| Alkaline Trio – In My Stomach Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song embodies the struggle of the artist in his relationship with God. The first verse is the artist struggling with guilt. He compares guilt as "growing like mold." In the second verse the artist desires solitude and makes reference to James the First, probably King James of England (1566-1625) who was described as "The wisest fool in Christendom" for several publications made by the monarch including: Daemonologie-(1597), True Law of Free Monarchies-(1598), and Basilikon Doron-(1599) The third verse references a "face marked with pain" which probably references the iconic image of Jesus Christ being crucified. The artist makes note that "he came close one" meaning there was a previous moment in his life where was almost converted, but the artist now concedes that he is completely transparent to God, hence "Through my throat, he could reach in and pull me apart." The fourth verse continues to describe the artist's transparency to God. The fifth verse encompasses the artists personal turmoil as he deals with his guilt in contrast with God's gaze into his heart. He alludes to the desire of repentance by wishing that he "was all wrong about prayer" meaning that he had perhaps previously not believed in God and therefore dismissed the power of prayer altogether. He then concedes that he is growing weary of either his guilt, or his resistance to God in the statement "I do know that this is truly tired." He finishes the song without resolution, only that his guilt is still growing in his stomach like mold. |
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