case of Rapture Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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this is what sean (main lyric writer/guitarist for atal) wrote in the atal forum regarding the inspiration for this song, enjoy! it's hard to pinpoint where songs come from, especially so long after the fact. From what I remember, we wanted the song to have a heavy topic since the music was so upbeat and in a major key. We thought that if the lyrics had weight, it could justify the song being light. Dan came up with the idea of the religion thing from what I think was a televised Evangelical service. I could be wrong, but I think that's what it was. He came up with the bit of "I saw no fire in your streets..." and I filled in the rest. I got the "it's better to die on your feet than live down on your knees" from a journalist on NPR who was using the Zapata quote to describe a current event. As far as the title, I got it when I was driving to New England on 95. The car in front of me had a bumper sticker that read, "In case of Rapture, this car will be abandoned." I know it's light hearted enough to not be taken so seriously, but the phrase summed up what the song is about; people who take themselves too seriously and cause negative effects on others via close mindedness. what i think this song boils down to, lyric wise, is that religion is made up and people are wasting their lives expecting to get to heaven but in the end just die |
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