| Skid Row – Quicksand Jesus Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The phrase "Quicksand Jesus" is the "Jesus" that people turn to as a last resort when they are already in a deep trouble instead of calling Jesus as their first priority. This always happen to the rich people who have a lot of money to pay good doctors to heal their sickness. But when the doctor says that there's already no hope then they will call Jesus to either blame Jesus for the sickness or ask forgiveness when they are already dying. The song Quicksand Jesus is such a very deep beautiful song by Skid Row. It features the superb singing prowess of Sebastian "Baz" Bach. The song obviously have a religious meaning and quite hard to explain. Actually the entire song is quite is easy to understand, what took me sometime to comprehend is the phrase "Quicksand Jesus". To even complicate the meaning of the song, Skid Row made a music video for this song which explains the verses of the song but not the phrase "Quicksand Jesus" n the video, there was a child who had a seed on her hand and planted it. The girl also found a rosary. The seed grew as a strong and beautiful tree, and the child grew and turns out to be an old grand mother. As the video near its ending, the grand mother handed over the rosary to a girl(presumably her grand daughter) beside the tree. In my interpretation, the video completely explains the verses of the song. It's about handing down faith to the next generation. It's about sticking to the true religion that was your parent or grand parents have taught to you. The rosary in the video represents the faith. Not necessary the faith as Roman Catholic but the faith to a true religion and faith to God. "What do we need where do we go when we get where we don't know Why should we doubt the virgin white of fallen snow When faith's our shelter from the cold" |
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