It's about his struggle with God against one of his habits: Drinking. I'll explain...
Don't you try to take me down,
don't you try to take me over,
won't you try to break me?
He's talking about his alcoholic ways right here. He's saying, "Don't you try to take me over" as in "Don't you tempt me with alcohol for an escape to my problems." And then he goes "won't you try to break me?" its the tempted side of him looking for alcohol for an answer to break his situation as an escape.
The complexities moving in,
and I feel that I do not have the strength,
tragedies plaguing me solemnly
Its affecting my will
"Complexities moving in" his problems are cornering him and he feels like he "does not have the strength" to deal with it. "Tragedies plagueing" him "solemnly" and its "affecting his will." Which means its affecting his will to want to quit drinking.
Wait now that I've found you,
situations from dark now change to gray
Disregarding my absence of memories,
its perpetually blinding me of sanity,
"Wait, now that i've found you" he's given into drinking. Situations from "dark" seem to turn to "gray" to him as a result of it because the alcohol makes him forget and makes him disregard the "absence of memories." It is "perpetually blinding" his "sanity" because when you are drunk, you don't really know what you're doing because you're all liquor'd up.
and just when I'm giving in,
as I try to scale these walls
Jericho falls around me
and I feel that I've strayed too long
This is when the guilt starts to come in. "Just when i'm giving in" just when he's giving into the temptations, he tries to "scale these walls" which means he tries to find a solution and the only result is "Jericho falls around me" which means his world just ends up falling apart if not worse. And the guilt settles in for what he has done, because he has sinned and disobeyed God (God says we are not to get drunk.) So he "feels like" he's "strayed too long."
And darkness is fading in…and darkness is real
Oh my eyes
oh closing slowly
I try
Probably at this point he's about to pass out. "Darkness" as in "unconciousness" is "fading in." And it is "real." When he sings "oh my eyes, oh, closing slowly" hes saying how he's slipping into the darkness of his own unconciousness due to drinking. "I try" means either 1. He's trying to stay awake or 2. He's trying to stop doing this.
Fate seems to recreate,
I just can not escape,
When he wakes up he gets another blast of reality. He realizes drinking did nothing but temporarily get rid of his problems and now that he's sober again he sees them all in plain view. "I just can not escape" he just cant get away from his issues no matter what he does, and now he's just made it worse by disobeying God AND getting further into drinking when he knows it wont help him.
Something holds me down and
makes me act a way I can't explain.
Even now I can feel it coming over me
choking me,
as I'm falling behind.
"Something holds" him "down." His own inner demon and issues with drinking hold him down, and "makes him act a way I can't explain." When you drink, you act differently then you normally would when your sober. So he acts in ways he can't even explain because their so not him. "Even now" he says, "I can feel it coming over me." The temptation to drink again just at the thought of what he's doing comes up again as an escape route (even though he knows it isnt.) It's "choking" him and he's "falling behind" in his faith because of it.
You can say you know me,
but you have no clue what my
dreams could show you.
Chances are by "dreams" he's probably having nightmares about whats going on in his life right now. And he's probably saying to a friend or someone trying to help him out, he's pushing them away and saying "you can say you know me but you have no clue."
I
Can't
Can't win
Self explanatory. He can't win. He's torn between his faith and his alcohol addiction. Drinking makes him feel better if just for a time, but its disobeying God, something he can't do. And without drinking, he feels like he cant survive, even if he is obeying God. To him, it looks like a lose-lose situation.
I feel something deep inside me,
I feel deep inside
I feel something deep inside me and I can't let this go, whoa,
I feel something deep inside me and I can't let this go, whoa,
He "feels something deep inside" of him and he "can't let this go" because he's so addicted to it, he feels like he just can't let go of it.
Lie, as I try to steer clear, and
I try to stay sober
This is taking me over,
And my dreams complicate it…
"Lie, as I try to steer clear" he probably is talking to himself here and how he's just lying to himself when he 's trying to stay away from alcohol and trying to believe it wont help him when in reality, he believes it can (even though it can't.) "I try to stay sober" supports the alcohol theory. He's trying to stay sober, but "this is taking" him "over".. the temptation and addiction is swallowing him up inside. And his "dreams complicate it." probably refers to what i said before about him having nightmares about the problems in his life. Even in unconciousness, he can't escape his problems.
I just can not let this go
I tried so many times to tell you
I just I can not let this go,
I just can not win
He's arguing that he needs this when he doesnt. He's trying to say he just cannot let this addiction to alcohol go, and he's trying to tell God over and over again that it isn't going to work but he knows he "can not win."
See you
I see you falling away
I see you..you
Killing me soflty
I see you….you falling away I see you….you
He's talking about God and his relationship with him. Due to his alocholic addiction, it is screwing with his beliefs and his feelings and everything else, and he has lost dependance on God and due to it, "he" refering to "God" is "falling away" because he's straying away from God so much. He sees it "killing him softly" because he knows this is wrong, and he knows he cannot survive on his own without God.
P.S: THE BACKGROUND VOICE IN THE ABOVE PART IS QUOTING ECCLESIASTES 7:3-9. IT EXPLAINS SO MUCH ABOUT THIS SONG. I've got the bible quote at the end of my post.
Don't take what's in front of me,
open eyes can see I have everything.
Tell you don't take what's in front of me,
tell you don't take what's in me.
He's speaking to himself here when he says this. He's arguing with his own temptations and saying "Don't take what's infront of me" as in "dont take this relationship that I have with God away." As someone said above me, "open eyes can see I have everything" refers to he has everything because he has God. "Tell you don't take whats in me" he's talking about the Holy Spirit that comes into you when you get saved.
Lie, which one lied?
When I feel it come a way, way that's why I try…lie
Now he's confused. He's not sure which one he should stay with. This evil force, this alcoholic addiction he feels he can't break from, or God. "Lie, which one lied?" he's trying to think which one is going to help him more. "When I feel it come away, way, thats why I try." He's saying he's trying when he feels the temptation come over him, but he lies to himself and falls into it.
I see you coming my way
dreams may fall more everyday
I see you looking my way
He sees God looking his way, watching to see if he will fall into the same temptation again. "Dreams may fall every day," may be refering to the dreams he has in whatever thing that is falling apart because of his addiction.
And I've tried just to separate dreams from reality.
Watch to satisfy this wanting,
Try to stay righteous, try to stay sober, but then,
I can't win.
He's saying he's trying to seperate dreams from reality. Perhaps he's thinking that God isn't real at this point. And he's "watching" to "satisfy this wanting" this addiction that he has. And he's "trying" to stay "righteous" and trying to stay "sober" but he feels like then, he will fall to pieces without drinking and he can not win.
And I know you, and I know you, and I know you…
Lie
And this is him finally telling himself that he knows the truth. He knows himself to know that alcohol is not the answer. He knows that tempted side within him, that inner demon, is lying to him when making him believe that alcohol is the only thing that can save him.
Anyway, thats just my take on the song. Also, the bible quote said throughout one part is this:
"Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by a sad countenance the heart is made better.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning.
But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. Surely oppresion destroys a wise man's reason. And a bribe debases the heart.
The end of a thing is better then its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools." - Ecclesiastes 6:3-9.
Overall, great song, means a lot. And if anyone here has an alcohol addiction: Drop it. Drugs, sex, alcohol.. its never the answer. Only Jesus can save you. :]
btw, glad to find out this is a christian band. I can really relate.
It's about his struggle with God against one of his habits: Drinking. I'll explain...
Don't you try to take me down, don't you try to take me over, won't you try to break me?
He's talking about his alcoholic ways right here. He's saying, "Don't you try to take me over" as in "Don't you tempt me with alcohol for an escape to my problems." And then he goes "won't you try to break me?" its the tempted side of him looking for alcohol for an answer to break his situation as an escape.
The complexities moving in, and I feel that I do not have the strength, tragedies plaguing me solemnly Its affecting my will
"Complexities moving in" his problems are cornering him and he feels like he "does not have the strength" to deal with it. "Tragedies plagueing" him "solemnly" and its "affecting his will." Which means its affecting his will to want to quit drinking.
Wait now that I've found you, situations from dark now change to gray Disregarding my absence of memories, its perpetually blinding me of sanity,
"Wait, now that i've found you" he's given into drinking. Situations from "dark" seem to turn to "gray" to him as a result of it because the alcohol makes him forget and makes him disregard the "absence of memories." It is "perpetually blinding" his "sanity" because when you are drunk, you don't really know what you're doing because you're all liquor'd up.
and just when I'm giving in, as I try to scale these walls Jericho falls around me and I feel that I've strayed too long
This is when the guilt starts to come in. "Just when i'm giving in" just when he's giving into the temptations, he tries to "scale these walls" which means he tries to find a solution and the only result is "Jericho falls around me" which means his world just ends up falling apart if not worse. And the guilt settles in for what he has done, because he has sinned and disobeyed God (God says we are not to get drunk.) So he "feels like" he's "strayed too long."
And darkness is fading in…and darkness is real
Oh my eyes oh closing slowly I try
Probably at this point he's about to pass out. "Darkness" as in "unconciousness" is "fading in." And it is "real." When he sings "oh my eyes, oh, closing slowly" hes saying how he's slipping into the darkness of his own unconciousness due to drinking. "I try" means either 1. He's trying to stay awake or 2. He's trying to stop doing this.
Fate seems to recreate, I just can not escape,
When he wakes up he gets another blast of reality. He realizes drinking did nothing but temporarily get rid of his problems and now that he's sober again he sees them all in plain view. "I just can not escape" he just cant get away from his issues no matter what he does, and now he's just made it worse by disobeying God AND getting further into drinking when he knows it wont help him.
Something holds me down and makes me act a way I can't explain. Even now I can feel it coming over me choking me, as I'm falling behind.
"Something holds" him "down." His own inner demon and issues with drinking hold him down, and "makes him act a way I can't explain." When you drink, you act differently then you normally would when your sober. So he acts in ways he can't even explain because their so not him. "Even now" he says, "I can feel it coming over me." The temptation to drink again just at the thought of what he's doing comes up again as an escape route (even though he knows it isnt.) It's "choking" him and he's "falling behind" in his faith because of it.
You can say you know me, but you have no clue what my dreams could show you.
Chances are by "dreams" he's probably having nightmares about whats going on in his life right now. And he's probably saying to a friend or someone trying to help him out, he's pushing them away and saying "you can say you know me but you have no clue."
I Can't Can't win
Self explanatory. He can't win. He's torn between his faith and his alcohol addiction. Drinking makes him feel better if just for a time, but its disobeying God, something he can't do. And without drinking, he feels like he cant survive, even if he is obeying God. To him, it looks like a lose-lose situation.
I feel something deep inside me, I feel deep inside I feel something deep inside me and I can't let this go, whoa, I feel something deep inside me and I can't let this go, whoa,
He "feels something deep inside" of him and he "can't let this go" because he's so addicted to it, he feels like he just can't let go of it.
Lie, as I try to steer clear, and I try to stay sober This is taking me over, And my dreams complicate it…
"Lie, as I try to steer clear" he probably is talking to himself here and how he's just lying to himself when he 's trying to stay away from alcohol and trying to believe it wont help him when in reality, he believes it can (even though it can't.) "I try to stay sober" supports the alcohol theory. He's trying to stay sober, but "this is taking" him "over".. the temptation and addiction is swallowing him up inside. And his "dreams complicate it." probably refers to what i said before about him having nightmares about the problems in his life. Even in unconciousness, he can't escape his problems.
I just can not let this go I tried so many times to tell you I just I can not let this go, I just can not win
He's arguing that he needs this when he doesnt. He's trying to say he just cannot let this addiction to alcohol go, and he's trying to tell God over and over again that it isn't going to work but he knows he "can not win."
See you I see you falling away I see you..you Killing me soflty I see you….you falling away I see you….you
He's talking about God and his relationship with him. Due to his alocholic addiction, it is screwing with his beliefs and his feelings and everything else, and he has lost dependance on God and due to it, "he" refering to "God" is "falling away" because he's straying away from God so much. He sees it "killing him softly" because he knows this is wrong, and he knows he cannot survive on his own without God.
P.S: THE BACKGROUND VOICE IN THE ABOVE PART IS QUOTING ECCLESIASTES 7:3-9. IT EXPLAINS SO MUCH ABOUT THIS SONG. I've got the bible quote at the end of my post.
Don't take what's in front of me, open eyes can see I have everything. Tell you don't take what's in front of me, tell you don't take what's in me.
He's speaking to himself here when he says this. He's arguing with his own temptations and saying "Don't take what's infront of me" as in "dont take this relationship that I have with God away." As someone said above me, "open eyes can see I have everything" refers to he has everything because he has God. "Tell you don't take whats in me" he's talking about the Holy Spirit that comes into you when you get saved.
Lie, which one lied? When I feel it come a way, way that's why I try…lie
Now he's confused. He's not sure which one he should stay with. This evil force, this alcoholic addiction he feels he can't break from, or God. "Lie, which one lied?" he's trying to think which one is going to help him more. "When I feel it come away, way, thats why I try." He's saying he's trying when he feels the temptation come over him, but he lies to himself and falls into it.
I see you coming my way dreams may fall more everyday I see you looking my way
He sees God looking his way, watching to see if he will fall into the same temptation again. "Dreams may fall every day," may be refering to the dreams he has in whatever thing that is falling apart because of his addiction.
And I've tried just to separate dreams from reality. Watch to satisfy this wanting, Try to stay righteous, try to stay sober, but then, I can't win.
He's saying he's trying to seperate dreams from reality. Perhaps he's thinking that God isn't real at this point. And he's "watching" to "satisfy this wanting" this addiction that he has. And he's "trying" to stay "righteous" and trying to stay "sober" but he feels like then, he will fall to pieces without drinking and he can not win.
And I know you, and I know you, and I know you… Lie
And this is him finally telling himself that he knows the truth. He knows himself to know that alcohol is not the answer. He knows that tempted side within him, that inner demon, is lying to him when making him believe that alcohol is the only thing that can save him.
Anyway, thats just my take on the song. Also, the bible quote said throughout one part is this:
"Sorrow is better than laughter, for by a sad countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning. But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. Surely oppresion destroys a wise man's reason. And a bribe debases the heart. The end of a thing is better then its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools." - Ecclesiastes 6:3-9.
Overall, great song, means a lot. And if anyone here has an alcohol addiction: Drop it. Drugs, sex, alcohol.. its never the answer. Only Jesus can save you. :]
btw, glad to find out this is a christian band. I can really relate.