| Joe Pug – Hymn #101 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song seems to be written about the life (and from the perspective) of the biblical Jesus Christ. Yeah I've come to know the wishlist of my father.- Jesus knows the will of God ('my Father') I've come to know the shipwrecks where he wished.-The 'shipwrecks' would be the people of the Earth I've come to wish aloud among the overdressed crowd.-Jesus came to be among the people, who are more concerned with the material than the spiritual ('overdressed') Come to witness now the sinking of the ship.-Witnessing how far the people of earth have fallen from God I've come here to get eyed- Jesus was often surrounded by crowds, who followed him around and watched him perform miracles. To do more than just get by- To raise spirituality and help people realize there is a higher calling than just living day by day. I've come to test the timber of my heart.-Test his faith and spirituality. And I've come to be untroubled in my seeking.-His faith in God keeps his steady and untroubled. And I've come to see that nothing is for naught.-Everything happens for a reason, perhaps God's will? I've come to reach out blind, to reach forward and behind- He's come to help everyone; the blind, the crowds that surround him For the more I seek the more I'm sought-The more he seeks to spread the word of God, the more people crowd around him and seek him to heal and save them. And I've come to meet the sheriff and his posse, to offer him the broad side of my jaw.-The Jewish leaders were against Jesus, thought him to be a sinner and repeatedly tried to kill him, but Jesus taught to "turn the other cheek" Well, we'll go drinking two towns over after all.-Jesus often held company with drunkards and sinners, and wined and dined with them, so to speak, so perhaps this is a reference to that. "And I've come to meet the legendary takers. I've only come to ask them for a lot."-He asked them for a lot-their faith, loyalty, for them to give up their lives and material possessions to follow Jesus. "I say the more I buy the more I'm bought. And the more I'm bought the less I cost."-An illustration on how "it is as difficult for a rich man to get into heaven as it is to pull a camel through the eye of a needle", and how the focus should be less on the material, and more on the spiritual. "And I've come to take their servants and their surplus. And I've come to take their raincoats and their speed."-Jesus' followers often gave up their riches to follow him (surplus). Perhaps the use of the word servant comes from 'God's servant.' As for raincoats, Jesus taught to give your coats to the cold and naked. "I've come to get my fill to ransack and spill."-Perhaps a reference to Jesus destroying the Temples for turning "my fathers house into a marketplace". "I've come to take the harvest for the seed." Jesus often made references to seeds in is parables. "Heaven is like a mustard seed." So perhaps the harvest are the people who are to be saved? And I've come to know the manger that you sleep in.-Jesus was born in a manger. I've come to be the stranger that you keep.-Jesus and his disciples were often housed by strangers. I've come from down the road, and my footsteps never slowed.- Jesus was constantly in travel. Before we met I knew we'd meet.-As Jesus was (according to the Bible) the son of God, he knew what would happen, so he knew who he would meet before he met them, lol. And I've come here to ignore your cries and heartaches. I've come to closely listen to you sing. Jesus healed and performed miracles, therefore silencing cries and heartaches, converting them to praise, and songs of praise. I've come here to insist that I leave here with a kiss.-Jesus was betrayed by Judas with a kiss. I've come to say exactly what I mean, and I mean so many things.-Jesus spoke in parables that had very deep, wise, and philosophical meanings. And you've come to know me stubborn as a butcher.-Jesus was stubborn about his teaching and wouldn't stop, even when his life was in danger. But will you recognize my face-I feel like this means something along the lines as, Will you acknowledge Jesus as the Christ? When God's awful grace strips me of my jacket and my vest- It was by God's grace that Jesus be sacrificed and suffer for mankind's sins on the cross. And reveals all the treasure in my chest?-A reference to "Where your heart lies, there your treasure lies also," as well as Jesus' love for mankind. Of course this is my personal interpretation, but with the combination of the title of the song, I really do think this song is about the biblical Jesus Christ lol. Whatever it means, it's a beautiful song! |
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