"A lost sense of direction
"Nobody knows my name
Confidence, correction
I don't know how to play that game"
This part has to do with being lost in sin, stuck in the cycle of trying to find satisfaction in it and not knowing how to get out.
"A straight line is quicker
A straight line would make me fast
I've burned my nose enough to know
That straight lines never last"
The straight line is the holy life that God calls us all to live, but none of us are perfect. we all stumble and fall. when he says "burned my nose," he's talking about falling on his face. Satan has tricked him into believing that God's will for his life is just not worth the effort.
"Swallow your soul, drink from this life
As you choke on your pride
We all look elsewhere
We all look elsewhere"
HowIChoose2Live, you pretty much nailed this part. "we all look elsewhere"...that means that we're always looking somewhere other than where God wants us for satisfaction.
"It's safer inside doors
Nobody has to flee
A broken vessel passed the rocks and out to sea
[he has drifted very far into his sin pattern]
Waiting, wanting, mad with purpose
Now we come to talk to one
Who has the answers to how"
[he has realized that his sin holds no lasting fulfillment for him, so he cries out to God]
Swallow your soul, drink from this life
As you choke on your pride
Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
[he's turning around and running full-speed back to God]
You are not alone
[God's on his side]
They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
[Satan's lie that your sin can make you truly happy]
You are not alone
Like winter that comes quick
In early September
The rain clouds that washed me
Are what I remember
[i think the rainclouds mean God, or whatever caused him to return to God]
The stones that I threw piled high like a mountain
Which I had to climb before I reach the fountain
[the stones are his sin. he needs to conqer his sin before he can reach the proverbial fountain]
If life a riddle then riddle me this
The blood tasted sweet as it passed by my lips
[his sin tasted sweet while it lasted, but it was killing him all along]
Don't, don't waste your time
Don't, don't waste your time
Don't waste your time
Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
You're not alone
Liar, liar
[don't you just sometimes want to scream at Satan "LIAR!"]
They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
You are not alone
"A lost sense of direction "Nobody knows my name Confidence, correction I don't know how to play that game"
This part has to do with being lost in sin, stuck in the cycle of trying to find satisfaction in it and not knowing how to get out.
"A straight line is quicker A straight line would make me fast I've burned my nose enough to know That straight lines never last"
The straight line is the holy life that God calls us all to live, but none of us are perfect. we all stumble and fall. when he says "burned my nose," he's talking about falling on his face. Satan has tricked him into believing that God's will for his life is just not worth the effort.
"Swallow your soul, drink from this life As you choke on your pride We all look elsewhere We all look elsewhere"
HowIChoose2Live, you pretty much nailed this part. "we all look elsewhere"...that means that we're always looking somewhere other than where God wants us for satisfaction.
"It's safer inside doors Nobody has to flee A broken vessel passed the rocks and out to sea [he has drifted very far into his sin pattern] Waiting, wanting, mad with purpose Now we come to talk to one Who has the answers to how" [he has realized that his sin holds no lasting fulfillment for him, so he cries out to God]
Swallow your soul, drink from this life As you choke on your pride Don't waste your time if you've got it The tides are turning now [he's turning around and running full-speed back to God] You are not alone [God's on his side] They gave you their worst and you bought it The lie has been exposed [Satan's lie that your sin can make you truly happy] You are not alone Like winter that comes quick In early September The rain clouds that washed me Are what I remember [i think the rainclouds mean God, or whatever caused him to return to God] The stones that I threw piled high like a mountain Which I had to climb before I reach the fountain [the stones are his sin. he needs to conqer his sin before he can reach the proverbial fountain] If life a riddle then riddle me this The blood tasted sweet as it passed by my lips [his sin tasted sweet while it lasted, but it was killing him all along]
Don't, don't waste your time Don't, don't waste your time Don't waste your time Don't waste your time if you've got it The tides are turning now You're not alone Liar, liar [don't you just sometimes want to scream at Satan "LIAR!"] They gave you their worst and you bought it The lie has been exposed You are not alone
thoughts? comments? corrections?