fox boy is right on, it's about asking people why they seek God for truth and answers when they can't realize that their biases and emotions cause them to hear what they want to hear in the first place... "there is no difference between us" and unbelievers if we all just act on what we feel is right. We have to look past what we want to happen and put others interests ahead of our own.
I agree with both of you from a Christian stand point but Im an Atheist and Im gonna tell you what the lyrics mean to me.
I agree with both of you from a Christian stand point but Im an Atheist and Im gonna tell you what the lyrics mean to me.
"we have all heard what we wanted to hear
truth that sounds right to our ears"
I believe it means how biased a person can be. People choose to ignore listening to reason, think what they want to think despite what anyone else says and hear what they want to hear. If someone doesnt believe in something that they do the odd ball generally gets shut out because they anger the others for thinking differently....
"we have all heard what we wanted to hear
truth that sounds right to our ears"
I believe it means how biased a person can be. People choose to ignore listening to reason, think what they want to think despite what anyone else says and hear what they want to hear. If someone doesnt believe in something that they do the odd ball generally gets shut out because they anger the others for thinking differently.
"but what wisdom is there within us
to live based on the feeling of our hearts
how many times has instinct let us down
never to be thought through
never to be questioned"
We act too hasty and we act too rashly though despite how often it fails for us we never try to learn from it or question it.
"say what you really mean
when your ambition calls you
for what use is there in praying
if you will only hear what you want to hear?"
We beat around the bush and bite our tongues when we should speak out against something we disagree with but we normally just ignore those things to avoid conflict. What use is there talking, praying, or thinking about something if we do nothing and let it come as it is, as we want to hear even though we might really not want it.
"we have all heard what we wanted to hear
truth that sounds right to our ears"
"we speak of fighting to resist this world
but what about the battle within us?
if we have chosen to live against the grain
then why are we all facing the same way?"
We always choose to fight and take our anger out on others causing more problems. We never look at ourselves and take the time to reflect on the damage we may cause. If we have tried to live differently, or better then why do we live the same and worse?
"there is no difference between us and them
if we all blindly seek truth from sentiments"
We get angry at people because there different or vice versa though we're really not so different because we're angry. All we do is blindly let our emotions guide is without thinking things through.
favorite song on the album.
fox boy is right on, it's about asking people why they seek God for truth and answers when they can't realize that their biases and emotions cause them to hear what they want to hear in the first place... "there is no difference between us" and unbelievers if we all just act on what we feel is right. We have to look past what we want to happen and put others interests ahead of our own.
I agree with both of you from a Christian stand point but Im an Atheist and Im gonna tell you what the lyrics mean to me.
I agree with both of you from a Christian stand point but Im an Atheist and Im gonna tell you what the lyrics mean to me.
"we have all heard what we wanted to hear truth that sounds right to our ears" I believe it means how biased a person can be. People choose to ignore listening to reason, think what they want to think despite what anyone else says and hear what they want to hear. If someone doesnt believe in something that they do the odd ball generally gets shut out because they anger the others for thinking differently....
"we have all heard what we wanted to hear truth that sounds right to our ears" I believe it means how biased a person can be. People choose to ignore listening to reason, think what they want to think despite what anyone else says and hear what they want to hear. If someone doesnt believe in something that they do the odd ball generally gets shut out because they anger the others for thinking differently.
"but what wisdom is there within us to live based on the feeling of our hearts how many times has instinct let us down never to be thought through never to be questioned" We act too hasty and we act too rashly though despite how often it fails for us we never try to learn from it or question it.
"say what you really mean when your ambition calls you for what use is there in praying if you will only hear what you want to hear?" We beat around the bush and bite our tongues when we should speak out against something we disagree with but we normally just ignore those things to avoid conflict. What use is there talking, praying, or thinking about something if we do nothing and let it come as it is, as we want to hear even though we might really not want it.
"we have all heard what we wanted to hear truth that sounds right to our ears"
"we speak of fighting to resist this world but what about the battle within us? if we have chosen to live against the grain then why are we all facing the same way?" We always choose to fight and take our anger out on others causing more problems. We never look at ourselves and take the time to reflect on the damage we may cause. If we have tried to live differently, or better then why do we live the same and worse?
"there is no difference between us and them if we all blindly seek truth from sentiments" We get angry at people because there different or vice versa though we're really not so different because we're angry. All we do is blindly let our emotions guide is without thinking things through.
i agree with the both of you
i agree with the both of you