First off, I love matchbox twenty. I heard of Tabitha's Secret while searching for mb20 stuff on the net. I purchased the CD, and found it to have the same style, but the lyrics were a tad different. This song, for example, and it just so happens that this is one of my favorite on the CD. Personally, I believe that Rob Thomas (what a hunk) is downing religion. Specifically the ones that have people on the TV trying to get citizens to send their money to the specific church group. Hence, "Girl, I love you when the check is in the mail...found religion inside myself, I drank the blood, the flesh was stale...reach in your pockets and give us all you can...know the one that's going to heaven is gonna be the richer man". Almost as if he's saying that the more a person gives to the church, he/she increases their chance of getting to heaven. Also, the lyrics "I see you shaking boy do you find it hard to believe...that the one you been living for would cut your wrists to watch you bleed...say that the truth is a lie said it makes you feel unwell...I say the church of the almighty dollar is all we have to save us from hell" mean that maybe this song is about someone who was at first decieved by the church's ploy to get money, and then realized what was going on, but still refuses to believe it. "Say that the truth is a lie said it makes you fell unwell...say the church of the almighty dollar is all we have to save us from hell." A very interesting song...one of the deepest lyrics I've heard from tabitha's secret or matchbox twenty. As for "jesus was an alien flying through space, god was an astronaut who said boy I like your face so the story began" might be conveying the absurdity of religion. Don't you people start sending me angry comments saying I am against Christianity, because I'm not. I respect all of the world's religions; I'm just giving my input as to the meaning of the song. Sorry this was kinda long.
First off, I love matchbox twenty. I heard of Tabitha's Secret while searching for mb20 stuff on the net. I purchased the CD, and found it to have the same style, but the lyrics were a tad different. This song, for example, and it just so happens that this is one of my favorite on the CD. Personally, I believe that Rob Thomas (what a hunk) is downing religion. Specifically the ones that have people on the TV trying to get citizens to send their money to the specific church group. Hence, "Girl, I love you when the check is in the mail...found religion inside myself, I drank the blood, the flesh was stale...reach in your pockets and give us all you can...know the one that's going to heaven is gonna be the richer man". Almost as if he's saying that the more a person gives to the church, he/she increases their chance of getting to heaven. Also, the lyrics "I see you shaking boy do you find it hard to believe...that the one you been living for would cut your wrists to watch you bleed...say that the truth is a lie said it makes you feel unwell...I say the church of the almighty dollar is all we have to save us from hell" mean that maybe this song is about someone who was at first decieved by the church's ploy to get money, and then realized what was going on, but still refuses to believe it. "Say that the truth is a lie said it makes you fell unwell...say the church of the almighty dollar is all we have to save us from hell." A very interesting song...one of the deepest lyrics I've heard from tabitha's secret or matchbox twenty. As for "jesus was an alien flying through space, god was an astronaut who said boy I like your face so the story began" might be conveying the absurdity of religion. Don't you people start sending me angry comments saying I am against Christianity, because I'm not. I respect all of the world's religions; I'm just giving my input as to the meaning of the song. Sorry this was kinda long.