| As I Lay Dying – Parallels Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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For me this song is about how without jesus, we fill our selves with the world... as if we have a jesus shaped hole that only jesus can fill and complete... without him to complete us we attempt to fill our selves with everything possible... "We are all comatose. We are overfed and under...undernourished, yearning for something more. Never starving yet never quite satisfied. Carnal but without useful flesh or mind." we arnt awake, living life with no reason or no meaning, we feed our selves with everything, yet its not enough, we are still undernourished and want more. "I am a walking contradiction that�s found consistency consuming everything, all without producing sustenance." for me this is about how he is living, yet has no life within him... he consumes all he can, but doesnt recieve any of the nutrition to keep him alive "In the parallels we struggle... struggle to upkeep, there is a better way for us to be set free. From all it is we crave, there must be more to life than to simply stay alive... to simply stay alive." in my opinion this is really self explanotary in the parrelels, is where we are without jesus in our lives, we struggle to live but go on living. He then goes onto explain that there is a better way, you can be set free from the want to fill the void with useless items by filling it with the light of christ. To me when he says let go, it means let go of your life and the way it is, and accept christ so for me the song is about without christ you attempt to fill the void within with everything, but its never enough, but with jesus, you dont need to fill the void, as he has filled it for you and completed you sorry that i havnt backed up what i said with scripture... kinda busy atm and dont have the time to back it up sorry... but to me it just makes sense. |
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