Child of Dust Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Vidableek 

Cover art for Child of Dust lyrics by Thrice

I think this whole song is God talking to Adam, and in turn, all men.

1-2: I created you, but your life is your own.

3-4: I've provided this perfect paradise, and don't think you would ever want to leave.

5-6: This one is pretty self-explanatory, and so true.

7: Eden is destroyed and earth can be a pretty bad place now. Although I'm not sure what to make of line 8.

9: You now live on (mother)earth. 10: Adam fell that men might be, it is only in death that we truly live.

11-12: Even though the world(temporal/carnal things and people) may have it's conflicts, you know what's going on, you will be fine.

13-14: I haven't really figured this one out yet, it's really confusing. But the song does change at this point, possibly to imply something completely different?

My Opinion

Great breakdown of the lyrics. I really appreciated it. I think that the lines 13-14 are when the man that is speaking with the earth has died and he is buried. Safe beneath their wisdom and their feet. The earth is telling the man "truly how to sleep" To finally "sleep".