| The Silent Comedy – Bartholomew Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Here's how I see it. The guy has led a bad life for sure. But unlike Dman3981, I'm seeing it exactly opposite (That is not a slam just letting people know, this is a different opinion of a fully thought out answer byu Dman). In christianty, you get baptized in water/born again. The person is getting deeper into the water but at each section he's essentially asking is this enough? He is being told basically, Not enough yet. So he goes deeper. Some churches do a "sprinkle" for baptism, many do a full immersion. In the Bible there are many stories of people wanting to do what they are supposed to but then then doing it little by little, trying to get away with the minimum). I see God telling him you have to commit all the way (full immersion). this ties in nicely with the sink or swim. Get all the way in, commit and you will either sink or swim ~ either way he'll learn the truth (can he be saved or not?). That is leading him to have faith in God's promises. If he already had that he'd plunge right in. "Swing sweet charity take what's left of me A new beginning or is this the end Swing sweet Seraphim take me back again or watch me make the messes of men" I'm looking at this like a twist on the song "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" with the first line "Swing low sweet chariot coming for to carry me home." That's asking to be taken home to heaven. The line in Bartholomew "Swing sweet charity take what's left of me" says to me he's asking for charity or mercy (two meanings for the price of one, I think) and wants to be taken to heaven, whatever redeeming part of him there is. Hes asking the Seraphim to take him home (heaven) or if he's left behind he'll continue the bad life not only harming himself but others. (See I agree with Dman on that). |
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