Alright, what immediately struck me was a thought of the Rapture. I'm not sure that this is the meaning, but a LOT of their songs have Biblical meanings or references, so it very well could be.
"Leave me here and lock the door;
latch the windows, lose the key.
But you'll be back some day.
What else then is TRUE LOVE for,
if not to starve and wait for spring?
So I'll just sit and wait."
Jesus left his followers here and commanded them to wait for him. After this, the period of direct revelation from God/heaven ended. No more prophets, no more booming voice of God, no more signs. Just faith. Christians are sitting around and waiting for Jesus to come back and take them with him in the Rapture, and this goes along perfectly with this excerpt.
"when your whole world turns to fire.
Leave me with no air to breathe;
leave me here to die alone.
But I won't suffocate.
I'll have everything I need,
when you forget and come back home;
so I'll just sit and wait. "
Well, keeping with the subject of the apocalypse, in the end times there will be a tribulation, a period during which followers of God are persecuted. This piece talks about him suffering, but insisting that he has what is necessary (salvation?) and will continue to wait.
Now I'm not saying that the end times are the only thing that this song alludes to, but that's what smacked me in the face when I heard it.
Alright, what immediately struck me was a thought of the Rapture. I'm not sure that this is the meaning, but a LOT of their songs have Biblical meanings or references, so it very well could be.
"Leave me here and lock the door; latch the windows, lose the key. But you'll be back some day. What else then is TRUE LOVE for, if not to starve and wait for spring? So I'll just sit and wait."
Jesus left his followers here and commanded them to wait for him. After this, the period of direct revelation from God/heaven ended. No more prophets, no more booming voice of God, no more signs. Just faith. Christians are sitting around and waiting for Jesus to come back and take them with him in the Rapture, and this goes along perfectly with this excerpt.
"when your whole world turns to fire. Leave me with no air to breathe; leave me here to die alone. But I won't suffocate. I'll have everything I need, when you forget and come back home; so I'll just sit and wait. "
Well, keeping with the subject of the apocalypse, in the end times there will be a tribulation, a period during which followers of God are persecuted. This piece talks about him suffering, but insisting that he has what is necessary (salvation?) and will continue to wait.
Now I'm not saying that the end times are the only thing that this song alludes to, but that's what smacked me in the face when I heard it.