Divine Intervention

It's about somebody who's looking at the concept of "God" and doesn't accept it. The lines about "his Divine intervention" are meant to be sort of sarcastic or chastising. How people credit all the good things to "God" and overlook all the horror in the world.

I completely disagree with the above poster. This isn't being sarcastic. This is being honest. All of us have doubted faith at one point in life. In the first stanza, he has lost everything. Without a home you have nothing. The only thing that could save him at this point is Divine Intervention.

Second Stanza is more of the same. One day everything is good, and then it all falls apart. What kind of God would let this happen?

Third verse is even worse. Now serious doubt has taken place. You can imagine a child asking a question like "If God really exists, why does he let people die?". Same concept here. If there is a God why does bad things happen...

But then the final verse....Finally we remember our faith and our love in God. He is there and the sun is shining again in our lives. Yes there is destruction. Yes there are problems. But God shines his love and light on us still!

Its very uplifting! And I think its important to note that this God doesn't necessarily have to be Yahweh. Maybe this God is Vishnu. Maybe Allah. Maybe Jesus......Its not important what God it is......just have faith!

i'm with the first post.....but i'm a non believer.

either way, great song. Great guitar work.

unfortunantly the first poster is probabaly correct. I myself am a BELIEVER. but Matthew Sweet is an Athiest. So I am assuming he is sort of making fun of us Christians.

Not that I disagree wit you musicgenius, but how do you know Matthew is an Atheist? I don't think Matt would poke fun at someone else's religion. Also, there are lines in Evangeline that make me believe Mr. Sweet believes in something. Whether or not it's God, I don't know.

Not that I disagree wit you musicgenius, but how do you know Matthew is an Atheist? I don't think Matt would poke fun at someone else's religion. Also, there are lines in Evangeline that make me believe Mr. Sweet believes in something. Whether or not it's God, I don't know.

Lines in question

And every night I bow to pray But I'll feel a whole lot better Once you're coming my way

Ah, my bad. Matthew dosn't believe in God "in the old sense" he believes in nature.

I agree with the first post Brodie, I also believe that the line you quoted from Evangeline is not about him believing in god but more about letting 'Evangeline' think they have more in common so that perhaps he can sway her to sleep with him

Sweet is just questioning his faith. It's as simple as that.