Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
Day after day after day you live in your misconceptions
'Cause our actions don't speak as loud as our words
It hurts, my friend
Can I help you understand
Can I please help you understand what I see?
It's not bred out of fear
It's sprung out of love
It's what we've been in search of
Now spring clear of all the lies
And sever all the ties
With tangled webs of futile thinking
Now spring clear of all half-truths
'Cause the burden of proof
Doesn't rest on an institution
Yeah I can see all the hurt and the misery resulting
From the fact that Christians are the biggest sinners of them all
But please don't fall
Don't let all those who come in Christ's name fool you
Don't you dare, oh don't you dare
It's not bred out of pride
A trophy on the shelf
I can't save you, I can't even save myself
Now spring clear of all the lies
And sever all the ties
With tangled webs of futile thinking
Now spring clear of all half-truths
'Cause the burden of proof
Doesn't rest on an institution
If we've been on our knees, but our eyes have been closed
To all the pain and suffering
I cry out, "God forgive us!"
'Cause our actions don't speak as loud as our words
It hurts, my friend
Can I help you understand
Can I please help you understand what I see?
It's not bred out of fear
It's sprung out of love
It's what we've been in search of
Now spring clear of all the lies
And sever all the ties
With tangled webs of futile thinking
Now spring clear of all half-truths
'Cause the burden of proof
Doesn't rest on an institution
Yeah I can see all the hurt and the misery resulting
From the fact that Christians are the biggest sinners of them all
But please don't fall
Don't let all those who come in Christ's name fool you
Don't you dare, oh don't you dare
It's not bred out of pride
A trophy on the shelf
I can't save you, I can't even save myself
Now spring clear of all the lies
And sever all the ties
With tangled webs of futile thinking
Now spring clear of all half-truths
'Cause the burden of proof
Doesn't rest on an institution
If we've been on our knees, but our eyes have been closed
To all the pain and suffering
I cry out, "God forgive us!"
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i really, really like the lyrics to this song, even though i'm firmly agnostic. the whole point being that though humans have managed to pretty much fuck up the idea of christianity, it began with a decent purpose in mind. and that although christians might be the "biggest sinners of them all", some still hold the main idea of christianity as important. it's an impressive song, i think.
I agree with calin that people do hide behind the facts that they are christians, and think that if they are religious it automaticially makes them free to do whatever they want. This song also could have been written in lew of all the religious wars in the middle east. Overall this song is good and makes you think.
I believe that this song is rockin. The lyrics are great. I am a christian and about christians being the biggest sinners of them all is probably true. I am a fully devoted follower of christ. Yes i still screw up and sin sometimes but christianity is if you sin or not because we all sin it is about Gods forgiveness, mercy, grace and believing that Jesus died as a perfect sacrifice for our sins. That doesn't give us the right to sin just because we are forgiven though.
hhhhhhmmmm that really doesnt make alot of since reading back over it. I ment to say isn't if you sin or not. and It is Gods forgiveness is supposed to be a new sentence. hehe
I think of this that they're trying to say that christians can do things that give christianity a bad name because we're sinners too. I see it kind of like people need to look past the people who represent this's faults, and look toward what it's really about: ("don't let all those who come in christ's name fool you"). Because christians are just people too: ("if while we've been on our knees our eyes have been closed to all the pain and suffering, i cry out, "god, forgive us!""). I guess that's just my interpretation. But it's a good song. Good band, too.
sorry... I didn't exactly finish... but also the fact that Christians should at least individually do something about it: ("'cause our actions don't speak as loud as our words") to change the whole misconseption ... if that made sense.