| Arcade Fire – Abraham's Daughter Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| How's this for a twist on the traditional "meaning of the song". Abraham, the father, is summoned to the mountain to sacrifice his son...a HUMAN BEING. Until this time, God has only accepted animal sacrifices and shown a complete devotion and love for the sanctity of human life. Now, here's where it may get wierd and possibly offensive to some people, but here we go, anyway. WHAT IF God hadn't been the one who summoned Abraham to the mountain? What if this was a rouse by Satan to lure Abraham into a trap that would ultimately lead to the murder of Isaac by his own father, thereby destroying relations between God and Abraham? Abraham's daughter know's something is terribly wrong, and follows father and son to the mountain. At the last moment, an angel of God does appear to stop the murder. Thus, the line "How darest you child defy your father (God). You better let young Isaac go." is not directed at the daughter, but Abraham himself! Not sure what really happened on that mountain, but some theologians do consider the "evil plot theory" to at least be a possibility. | |
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