Personally, I think the time bomb is Dave maybe saying that its about time he showed his christian side more. After writing Christmas Song, it is hard to say that he is not a Christian in some way or at least believe in God/Jesus. Maybe he is double thinking what he believes, but who doesn't do that? Perhaps when he says "Hammer in the final nail and lean me up against Jesus" is his way of saying he is a sinner too and want to be forgiven. Perhaps, in a rather right out way, he is comparing himself to Jesus in saying that he is extremely influential too and now knows how hard it is to show what he believes because of so much controversy over every line he writes. Just my opinion though =)
I guess the meaning of the song combines the two themes of Dave being an agnost and the death of his sister.
The first two verses are about his sister's husband and how unexpected he turned into a murderer.
"If martiants fell from the sky" I would interpret as a sudden event that shocks people. Something so unexpected and surreal that noone really knows how to handle. He questions "What would that do to god", i.e. religion seeks to explain everything, but how can religion explain such events. It is incompatibale with what Christianity teaches and, to my mind, refers to the...
I guess the meaning of the song combines the two themes of Dave being an agnost and the death of his sister.
The first two verses are about his sister's husband and how unexpected he turned into a murderer.
"If martiants fell from the sky" I would interpret as a sudden event that shocks people. Something so unexpected and surreal that noone really knows how to handle. He questions "What would that do to god", i.e. religion seeks to explain everything, but how can religion explain such events. It is incompatibale with what Christianity teaches and, to my mind, refers to the limits of religion.
He says "no one would believe it expept the fucking nut jobs" which I think tackles Atheists or Agnosts who are refusing to believe all they are being told about god. It is also about them being stigmatized as "crazy" from society.
"I want to believe in Jesus", i.e. he wants to believe in the general goodness of people or in the fact that god helps out in things get tough. It is about infidels so wanting to believe in god. However, they might have experienced incredible pain. In case of his sister, how can there being a god? What god would allow things like that to happen. He cannot find his religious belief, but refuse to trust in god, i.e. "lean me up against Jesus".
Personally, I think the time bomb is Dave maybe saying that its about time he showed his christian side more. After writing Christmas Song, it is hard to say that he is not a Christian in some way or at least believe in God/Jesus. Maybe he is double thinking what he believes, but who doesn't do that? Perhaps when he says "Hammer in the final nail and lean me up against Jesus" is his way of saying he is a sinner too and want to be forgiven. Perhaps, in a rather right out way, he is comparing himself to Jesus in saying that he is extremely influential too and now knows how hard it is to show what he believes because of so much controversy over every line he writes. Just my opinion though =)
I guess the meaning of the song combines the two themes of Dave being an agnost and the death of his sister. The first two verses are about his sister's husband and how unexpected he turned into a murderer. "If martiants fell from the sky" I would interpret as a sudden event that shocks people. Something so unexpected and surreal that noone really knows how to handle. He questions "What would that do to god", i.e. religion seeks to explain everything, but how can religion explain such events. It is incompatibale with what Christianity teaches and, to my mind, refers to the...
I guess the meaning of the song combines the two themes of Dave being an agnost and the death of his sister. The first two verses are about his sister's husband and how unexpected he turned into a murderer. "If martiants fell from the sky" I would interpret as a sudden event that shocks people. Something so unexpected and surreal that noone really knows how to handle. He questions "What would that do to god", i.e. religion seeks to explain everything, but how can religion explain such events. It is incompatibale with what Christianity teaches and, to my mind, refers to the limits of religion.
He says "no one would believe it expept the fucking nut jobs" which I think tackles Atheists or Agnosts who are refusing to believe all they are being told about god. It is also about them being stigmatized as "crazy" from society.
"I want to believe in Jesus", i.e. he wants to believe in the general goodness of people or in the fact that god helps out in things get tough. It is about infidels so wanting to believe in god. However, they might have experienced incredible pain. In case of his sister, how can there being a god? What god would allow things like that to happen. He cannot find his religious belief, but refuse to trust in god, i.e. "lean me up against Jesus".
Just some of my thoughts ...