First off, this is a brilliant song! Reuben is simply amazing. He never ceases to amaze me.
OK, to me this song is about a person who has lived their life without a solid life philosophy (or faith or religion to base their life on) and one day "woke up with nothing under my feet". they proceed to look through popular world beliefs and gets "lost in the options" and becomes confused about "what i'm trying to hear".
By the third verse, they have become very confused by different theories ("superstition, true religion, the near truth cant tell the difference"). In many belief systems, they are finding "beautifully written contradictions spoken with such conviction", for example, the people who sincerely believe that right and wrong are relative, and left up to the individual. These philosophies sound great ("beautifully written"), but dont make sense when they are played out in real life (making them "contradictions").
this brings us to my favorite line from any song ever: "Thin line between insanity and insight - better hope youre right". so many of these philosophies (relative truth, humans being Gods, all religions worshipping the same Gods) sound like such great insights, but, once you really think about them, they make no sense and become insanity (If truth was relative then serial killers, rapists, even terrorrists arent doing anything wrong, if man is God, then is God all the drunks, murderers, kidnappers, etc., and if all religions worship the same God, why do some consider Jesus God and others just a prophet).
this is my take. i love this song!
First off, this is a brilliant song! Reuben is simply amazing. He never ceases to amaze me. OK, to me this song is about a person who has lived their life without a solid life philosophy (or faith or religion to base their life on) and one day "woke up with nothing under my feet". they proceed to look through popular world beliefs and gets "lost in the options" and becomes confused about "what i'm trying to hear". By the third verse, they have become very confused by different theories ("superstition, true religion, the near truth cant tell the difference"). In many belief systems, they are finding "beautifully written contradictions spoken with such conviction", for example, the people who sincerely believe that right and wrong are relative, and left up to the individual. These philosophies sound great ("beautifully written"), but dont make sense when they are played out in real life (making them "contradictions"). this brings us to my favorite line from any song ever: "Thin line between insanity and insight - better hope youre right". so many of these philosophies (relative truth, humans being Gods, all religions worshipping the same Gods) sound like such great insights, but, once you really think about them, they make no sense and become insanity (If truth was relative then serial killers, rapists, even terrorrists arent doing anything wrong, if man is God, then is God all the drunks, murderers, kidnappers, etc., and if all religions worship the same God, why do some consider Jesus God and others just a prophet). this is my take. i love this song!