It's easier not to be wise
And measure these things by your brains
I sank into Eden with you
Alone in the church by and by
I'll read to you here, save your eyes
You'll need them, your boat is at sea
Your anchor is up, you've been swept away
And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate
To leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
It's easier not to be great
And measure these things by your eyes
We long to be here by his resolve
Alone in the church by and by
To cradle the baby in space
And leave you there by yourself chained to fate
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Oh, now, we took it back too far
Only love can save us now
All these riddles that you burn
All come runnin' back to you
All these rhythms that you hide
Only love can save us now
All these riddles that you burn yeah, yeah, yeah
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
And measure these things by your brains
I sank into Eden with you
Alone in the church by and by
I'll read to you here, save your eyes
You'll need them, your boat is at sea
Your anchor is up, you've been swept away
And the greatest of teachers won't hesitate
To leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
It's easier not to be great
And measure these things by your eyes
We long to be here by his resolve
Alone in the church by and by
To cradle the baby in space
And leave you there by yourself chained to fate
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Oh, now, we took it back too far
Only love can save us now
All these riddles that you burn
All come runnin' back to you
All these rhythms that you hide
Only love can save us now
All these riddles that you burn yeah, yeah, yeah
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
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"I Alone" as written by Chad David Taylor Chad Alan Gracey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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"it's easier not to be wise
and measure these things by your brains"
"it's easier not to be great
and measure these things by your eyes"
Satan likes to keep us dumb, so it is easier for him to tempt us.
"I sank into eden with you"
"sank" implies entering Eden. God was always there, and the song is clearly not written form Adam or Eve's point of view.
"the greatest of teachers won't hesitate
to leave you there, by yourself,
chained to fate"
'Jesus will leave you.' Sounds like something satan would say.
That's what I got out of the song.
after adam and eve gave into temptation, "only love can save them now".
futher proof is the video. the video depicts a snake (satan) in a tree.
court adjourned
Then he is playing with the human's mind by saying:
and the greatest of teachers won't hesitate
to leave you there, by yourself. It's like he's convincing him that God hates him and that's why they were left alone, by themselves, as prisoners of fate or by chance. They were thron away from paradise in a random world with no protection.
On the chorus:
I alone love you (God threw away from paradise so I love you because I give you pleasure, and everything you've ever dreamed of)
I alone tempt you (I tempt you cuz I'm the incarnation of sin and by pleasing you I make sin)
I alone love you (I love you, I give pleasure, does GOD does that for you, no... but I do)
fear is not the end of this! (The Devil is the representation of evil so it's like he's telling human kind or Adam or Eve, don't fear I may look devilish and monstruous as represented in many cultures but don't fear, I'm your friend, we were thrown away from paradise now let's help each other, lets support each other, give me your life and your soul and I'll give you everything you've ever dreamed of)
it's easier not to be wise
it's easier not to be great
Sure cuz you're human and imperfect so won't be perfect and wise and great as GOD. Birds of a feather flock together, see buddy we're the same, we're sinners.
and measure these things by your eyes (cuz men only see what's in front of their eyes, but not what's inside the hearts of the rest of human kind and himself. We only look the outside but not the inside due to our material prison, it's hard to be spiritual, and xtian if you may call it)
we long to be here by his resolve (we hope he doesn't get mad at us just because we ate that apple, and he's the one who chooses who goes out and who stays)
all these riddles that you burn (religion, GOD, existence, your mission on earth... sometimes we don't even care about it because there are son many interpretations, we don't which one's right, which one's wrong... so let's live live as it comes, as it is, actually as we see it through our human eyes and let's just forget about those thought that disturbed us)
all come runnin' back to you (even though you ignore these thoughts about GOD, Sin, live, mission on eath, heaven , hell, they will haunt you forever cuz their crucial for yer presence here on earth)
So guys... let's just face it... Live rock... they're very spiritual in their lyrics, not religious, but this song ladies and gentlemen is about our dear Lucifer talking to humankind... Thank you very much. Kudos to y'all
Commenting on the line “the greatest of teachers won't hesitate,” Ed replaced 'you' with 'me': “to leave us or me there by myself chained to fate.” He continued saying that a profound lesson he derived from studying Christian teachings was that religion and truth must be found for oneself and practiced instead of just taking others' word for it or the learner remains separate from the teacher, "then you really are left [alone] by yourself."
Commenting on the line “the greatest of teachers won't hesitate,” Ed replaced 'you' with 'me': “to leave us or me there by myself chained to fate.” He continued saying that a profound lesson he derived from studying Christian teachings was that religion and truth must be found for oneself and practiced instead of just taking others' word for it or the learner remains separate from the teacher, "then you really are left [alone] by yourself."
Commenting on the line “the greatest of teachers won't hesitate,” Ed replaced 'you' with 'me': “to leave us or me there by myself chained to fate.” He continued saying that a profound lesson he derived from studying Christian teachings was that religion and truth must be found for oneself and practiced instead of just taking others' word for it or the learner remains separate from the teacher, "then you really are left [alone] by yourself."