An amazing song. So complex and multilayered that I won't even pretend to be able to explain all of it. Overall, however, the song is about man's inability to exalt himself because of pride. His corruption and pride is described in detail, but no matter how high he thinks he is, he cannot "stare straight into the sun" or "get water out of rocks" (a reference, I believe, to Moses striking the rock - a rock which Paul said was Christ). Despite the foolish pride of man, he is nothing compared to the glory and might of God.
An amazing song. So complex and multilayered that I won't even pretend to be able to explain all of it. Overall, however, the song is about man's inability to exalt himself because of pride. His corruption and pride is described in detail, but no matter how high he thinks he is, he cannot "stare straight into the sun" or "get water out of rocks" (a reference, I believe, to Moses striking the rock - a rock which Paul said was Christ). Despite the foolish pride of man, he is nothing compared to the glory and might of God.