MetaphoricBullet , that double meaning on "Rest" makes so much sense.
In the P86 vodcast they say that "the hand, the furnace, the straight face" means being in a trial and keeping a straight face, i.e., not evincing the pain of the trial in your countenance.
It's such a vital concept to anyone going through a trial. I think the most important and hopeful line for anyone going through a trial in this song is "never too late to recreate". It goes back to the previous track, "The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face", where it says
You can take
My worst mistakes
And use them for excuses
Or you can try...
This lets you realize that even after all the ways you've managed to hork things, you can always renew. This it totally applicable to anyone's life. And I think P86 doesn't mention God explicitly in their music because they want to be accessible to a non-religious audience. I don't think that means God doesn't come into the equation so much as it means P86 is great at referring to godly things in a tactful or implicit way that won't alienate someone who's stigmatized against spiritual stuff.
MetaphoricBullet , that double meaning on "Rest" makes so much sense.
In the P86 vodcast they say that "the hand, the furnace, the straight face" means being in a trial and keeping a straight face, i.e., not evincing the pain of the trial in your countenance.
It's such a vital concept to anyone going through a trial. I think the most important and hopeful line for anyone going through a trial in this song is "never too late to recreate". It goes back to the previous track, "The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face", where it says
You can take My worst mistakes And use them for excuses Or you can try...
This lets you realize that even after all the ways you've managed to hork things, you can always renew. This it totally applicable to anyone's life. And I think P86 doesn't mention God explicitly in their music because they want to be accessible to a non-religious audience. I don't think that means God doesn't come into the equation so much as it means P86 is great at referring to godly things in a tactful or implicit way that won't alienate someone who's stigmatized against spiritual stuff.