I'm thinking that the song is about a burden in the life of one of Cody's friends.
"And I tried to stop it when,
I saw your posture start to bend,
But honey, it was not mine to lift."
He tried to help her carry the buren when he saw the effect it was having on her, but he realises that it's not his burden to carry.
"Though we don’t ever see you move,
Slowly the wind turns you to sand,
In the hands of children on the shore."
I think the fact that he refers to the burden as "you" instead of "it" could mean that the burden is another person.
"Go throw yourself into the sea.
And go throw yourself into...
Throw yourself into the sea."
He's telling this burden to "throw [itself] into the sea". I think that rather than being a reference to Matthew 21:21-22, this is a reference to Luke 17:2, which says "It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith." This person who is a burden is causing Cody's friend to lose her faith or to stuble in her walk with God, and Cody is saying that this person should have this stone hung around his neck and throw himself into the sea instead of continuing to be a burden to his friend.
"this is a reference to Luke 17:2, which says "It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith."
"this is a reference to Luke 17:2, which says "It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith."
I thought this at first listen as well but in the Matthew 21 verse Jesus says directly "Go, throw yourself into the sea" so it fits better.
I thought this at first listen as well but in the Matthew 21 verse Jesus says directly "Go, throw yourself into the sea" so it fits better.
I also love the "accidental?" reference to Thus From My Lips...
"I've got a growing heap of crosses and burdens I've simply lost heart to shoulder"...
I also love the "accidental?" reference to Thus From My Lips...
"I've got a growing heap of crosses and burdens I've simply lost heart to shoulder"
"Underneath it (the cross/burdens) nobody's back is straight"
I wish I understood the meaning that Cody had in mind when he wrote this song but it is a great song regardless.
I'm thinking that the song is about a burden in the life of one of Cody's friends.
"And I tried to stop it when, I saw your posture start to bend, But honey, it was not mine to lift."
He tried to help her carry the buren when he saw the effect it was having on her, but he realises that it's not his burden to carry.
"Though we don’t ever see you move, Slowly the wind turns you to sand, In the hands of children on the shore."
I think the fact that he refers to the burden as "you" instead of "it" could mean that the burden is another person.
"Go throw yourself into the sea. And go throw yourself into... Throw yourself into the sea."
He's telling this burden to "throw [itself] into the sea". I think that rather than being a reference to Matthew 21:21-22, this is a reference to Luke 17:2, which says "It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith." This person who is a burden is causing Cody's friend to lose her faith or to stuble in her walk with God, and Cody is saying that this person should have this stone hung around his neck and throw himself into the sea instead of continuing to be a burden to his friend.
"this is a reference to Luke 17:2, which says "It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith."
"this is a reference to Luke 17:2, which says "It would be best for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large stone hung around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to lose his faith."
I thought this at first listen as well but in the Matthew 21 verse Jesus says directly "Go, throw yourself into the sea" so it fits better.
I thought this at first listen as well but in the Matthew 21 verse Jesus says directly "Go, throw yourself into the sea" so it fits better.
I also love the "accidental?" reference to Thus From My Lips... "I've got a growing heap of crosses and burdens I've simply lost heart to shoulder"...
I also love the "accidental?" reference to Thus From My Lips... "I've got a growing heap of crosses and burdens I've simply lost heart to shoulder"
"Underneath it (the cross/burdens) nobody's back is straight"
I wish I understood the meaning that Cody had in mind when he wrote this song but it is a great song regardless.