I think it's about religion.
I think they're kind of mocking going to heaven and all that, because although they sound pretty sincere in the song, if you listen to My God Is a Reasonable Man and City and Colour's I Don't Need To Know, you'd know that they have very cynical and atheist views towards Christianity.
Then what do they mean in track 4, Born and Raised, when they say...
Then what do they mean in track 4, Born and Raised, when they say...
"I've lost all direction,
I've lost all my direction
and now I wish, that I would have believed
could have believed..."
"I've lost all direction,
I've lost all my direction
and now I wish, that I would have believed
could have believed..."
"...was this place made, or was it here by chance?"
"...was this place made, or was it here by chance?"
Maybe they are questioning their own beliefs, regardless of what they may have said in past lyrics. I'm not saying they've suddenly found God and are preaching to their fans, but they are allowed to reconsider things in their lives.
Maybe they are questioning their own beliefs, regardless of what they may have said in past lyrics. I'm not saying they've suddenly found God and are preaching to their fans, but they are allowed to reconsider things in their lives.
but it could also be what Wambs said and that in Born and Raised they may not be speaking about believing specifically in religion or in a God, it could be about just simply having something in life to lead you, basically a goal, a picture of your future, something to look forward to, or something like that
but it could also be what Wambs said and that in Born and Raised they may not be speaking about believing specifically in religion or in a God, it could be about just simply having something in life to lead you, basically a goal, a picture of your future, something to look forward to, or something like that
I think it's about religion. I think they're kind of mocking going to heaven and all that, because although they sound pretty sincere in the song, if you listen to My God Is a Reasonable Man and City and Colour's I Don't Need To Know, you'd know that they have very cynical and atheist views towards Christianity.
Then what do they mean in track 4, Born and Raised, when they say...
Then what do they mean in track 4, Born and Raised, when they say...
"I've lost all direction, I've lost all my direction and now I wish, that I would have believed could have believed..."
"I've lost all direction, I've lost all my direction and now I wish, that I would have believed could have believed..."
"...was this place made, or was it here by chance?"
"...was this place made, or was it here by chance?"
Maybe they are questioning their own beliefs, regardless of what they may have said in past lyrics. I'm not saying they've suddenly found God and are preaching to their fans, but they are allowed to reconsider things in their lives.
Maybe they are questioning their own beliefs, regardless of what they may have said in past lyrics. I'm not saying they've suddenly found God and are preaching to their fans, but they are allowed to reconsider things in their lives.
that's a good point
that's a good point
but it could also be what Wambs said and that in Born and Raised they may not be speaking about believing specifically in religion or in a God, it could be about just simply having something in life to lead you, basically a goal, a picture of your future, something to look forward to, or something like that
but it could also be what Wambs said and that in Born and Raised they may not be speaking about believing specifically in religion or in a God, it could be about just simply having something in life to lead you, basically a goal, a picture of your future, something to look forward to, or something like that