One Armed Man (play On) Lyrics
I watch them fade by (sigh)
Lifeless and blank-faced (paining on)
I see…
The face I used to be
They want to feel this (straining on)
They want to sense this (now)
Drunk with existence (waking me)
I’ll show you something (someone) you can feel
They PLAY ON… but I’ll never, ever look back
Crying out for something…
They can’t fill their stomachs with enough to satisfy
The hunger growing
crying out for something they can’t feel
Play on, stray on, in these wicked days on
Play on and understand that in your drunken stupor you are dying
Reaching out for something, anything
Anything to keep them numbing
Keep them plunging far from knowing…
I think it is a song about everyone. Zombies are looking to satisfy a hunger and keep them numb to the pain. Becuase we live in a fallen world, we have a void that we crave to be filled. The singer is making reference that he has succeeded (found Christ) and that everyone else sees that he has. However, they don't want to feel anything, so they reject what he has. It's not so much that they don't understand how to get it, as much as they don't want it. Schawb makes it very clear that they are purposely looking elsewhere. His response is to flood their existence with the Truth he has found.
This one, to me, is semi-obvious. The zombies described are unbelievers who are stumbling through life constantly searching for temporary contentment. Without knowing it, they are crying out for something they cannot presently feel: the love of God. i.e., they are all "needing something real". The One-Armed Man is not one of them, but was once (he'll never ever look back). He has cut off his right arm since it hindered him.
i think the zombies are supposed to be non-believers and that they see that he has what they want (salvation), but they dont know how to get it.
what do yall think?
I agree with you. it could also mean the zombies are self-proclaimed chrisatians that are full of pharisee-type laws. And he shows them God(aka 'something real'), and not laws.
Zombies staring, looking my way crying out for something they can’t feel Play on, stray on, in these wicked days on Play on and understand that in your drunken stupor you are dying
is the best part of the song... I love the video, and I love the song needing something real needing something real needing something needing something needing something r-r ea l-l PROJECT ROCKS!
It also sounds as if the Zombies drink to try to find hapyness??
Drinking, drugs, one-night stands: anything that they use to try to feel alive but really only kills them. The analogy is that zombies go around trying to eat flesh and yet as much as they eat they are never satisfied.
Drinking, drugs, one-night stands: anything that they use to try to feel alive but really only kills them. The analogy is that zombies go around trying to eat flesh and yet as much as they eat they are never satisfied.
You guys have pretty much got it. TO clarify it all: Zombies (non-christians, lost in this Broken Paradise), are looking for something to save them. I think that they know about God, they simply don't want to believe that this is what they're looking for. The way out has been right in front of them all along, they just don't want to see it. Okay that has all been said before. Sorry for wasting ur time. At least ur eye muscles are getting a workout tho. Piece out.
good band
I know this isn't the right place to post this, but does anyone know where to watch the video?
it's not about non-christians. It's about drinking and how it eclipses everything in your life, eventually turning you into the walking dead.