| As Cities Burn – Incomplete Is A Leech Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is probably my favourite song off the album. Such incredible imagery. I think this song is talking about, obviously, having a heart of stone, and being closed off to God, and emotion and feeling. He can no longer feel, he can no longer love because of all the things he has done wrong, all the hurt he has experienced. Unless God can carry the weight of all his sins and forgive him, ('set my sin between your shoulderblades and forget') then he can never change. But I love the next bit. He's grown used to being emotionless and empty, because at least then he no longer has to give of himself to all the bloodsuckers, the ones who constantly consume all his love and energy. He no longer has to love and lose, he simply just does not love at all. |
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| As Cities Burn – Terrible! How Terrible For The Great City! Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I originally thought it was about infidelity, and just using a woman as an object of lust, with no real love towards here. And I think this idea still applies, as pornography, especially for a married man, could definitely be considered infidelity. I love they way its phrased too. I've found, just as many others have so far, how addicting, yet how hollow viewing pornography can be. There is no love involved, but you can't stop looking it till you've got what you came for. But after you have, there is no lasting hope or satisfaction. You don't feel fulfilled, you feel 'empty as the lungs of those waiting in the womb'. So true, and so wonderfully put. And how being beautiful in this world only makes you an object of lust. And the last lines couldn't be truer, especially for myself. So often we can blame anything but ourselves for our behavior ('the devils on our shoulders'), when really we are the ones who make the decisions, and we are totally responsible. And we 'pose like angels on the outside'. For me, I'm a youth group leader, and was a head student at my high school. I was meant to be a role model, and yet some nights I would come home and spend hours looking at porn. My little secret, that I hid behind a facade of righteousness. Such a brilliant song. |
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