This is indeed an awesome song, both musically and lyrically. It took me a while to interpret the lyrics, but I finally think I have something worth noting.
This song is basically a battle between the singer's sinful, fleshly desires (bloodsucker) and the desires of the Holy Spirit.
"stretch me out across the table
turn my insides out
turn me into someone else
someone more like yourself"
The singer wants to be transformed from his sinful self into someone who reflects God.
"stretch me out
bother not with ties, i promise to lie perfectly still
i swear not to scream
at my becoming part of the machine"
Here, the singer states that he is willing to go through the painful process of letting God destroy his flesh and replace it with something that God has intended.
In the video, I think the doctor in the operating room is symbolic for God, and he seems to be doing some kind of operation on the mouth. I think the cover over the mouth of the people in the video is representative of sin, and the doctor is removing it. You will notice the posters in the video seem to be propoganda saying things like "silence."
I may be wrong, but that is what I get from this song.
This is indeed an awesome song, both musically and lyrically. It took me a while to interpret the lyrics, but I finally think I have something worth noting.
This song is basically a battle between the singer's sinful, fleshly desires (bloodsucker) and the desires of the Holy Spirit.
"stretch me out across the table turn my insides out turn me into someone else someone more like yourself"
The singer wants to be transformed from his sinful self into someone who reflects God.
"stretch me out bother not with ties, i promise to lie perfectly still i swear not to scream at my becoming part of the machine"
Here, the singer states that he is willing to go through the painful process of letting God destroy his flesh and replace it with something that God has intended.
In the video, I think the doctor in the operating room is symbolic for God, and he seems to be doing some kind of operation on the mouth. I think the cover over the mouth of the people in the video is representative of sin, and the doctor is removing it. You will notice the posters in the video seem to be propoganda saying things like "silence."
I may be wrong, but that is what I get from this song.