In a Sweater Poorly Knit

The end.. "I do not exist... only You exist..." It's beautiful. I was there when they played it at Cornerstone. We sat there in amazement. I think my favorite line, however, is "The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead." Thank you for posting this song, you fail me.

^^^the version you and everyone has is promotional, so we cannot say for sure that the I Do Not exist" is not on there until a retail version leaks. It is very possible that there is a hidden track after this song as well, due to the silence on the promo.

The rest of what you said is true.

I believe that this song was his attempt to set a trap for God to prove Him wrong. The trap was that he could go on his own, without God, and do good out into the world (harvest). But eventually the trap got him instead as he quickly learned that people can do good without God, but it doesn't measure to the true potential of impact we can have with Christ.

"Go plow some other field and try and forget my name, see what harvest yields, and, supposing I'd do the same I planted rows of peas, but by the first week of july -- they should have come up to my knees but they were maybe ankle high".----This part is when he begins to realize that he can do good (harvest) on his own, but it was not compared to what God had planned for Him or what he could do with God.

"Take the fingers from your flute to weave your colored yarns, and boil down your fruit to preserves in mason jars But now books are overdue and the goats are underfed... the trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead".----This is the part where his lack of harvest becomes clear to him and he realizes that his trap, ended up screwing him over instead of proving God wrong.

"You're a door-without-a-key, a field-without-a-fence You made a holy fool of me, and I've thanked you ever since If she comes circling back, we'll end where we'd begun Like two pennies on the train track the train crushed into one"----This is where the singer starts to praise Gods greatness and how God proved him to be a fool.

"Or if I'm a crown without a king, if I'm a broken, open seed If I come without a thing, I come with all I need No boat out in the blue, no place to rest your head The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead"---This is him once again talking about how useless he is without God. We may be glorious crowns that are capable of so much, but without a King (God) we are useless. If we are a broken, open seed (A seed that can create and harvest sooo much but is broken so can't unless it is fixed, by Christ and the Transformation of Righteousness as Paul calls it).

Totally badass song. Man can find relative peace, relative happiness, and can go good as his own. But man, how unfruitful that good is compared to what God has planned for us. As a Christians we are not supposed to be finding relative happiness because we are called to pour ourselves into the world (Paul calls it pouring our cup of life, that God can refill). We pour the love that God gives us to others and it will literally take from us. But man, the joy we can experience is uncompromisable.

These Lyrics are amazing, but I think this song is just A Sweater Poorly Knit

and I think the backing vocals say "Only God Exists" at times as well I like teh train tracks line so much.

is it

you made a holy fool of me, and I backed you ever since

?

kind of like once God pointed out to him his foolishness, his smallness, he followed God ever after.

I definitely think it's mustard greens. and I'm pretty sure about the fruit in mason jars, too.

I'm so sad I missed this performance at cornerstone... I have tears and chills from listening to it over and over.

Oh and I just checked teh official tracklisting, I'm sorry it is In a Sweater Porly Knit

I got to see this song live back in April. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever heard. I cannot wait to hear the new cd and just listen to this song over and over again.

i think it's "you made a holy fool of me, and i begged you ever since."

since the tour with Minus the Bear, i had been dying to hear this song again. the line about pumpkernickle bread had been stuck in my head since that day, but i had no idea how good the "the trap..." line was. that is probably my favorite aaron weiss line of all time.

It may be Mustard Seeds, although it doesn't sound like it, because they refer to faith being the size of a Mustard seed often in the Bible to describe the faithless. Not sure what that has to do with the song, this man seems to have very much faith. Also I second the baby-ankle line, I keep hearing baby.

"You made a holy fool of me, and (I bet you ever since?)"

At purple door you could hear quite audibly that it was:

You made a holy fool of me and I've thanked you ever since.

I memorized all the lyrics for the show it was lame. But they played wonderfully.