Sundown Motel

The song appears for me to about leaving a church that has disappointed the narrator and he needs to comfort a friend who is experiencing the same disappointment. For instane he hates how his friends forces a smile like sometimes we do with fellow parishioners even though we are broken inside. We do this constantly in church trying not to show our weaknesses so that people won't judge us. Instead of realizing that God does his best in us when we are at our weakest (see 2 Cor. 12), people assume we are sinners.

Also, they say they hate our darkness but we'll say we hate their half-light referencing Rev. in which Jesus talks about lukewarm Christians. They don't like how different they are. As Derrida noted, people are constantly trying to center us. And if we deviate from the norm, people judge us and assume the worst. But in all actuality they are merely follow the herd mentality like Nietzsche referenced in his work. Sleepwalkers referencing the people who come every sunday morning with only their bodies but no heart. They just sleepwalk through life and in their faith as well. They think by coming to church they are somehow analogous to Christ and his ministry. However, they don't understand that faith goes beyond going to church every weekend.

Basically their time is ending at this church and they know it. With all the crappy things church is saying and doing against homosexuals, immigrants, the poor, etc., this song challenges the church's distance from Christ and his ultimate intention for his Church. This song ultimately is telling disappointed Christians who are struggling in church to look for something better. Thus, when the sun begins to set, realize it and leave so you can ultimately find a better one in which God will shine his morning light upon our souls.

Great song. Has been great for my faith!