To me this song is about how we are incomplete when God is not with us. We are the Human Clay, and God is the Maker. "We are incomplete and hollow for our maker has gone away." means that when God is not with us, we are incomplete works of art He has yet to finish/complete. By the way, this is an awesome song and one of my favorites of Creed. Brian's bass is sweet and the guitar riff in the verses is really cool sounding.
Genesis 6:3 "And the Lord said--my Spirit shall not always strive with man."
Matthew 12:31-32, Jesus says to the Pharisees, "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come"
I think Creed is playing upon the age to come.
Psalm 78:39 He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.
Psalm 78:39 He remembered that they were only flesh and blood, a breeze that blows and does not return.
Psalm 103:14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
Psalm 103:14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
Job 10:9 Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
Job 10:9 Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
The list goes on and on, but I think it shows succinctly the Song Meaning.
The list goes on and on, but I think it shows succinctly the Song Meaning.
ok, so to sum things up:
ok, so to sum things up:
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the human race has run its course: "The dust has finally settled on the field of human clay" "Just enough light has shown through" "To tell the night from the day"
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the human race has run its course: "The dust has finally settled on the field of human clay" "Just enough light has shown through" "To tell the night from the day"
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God's spirit has left man, he is but dust now: (Genesis 6:3) "We are incomplete and hollow" "For our maker has gone away" "The stillness is so lifeless with no spirit in your soul"
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God's spirit has left man, he is but dust now: (Genesis 6:3) "We are incomplete and hollow" "For our maker has gone away" "The stillness is so lifeless with no spirit in your soul"
now man must live without God's spirit in an age to come: "Like children with no vision do exactly...
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now man must live without God's spirit in an age to come: "Like children with no vision do exactly what they're told" "Being led into the desert" "For your strength will surely fade" "We'll surely melt in the rain" "Frantic, faction, focus" "The world breathes" "And out forms this misconception we call man" "But I don't know him" "No, I don't know him"
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Why?: "Because he lies"
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Who is to blame?: "Say I" I = God he, him, we = man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_that_I_Am
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Psalm 112:10 - "The wicked will see this and be infuriated. They will grind their teeth in anger; they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.
And so, who will they blame?"
to me, this song is talking about...well i can't exactly explain in one sentence. "The dust has finally settled on the field of human clay. Just enough light has shown through. To tell the night from the day. We are incomplete and hollow. For our maker has gone away." that whole part seems to be talking about how something can control us, shape us, and mold us just like human clay. he calls them our "maker," but then he says "for our maker has gone away," meaning that the maker has deserted us and now we don't know what to do because we are stuck in their own fualts and lies. "Who is to blame?" that's where scott stapp is saying that whoever is to blame left us here and "We'll surely melt in the rain," since we can't handle the blame they have forsaken us with. "Say I," means that whoever is to blame should confess and say "I." i'm not sure, it's hard to explain.
no it means that we are the ones to blame so SAY I take it upon yourseft to say i and admit ur the reason for all ur problems
backing up musest theory, i would qoute: "frantic faction focus... the world breathes and out forms this misconception we call man, but i dont know him, no i dont know him becuase he lies, we lie"
My friend and I think its about sin in general; kind of like the Fall and adam and eve's first sin.
It's like... our own free will is tearing us apart because we don't know how to live our lives without the "maker" (ie - God) to guide us.
Lots of the imagery (being led into the desert, for one, the whole idea of human clay, for the other) is biblical also. Another result of Stapp writing bible verses as punishments.
at a concert.........scott stapp said that he wanted the crowed to take a journey......to imagine and visualize the place he was seeing while writing this song....a place totally destroyed......and demolished!and he sits on the cloud and writes this song!......now wot cud be that place!?..........many ppl took this in the way that its a clue to the HIDDEN STUFF in their artwork!but i had a different concept......this may be the land he has destroyed......the land of hid own! the cud be his mind himself......i think this song is much similar to my own prison.......its dealing with religion!hes questioning believes!and he has realized no one is to be blamed for his mistakes and faults...........he will pay for everything he does!......thats wot i think.......
Interesting take undisturbed. I am glad that you wrote that, because it made me think (for once, hehe).
thanx for that jules4099...sorry i made some spelling errors!its not hid..its his....and 'the cud be.....' is 'it cud be....'....
Anyone have a clue what is being said over the top of the last verse?