| Genesis – The Carpet Crawlers Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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| Genesis – The Carpet Crawlers Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The crawlers cover the floor In the red ochre corridor For my second sight of people They've more life's blood than before They're moving in time To a heavy wooden door Where the needle's eye is winking Closing on the poor Please notice that it is the "heavy wooden door" that is "closing" on the "poor', not the needle's eye. The "wink" of the "needle's eye" is the knowing wink of acknowledgement between confidants. The poor, or meek (pious), know what the needle's eye knows, that it is indeed harder for the "rich" (materialistically absorbed) to get into "Heaven", than it is to pass a camel through the eye of a needle. Indeed, such rich ones usually deny the very existence of Heaven, or a transcendental reality beyond the material plane. The rich have even more "life's blood" (worldly wealth), yet are spurred on to acquire more, timing the movements (planning) of their own lives to that of the heavy wooden door (access to material wealth). This door is closed, or closing on the poor, which is a blessing in disguise. For the "First shall be last, and the last shall be first" is the Kingdom of Heaven. The door is wooden, denoting the crass and base nature of materialistic wealth, as opposed to the gold of spiritual wealth. |
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