The Sound of Truth

You're so wrong. Tim Lambesis has a great connection with God, so I doubt he'd be writing nihilistic lyrics. a This song is about people who listen to what they want to listen to but disregard anything they don't agree with or is contrary to what they think. It's saying that no matter what is said, we will inevitably only obtain what we feel is most important or "the truth". When Tim says:<br /> <br /> "but what wisdom is there within us<br /> to live based on the feeling of our hearts<br /> how many times has instinct let us down<br /> never to be thought through<br /> never to be questioned<br /> "<br /> <br /> He is talking about how our heart may tell us something, but it's instinct that makes us fail in the end. Instead of using our mind to question and think through decisions or ideas, we rely on our heart. Something I got from this song was to think with your mind and not your heart. Popular culture always tells us to do the opposite, "Well what does your heart tell you?" This is a bad mindset IMO.<br /> <br /> "say what you really mean<br /> when your ambition calls you<br /> for what use is there in praying<br /> if you will only hear what you want to hear?"<br /> <br /> I think Tim is now reverting the idea by calling out people who say things that people want to hear instead of saying what they really think,"When your ambition calls you". Tim then reasserts by asking what's the use of praying to God if you're only going to hear what you want and not hear what God has to say.<br /> <br /> Example:<br /> <br /> Trevor: God, I pray to you because there's someone that makes me mad and I wanna stab him in the chest.<br /> <br /> Trevor: God spoke to me and said that I SHOULD stab him in the neck.<br /> <br /> See, if Trevor would have read the bible, he would have realized God's true answer to his question, but this isn't a theological discussion.<br /> <br /> Throughout this song, I believe Tim has a recurring message that we should speak our minds no matter what. I can relate to this song because I am constantly told by peers that I'm too opinionated. But if I told people what they wanted to hear instead of the honest truth, I would only be "blindly seeking truth from sentiments".

I agree with both of you from a Christian stand point but Im an Atheist and Im gonna tell you what the lyrics mean to me.<br /> <br /> "we have all heard what we wanted to hear<br /> truth that sounds right to our ears"<br /> I believe it means how biased a person can be. People choose to ignore listening to reason, think what they want to think despite what anyone else says and hear what they want to hear. If someone doesnt believe in something that they do the odd ball generally gets shut out because they anger the others for thinking differently.<br /> <br /> "but what wisdom is there within us<br /> to live based on the feeling of our hearts<br /> how many times has instinct let us down<br /> never to be thought through<br /> never to be questioned"<br /> We act too hasty and we act too rashly though despite how often it fails for us we never try to learn from it or question it.<br /> <br /> "say what you really mean<br /> when your ambition calls you<br /> for what use is there in praying<br /> if you will only hear what you want to hear?"<br /> We beat around the bush and bite our tongues when we should speak out against something we disagree with but we normally just ignore those things to avoid conflict. What use is there talking, praying, or thinking about something if we do nothing and let it come as it is, as we want to hear even though we might really not want it.<br /> <br /> "we have all heard what we wanted to hear<br /> truth that sounds right to our ears"<br /> <br /> "we speak of fighting to resist this world<br /> but what about the battle within us?<br /> if we have chosen to live against the grain<br /> then why are we all facing the same way?"<br /> We always choose to fight and take our anger out on others causing more problems. We never look at ourselves and take the time to reflect on the damage we may cause. If we have tried to live differently, or better then why do we live the same and worse?<br /> <br /> "there is no difference between us and them<br /> if we all blindly seek truth from sentiments"<br /> We get angry at people because there different or vice versa though we're really not so different because we're angry. All we do is blindly let our emotions guide is without thinking things through.<br />

i agree with the both of you

@pxscion A sentiment is a thought based on feeling, so it's saying there is no difference between Christians and non-believers if we all look for something else (instead of God) to solve our problems.