I also think the song is from the hyme "Come Thou Fount" by Andy put a spin on it that applied to himself. I also think at the beginning (I fought the Spirit, with a sword in my side, Gee what a way out, crack my rib, way to die), that he is referring to God making him do His work and it took a "sword" in his side to motivate him much like Paul in the NT and he is saying that it nearly killed him ("[what a]way to die"). Throughout the song he is telling God to let him see the way, then turning his back, then asking again, showing his spiritual struggle with God. 2Corinthians 12:7b- there was given me a THORN IN MY FLESH, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
I also think the song is from the hyme "Come Thou Fount" by Andy put a spin on it that applied to himself. I also think at the beginning (I fought the Spirit, with a sword in my side, Gee what a way out, crack my rib, way to die), that he is referring to God making him do His work and it took a "sword" in his side to motivate him much like Paul in the NT and he is saying that it nearly killed him ("[what a]way to die"). Throughout the song he is telling God to let him see the way, then turning his back, then asking again, showing his spiritual struggle with God. 2Corinthians 12:7b- there was given me a THORN IN MY FLESH, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.