Frail Grasp on the Big Picture

this is a good song. i suppose its talking about how simple-minded we are and we are very narrow as humans. some people are so stupid we should basically do what we want b/c we dont know any better. and God is great..but we let our most prized obsessions get in the way... idk stuff like that

i think that the song spells everything out for you its not hard to get what theyre trying to say although what i do find a shame is that no one knows about this song. IT IS A GREAT SONG!!!! probably the best new rock song i have heard in a very long time so listen to it!

it is talking about how people are too focused on little things. like the "eternal question" of who left the cap off the toothpaste. Or assuming the win of such and such football team is not only part of gods grand design, but IS gods grand design. not even considerign there are more important things in life.

This song is obviously about short-sightedness of our society; three different aspects of it.

First part is pretty much how real journalism is dead and gone in America but that doesn't bother people of thinking they know it all.

Second part criticizes short-term relationships and "Who left the cap off the freakin' toothpaste?" "Whose turn to take the garbage out?" is just down-to-earth view on long-term relationship.

Third part is terrific insight into shallowness of people's religious views.

The "prayer" is the most biting and truthful statement about society- who says God is on our side?

First stanza is about tabloid journalism. Y'know... the kinds which are more concerned about generating the most attention possible with little regard as to truth or the consequences of their actions. The kind that destroys completely innocent people either for the sadistic glee of seeing someone fall or simply for the money. The kind that kills people by rehashing the wars of our grandfathers - racism, religious intolerance, sexism, homophobia - etc. again and again and again. As if it weren't enough that we had world wars and civil wars and massacres and whatnot over those issues in the past. Simply because they always get the most attention from the crazies.

Second stanza is about love junkies. The people who go all mushy at the concept of love, yet doesn't actually get what it is to be in love. They float on clouds and whatnot, thinking it's gonna be sunset walks on the beach and happily ever afters. They don't really see much past the cloud of short-term passion that they mistake for being actual love. Then end up with a divorce two years later. Éros rather than Agápe, sold on the Hollywood idea of love.

Third stanza deals with the religious (conservative) right. The people who always group people into two kinds - those who is favored by God and those who aren't. The funny thing is - those favored are ALWAYS them, while those damned are always the others. They're the ones who always try to get you to convert to their religion so you can be 'saved'. Doesn't matter if you're a good person anyway, you have to give all your money and follow their rituals or else you go burn in a lake of fire. The scary thing is, they always get this mad happy gleam in their eyes when they imagine other people being tortured for eternity.

Oh, and yeah. They ALWAYS are the most ruthless when it comes to money and the most lecherous when it comes to sex. The list of 'morally upstanding' politicians and 'chosen by Jesus' televangelists who end up making billions at the expense of others then getting caught in sex scandals is very very long. Yet people still send their life savings to them and go to their churches every sunday. Lip service, as if going to church means they can be excused for being cruel in real life, because after all, they already bribed God didn't they?