Portrait

I think this is about how religious people have distorted what Spirit or Jesus is.

Yeh they have some distorted image of what it is. And people experiancing hate because god or jesus has done nothing for them. And at times of weakness, they being needed

Some people call you father Maybe you could set me free These people hate each other But you've always been there for me

this song is so beautiful

I didnt like this song at fist but i listened to the whole thing and looked up the lyrics and it is amazing. I agree with your interpretations.

I agree with the first 2 posters. I think that organized religion and all of the different denominations have altered other's perceptions of Christ and what he is really about.

Ditto. Not to take it beyond its scope, but I can definitely see this as a cry from a person giving their all to walk with Jesus while being faced with both persecution and the torturous messages of false teachers. We definitely live in a broken, post-modern country (and world for that matter) where people meet everything in life with an attitude of skepticism, including the love God has for us through Christ Jesus.

Though I'm not real into the punk sound, which the verses at times lend themselves to, I LOVE both the ferocity against the twisted image of Christ and the humility of the ending chorus! The lyrics are simple but amazing. I can almost see this point of view coming from a young teen with angst or even a kid whose walk in faith is so strong, clear and unconfused (why is it that things are always so simple to understand as kids?) that it doesn't waver by the hands of others. It's also cool to think of these words as being exclaimed by 1st century Christians, whose existence among zealous Jews (look at the first verse and think of the scene that unraveled before Pontious Pilate) must have been unbearable.

P.O.D. is and will likely remain my favorite band with a Christian message.